Please read this on the history of David Ware, the man charged with murdering police officer Craig Johnson in Tulsa back in June. It is quite edifying. As you read it, note that the killer probably has been an alcoholic … Continue reading →
Do you remember the names of police officers Craig Johnson and Aurash Zarkeshan, or that of David Ware? I certainly didn’t. They are not household words. But on June 29, 2020, Officer Johnson was killed and Officer Zarkeshan was gravely … Continue reading →
People are not responsible for all the consequences of their actions, especially those that are difficult to foresee or that are very distantly removed in time or place. But sometimes (as I wrote Monday) they are at least somewhat responsible: … Continue reading →
Pretty amazing: Sheriff Alex Villanueva told KTLA on Monday that video of the brazen shooting shows the male deputy staggering out of the patrol car after being shot, and the female deputy also getting out of the car. Both were … Continue reading →
The narrative that “cops hunt down black people to kill them” leads to actual killings. Killings of cops. Killings by rioters rioting against cops. Killings by black people killing other black people in neighborhoods from which the police have withdrawn. … Continue reading →
When I was a child, I had elderly relatives who lived in Newark, New Jersey. We’d visit them now and then. They lived in an old apartment building that had a European quality (as did their furnishings), with very high … Continue reading →
You all know the story. But this will rip your heart out anyway. It’s half documentary – with interviews with the families of some of the passengers – and half re-enactment. Remember.
Continue reading →Who can blame them? Another foreseeable result of treating police like dirt while simultaneously making it difficult if not impossible to do their jobs, and exposing them to great risk: Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary said in a statement that … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below.] Are they going to make this guy into a martyr too? After all, it sounds like the feds killed him. Unless he killed himself as they closed in. Breaking news: NYT Reporting Portland Shooter Micheal Reinoehl killed … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: scroll down for new posts.] Commenter “Snow on Pine” asks, of the left and the rioters: Having created the monster, do those on the Left believe that they can call it back, that those who have tasted excitement … Continue reading →
The Portland rioters are testing Wheeler, to see just how far they can go. They understand that he’s weak and getting weaker, and they revel in it. Now he’s thinking he may have to move from the condo in which … Continue reading →
When Kenosha erupted in flames, it immediately struck me as something different. It wasn’t that the actions of the rioters were different. That was business as usual, and we have (sadly) become used to seeing it happen in deep blue … Continue reading →