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SSCC #209 – Manalapan NJ

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Andrew J. Adell, 30, a six-year veteran of the Manalapan Police Department, admitted in court Monday that he was driving drunk on March 6 in his 2004 Jeep when he attempted to make a right turn onto South Street in Colts Neck before veering off the highway and colliding head-on with a 2003 Ford driven by Robert Felix, 40, of Keansburg, according to testimony offered to state Superior Court Judge Francis P. DeStefano.

How nice of them to just force him to resign his post instead of just firing his ass.  He admitted to being twice above the legal limit, and he even hit someone resulting in severe bodily harm.  The fact they didn’t fire him still allows him the ability to find a job some place else.  It appears that the assault by auto charge is a misdemeanor offense in New Jersey meaning he’s not hit by the costs that come with a felony.

He’s been given a second chance by his department by not just firing his ass and putting that black mark on his record.  How many non-leo civilians would get that type of second chance?

State Sponsored Criminal Count 209: Andrew J. Adell

Because when you are twice the legal limit and run over a pedestrian you shouldn’t be fired.  Instead you can resign to go work some place else. 

Quote of the Day – Ian Harrison (12/13/2011)

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Since then, a lot of water has passed under the bridge. In 1997, politicians in the country of my birth chose to vilify law-abiding gun owners as a means to appease the press and get themselves re-elected. As a result of the legislation passed, all legitimate handgun owners were forced to hand over legally held pistols and revolvers, or face up to 10 years in jail. There were a fair number of Brits who, rather than live in a country that would treat its citizens as serfs, chose to jump ship. My wife and I joined them, landing in upstate New York where we settled down to build our own version of the classic immigrant story.

(emphasis mine)

Ian Harrison – Top Shot Winner Becomes U.S. Citizen

[I don’t watch Top Shot.  Not for the fact I dislike the idea, I love the idea and how it normalizes the shooting sports.  I don’t watch it because I don’t watch a lot of TV and of the TV I do watch I could care less about the drama llama that is reality TV.  I do however absolutely love what can be observed from the quote above.

This man was forcibly disarmed by the country he defended and decided that country no longer deserved his citizenship.  That is the power of gun control.  It causes people to flee, yet you don’t see American’s fleeing to Great Britain due to their low crime rates and gun control.

Welcome Mr. Harrison to you and your wife.  You obviously are in the right circles and find yourself in good company here.  -B]

h/t JayG

SSCC #208 – Canton OH

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This guy was probably buddies with Officer Roid Rage
given it’s the exact same department so color me not shocked on this one folks.

Michael Reese, 42, was arraigned Friday in Municipal Court on one count of domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor. Reese pleaded not guilty and was released after signing a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

What exactly is it thought that he supposedly did though according to the charges?

Reese struck the woman in the back of the head during an argument Sept. 21, according to the court records. Reese also reportedly grabbed the woman’s arm and swung her into a door frame, causing injury to her head and neck area. Reese also pushed the woman over a dining room chair and kicked her several times in the leg, according to court records.

I’m sure this numb nut went home and slept like a baby.  With this incident they at least suspended the officer, however given the history of the department as well as the local political officials
I know why he slept like a baby.  Unless he’s actually convicted where the Lautenberg Amendment
will come into play he’s probably still going to have a job come morning.

State Sponsored Criminal Count #208: Michael Reese

Because when your woman pisses you off the proper response is to beat the crap out of her since nothing will happen to you.  If another officer can threaten to shoot someone and harass them why would anything happen to you?  Especially when he’s on video in three separate instances.

Unpossible – TSA Violated Policy

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More from our best and brightest that is our TSA.

In response to ongoing criticism for removing the back brace from an elderly woman who claims Transportation Security Agency (TSA) officers strip-searched her an airport, the TSA issued a “clarification” about their position on the incidents, claiming — contrary to an earlier TSA statement — that the woman’s back brace was removed because the security personnel thought it was a “money belt.”

Is anyone really surprised by this incident?  We have given a much of power hungry uneducated morons the power to force anyone to do anything.  Refusal can result in the revocation of your rights and being detained on arbitrary charges that center around you not being a good little sheep.

My favorite line though from the TSA was this which shows exactly what they think about this incident.

The TSA denied that any strip-search ever took place, adding that they “truly regret that these passengers feel they had a bad screening experience.”

Note they refuse to admit the agents did anything wrong in the handling of these customers. Even though they admit that back braces are not supposed to be removed yet the agents can do no wrong.  The agents violated policy and didn’t correct their behavior upon noticing the error.  Yet these women should perceive their experiences as negative despite the TSA agents screwing up?

You know, I keep telling myself that actually going after these people isn’t worth it. The behavior of both the agency and the agents though is beginning to make me think that liberal applications of both tar and feathers is required at all levels. Seriously.

SSCC #207 – West Palm Beach

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 In 2009, while newly elected State Attorney Michael McAuliffe was
still building a reputation for cracking down on public corruption, his
office charged two former West Palm Beach police officers with battery
and official misconduct in the beating of a handcuffed robbery suspect
captured on video.

Prosecutors actively pursued the case until
September, when they dropped all charges against one officer and allowed
another to plead to a misdemeanor. The move prompted speculation that
McAuliffe dropped the case to garner favor with the local police union
for his upcoming re-­election bid. Three weeks later, a retired police
officer filed an ethics complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics
against McAuliffe, citing a meeting between him and union officials
shortly before the case ended as evidence.

The prosecutors office claimed that new evidence was discovered however a review of this new evidence shows no new information.  So either the case was unfounded to begin with, which is unlikely, or more likely the prosecutors office used it as an excuse.

In this case instead of the criminal themselves, we have one of the people protecting them.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 207: Michael McAuliffe

Because you only do the right thing until you need to get reelected.  When that happens everything for sale.

Quote of the Day – John J. Robinson (12/11/11)

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Then along came the crossbow, presenting the first material threat to the battlefield superiority of the armored knight.  Its short compound bow, made of layered wood, bone, and horn, could propel a short thick arrow (or “quarrel”) at a speed that would penetrate light armor.  Thus the armored warrior, the aristocrat in war or peace, could be killed by an opponent he could not get his hands on – worse, an opponent from the lower classes.  It wasn’t fair, and if it wasn’t fair to the lords, it probably was not in keeping with God’s will.  A pope went so far as to ban the use of the crossbow by Christians, but the ban had no noticeable effect.  Bans on weapons never work because they are always accompanied by the unspoken caveat, “We wont use it unless we absolutely must in order to win.”

John J. Robinson – Born in Blood

Emphasis mine.

[At the time the crossbow evened the battlefield much like modern firearms level the game of self-defense.  That unspoken caveat also comes back around to have an advantage over your enemy, or prey depending the view being war or criminal activity.  Every criminal wants to win and even the gun grabbers admit that criminals can follow that unspoken caveat and have a right to arms.

Who needs guns then? Well, hunters need guns for the sport. Some peo­ple need guns for their pro­fes­sion– law enforce­ment, secu­rity guards, peo­ple who trans­port cash from busi­nesses to banks, etc., gang mem­bers, drug car­tels, felons, rob­bers and those who, with­out a gun, could not do their jobs.

Remember gun control has absolutely nothing to with stopping violence, protecting people, but everything to do with control.  That has been the role of weapons prohibition always, even back to the middle ages.  The church attempted to limit arms to protect nobility.  You can’t say no to someone who can trample you with a horse you can’t stop, who you can’t effectively fight.  Those who want your guns, want you disarmed so they can tell you what to do without fear of you defending yourself.  -B]

Clarity Has Come To That Childhood Question

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So growing up when the question was asked and it always was, “what Star Wars character would you be?”  I always said Han but never gave it a lot of thought as to exactly what really drew me to that conclusion.  Maybe it’s because he was indepenedent and a smuggler.  My libertarian leanings run deep even to my childhood.  Then this week Phil posted something which Linoge commented on.

Be-Like-Han

Han was calm and cool no matter what was going down.  Then I saw this comment from Wolfman:

Han Solo is remarkable in this regard throughout the storyline. Stormtroopers got you on the run? Scream in a bloodcurdling manner and chase them, they won’t expect that. Luke Skywalker in over his head and probably dying (again? geez…) of hypothermia? Make the decision and go out after him. Tauntaun dies? Looks like a warm place to stash an idiot friend for a while. Whole base is a trap geared for your destruction? Stay flexible, and trap them right back. He’s the only character in the series that actually pulls the trigger on Vader, and he does it more than once. Be like Han, indeed…

That put it in perspective quite well. I always thought of Skywalker as a whiny little bitch. I had never thought about everything Han did though.  Ultimately I’d want to be the bad ass who shoots at Darth Vader.  

If you told Han how much of a bad ass he is.  Han’s only response would be, “I know“.

SSCC #206 – Minneapolis

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In the third-largest settlement for a police incident in the past two decades, the city of Minneapolis on Friday approved a $1 million payment to a mother of two who was severely burned when officers, acting on a tip looking for drugs they never found, used a flash/sound device, commonly known as a flash grenade, during a raid on a south Minneapolis apartment.

The injury thought isn’t even the best part.

City spokesman Matt Laible told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, “The application correctly set out the grounds for a no knock warrant. The warrant itself did not include the “no knock” provision due to an inadvertent error.”

So lets make this clear.  Cops execute a warrant that was issued with an “announcement of authority” clause as a no-knock.  Then they find absolutely no drugs in the residence or evidence there of, and they injure someone not even associated with the investigation.  Good news for the cops though:

No police officer involved in the raid has been disciplined for the incident, the city confirmed.

Every officer violated the terms of the warrant and they carry the responsibility of it.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 206: Minneapolis PD

Because who needs to knock when you can lob flash grenades at people injuring them and get away with it.