May 2010

A City’s Loss

This is an absolute shame. Time for the politicians to get their act together and stop sugar coating the situation. It is also time for parents to start parenting their kids properly. The absentee father situation is particularly disturbing to me. My Chicago PD friend says that he can’t wait to retire and get the hell out of Chicago…This comes from a guy that grew up loving the city…. This story is reprinted from The Chicago Tribune: Last week, as a soft rain fell, Tom Wortham stood on the Cole Park basketball courts across from the home his grandfather built half a century ago. The 30-year-old Chicago police officer …Read more […..]

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Policeman’s Badge – Metal

Stop criminals in their tracks with this metal police badge. (more…) …Read more […..]

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When Police Order You to Do Something, Do It!

Prior to shooting, this Officer had his eyebrow bitten off, was punched, choked and his head slammed against the ground. Clearly, this person would have killed the Officer, given the chance. BLUtube is powered by PoliceOne.com …Read more […..]

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Funny Police Video Made by Ford

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Cross taken, Vets offended – Reward offered

Less than two weeks after being temporarily saved by a Supreme Court ruling, the cross standing at the Mojave Desert War Memorial has been stolen. Sometime late Sunday night, vandals destroyed, ripped down, and carried off the cross that had stood since 1934 as a memorial to fallen veterans of foreign wars. It had been under a court order to tear it down, but the Supreme Court recently saved it pending outcome of a decision from a lower court. Kelly Shackelford of Liberty Institute calls the vandalism “an incredible outrage.” “I mean it’s akin to desecrating people’s graves. It’s just a disgraceful attack …Read more […..]

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Common Traffic Myths Exposed: Is This Illegal?

Akin to urban legends, there are some traffic laws we’ve heard of but have never gotten around to verifying. There are other common driving practices that make us wonder, just because Dad taught us that way, do such behaviors hold up in a court of law? To help sort it out, we’ve assembled a short list myths and separated traffic fact from fiction. Working A Beverage In Texas Myth: A passenger can have an open container of alcohol in Texas. Reality: False — now. Until September 1, 2001, a passenger in a vehicle in the state of Texas could legally swill an open can of beer, an uncorked bottle of wine, or …Read more […..]

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A.G. discusses changes to Miranda for terror suspects

WASHINGTON — During an appearance on the weekly television program ‘This Week’ on ABC TV, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said he wants to work with Congress to make changes in the law as it relates to questioning people suspected of terrorist activities. The Obama administration “has been criticized for reading Miranda rights to the suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt and to the suspect in the Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner over Detroit,” according to a report by the Associated Press. That AP report went on to say that the “administration …Read more […..]

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