Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Yahoo News

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A police dog handler has been suspended without pay for five days but won’t face criminal charges after his dog was left in a police vehicle for more than six hours and died from the South Carolina heat, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said.

Master Police Officer David Hurt had the air conditioning on, but for some unexplained reason turned off a heat alarm and left his windows open July 26. Hurt failed to even come to his vehicle to let the Labrador retriever mix named “Turbo” use the bathroom — behavior that shocked seasoned dog handlers, Holbrook said.   Continue reading “Chief: Police dog was left in car 6 hours, died from heat”

The Newspaper

After a year-long attempt to save its ability to issue speeding tickets, the notorious speed trap town of Damascus, Arkansas, has officially been declared a scofflaw. Circuit Court Judge Chris Carnahan last week struck down the legal challenge Damascus mayor L.B. Pavatt mounted in the hopes of restoring the town of 379’s most important source of revenue.

“The plaintiffs, by clear and convincing evidence, are found to be in violation of the Arkansas speed trap law,” Judge Carnahan ruled. “The declaratory relief prayed for by plaintiffs hereby is denied, and this matter is dismissed with prejudice.”   Continue reading “Arkansas Town Banned From Issuing Speeding Tickets”

Chicago Tribune

Just after returning home from a walk around the block with her dog, Marshmallow, an 8-year-old Wilmette girl expected a visit from a playmate. Instead, police officers arrived at the family’s door.

An anonymous caller had contacted police after seeing the girl walking the dog alone, said her mother, Corey Widen. While police never pursued charges, the seemingly common activity launched an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigation to see if Widen was neglecting her children, she said. Continue reading “Wilmette mom investigated for letting 8-year-old walk dog around the block.”

BuzzFeed – by Leticia Miranda

Retailers are turning to facial recognition software to identify potential thieves by comparing scanned images of shoppers’ faces against a database of known shoplifters. But as more retail stores consider using the technology, privacy advocates and industry stakeholders are debating how the technology should be regulated and how shoppers should be informed about when their faces are scanned.   Continue reading “Thousands Of Stores Will Soon Use Facial Recognition, And They Won’t Need Your Consent”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Activist David Hogg talks of his generation of gun controllers in a NYMag cover story, then thinks of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and says, “Move the f**k off the plate and let us take control.”

NYMag indicates Hogg is wearied by the “old” Democrats who keep hanging onto their offices. He mentioned Pelosi in particular, and said pointedly, “Nancy Pelosi is old.”  Continue reading “David Hogg to ‘Old’ Nancy Pelosi: ‘Move the F**k off the Plate and Let Us Take Control’”

The College Fix – by Maria Lencki

Delaware State University forbids its students from throwing snowballs, a policy that a school official says is due in part to the potential “harm” that snowball fights pose to those on campus.

The rule, outlined in the school’s Division of Student Affairs Student Judicial Handbook, lists “the throwing of snowballs on University grounds” under the “personal violations” category, alongside violations such as “being in the bath/shower areas of the opposite sex” and “making threats of violence or intimidation.”   Continue reading “Public university forbids students from throwing snowballs”

Paul Craig Roberts

William Blum shares with us his correspondence with Washington Post presstitute Michael Birnbaum. As you can tell from Birnbaum’s replies, he comes across as either very stupid or as a CIA asset.

When I received my briefing as staff associate, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which required top secret clearance, I was told by senior members of the staff that the Washington Post was a CIA asset. Continue reading “The CIA Owns the US and European Media”

Fox News

A New Jersey police chief resigned last week after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly buying cocaine online.

Michael Coppola, the embattled Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department chief, allegedly bought cocaine on the Internet and had it delivered to a post office box. Coppola was arrested during a traffic stop on Aug. 9 after allegedly picking up the package of what he believed to be cocaine from the post office, WNBC-TV reported.   Continue reading “New Jersey police chief resigns after arrest for allegedly buying cocaine”

San Francisco Chronicle

A deaf, 76-year-old woman accused an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputy of excessive force during an alleged jaywalking incident last year, claiming the deputy “violently threw” her to the ground and handcuffed her to an ambulance while she was unconscious.

Attorneys for plaintiff Hui Jie Jin laid out the allegations in a lawsuit filed late last week in Northern District of California. The suit claims Jin suffered a permanent brain injury, along with contusions and abrasions, as a result of what her attorneys called an unlawful arrest.  Continue reading “76-year-old deaf woman sues Alameda County sheriff’s deputy for rough arrest”

Reason – by Scott Shackford

Los Angeles’ new police chief is a $1.27 million beneficiary of a controversial city “retirement” program that is so costly and prone to abuse that other cities which tried it have since abandoned it.

Michael Moore, a 36-year department veteran who had been managing operations as assistant chief, was named in June to replace retiring Chief Charlie Beck.   Continue reading “L.A.’s New Police Chief Pretended To Retire and Got $1.27 Million for It”