Too many people refuse to believe that there are some truly bad people out there. Some people are just bad. Police know this. Judges don’t. Is it unfair to throw someone in prison for a long time for a technical violation of parole? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on the person. Just because you can’t convict a person doesn’t mean he’s…
Category: Police
Carmelo Anthony in the New York Times
I’m not a fan of basketball. But I am a little interested in Carmelo Anthony. The only reason I know him is that he (unwittingly) appeared in the Stop Fucking SnitchingDVD that got him and the DVD a lot of press. Bad press for him. Any press was good for the home-produced DVD. I felt sorry for the guy who…
Amsterdam Police Officer Killed
Police Officer Gabriëlle Cevat was shot and killed on her way to work. Cevat saw a drunk driver, called the police station, and proceeded to stop the driver. She was wearing street clothes and displaying her police identification. Her killer, a 49-year-old Aruban-born resident of Amsterdam with a criminal record, was arrested in the apartment of his ex-girlfriend, who wasn’t…
New international drug use stats
For years everybody has been citing the same good but somewhat dated stats on comparative drug use in the U.S. and other countries (I know because I did so in my book). Well, while I was busy visiting family and friends in Amsterdam last week, a new study was released (in conjunction with the World Health Organization) that updates drug…
Why the War on Drug Fails
A friend and former student of mine, a police officer on Long Island, tells me: “Right now heroin is cheaper then crack and cocaine. So it has become the drug of choice. From Jan 07 to Aug 07 there was 42 heroin overdose just in two precinct in Nassau county.” There are eight precincts in Nassau County and a total…
Nevada ACLU opposes gun control
I’ve always said the ACLU and NRA should team up. They’re both defending constitutional rights. They’re just defending deferent rights. I’m proud to have sworn to defend the Constitutions of of the United States. And I can say in good faith that I did a better job than the President. (I also swore to defend the Constitution of the State…
Officer kills 5th criminal
I received an email with a link to this story. Supercop or super killer. You decide.
This is the U.S. on drugs
An op-ed from the L.A. Times by David W. Fleming and fellow LEAPmember James P. Gray. Only cops and crooks have benefited from $2.5 trillion spent fighting trafficking. July 5, 2008 The United States’ so-called war on drugs brings to mind the old saying that if you find yourself trapped in a deep hole, stop digging. Yet, last week, the…
Tasers for self-defense
Tasers for home use? Guns for police officers? It’s not a bad idea.
Gun Control
If you really hate guns and can’t stand gun ownership (I hate guns but canunderstand gun ownership), then you should take some solace in the fact that guns are used in suicide more than homicide and accidents put together. About 55% of our 31,000 annual gun deaths are suicide.