That quote in the BBC article is actually an understatement. The story is exceptionally distressing, and probably nearly 100% of readers would find it distressing. Here’s what happened: Four young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, … Continue reading →
In case you somehow missed the story, Penny is the man who has been arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter for subduing a raving Jordan Neely on the New York subway, and whose chokehold (that word is continually used … Continue reading →
Some French Revolution history from Victor Davis Hanson: Almost everyone who originally had opposed the absolute monarchy, and, like the Americans, wished for a constitutional replacement, was eventually executed by revolutionaries who were then executed by more radical revolutionaries. The … Continue reading →
Except what they did do, which is to run away and also alert authorities. Fortunately, in the case of the BART cleaver-wielder, although the injured man was taken to the hospital his cleaver injuries were not life-threatening. But this was … Continue reading →
This is an important article about the campaign against Daniel Perry, a man who subdued Jordan Neely on a New York subway, an act that resulted in Neely’s death: Penny’s fate will, as Peachy Keenan wrote in The Federalist, be … Continue reading →
This guilty verdict was a forgone conclusion, considering that the trial was held in DC and the judge refused to move it: A jury on Thursday convicted Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, and three allies of … Continue reading →
Most violent crime is intra-racial – that is, blacks mostly kill and/or violently attack blacks, whites mostly kill and/or violently attack whites. And the black-on-black violent crime rate is much much higher than the white-on-white violent crime rate. But the … Continue reading →
I think there’s no question that Derek Chauvin should have won his appeal, but I would have been utterly shocked if he had. That’s the state of the legal system, especially in a place like Minnesota. The case will probably … Continue reading →
Apparently the police must have had some evidence all along in the Bob Lee murder. My guess would be that it’s from video surveillance cameras in the neighborhood, plus perhaps witnesses who may have seen Lee with the accused earlier … Continue reading →
Long long ago, when I was in college and took some sociology courses, I seem to recall learning about the purposes (plural) of incarceration. I’m doing this from memory, but they went something like this: protection (of the public), deterrence … Continue reading →
We still don’t know who stabbed Bob Lee to death in San Francisco, and we may never know. This article points out the empty words of the DA of the city who said, “We do not tolerate these horrific acts … Continue reading →
Roger L. Simon asks, “Where’s the Manifesto?“: In the immediate aftermath of the murders the police informed us the obviously emotionally disturbed shooter was transgendered, something that was ratified by the video of the killings at the Christian school showing … Continue reading →