Richard Whitehead (photo, left) trains police officers for a living. According to Reuters, he’s trained “at least 560 police officers and other public safety workers in 85 sessions in 12 states over the past four years” (read story here). Washington was one of those states, but the[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Police’
February 24th, 2022 - 5:08 am § in Politics
GOP candidate calls Hispanic cop “immigrant”
“A Republican congressional candidate in Florida was caught on police body camera footage threatening to end an officer’s career because she pulled him over for a traffic stop,” Huffington Post reported on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (story here). “Martin Hyde, who is running in[...]
February 16th, 2022 - 9:47 pm § in Democrats, Law and Courts
This country needs law-and-order Democrats
Many of America’s cities are plagued by crazy people randomly attacking innocent strangers. Some illustrative examples: In July 2019, a Seattle vagrant threw coffee on a toddler two days after getting out of jail for a previous assault. This individual already had 14 assault convictions and &#[...]
November 5th, 2021 - 9:39 pm § in Politics
Leaked list reveals 65 Oath Keepers are police instructors
“A leaked list of people who signed up for the anti-government Oath Keepers group includes 65 who identified themselves as law enforcement trainers, an illustration of how extremist ideologies have proliferated in police departments across the USA,” USA Today reported Friday, November 5,[...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 10:01 pm § in Misc.
What to do with lying cops?
Well, first of all, we should recognize they’re human like the rest of us. I mean, none of us are perfect, right? We’re all guilty of a little dishonesty, now and then, and the folks who wear the badge aren’t saints any more than we are. Everyone fudges a bit now and then, it’[...]
August 30th, 2020 - 1:25 am § in Humor, Law and Courts
They’re in a bus! They’re antifa!
This article contains news, commentary, and biting sarcasm toward officialdom everywhere. Nine people suspected of being “outside agitators” were arrested for “investigation of disorderly conduct” and thrown in jail by Kenosha police on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, but they bonded [...]
August 11th, 2020 - 11:48 pm § in Misc.
Disgusted with city council, Seattle’s female black police chief quits
Carmen Best, Seattle’s personable and popular police chief, is done with the Seattle City Council and will retire after a 28-year career with the Seattle Police Department and two years as chief during a tumultuous period of BLM protests. Best said she wasn’t intimidated by the protester[...]
April 11th, 2017 - 8:23 am § in America
UPDATE: United drags doctor off plane to give his seat to employee
We all know commercial air travel sucks, but United has sunk to a new low in despicable treatment of passengers by violently dragging a paying passenger off a Chicago-to-Louisville flight to make way for a United employee traveling standby. The airline first asked for volunteers, and when it got non[...]
January 11th, 2017 - 12:35 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
POLICE EXPECT TRUMP TO LIFT LIMITS ON SURPLUS MILITARY GEAR
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – If president-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles and high-powered firearms and ammunition will once again be available to state and local U.S. police departments. National police organizations say t[...]