Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arrest
So, Obama is an expert on Policing now? I am sure he knows more facts than we do on the matter too huh? Placing all the blame on the officer when he doesn’t know everything that happened is real convenient, especially when you have lots of special interest groups in mind…. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted “stupidly” in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest. “This still haunts us,” Obama said. …Read more […..]
Top Scholar Arrested, Claims Racism
Does this educated man even comprehend the idea that maybe he should have explained why he broke into the house? Does it take a brain surgeon to understand that if you did nothing wrong then you just tell police what they are asking? Did he think the police had nothing better to do than go to pick out his house and harass him because he is black??This brings up the many instances of me being accused of being racist, etc… for pulling over a black man–don’t recall any instances of this with black women. The last time it happened was when I was on midnights and clocked a speeding auto–my standards were higher than most so …Read more […..]
Did This Melrose Park Officer Show Proper Discretion?
Posted May 2009So, my wife received a ticket from the lone female officer on the Melrose Park Police Department. I am not just upset that she got the ticket….What really perturbed me was the manner and circumstances in which she got the ticket.Seems there is lots of “bad blood” between Northlake, my former employer, and the surrounding towns.It seems that Northlake Officer(s) have written tickets to relatives and even the officers of several towns. Among them are Melrose Park(hence the bad blood between the 2 towns?), Bellwood, and Chicago. Details are not being disclosed here but some people are really perturbed and it is …Read more […..]
1 Jersey City cop critical, 3 others hurt in police shooting that leaves 2 suspects dead
by The Jersey Journal Thursday July 16, 2009, 8:34 AM Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerPolice at the scene of a shooting this morning at Bergen Avenue and Reed Street that left four Jersey City cops wounded and two suspects dead. One Jersey City police officer has been critically wounded and three others suffered minor injuries in a shooting this morning that left two suspects dead, officials have confirmed for The Jersey Journal. Family members of the four shot officers have been rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center where a news conference is expected to take place shortly. The incident started just after 5 this morning …Read more […..]