SSCC Ashland

A former Ashland Police officer has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges.

32-year-old Melvin “JR” Schoch Jr. pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone and possessing a firearm in during the commission of a drug crime, during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Ashland. Two other counts from a January superseding indictment were dropped as part of the plea agreement.

Why’d this guy really make the count given the guilty plea?

Schoch, who was on duty with the Ashland Police at time and armed with duty weapon, admitted to entering the residence under the guise of having a search warrant.

Nice using the drug war to steal drugs from people and then sell them.  Is anyone really surprised by this type of revelation?

State Sponsored Criminal: Melvin Schoch Jr.

Because the reason you go work for the state is so you can be above the law.

Ear Worm Wednesday–5/15/2013

Puddle of Mudd – Gimme Shelter

SSCC: DeKalb County

A sergeant with the DeKalb County police department was arrested Wednesday morning after an alleged assault against a teenager days earlier at a McDonald’s, according to police.

Scott A. Biumi, 48, of Cumming, was charged with aggravated assault in the April 9 incident at the McDonald’s on Old Atlanta Road, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said.

He was wearing his badge and driving an unmarked car.  If a person had defended themselves you can bet they’d be charged with assaulting a police officer and could very well be dead from the overwhelming response from his friends after keying the radio.

The officer hasn’t been fired though the police Chief claims not to tolerate that kind of behavior… I guess seeing video of it happen wasn’t enough to seal the deal.

State Sponsored Criminal: Scott A. Bimumi

Because when you’re a cop and you get a craving for a Big Mac, assault anyone who stalls you.

Quote of the Day–Law Dog (5/14/2013)

Matter-of-fact, this whole sorry episode is going to be another footnote in the annals of history that future scholars will point to and say, "This was the period of time in which the Government of the United States consisted solely of people who didn’t have any business running anything more complicated than a lemonade stand without adult supervision."

Law DogITAR and bloody dafties

May 11th, 2013


[I have nothing further to add. –B]

SSCC Bakersfield

The Bakersfield Californian reported 33-year-old David Sal Silva died early Wednesday morning in the hospital after he was struck an unknown amount of times by nine authorities seeking to subdue him. Silva was considered possibly intoxicated and an autopsy is expected to reveal if he was killed by injuries sustained in the beating or other complications.

Unexpectedly the police seized the video and have refused to return the devices.  Evidently the whole copying a file thing is new to them.  Most likely they’re trying to destroy evidence.

Due to the number of officers involved this one makes the count because not a single one of them did anything to stop the unnecessary application of force.

State Sponsored Criminal: Bakersfield Police Department

Because when you have 9 men and a man begging for his life, beat him to death.  The law’s on your side right?

via Marc

SSCC: Marinette

Tony Davis, 48, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball pursuant to a federal indictment charging him with bribery in connection with a series of transactions of the Jackson Police Department, according to an announcement Thursday by U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.

Here’s what caught my attention though:

This is not the first time Davis has run afoul of the law.

A nearly $5,000 default judgment was entered against Davis in Oct. 2011 in Hinds County Circuit Court. Adrienne Coleman of Jackson said she paid Davis $4,800 to buy a Cadillac vehicle for her. But Collins said she never got the vehicle nor her money back from Davis, who owned Davis Detail & Sales and Best U. Auto Sales.

Yet this man is given the authority and backing of the state while in some places they refuse to allow their law-abiding citizens to carry for their own defense.

State Sponsored Criminal: Tony Davis

Because the laws are for the little people.

Quote of the Day – Brett Westerman

Yes mom, I know it was dad who mad you a mom.

Brett Westerman – Overhead while calling his mom on Mother’s day.

May 12, 2013


[Yes everyone in the truck burst out into laughter yesterday when he said that on the phone.  Why?  Because there was every ounce of that discomfort at the mental thought that was just put in his brain…. We all thought it was funny as hell.

Ahh to be in college again.  Wait, nope I’m good with freedom. -B]

 

Evidently I’m not an activist…

Neither is Robb, Joe, or Linoge.

Then there are the people who are doing nothing for advancing the cause, and are simply engaged in an attempt to garner fame for themselves. They loudly proclaim themselves to be engaged in civil disobedience, get the spotlight focused on themselves, and before any serious consequences can befall them, they fold their tent and scurry away. They then spend a large amount of time patting themselves on the back, and demanding that others recognize the so-called huge ‘risk’ they took in doing absolutely nothing. They are doing nothing for the CAUSE, they are doing this for THEMSELVES and their over sized egos.

Where did this all come from?  Well Joe, Robb, Linoge, and I were hosting an extra copy of the Defense Distributed file pack.  Allowing a quick and easy method for others to grab it if they so choose.

Divermedic took great offense saying how dare we pull our links when we evaluated the risk – reward matrix being beyond our worth.  Evidently if we were true activists we would fall on our swords and simultaneously commit seppuku.

You’re missing my point. The point here is that hosting the file from the beginning was a risk. Joe had to know that, or else why post the file at all?
A lawyer will ALWAYS tell you not to take a stand. That is his job. The easiest legal case to win is one that you never get into in the first place, but this results in very little change.
You accuse me of driving from the back seat, but isn’t that what the entire blogosphere does? We all sit around and complain about the state of affairs, but very, very few of us are willing to take a stand.
This is the reason why I think that all of this big talk about the “line in the sand” for gun owners is just that: talk. Everyone wants to complain, but no one wants to actually risk anything. Including myself, Joe, and even you.

Evidently, the thought there are different levels of risk and different cards that could be played never crossed this poor soul’s mind.  According to our illustrious leader here the best course of action is to always follow the original plan, even if the enemy makes an unexpected move that can easily and most likely cause your total destruction.  Hey, at least you died on a hill for nothing while screaming “Shall not be infringed” like a true activist right?

If you think that Joe, Robb, Linoge, or myself hosted this file for attention, maybe you’re the self-centered egotistical asshole projecting his approach to life on others.  I do find it interesting that while he continues to criticize us he has yet to actually put his money where his mouth is and do a damn thing beyond open his mouth bitching about how we’re “posers”.  Because a poser runs out and donates time and money and supplies said information to a couple hundred people?

Did we take as much risk as we could have?  No, why? Because honestly there was no reward to continuing the risk.  So why do it, why choose that hill to die on given the weapon they brought to bear against us?  We’re not running around bragging about it, we’re defending our decisions to some pleab who didn’t take an ounce of any risk himself.  We’re defending our actions against a man who has quite literally done nothing other than complain.

What is really telling though is how he states we’re not activists.

A lot of Joe’s writing on the right to keep and bear arms which you can read on his blog… is writing that you really really need to read.

  • Linoge isn’t doing anything to advance the cause?  I guess his work on the graphics matter posts aren’t worth anything.  His work engaging in debate is pointless and not worthy of note either.
  • Robb isn’t doing anything to advance the cause?  So his work for Florida Carry does not exist?
  • I’m not doing anything to advance the cause?  I guess my time donated helping Joe doesn’t matter.  I guess all my writing doesn’t matter.  I suppose the time I spend at gun shows helping people contact their legislators is time wasted.  I suppose the time I spend on the phone with my own legislators working on the details of pro-gun bills coming up for sponsorship are moot.  I suppose the time I donate to support A Girl, Sean, OldNFO, Linoge, and Weer’d and ensuring their blogs work and run is nothing.  I’m also going to be supporting another Washington State Firearms group here over the next couple days.  At cost while donating my time, but remember I’m not an activist.

His claim is the following:

Look, the penalty for violating ITAR is a million bucks plus twenty years in prison. I GET it if you aren’t willing to risk that. I know I’m not, but that is no excuse to run around and brag about how much you did and how much of a risk you took. That does nothing but pull the focus away from the problem and place it on you. That is why I criticize people for this.

No, here’s what happened.  Divemedic came into Joe’s place and started acting high and mighty calling us pussies for pulling down the files after the risk was too high.  He gave us a line of shit when we actually did something while he sat in his own little world and did nothing.

Does he really think that none of us have distributed those files in any other means?  Does he realize that three of us write software for a living and are very skilled with computers.  Tell me, given the penalty, would we advertise any further involvement?  Especially when we could accomplish the goal anonymously to protect ourselves.

He misread the point of posting those files.  Neither Joe, Robb, or myself posted that after the ITAR letter.  We had posted the files to help spread them far and wide and make it simpler for some to make their own copy.  Not everyone uses bit-torrent or is familiar with its use and we were helping anyone and everyone find it and sharing our bandwidth and server usage to do so.  The benefit of doing so was when the primary server link was cut we were still immediately available until the alternative methods had made their way all the way into the public’s view.

I didn’t ask everyone and their mother to link that post and I certainly provided no statement that I would keep the file posted no matter what.  I implied that you can’t stop the signal and you can’t.  Even though Joe, Robb, Linoge, and I have removed the files to legally protect us, it continues to spread, and that’s the damn point.

*Corrections since he evidently failed reading comprehension 101 and didn’t bother to actually read the quote.

One of them even made claim that he believe John Adams when he said:

If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave.

I guess he changed his mind and decided to become a slave…

I think you were confusing that quote with this one from Samuel Adams.

If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you,
and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

Ok, first up, you still don’t have the file publicly posted so you have no room to speak as if you were issuing a call to arms for support.  You didn’t even post the damn thing to begin with.

Secondly, that John Adams quote states the following since you don’t seem to be able to understand, “The natural rights of man are non-negotiable and not subject to the laws over government as they are natural.”

I have not told anyone else to pull down that file, it is their choice to continue to host it if they so choose.  I support their right and free exercise of that right.  Just because I support that right doesn’t mean I must exercise it exactly that way.  In this case I choose not to exercise that right, not because I don’t think I should be able to, but because the trouble and risk far outweighs any possible positive benefit.  To put it another way, just because I support the legalization of weed doesn’t mean I want or have to smoke it.

In closing this isn’t the first time that someone from “our side of the fence” has decided to hate on me.  Frankly I don’t care, I’m just going to refer to myself as “The Third Tier non-Activist Gun Blogger with a Junior Internet Detectives Badge.”  Because honestly the behavior of Divemedic in this whole thing strikes me just like that Smoking Blunder ass hat.  He decided to try and use this as a wedge between members of our community and frankly anyone who acts or behaves like that I don’t consider a friend.  He thrives on badmouthing those on his side because they weren’t willing to continue to stand when he didn’t even stand to begin with.  I’m not trying to make this out to be some sort of bad ass move, but frankly he is criticizing people when he really has no right to.

Joe didn’t want to waste time on a response and frankly he’s probably right.  In the end though, he says that we were ego stroking in an attempt to gain traffic to our sites… That coming from the guy beating on the drama llama.  Honestly, why should anyone give a crap about the “opinion” of Divemedic?  Until this whole escapade I hadn’t even heard of him.

No, when I get a comment from Tam, Oleg, JayG, or Alan saying that I’ve done something wrong, I’ll perk up and listen, doubly so since they’ll do so in an appropriate manner and have earned their reputation and rightfully so.  As far as I’m concerned, this is a no-body bitching at a bunch of some-bodies because he felt like it.