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Good (but not for tourism)

Here’s to Sgt Kelly and his good Times Square shooting! The man was carrying a card that said: “I feel sorry for a cop if he think I’m getting into his paddy wagon.”

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Maurice Clemmons shot dead

Good shooting. Good riddance. Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper has a good analysis: Clemmons, nursing a two-day old bullet wound to the stomach, having killed four cops already and facing at least life in prison, frantically searching for a way out of the state if not the country, and packing one of the dead officers’ sidearms, would have beyond…

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Three Cheers for Police Sergeant Kimberly Munley

She did her job. And then some. And more. Update(November 12, 2009): Seems that Senior Sgt. Mark Todd did a lot of what was first credited to Munley. Oh, the fog of war. Regardless, three cheers to both of them.

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Baltimore police officer shot in robbery

And the apparent robbery walks into a hospital with a gunshot wound. The off-duty officer, a 16-year veteran, was shot in the abdomen last night outside his home and is in serious condition after surgery. Update: Was moved Tuesday morning from Sinai Hospital to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and has been downgraded from serious to critical condition, police said. Detective…

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More on Jonathan Ayers

As time goes on, I’m liking this shooting less and less. I love how some conspiracy anti-police folks were saying there was never a woman in his car and the police made all that up. There was. Stephens County court records now indicate the woman riding with Ayers the day he was shot was Kala Jones Barrett, whose home is…

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Undercover Cops Kill Jonathan Ayers

In an off-topic comment to another post, “Badge Licker” (is that like Holster Sniffer?) wrote: “Undercover narcotics agents take out the trash this week.” I clicked on the link and realized this was talking about Jonathan Ayers. That got me thinking. Here’s a later report [dead link removed] from the same Fox News station. [dead link removed] I replied to…

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No Justice

Officer Rafael Lora was trying to do his job. Now he has no job and is looking at prison. The story in the New York Times and the Post. I wasn’t there. But I believe the officer. Why? Because why else would have Lora shot the driver? This is one case where even an NYPD officer should have trusted a…

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