Not they Obamaphones have anything to do with Obama. From the Times.
“Decreased Stop and Frisk Causes Crime to Skyrocket in NYC”
Well that’s the headline I would have expected to see after listening to Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg (and almost all my police friends) over the past few years. They had me believe that each and every one of those more than 600,000 annual stops in 2011 was absolutely essential to prevent the city from descending into an Orwellian Escape…
Rolling Santa
And here’s a song to put you in the Christmas spirit: Stuck in the Smoke Hole of our Tipi. Merry Christmas!
“Obama Care” Seized By Police
Gotta love it!
Are you with Phil Robertson? Or David Bahati?
Phil Robertson is the suspended star of Duck Dynasty. David Bahati is the Ugandan parliament member sponsoring the Anti-Homosexuality Bill known as “Kill the Gays.” Guess who said what (answers below): 1) “To me, this exposed the level of intolerance that is inconsistent with American values. But as you know it also strengthen my resolve to carry on a cause…
“Why are cops such assholes?”
This is a question I’ve been asked a surprising number of times (Once by a national TV host during a commercial break). Usually the tone is joking (ie: completely serious). A certain lazy and rude copin Chicago got me thinking about it. My answer: “Because they can.” As a non-asshole (in my humble opinion) former police officer, this is a…
Idiot walks through bus robbing people at gunpoint, gets beat down
The stories don’t usually have happy endings. And it was caught on video. He then kicked the window out of the police. But the robber’s mother said this was “not within his character.” Oh, mom.
Why (some) good people don’t like cops
Because (some) cops enforce non-existent laws and treat them like sh*t. Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about a recent encounter with police on the streets of Chicago: Catercorner to the volunteers of Safe Passage, two cops sat in an SUV, snug and warm. Our video team was shooting the conversation between our host and the kid. One of the cops rolled down…
Alcohol and drug use down among teens, despite what the headline says
Let’s play a game called “write the headline.” Here’s the story from the New York Times: According to the latest federal figures, which were part of an annual survey, Monitoring the Future…. The report looked at a wide variety of drugs and substances. It found, for example, that drinking was steadily declining, with roughly 40 percent of high school seniors…
14 years on, if I were still a cop
Today is my EOD, just FYI. The day before the day that will live in infamy. I’m thrilled I don’t have another 9 to go.