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"Ex-FBI agent John Connolly Jr.'s attorneys begged a federal judge yesterday for a lenient sentence, delivering 200 letters from retired agents, priests, relatives and business associates vouching for his character."
"The unprecedented outpouring of support for the convicted racketeer facing sentencing on Monday promotes a glowing portrait of a selfless crime fighter now persecuted by a Justice Department."
"In a motion made public yesterday, Connolly's attorneys asked Tauro to reconsider his ruling earlier this week signifying a plan to give the agent 8-10 years in prison for racketeering with James 'Whitey' Bulger."
"The judge also got a letter yesterday from a retired Boston police sergeant whom Connolly denigrated in a 1997 phony letter he mailed on police stationery to a federal judge."
"Jurors convicted Connolly of sending the letter on behalf of Stephen 'The Rifleman' Flemmi."
"Frank Dewan alleged other instances of Connolly slandering cops and asked Tauro to lock him up Monday."
" 'To protect his illegal relationship, he caused me a great deal of embarrassment and humiliation, as well as denigrating the men and women of the Boston Police Department,' Dewan wrote." |
MA: Police Union wants Commissioner to quit job - because he opposes shooting at fleeing vehicles
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"The Boston Police Patrolmen's Assocation yesterday called for Commissioner Paul F. Evans to resign, saying his planned restrictions on the use of deadly force - outlined after the fourth fatal police shooting this year - are 'deadly and irresponsible' and could lead to 'officers killed in the line of duty.' "
"In a statement posted on its Web site, the union said Evans is 'unfit to lead this department' because he wants to ban officers from shooting at moving vehicles. Evans announced the changes on Monday, a day after an officer shooting at a fleeing car killed a 25-year-old Dorchester woman who was riding in the back seat." |
Alleged mob victim's family sues FBI over his murder
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"The family of one of three Bennett brothers allegedly murdered 35 years ago by gangster Stephen 'The Rifleman' Flemmi sued the FBI yesterday for $50 million, claiming a special agent failed to warn the man and later covered for Flemmi."
"Former FBI agent H. Paul Rico 'assisted, condoned, participated and caused the death' of William Bennett two days before Christmas in 1967, charges the suit filed in U.S. District Court."
"The lawsuit joins 13 other claims totaling $1.9 billion against the government over the Boston FBI's handling of criminal informants dating back 40 years." |
VA: Facial recognition technology being used to scan general public
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Mugging for the cops"
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"In Virginia Beach, Va., police started a digital manhunt for criminals this week by pairing surveillance cameras with new identification technology."
"It is the second U.S. city to hunt for fugitives by scanning public streets while software compares images of pedestrians captured on camera to digital versions of police photos."
"Surveillance cameras have long been used on private property, from banks to airports, and their use in public spaces such as the National Mall is becoming more common."
"Police in Virginia Beach and Tampa, Fla., the other city where this technology is used, see the cameras as a strong deterrent to criminals. But privacy advocates say combining surveillance devices with software to hunt for people walking in public places marks the erosion of freedom because it puts scores of innocent people in a digital lineup." |
UK: Government 'manipulating statistics on street crime'
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"The Government was accused last night of 'statistical manipulation' to back up Tony Blair's pledge to make Britain's streets safer."
"Figures from the 10 police force areas with the worst robbery records showed there were 70 fewer mugging victims each day in England and Wales last month compared to April."
"However, Opposition MPs accused the Home Office of using selective statistics to make sure Mr Blair's pledge was met 'by hook or by crook'."
"No amount of playing with the figures will persuade the British public that street crime is anything like under control. Short-term fixes and statistical manipulation are not a substitute for a coherent long-term strategy to attack crime at its roots and get police visibly back on our streets." --Oliver Letwin, shadow home secretary |
UK: Urban crime is on the decline: but can we trust the evidence?
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"Police forces seem to be fulfilling Tony Blair's promise to cut a robbery epidemic, but criminologists detect some flaws in the findings"
"Yesterday Mr Blunkett announced that street crime had been reduced by 14 per cent in the 10 predominantly urban forces where the problem has been the target of an unprecedented £67m police initiative."
"But no sooner had news emerged of what appeared to be a dramatic transformation than criminologists and other experts began to voice doubts about the picture being presented by the Government." ... |
UK: 'Crime wardens' (with no law enforcement powers) to patrol streets in Scotland
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"Neighbourhood wardens will patrol Scotland's streets in a new approach to tackling crime in communities."
"The Scottish Executive said the wardens will provide a visible presence in deprived communities and will provide a new point of contact for local people."
"It has been pointed out that while the wardens' presence is intended to discourage nuisance crime, they will have no law enforcement powers."
Sounds like more targets for pickpockets and muggers. |
UK: Shootings 'have soared by 50%' in the last five months
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"Residents in a north London borough say urgent action is needed to stop a steep rise in gun crime."
"In the last five months shootings in Haringey have soared by 50%."
"Community leaders are calling for people to unite under an initiative called 'Not another drop' which will work in close partnership with Haringey police and council."
"The scheme, which was started in Harlesden last year, aims to get people working together to identify and resolve the problems that are facing the community." [emphasis added]
"A lot of our young people in Haringey are dying." --David Fisher, a Haringey youth worker, told to BBC |
Death of a Republic
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"The Republic was not born when the Constitution was ratified, nor at the adoption of the Constitution, nor when independence was declared. It was born in noise and confusion and blood on April 19, 1775. It was born with a burst of gunfire, the smell of powder and the whistling of shot, and with the blood of patriots on Lexington Green, at Concord Bridge, and during that long, terrible aftermath on the road to Boston." |
Schumer's Frenetic Style Rates With Voters
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More proof that some people vote based solely on personl and selfish self-interests, even for the lowest of bottom feeders:
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"[Anti-gun New York Senator Chuck] Schumer reassured Foote and several other jean-clad farmers at the fair's dairy pavilion that a new milk price support program is coming soon. The program sends federal money to dairy farmers when the price of milk falls below a certain level."
"Schumer conversed knowledgeably about the support program, which he voted for, then moved on to a milk vending machine where he touted the idea of putting the milk dispensers in public schools instead of soda machines."
"The moms he encountered thought that was a good idea and Schumer was a good guy, but they were fuzzy on what he's actually done in Washington." |
TSA Taking cues from the BATF
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Not directly related to RKBA but relevant in that 'they' have created another agency that is a law unto itself.
The nation's oldest continuously-operating airport in College Park, MD received a call Tuesday ordering them to close the airport immediately.
The order specifies absolutely NO FLIGHT OPERATIONS which means that if someone flies out of or into these airports they get to tango with the TSA or the Secret Service, depending on whose turn it is to violate someone's civil rights. |
OH: School Won't Allow Patriotic Hair
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A 12 yr. old was sent home on 9-11 from West Junior High School in northeastern Ohio by her principal for spray painting her ponytail red, white and blue with temporary coloring. "[The principal] thought it caused undue attraction to wearer."
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"Grass-Roots Approach Energizes Dems"
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WASHINGTON -- "A grass-roots political strategy perfected in the Virginia governor's race last year has energized Democrats' bid for rural voters and could play a prominent role in the 2004 presidential campaign."
"That strategy calls for Democrats to do a better job of connecting with rural voters culturally, communicate a less threatening position on divisive issues like guns and emphasize how Democratic positions on issues like the economy and education help rural voters." |
Critics say INS roundup targeted immigrants, not terrorists
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"Some of the illegal immigrants rounded up Monday as part of the crackdown at Bush Intercontinental Airport had resigned their airport job weeks or months earlier, officials confirmed Thursday."
"In addition to the 143 people indicted on charges of falsifying documents, the Immigration and Naturalization Service rounded up 49 people-- some of whom no longer worked at the airport -- on simple immigration violations."
"Civil libertarians say that news calls into question the government's claim it acted to ensure that terrorists do not have access to the airport."
" 'You're not protecting security at the airport by arresting people who no longer work at the airport,' said David A. Kahne, a local representative of the American Civil Liberties Union. Critics of the sweep, known as 'Operation Tarmac,' plan to hold a news conference this morning."
"INS spokeswoman Luisa Aquino said she could not say how many of those apprehended no longer worked at the airport, but that some had left after being forewarned of the crackdown." |
TX: Fired Police Chief Bradford asserts innocence in perjury case
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"Three high-profile lawyers hired to defend suspended Houston Police Chief C.O. Bradford against a perjury charge said Thursday the chief did not lie under oath and released copies of a hearing transcript used to indict him."
"Bradford admitted profanity is used in official police meetings but waffled on whether he called an assistant chief a vulgarity, according to the transcript from a May grievance hearing for Capt. Mark Aguirre." ... |
Fifty Percent of Stalkers Are Ex-Partners
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50% of stalkers are former partners who harbor a bitterness or hatred for their victims & are likely to use violence & threats, a British psychologist said; they tend to be hostile, hot-headed, impulsive.
Further studies show: 18.5% are infatuated with their target, 15.3% are delusional AND DO NOT RESPOND TO REASON & 12.9% ARE SADISTIC & OBSESSED with their victim.
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WA: Inquest finds in favor of deputy; jury decides along racial lines
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"Many believed the police shooting was racially motivated. Now the decision in the inquest -- favoring the sheriff's deputy -- may have come down to race."
"Jurors examining the death of a black man fatally shot by a white King County sheriff's deputy earlier this year split on key questions of the inquest, and the lawyer for the slain main's family said the split was along racial lines." |
CA: LAPD probe alleges ex-deputy chief laundered drug money from son's ring
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"In a confidential report, police investigators said Deputy Chief Maurice Moore, who retired earlier this year, acted on behalf of his son, who ran the drug operation from federal prison, the Los Angeles Times said."
" 'His misconduct represents the worst in public corruption,' said the report, obtained by the Times."
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TX: Man hurt in his attempted robbery of pawn shop
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"A man was in critical condition Thursday after he was wounded in a shootout with employees of a southeast Dallas pawn shop."
" 'They had guns drawn when they came in,' " -- Arch Whitman
"Whitman said it's not unusual for pawn shop employees to be armed."
" 'Believe me, it's routine,' he said. 'People at the bank have an armed guard. Well, we're a bank, too. We follow under the same compliance laws for banking.' " |
Protecting the cockpit
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"The flying public wants to feel safe again, and guns -- in the right hands -- will make them feel safer. And women, more than men, want pilots armed; at least that's the result of a poll taken by the Winston Group for the Allied Pilots Association."
"[O]verall, the administration has been surprisingly slow to take measures to improve public confidence in airline safety." |
UK: Wife of author of Britain's handgun ban is mugged outside their home
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Howard's wife tells of mugging ordeal"
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"THE wife of Michael Howard [author of Britain's handgun ban and anti-self-defense idiot], the Shadow Chancellor, yesterday described how she was thrown into a gutter by muggers who wrenched her engagement ring from her finger."
"Sandra Howard, a former model, said she was left shaken by the attack outside the couple’s £3 million home in Pimlico, Central London."
"Mrs Howard, 62, blamed escalating street crime in London for the attack and said that muggings had become 'frighteningly common'."
"She said that she had been targeted because she was a woman alone in the dark."
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"Her husband, the former Home Secretary, was inside the house at the time but was unaware of what was happening."
"Police are hunting two men who are believed to have carried out another mugging on a 75-year-old woman an hour later on Monday."
"Mrs Howard lost her engagement ring, an eternity ring and her handbag to the muggers."
"[Mr Howard] said that his family had been victims of street crime on three other occasions recently."
"Their daughter, Larissa, was mugged outside her South London flat three months ago, had her mobile phone stolen at the Notting Hill Carnival in August and her bicycle cut from railings."
"Mr Howard criticised the Government’s 'headline-grabbing' initiatives on street crime and said more needed to be done, including better street lighting and reform of the early release scheme for offenders."
"Mrs Howard [wife of author of their handgun ban!] said: 'It is sad that you cannot feel that you can park outside your house at 11pm. I felt more frustration than fright. I think I was lucky not to get a parting kick in the stomach as many people do.' "
"She is the latest in a series of high-profile crime victims." ... |
AZ: Parker Canyon couple kidnapped by two illegal immigrants
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"A couple in their 70s were assaulted & kidnapped by 2 illegal immigrants after providing food & water in exchange for lawn work."
"They demanded transportation for themselves & 4 others. The woman was grabbed from behind & restrained while her mouth was taped shut - the husband was bleeding from being beaten & restrained for 1/2 hr. They had the woman drive to an RV park where they picked up 5 more illegals."
"Border Patrol spotted the truck as the woman began flashing headlights & tapping brakes."
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We support the right of the people to defend themselves from violent foreign invaders, even if it means the violent foreign invaders die. It's unfortunate these folks' kindness was used against them -- and more unfortunate that they didn't fill these cockroaches full of bulletholes.
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Airport worker dismissed for firing gun
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BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA -- "A Harrison-Marion Regional Airport worker was recently dismissed for firing a gun inside a building on airport property, the airport manager says."
"Jim Griffith said the maintenance worker discharged what he believes was a .22-caliber pistol inside an unsecured maintenance building late last week while three other workers were inside. Griffith said the man was apparently aiming his gun at a pop bottle target, and one shot hit a wall."
" "The reason I could dismiss him right there on the spot is because right in our employee policy it says, 'no unauthorized firearms on the airport,' " Griffith said Tuesday."
"The employee's identity and the number of times the gun was discharged were not immediately clear."
"Griffith said he did not report the incident to police or the public because he considered it a personnel issue, not a passenger-safety one."
"Airport workers sometimes use guns to keep runways free of wildlife such as ground hogs or deer, Griffith said, but added the Bridgeport airport has permits for such use."
"Lt. Roy Collins of the Bridgeport Police Department said firing a gun within city limits without special permission is illegal, and that such activity would normally result in a fine if no other illegal conduct was involved." |
CA: DEA raids yet another medical marijuana farm
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SEBASTOPOL -- "Federal agents Thursday raided a ranch on the outskirts of Sebastopol, carting away thousands of mature marijuana plants and arresting the owner of a Petaluma pot club."
"It was one of the largest marijuana seizures on the North Coast in recent memory."
"At least six people were being questioned, but only one had been arrested by late Thursday."
"Robert Schmidt, 51, owner of the Petaluma marijuana buyers club, was held on suspicion of assaulting a Drug Enforcement Administration agent."
"One agent, who insisted on anonymity, said Schmidt was arrested after he tried to strip another agent of his firearm."
"Schmidt had rented the six-acre property since March. His Petaluma club, Genesis 1:29, also was raided Thursday."
"A Chevrolet Blazer loaded with what one agent said were computer hard drives from the club drove up and parked beside the ranch house while agents were taking a lunch break from cutting down marijuana plants with chain saws."
"Crossbows and knives also were seized at the ranch, agents said."
"Neighbors said Schmidt was growing marijuana for Genesis and numerous other clubs around the Bay Area that sell marijuana for medical use."
"California voters approved an initiative in 1996 allowing medical use of marijuana with approval from a physician. But possession of marijuana remains a federal offense, and the Justice Department has stepped up enforcement since the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge last year." |
WI: Anti-hunter: "I have a right to feel safe."
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LINN, WISCONSIN -- "The Linn Town Board on Monday, Sept. 9 approved on a 4-1 vote the first reading of an amendment to the township's hunting ordinance."
"Although board members and Town Attorney David Schiltz said the action is mandated by the state Department of Natural Resources, a group of residents at the regular monthly meeting urged the board not to proceed with the amendment process."
"Before the meeting, resident Betty Coletti Stuffers presented a petition to Town Clerk Sue Polyock that was signed by 24 residents who live in the Snake Road and Alta Vista Drive area."
"A group of residents at the meeting expressed concerns about how illegal hunting affects their safety and quality of life."
"The petition states the undersigned 'very much support Linn Township's efforts to protect its citizens' through its existing hunting ordinance and 'object to the DNR opening our environment to a variety of unnecessary risks.' "
" 'Our homes are in an area that was closed to firearm use during hunting season' according to the existing ordinance, Coletti Stuffers said. 'The safety of our children, pets, homes and ourselves should come before the desires of hunters ... I have a right to feel safe.' " [emphasis added, and yes, that's really what the article quotes her as saying] |
Japan: Explosion at gun powder factory seriously injures worker
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"A worker was seriously injured in an explosion that occurred Friday morning at a gun powder factory here, local police said."
"At around 9:35 a.m., an explosion occurred at the factory of Showa Kinzoku Kogyo in Iwase while two workers were burying waste generated in the process of producing ammunition, police said."
"In the blast, one of the workers, 24-year-old Yukimasa Fujita, suffered serious wounds after he suffered burns on the face and numerous metal fragments pierced his body."
"Investigators suspect that the explosion occurred because the waste was buried immediately in the soil without being treated." |
CO: Bobcat shot in self-defense was rabid
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DEL NORTE, COLORADO -- "A bobcat that attacked two men last month was rabid - the first case of rabies in an animal in southern Colorado's San Luis Valley, according to officials."
"It also is the first known case of rabies in a bobcat in Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife officers statewide were alerted to watch for similar cases in their areas."
"The men were working on a cabin 3 miles west of Del Norte on Aug. 29 when the bobcat came out of the woods and attacked them twice, said Michael Seraphin, DOW public information officer for southeastern Colorado. One man climbed a scaffold to escape the aggressive cat while the other ran inside the cabin and slammed a sliding glass door in its face."
" 'Twice it lunged at the door and left muddy footprints and body marks on the glass,' Seraphin said. 'This is not normal behavior for a bobcat - especially in broad daylight. They shot it in self-defense and called the Division of Wildlife.' " |
PA: Man fined $5,800 for killing bear on his own property, says it was self-defense
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HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA -- "A Lewistown man has been ordered to pay $5,800 in fines and replacement costs for killing a black bear, the first time a Pennsylvania judge has handed down the maximum penalty for the crime."
"C. David Vogt, 45, was sentenced Sept. 6 for illegally killing the bear on his property last April."
"Vogt had claimed he shot the bear in self defense, but Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said evidence showed there was no one outdoors at the time and that the bear was not in an aggressive posture."
"Vogt said Thursday that he planned to appeal, but said he could not comment further without first talking with his attorney."
"Mark Ternent, a bear biologist for the Game Commission, said the adult male bear weighed 630 pounds when it was killed and would have reached 700 pounds before denning in the fall."
" 'Less than 1 percent of the nearly 45,000 bears weighed in Pennsylvania in the last 20 years obtain that size,' Ternent said. 'The odds of legally harvesting a bear of this size are about one in 39,000.' " |
IL: Gun rights group won't back anti-self-defense Ryan for governor
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"The Illinois State Rifle Association said Thursday it would not endorse a candidate for governor in the Nov. 5 election, a move that is a blow to Republican Jim Ryan's campaign against Democratic gun-control supporter Rod Blagojevich."
"In a statement, the gun-owners rights group said it was 'unfortunate that the major political parties could not field a candidate worthy of support.' "
"Sources in Ryan's campaign said the group wanted him to support legislation that would allow gun owners to carry a concealed firearm and measures that would repeal the right of larger municipalities to outlaw the possession of guns. Ryan has long opposed those measures."
And that's the best the Republicrat Party could come up with? Good for ISRA for withholding support from this RINO! |
MN: Police officer shot unarmed man in back 'by mistake'
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"A police officer in Minnesota who thought he was using a stun gun to subdue a suspect mistakenly fired a bullet into the man's back, investigators say."
"The victim, Christofar Atak, is said to be in a 'fair condition' after the incident."
"Rochester Police Chief Roger Peterson said investigation into the September 2 shooting found that Greg Siem thought he was holding a stun gun."
"The stun guns used by the police force are said to look like handguns. They use an electric shock to temporarily incapacitate a person."
"Atak, a refugee from civil war in Sudan, was drunk and acting violently at the time, police said."
" 'This family moved to get away from violence and they find themselves right back in it,' said Atak's lawyer, William L French."
"The police chief said he spoke with Atak to apologise and explain the findings of the investigation."
"He added Siem and a second officer, who had both been on leave since the shooting, can return to work." |
NY: Home invaders disguise themselves as UPS deliverymen
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Mill Basin man fights off home invaders"
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"A man who was pistol-whipped in the vestibule of his Mill Basin home by two thugs posing as UPS delivery men managed to fight them off, police said yesterday." ... |
Russia Dazed by U.S. Sanctions on Its Arms Makers
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - "Moscow expressed anger on Friday at a move by the United States, whose anti-terror campaign it has backed, to slap sanctions on three Russian arms producers."
"Russia's Foreign Ministry said Washington informed it last week that the arms suppliers -- producing a range of weapons from guns to helicopters -- had been put on a black list for striking deals with Libya, Syria and Sudan."
"The ministry said it had conveyed its protest to visiting U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton on Thursday."
" 'We talked about ways in which we could coordinate sales of conventional weapons to avoid the problem of sales...to state sponsors of terrorism,' he said. 'In the United States there is an absolute prohibition on such sales.' " |
FL: Police officers sentenced to more than 26 years for setting up robberies, beating hostages
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MIAMI -- "A retired Hialeah police officer was sentenced Thursday to more than 26 years in prison for setting up three robberies, one of them drug related, and beating hostages with a fellow officer."
"Orestes DeSoto, 46, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release on eight counts of federal robbery, narcotics and firearms charges."
"Suspended officer Cecilio Nunez, 39, was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison and supervised release on Wednesday on five similar federal charges."
"A federal judge ordered Nunez to pay $22,169.93 in restitution, U.S. Attorney Marcos Daniel Jimenez said."
"The two were arrested in October for the robberies, which were committed in little more than a month in early 2000."
"The investigation, nicknamed 'Bad Apple,' was organized by a task force of federal and state agents targeting corrupt officers. Hialeah police cooperated with the investigation."
"In the most extreme case, a restaurant manager was abducted, beaten, robbed and threatened with a gun by DeSoto, who thought the man doubled as a cocaine dealer."
"Investigators said the victim was stopped in a marked police car and handcuffed before a hood was placed over his head."
IN FAIRNESS...
Since cutting these guys' heads off and putting them on stakes outside their former police department would classify as 'cruel and unusual punishment', put them in the prison's general population and let inmates know they are cops and exactly what they did.
The peace officers who brought these vermin to justice deserve high praise and awards. |
NC: Raleigh agrees to let business owners shoot pesky animals
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"Pigeons, squirrels and rats have a new threat in Raleigh - gun-toting business owners."
"The city has a new ordinance that allows commercial property owners to use a .22-caliber rifle to shoot the animals on their land. The ordinance already allowed property owners to shoot vermin in residential areas if they have a permit from the police chief and are older than 21."
"Otherwise it's illegal to shoot or discharge any air rifle, gun or pistol in the city limits unless it's part of a police course or at an enclosed firing range."
"The permits are good for 90 days and allow only firing of blanks or shot cartridges during daylight hours on weekdays. The city won't issue permits for property within 150 feet of a school or park. Between June 1, 2001, and April 30, 27 residents asked for permits." |
CO: The Veteran whom police shot in 'wrong house' arrest is acquitted
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AURORA, COLORADO — "A 50-year-old Aurora man who was shot by police and seriously injured has been cleared of a charge that he aimed his handgun at officers before the shooting."
"An Arapahoe County jury on Wednesday acquitted Jerry Norris of felony menacing, finding that Norris could not have pointed his gun at one of two Aurora policemen on July 26, 2001."
"Now Norris, who has described his life since the shooting as 'hell,' may seek compensation from Aurora police Officers Andrew Crowley and Adolpho Ramirez, who shot Norris twice."
" 'I presume we'll be filing a suit against the city of Aurora and the officers involved,' said Robert Dill, Norris' attorney."
"Prosecutor Phil Smith declined to comment on the case."
"The officers had responded to Norris' house on a 911 hang-up call but they had been mistakenly sent to his address because of a computer error in the police emergency system. Norris was inside watching television and practicing handgun maneuvers."
"The gun Norris was practicing with when officers confronted him was empty."
"Norris, a Vietnam veteran and firearms expert, testified on his own behalf that he was trying to put his semiautomatic handgun down and was turning away from the officers when Ramirez opened fire."
"That account was supported by testimony from Russell Jaicks, the trauma surgeon who operated on Norris after he was wounded." |
CT: Anti-gun Bridgeport mayor Ganim is going to trail on multiple corruption charges
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INTRODUCTION:
Anti-gun oath-breaker Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim climbed our Enemy List rapidly when he filed a frivolous lawsuit against 18 gun manufacturers, 3 industry trade associations, and numerous local gun dealers and pawn shops. The lawsuit died in the Connecticut Supreme Court -- after wasting stacks and stacks of taxpayers' money and gun industry money. Be clear: this corruption trial couldn't happen to a more deserving pinstriped thug.
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"A federal judge denied Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim's request for a dismissal of his corruption indictment Thursday."
"But Judge Janet Bond Arterton's ruling in U.S. District Court in New Haven also said that prosecutors must provide more details of the unlawful benefits Ganim allegedly received."
"Ganim was indicted last October on 24 counts of racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, bribery and tax evasion. He is accused of accepting more than $400,000 worth of cash, luxury goods, meals and other items in exchange for steering city contracts."
"Ganim has pleaded innocent to the charges. His trial is scheduled to begin in January."
"Eleven other defendants, including some close associates of Ganim, have pleaded guilty to various corruption charges." |
Firearms and freedom will protect homeland
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"As if liberty-minded Americans needed more of an impetus to oppose restrictive and unconstitutional gun laws, WorldNetDaily editor-in-chief Joseph Farah's shocking story last week regarding the contents of an al-Qaida training tape provided the coup de grace in terms of motivation. Trouble is, I doubt many in Congress or the White House are paying attention." --Jon Dougherty, WorldNetDaily.com |
FL: 3 Detained in Florida Security Check; Alligator Alley Closed
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"Three people in two vehicles were detained Friday on Interstate 75 in southwest Florida based on possible terrorist threat information from Georgia, police said."
"Bomb-sniffing dogs brought to the scene alerted to material in both vehicles, said E.J. Picolo of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Live television shots at 7:15 a.m. showed explosive charges being used to blast open what appeared to be a backpack taken from one of the vehicles."
"The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued the advisory Thursday after a waitress in Calhoun, Ga., in the northwestern part of that state, told police there that she had overheard three men of Middle Eastern descent discussing terrorist plans Wednesday night."
"The Georgia woman said the men were talking about amounts of explosives and warned that Americans would 'cry on 9/13,' said Miami Police Lt. Bill Schwartz, quoting from the Georgia advisory."
Other reports during the day said these idiots' comments were "a joke." |
McCain of 2 minds on retiring
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"U.S. Sen. John McCain, saying he is satisfied with his accomplishments in behalf of the country, wonders openly in his new book whether it is time for him to retire to private life in Arizona." [We should be so lucky.]
"But McCain, 66, also writes of his years of public service: 'I'll hate like hell to leave it.' " |
Pilots' group decries missile deployment
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This is WorldNetDaily's Jon Dougherty's analysis/report on the APSA Press Release that ran on KABA yesterday...
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"The head of an airline pilots' organization pressing for legislation to allow guns in the cockpits of commercial airliners has criticized the Bush administration's decision to deploy air-defense missiles and fighters over Washington, D.C., during the Sept. 11 commemoration – ready to shoot down any passenger jets that were hijacked." |
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