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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
158. A pistol-packin' granny caps a would-be mugger in Manhattan and gets sued for her trouble.
159. Puppycide in Buffalo during a police raid that fails to turn up any drugs or make any arrests.
160. Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, no friend of fugitives, illegal immigrants or civil rights, spends ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
A little triage: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill to repeal the state's death penalty. And California Representative Maxine Waters has introduced a bill to end mandatory minimum sentencing for Federal drug offenses.
The Daily Cuts:
152. Eminent domain abuse continues four years after Kelo, but some folks are fighting ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder has clarified the new administration's medical marijuana policy (see #145) by stating that the DEA will only go after pot dealers who violate both state and Federal law; i.e., anyone not sanctioned by a state where medical marijuana is legal. So dispensaries in California and patients ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
143. Homer, Louisiana police chief Russell Mills, after one of his officers shot and killed a 73-year-old mute black man:
"If I see three or four young black men walking down the street, I have to stop them and check their names," said Mills, who is white. "I want them to ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
I spent some more time today reading through the grand jury report on Danieal Kelly's murder, alternating between sorrow for this doomed youngster and seething anger at those who failed her.
It starts with her parents, of course. Neither wanted her; Danieal's mother, Andrea Kelly, seemed embarrassed to even have her ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The state, to serve and protect our children:
Two Philadelphia social workers were among nine charged yesterday in the death of a Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl who starved to death in 2006, her body eaten by bed sores to the bone.
Unveiling a blistering grand jury report today [PDF], District Attorney ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Radley Balko has an important update on the Ryan Frederick case (# 136).
He cites an unnamed source who claims that a second informant was involved in the break-in of Frederick's home that ultimately led to the deadly no-knock raid:
Last week I received a tip that there may have been a ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
138. The TSA will no longer allow air travelers to fly unless they produce ID . . . or claim they've lost or forgotten it. The world is now that much safer against terrorists who can't lie.
139. A high school principal who wrote a letter in support of Derrick Foster, ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
137. Because the District of Columbia's air-tight gun ban has worked so well in curbing the city's murder rate, the police now plan to set up checkpoints to control access to the most crime-plagued neighborhoods:
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
136. Not surprisingly, Ryan Frederick was indicted by a grand jury yesterday for capital murder:
A Chesapeake grand jury indicted the 28-year-old Portlock man Tuesday on charges of capital murder, use of a firearm during the commission of murder and manufacturing marijuana. Frederick is accused of “willfully, deliberately and premeditatedly” killing ...
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