TX Cop Killer Skates. Have No-Knock Raids Jumped the Shark?
"A Burleson County Grand Jury declined to indict the man who shot and killed Burleson County Sheriff's Deputy Adam Sowders who was serving a search warrant in December," kbtx.com reports. "Investigators were executing a search...
Reason TV Highlights Police Shooting of 80-year-old CA Engineer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZFlIK-zAO8
The War on Drugs and police militarization remind me of the scene where Batman says to the Joker "I made you - you made me first." In other words, America's anti-drug laws and our...
Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Seconds Counted Edition
We may never know what drove Earl Edward Clague Jr. to ram his car into the Perry, Florida car dealership where he worked and open fire with a shotgun last week. What we do know...
My First (And Not My Last) Defensive Gun Use
By Tom in Oregon
As a disclosure, I was a full-time police officer during my first defensive gun use, so I was allowed to carry concealed as long as I had ID with me. I...
Open Carry Interaction with the Police: A Law Enforcement Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N30TagPCNE4
Sgt Patrick Hayes writes:
YouTube is filled with videos of openly armed citizens interacting with the police. Some open carry advocates make the videos to capture a negative or unlawful police reaction to a legal...
Richard Mack to Vt. LEOs: Don’t Enforce Burlington Gun Laws
"The head of a nationwide sheriffs coalition is calling on Vermont's law enforcement officers to defy three controversial gun control measures passed by Burlington voters three weeks ago," foxnews.com reports. "'Sheriffs have a constitutional duty...
Quote of the Day: Civilians Need Not Apply
"In the weeks since that blood-soaked first day of March, police nationwide have stepped up gun training. More armed patrols visit train stations and public squares. Experts call for quicker use of guns in...
ACLU Defends Missouri Gun Rights Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1_W1s2Lgs
"On May 1, 2013, Jerry Bledsoe, a police officer, confronted Klaffer while responding to a noise complaint," thefreethoughtproject.com reports. "Klaffer videotaped the interaction, where Bledsoe issued an ultimatum to Klaffer to surrender his guns...
LA County Sheriffs Shoot and Kill Hostage
"John Winkler, 30, was one of three men being held and attacked by a 27-year-old man with a knife at an apartment on Monday night," reuters.com reports. "He and another man ran out of...
The Worst Cop-Shoots-Dog Story in the History of the World Ever
Don't say we didn't warn you. "Cole Middleton was doing some repairs at his family’s dairy farm while his wife Jayna was shopping. He got home around 11 a.m. and discovered his house had...
What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Wall’s Ice Cream Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3M_nvQht7-c
If I really wanted to be persnickety, I'd say "you can't drive without ice cream" is a mandate to drive without due care and attention. But that would be churlish. My main complaint: I don't...
From the Annals of Police Militarization: GA SWAT Burn Toddler With Stun Grenade
As much as we bemoan the fact that facts don't trump emotion when it comes to public debate about public safety (e.g., the post-Newtown civilian disarmament surge), they don't. Most people make decisions based...