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Category: Crime

  • Conservative Black Chick Launches Super-PAC

    The first blacks elected to Congress after the Civil War were Republicans. Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels was the the first black Senator elected and his peer Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first black elected to the House of Representatives. I’m excited to see the creation of the Conservative Melting Pot PAC, which not only will…

  • Modern Policing Model: The LAPD?

    Sheriff’s deputies caught one of the Bloods before he could vanish into the maze of two-story apartment blocks that make up Imperial Courts. Another suspect got away. Deputies spotted the third ducking into one of the apartment buildings. They were preparing to go in when Phil Tingirides, the Los Angeles Police Department captain responsible for…

  • What Type of Gun Used at NY Car Wash & Barber Shop?

    The following is the Associated Press report on the standoff between police and the man who they say opened fire at a barber shop and a car wash on Wednesday in upstate New York, killing four. But as the gun debate rages, it’s interesting to note that the gun used by the killer was not…

  • MLK and His Guns

    Most people think King would be the last person to own a gun. Yet in the mid-1950s, as the civil rights movement heated up, King kept firearms for self-protection. In fact, he even applied for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. A recipient of constant death threats, King had armed supporters take turns guarding…

  • SEC Hits Illinois with Securities Fraud Charges

    Illinois broke federal securities laws in misstating the true health of the state’s depleted pension funds when going out onto the bond market between 2005 and early 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday.  … The finding of securities fraud doesn’t subject the state to any fines or penalties but amounts to a warning…

  • Holder: Drone Killing Americans on U.S. Soil Legal

    “It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question…

  • John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley

    TURLEY: That’s exactly right. In fact, President Obama has not only maintained the position of George W. Bush in the area of national securities and in civil liberties, he’s actually expanded on those positions. He is actually worse than George Bush in some areas. CUSACK: Can you speak to which ones? TURLEY: Well, a good…

  • Widespread Violence on the CTA

    With almost 20,000 CTA bus trips a day, tempers sometimes flare on a few of them. Regular users of the CTA know what an obstacle course it can be. On the CTA’s 1,200 rail cars, riders are often met with a variety of frightening encounters- from armed robbers and cell phone thieves to fist fights…

  • Judge Jeanine on CPD Chief Garry McCarthy

    It’s time for a vote of no confidence in Garry. He’s let his mouth run too much and is simply no longer credible on any topic. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuXDYb8tcRg]

  • Dan Bongino’s Stump Speech

    Hope to see more of this guy in the future. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8WLXhahw_A]