A white North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge after a video surfaced Tuesday of the lawman shooting eight times at a 50-year-old black man as the man ran away. Walter L. Scott, a Coast Guard veteran … Continue reading →
Two policemen were shot by someone in a crowd in Ferguson last evening, although according to this report, the shots don’t appear to have come from the protestors, who numbered about fifty. Other reports, however, say the shooters were embedded … Continue reading →
…represents a warning shot: How could such a prominent politician ”” a founder of the opposition Solidarity Party, a sitting member of the Yaroslavl city parliament ”” be gunned down so brazenly, within steps of the Kremlin? “We didn’t kill … Continue reading →
It’s still dangerous to be in the opposition in Russia: Boris Nemtsov, a towering figure in Russian post-Soviet politics and a biting critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down steps from the Kremlin late Friday, authorities said. The drive-by … Continue reading →
A while back, while watching The Kelly File on Fox, I heard Glenn Beck make a remark about the origin of the term “Leathernecks” to refer to the Marines. I decided to investigate to see if he was correct, and … Continue reading →
I’m with Charles C. W. Cooke on this one.
Continue reading →ISIS has released a video showing the murder of the Jordanian pilot they had captured. Instead of beheading, they burned him alive in a cage. In response, Jordan announced that tomorrow it would make good on its threat to execute … Continue reading →
Non-Jewish non-Muslim Europeans may not realize it, but the bell is tolling for them, too. According to Mark Steyn: “Jews with a conscience should leave Holland, where they and their children have no future, leave for the U.S. or Israel,” … Continue reading →
There are an awful lot of French citizens who sympathize with the Muslim terrorist cause, and many of them are known to authorities, like the three terrorists in the Charlie Hebdo and kosher market killings. Some pundits are offering the … Continue reading →
This was no lone wolf attack; three gunmen were involved. As you might imagine, they appear to have been Islamicist terrorists enraged at satire focusing on Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. The killings were organized and focused, and successfully targeted … Continue reading →
…that this article doesn’t refer to the man who tried to run down cops with his car as “unarmed.”
Continue reading →I don’t usually agree with The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, but this is a fairly good article: When local district attorneys investigate local police officers, there is an inherent conflict of interest. In virtually all usual circumstances, police and prosecutors … Continue reading →