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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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Back after a week in the San Francisco Bay Area with the family, exploring parks and museums, visiting relatives, and generally having a good time.
As a visitor I could only experience the awesome nanny state that is California in very limited doses. It is unfathomable to me what it must ...
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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, 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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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
103. More isolated incidents: an ATF squad hits the wrong house in Miami, damaging the front door and breaking windows from tear-gas canisters fired into the house. Among the non-criminals in the house were a woman and her 3-year-old son.
104. Hey you damn kids, get off my monument: a group ...
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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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Monday, April 7th, 2008
89. Dispatches from around the United Nanny States of America:
The Dallas City Council passes new laws banning the use of cell phones while driving through school zones and requiring increased monitoring of Internet usage in public libraries, joining other recent laws banning toy guns in parks and restricting panhandling. They're ...
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