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30 Nov 2010 00:22

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Offbeat, U.S.: If you keep rubber bands in your car, you might get searched

  • standard Cops in Pennsylvania pulled a guy over because a GPS unit was blocking the driver’s view. No big deal, right?
  • unusual Upon searching his car, the officers found 26 pounds of cocaine (!), worth $1.2 million, hiding in a secret compartment.
  • dubious The probable cause for the search was…the presence of rubber bands (often used to stack money). source
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13 Jul 2010 23:13

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World: Mafia Wars, lost: An Italian crime family gets overwhelmed by cops

  • 300+ number of members of the massive ‘Ndrangheta crime family were arrested today
  • 3,000+ number of police it took to nail most of them (not bad for a day’s work, boys; not bad at all) source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

17 Jun 2010 20:23

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U.S.: Is the Supreme Court OK with employers searching workers’ texts?

  • YES but only in this one case about a police officer source
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26 May 2010 11:45

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Politics: Eric Holder plans to nod his head through another meeting

As regular reader Tom Alday will rightly remind us, Eric Holder didn’t read Arizona’s 10-page immigration law. But he’s about to talk about it with a bunch of big-city police chiefs. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink

18 May 2010 22:13

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U.S.: The sad tale of Aiyana Jones: From tragedy to lawsuits in three days

  • sunday The Detroit police breaks into a home searching for a murder suspect and accidentally kills the 7-year-old girl.
  • monday People hear about what happened, and get angry and upset about the tragic circumstances. It’s a very sad story.
  • tuesdayTwo lawsuits are filed on behalf of the family, who is now represented by Jack Kevorkian attorney Geoffrey Fieger. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

25 Apr 2010 10:47

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World: Thai Red Shirt protesters plan to further intensify their protests

They can’t convince the Thai government to push up elections, but since many protesters are rurally-based, they are able to block police from reaching the capital. source
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29 Mar 2010 20:31

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U.S.: Ex-wife of militia leader: My hubby took the crazy a little too far

  • It started out as a Christian thing. You go to church. You pray. You take care of your family. I think David started to take it a little too far. He dragged a lot of people with him.
  • David Brian Stone’s ex-wife, Donna Stone • Regarding Hutaree, which is reportedly a Christian militia group. David Brian Stone (a.k.a. Captain Hutaree, which is like Captain Crunch with more forest) and eight others have been accused of plotting to kill police officers. Because that’s Christian. The group, which says on its Web site that it’s “preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive.” They’ve been training regularly since 2008 in the forests of Michigan, as if time stood still since the heady days of Ruby Ridge, Timothy McVeigh, and the Branch Davidian. source
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27 Mar 2010 21:19

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Offbeat: Police car finds a formidable foe in the form of a bulldog

  • Holy God. The bulldog wins. The Chattanooga Police Department learned on Sunday that they really need to stop buying front bumpers made out of rawhide for their police vehicles. Winston, the bulldog behind the attack, was set free on “good behavior.” Is this is good behavior, we’re scared to see when it acts up. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

19 Mar 2010 11:35

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Offbeat: Police keep messing with old couple because their computers suck

If this woman seems annoyed, it’s because she is. NYC police have raided her house 50 times since 2002 for no good reason other than a computer error. source
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06 Mar 2010 12:39

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U.S.: Were authorities warned about the Pentagon shooter beforehand?

  • YES his parents said something to California police source
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