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Know Why I Run the State Sponsored Criminal Count?

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Via Uncle we have a perfect example of why I run the this thing.

The city police officer fired for a pattern of verbal abuse and making threats is trying to get his job back.

Patrolman Daniel Harless is proceeding with the arbitration process,
said Kristen Bates Aylward, an assistant city law director.

Yes that is the same Daniel Harless, Officer Roid Rage, that can be seen in the count at #7.  This man had a history of behaving like this and it was documented on video in at least three separate incidents.  Even with that behavior though he is attempting to be reinstated as a police officer.

Here’s what this whole roid-rage incident teaches the public.  This behavior is acceptable as long as it does not end up being distributed to the public.  Don’t believe me?  If OCC had not obtained a copy of the video and released it do you think anything would have happened to officer roid-rage?  He had two previously documented incidents and nothing happened.  There was a city councilman that attempted to come to his defense trying to justify his behavior.

His argument to the arbitrator is going to center around the fact that his dismissal was due to public pressure, not because he did anything wrong.  Think about that for a second.  The fact we found this piece of black toxic mold and shined a heavy UV light on him is a reason for him to remain.  For you see if it hadn’t been for that UV light he would have never been dismissed.  Never mind the following fact:

The incident was reviewed by an outside prosecutor who concluded
Harless’ actions weren’t serious enough to warrant criminal charges.

If you or I had done anything like that we would have gone to jail and spent a bunch of time in front of a judge.  If we escaped without jail time it would have been miraculous given the fact that we threatened and intimidated and individual, while armed.  The only difference between him and us is the fact that he is sponsored by the state.

Still think the majority of police departments want to weed out the bad eggs?  For the most part they’re forced into retaining them, because unless you do something really egregious, you’re just a state hired thug.

SSCC #306 – TSA

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They’re back, this time with an interesting incident.

A TSA screener was arrested at JFK Airport for hurling a cup of hot
coffee at an American Airlines pilot who told her and some colleagues to
tone down a profanity- laced conversation in a terminal, sources said
yesterday.

From the description the conversation was anything but professional.  The pilot requested that they stop it, since they were in uniform and thus representative of their employer.  The agent was less that polite and when he attempted to grab her badge to get her name she responded with a face full of hot coffee.

This is completely unpossible though given the high caliber individuals the TSA hires for their character and high degree of professionalism.

The pilot didn’t escape this mess either though.

Trivett was not seriously injured. El, of Brooklyn’s East New York, was
given a desk-appearance ticket on harassment and misdemeanor-assault
charges.

Let that be a lesson to just let TSA agents do whatever the hell they want.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 306: Lateisha El

Because when you work for the TSA, professionalism takes on a whole new meaning.

via Uncle.

It Fell Off

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So I spent this weekend trying to get equipment cleaned and ready to go for next week and Boomershoot.

First up was getting the IC706 wired up in the truck with the VHF antenna.  I did that first thing Saturday morning.  The current power supply source is temporary until my power poles arrive at which point it will be running off the 30A auxiliary switch.  I attached the faceplate to the dashboard with Velcro.

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After I got it all hooked up I decided to head down the street to a gun shop I hadn’t been in yet.  Since it is only a block a way I felt that was some sort of sacrilegious act that I hadn’t gone yet.  Me being the lazy bastard I am, and more specifically wanting an excuse to play with my toy drove the truck.  Half way there it happened.  The face plate falls off, it falls off, if falls the frick off.  Not just the faceplate, but the new Velcro strip on the dash.  It appears that the adhesive on the strip sucks.  So I moved that strip to the center console in-between the seats.

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The easier to operate when needing to do a lot button wise.  Later that night TMW informed me we have some Velcro with the industrial style adhesive.  I placed one of those on the dashboard and hit it with some heat from a blow dryer.  It’s not leaving the dashboard now.  Then as extra icing on the cake, the Moscow repeater was turned back on yesterday, it didn’t come back after a power outage recently.

While at the gun shop I found a few parts so I can hopefully do some optic rotations.  It actually had an amazing selection of toys.  I killed a bunch of time chatting with some of the guys and found a subject for future blog fodder.  It is serious and I need to do some investigation to get the details.

After I got home I started the process of cleaning for Boomershoot.  It’s going to be a long week.  Be advised, blogging may be spotty from here until after Boomershoot.  I will try and blog while on the road for the Jet Boat races.  I will have my camera with me so I’ll have pictures to post too.  I want to try and schedule some posts in advance except doing that for the count is a bit difficult unless I have everything done in-between.

SSCC #303-305: New Haven

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Here’s one giant bag of unpossible given these are anointed individuals.

Three police officers were arrested on charges of interfering with a police officer, and two of them were charged with unlawfully discharging their guns.

The arrests followed an investigation into a claim that one or more off-duty officers illegally fired guns early Sunday outside a bar. No injuries were reported.

Don’t worry though.  I’m sure even with their gross negligence they will continue to be paid by the taxpayers during the investigation.  Even if they do find something though, don’t fret because I’m sure the punishment will be more training.  Never mind the fact that something ad dumb as this qualifies under the “You Can’t Fix Stupid” clause.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 303: Lawrence Burns

304: Charles Kim

305: Krzystof Ruszczyk

Because guns and alcohol only don’t mix if you’re a civilian.  Just the same it’s only civilians who can always hold their liquor.

SSCC #302–West Virginia

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A former Pocahontas County sheriff’s deputy has been indicted for allegedly sexually abusing four children and one adult woman over a period of 10 years.

Yes it is just as bad as it sounds.

The indictment alleges Totten, a former sheriff’s deputy, forced four juvenile girls and one adult woman to have sex while in the line of duty. The adult was allegedly forced to have sex while incarcerated, the indictment says.

None of the victims are relatives or family members.  Even the police have bad eggs, yet they get a free pass to qualified immunity and laws that help restrain victims from fighting back.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 302: Bradley C. Totten

Because the law exists to protect the thugs who decide to commit their crimes while working for the state.  Their only request is you not get caught.

Now I’m 100% Legal…

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Laziness has been winning as of late.  The wife’s new license came in yesterday and I’m going to need my wallet one with me for the upcoming jet boat races so I’m finally finished up something in my station.

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I’ve had a VHF rig I’ve been borrowing, but my license has been in the filing cabinet.  I even left my wallet one in there too and just had my original call license in my wallet.  I remedied that today and posted both our licenses next to the radio on my desk.  I’m now kosher for the paper pushers.  I also put the updated license in my wallet finally.

There are some things I get very lazy about, dotting my eyes on paperwork or placing papers in a special spot to make people feel good is one of those things*.

*Except if this was a repeater site, I would make sure I had a license on the cabinet with the rest of my contact info.  The desk in my office though, not so much. 

In other news, as recommended by Unc, AirDroid makes life easy.  Grabbing files off the phone is much easier (again lazy wins).