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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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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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 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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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
134. The thin blue line closes ranks around two cops who were shot during a no-knock raid:
The friends who stood up for a man who shot two Columbus officers now are under fire from the local police union.
Derrick Foster, 38, has admitted firing the shots that struck two officers during ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
127. But now, they call it "community policing": from 1947project's always-fascinating social history blog On Bunker Hill, the Los Angeles "Purity Squad" raids the Saratoga Hotel in 1919, arresting 32 people "on charges of living in a house of prostitution." And some alibis never change:
Many of those arrested said ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
118. A Federal appeals court rules that laptops can be subject to warrantless searches and seizures at customs checkpoints in airports, just as they are allowed at border crossings.
119. Frustrated that drivers arrested for DUI might actually be acquitted, a Tennessee lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban defense ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
111. The police in Whitewater, Wisc. crack down hard on online bullies - particularly when they're the target.
112. A-raiding we will go:
Massive sweeps in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas nets hundreds of arrests, 1,300 traffic tickets and some seized cash. All in the name of keeping us safe from terrorists.
Police in ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
97. Our heroic war on drugs:
Two teens are shot by a Howard County, MD police officer during an investigation into suspected drug activity.
A couple in Pennsylvania, Steve and Karen Haver, narrowly avoids losing their home after police, while investigating a burglar alarm at their residence, found five marijuana plants growing ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
92. Police agencies in Kentucky go on a "Byrne Blitz"—a concerted effort to increase drug seizures and arrests to ensure that the Federal funding spigot continues to flow freely.
93. First Amendment follies:
A Santeria priest sues a Texas town over their prohibition against animal sacrifice.
An Illinois delegate for Barack Obama resigned ...
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