The prosecutor in the Freddie Gray death announces what might be hasty, politically motivated charges and a city calms down. For now, at least:
Baltimore’s Mood Shifts From Grim to Elated After Charges Are Announced
...
“It seems like we’re finally getting justice,” said Gary Thornton, 29, who lives in East Baltimore.
Tashira Skinner, his friend, interjected, “It won’t be justice until they say guilty.”
There is that pesky matter of trials and convictions. The Times follows up on the challenges facing the prosecutor:
Baltimore Prosecutor Faces National History of Police Acquittals
With an unexpectedly speedy and sweeping announcement on Friday of homicide and abuse-of-power charges against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore’s chief prosecutor sent an unmistakable signal that the days when police misconduct drew a wrist slap are over.
It was a bold gesture, experts say — and a risky one. For the pledge may be an empty gesture unless prosecutors secure convictions in Mr. Gray’s death.
They say "empty gesture", I say "over-reaching, pandering disaster"; time will tell. At some point actual evidence and facts may be important, but I would guess that acquittals would inflame the city and (further) de-legitimize the criminal justice system in the eyes of many.
Both history and the circumstances of the case unveiled on Friday hint that it will be anything but easy. Brutality cases against police officers are notoriously difficult to win, and much about the case, including the evidence against the officers and their defense, remains unknown.
I don't know much about the evidence either, but if the police officers really did find Freddie Gray unconscious and unresponsive in the back of the van without seeking immediate medical intervention, then a "reckless disregard" type charge seems supportable. This is from the NY Times timeline - Stop 4 was the last stop before the van went to the Western District police station:
Stop No. 4: [Prosecutor] Ms. Mosby said Officer Goodson was met here by Officers Nero, Miller and Porter. Sgt. Alicia D. White and Officers Porter and Goodson observed “Mr. Gray unresponsive on the floor,” Ms. Mosby said. Sergeant White spoke to the back of Mr. Gray’s head, and he did not respond. “Despite Mr. Gray’s seriously deteriorating medical condition, no medical assistance was rendered or summoned for Mr. Gray at that time by any officer,” Ms. Mosby said.
That said, the idea of "false imprisonment" charges based on the absence of a legitimate basis for arrest seems like a stretch. My presumption is that there is (or ought to be) some sort of a good faith exception. A key part of the dispute here seems to be whether Mr. Gray's knife was legal or not. Presumably the defense will argue that either (a) the knife was in fact illegal (or a parole violation?), or (b) the knife was close enough to illegal that the officers made a good faith mistake. Attorney Andrew Branca at Legal Insurrection has lots more:
Arrests often go uncharged, and charges are often dismissed, and defendants are even acquitted at trial, often based upon a later conclusion that the underlying facts which suggested a crime are untrue or mistaken. None of these outcomes makes the initial arrest illegal.
When an officer makes an arrest based on an articulable statement of probable cause, that arrest becomes illegal only if the officer knew or reasonably should have known that no crime had, in fact, been committed.
In short, police are entitled to make reasonable mistakes, and such a reasonable mistake does not make the arrest illegal.
Such a mistake may, of course, make further prosecution of the offense impractical or outright unjust. But that’s a completely different matter than whether an arrest was unlawful.
One important lesson has been learned here - let's cut back to the initial Times coverage describing the charges:
Standing on a nearby street corner, Renee James, 48, said, “There’s no need to go tear up the city no more.”
Her friend Antoinnette White, 53, said of the riot: “Hurting innocent people was nonsense. I cried.”
But Abdullah Moaney, 53, an information technology worker from East Baltimore, said that “peace has lost its credibility.” Seeking to justify the violence that broke out Monday, he said that “if it wasn’t for the riot,” charges would not have been filed.
Muslims have figured it out, and now some Americans are figuring it out - non-violence is for patsies, and the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Justice or Just us...??
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:16 PM
Justice or Just us ?
What about Travon ???
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:17 PM
Justice or Just us ?
What about Mikey Brown ???
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:19 PM
Justice or Just us ?
What about Eric (Gardner-in case you forgot) ???
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:20 PM
Justice or Just us ?
What about his eminence Henry Louis Gates, Jr ???
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:21 PM
Justice or Just us ?
What about Chris Stevens, Ty Woods, Sean Smith & Glen Doherty ???
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:23 PM
Levin and the Dersh are all over this.
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone | May 02, 2015 at 02:24 PM
Justice or Just us ?
At this point, what difference does it make ?
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:24 PM
Blue lives matter too.
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:24 PM
The Rule of Law does not pertain when your life is lived under the Law of Rule.
Posted by: Sandy--I Stand with Walker 2016--Daze ن | May 02, 2015 at 02:26 PM
They'll be cleared as was the cop in Milwaukee (Dontre Hamilton shooting), but the fired for violating procedure as he was. Sucks, but that is the game plan when evidence doesn't support the narrative. (This assumes only negligence of some sort is involved).
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 02:26 PM
Btw has that Chechen trash been flushed out of the country yet?
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone | May 02, 2015 at 02:33 PM
Justice or Just Us!
What the hell happened to sweet reason?
None of that has been on display from the blacks interviewed on Fox.
Posted by: glasater | May 02, 2015 at 02:35 PM
My Hatette told me that the Hater Tot brings up Harry Reid's owie sporadically. He's a little young to be adding "wheezing pile of shit" to his vocabulary.
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone | May 02, 2015 at 02:36 PM
I haven't read any police reports or seen any accounts that specify what the initial contact with Gray entailed. I've seen reports that Gray ran when he saw police. Were officers sent there? Do they know Gray as a dealer or someone usually in possession of narcotics? Did he engage in some suspicious activity that drew the officers' attention? If the officers had an articulable reason for doing a simple Terry stop on Gray and he ran away the action of running away after being told to stop amounts to resisting law enforcement, interference, whatever they call it in MD. Something very simple can make the whole "unlawful arrest" or "false imprisonment" narrative moot. Way too many unknowns at this point.
Posted by: gentlejim | May 02, 2015 at 02:39 PM
Anyone watching the fight tonight?
At the pool hall last night, the bartender asked if I was going to watch it. My reply was . . . sure if you're showing it.
She said no way - too expensive.
For my bar to show the fight would have cost them $4,700.
Holy moly.
Turns out mrs hit and run has a friend from the school who has purchased the PPV. I guess we're going tonight.
Whatever. Last boxing PPV I watched was Tyson in the late 80s when I was in college. You know, knock out in 47 seconds or whatever.
We all sat around afterwards contemplating just how much beer we could have bought instead of wasting it on the fight.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | May 02, 2015 at 02:56 PM
I wouldn't watch the fight if they were paying me to do so. No interest at all.
The Spurs/ClipJoint game 7 is another matter...
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone | May 02, 2015 at 03:01 PM
Last fight I watched, Holyfield lost a chunk of his ear to a rabid pit bull.
Posted by: lyle | May 02, 2015 at 03:13 PM
Regardless of the outcome, Mayweather has $250K in 5 X $50K horse chokers that he will take to a strip club in Vegas after the fight.
Black Lives Matter, don't ya know.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 03:16 PM
Better fights on the nightly news these days.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 03:25 PM
henry,
What was that old Henny Youngman saw:
"I went to boxing match and a hockey game broke out".
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 03:32 PM
A pit bull who, in a just world, should have been put down.
Posted by: lyle | May 02, 2015 at 03:33 PM
"Do they know Gray as a dealer or someone usually in possession of narcotics?"
He was an Outlaw. He lived his life Outside Of The Law, outside of the rules that make up a peaceful civil society. His long rap sheet shows that he was not part of law abiding society. (Sadly, the fact that we are now drowning in bad 'laws' that should not exist kind of weakens this argument, but there it is.)
None of which means he should have been abused or injured by the cops. If, IF, they did that then they deserve punishment.
But when you live your life against the rules of society, you may not get the protections of those rules. That may not be proper or just, but it seems like common sense. If you jump off a building because you defy the laws of gravity, most people won't care when your broken body complains that "it's not fair!"
I think most people are more concerned with the danger of cops abusing innocents or non-career criminals. Outlaws, not as much.
Obviously, the parasites and mobs, along with some more 'normal' people, disagree with this point of view.
Posted by: les nessman | May 02, 2015 at 03:50 PM
I put my reference to it in the other thread, but imagine my disappointment that the AoSHQ gardening thread makes no mention that today is World Naked Gardening Day.
Everything seemingly is spinning out of control.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | May 02, 2015 at 04:03 PM
I remember that Tyson v. Holyfield PPV in the late 90's . . .
The 'prize bite' that turned me off to PPV boxing forever.
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | May 02, 2015 at 04:12 PM
crossing the streams, hit, and neuralization might be required,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 04:12 PM
Too bad DoT isn't here. His heart would soar: We have 5 rounds of the NFL draft completed and not one Notre Dame player has been selected yet. First time since 2000.
Florida which had a dismal record has 5 players selected so far including the No. 3 - Dante Fowler, Jr. But no one has as many as FSU - 9.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 04:15 PM
Michael, I finally convinced my wife to watch a prize fight with me. It was Tyson-Holyfield 2. She has never watched another one.
I thought Tyson-Holyfield 1 was great. Holyfield bullied the bully very effectively.
Posted by: Thomas Collins | May 02, 2015 at 04:19 PM
I avoided much of this foolishness, as going through the Faulknerian length Greg Iles Natchez
saga, which offers an interesting new Kennedy conspiracy angle for MarkO
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 04:25 PM
Between boating, the Derby, and the prize fight, I can't make time for nekkid gardening day. Dang it!
The Flamingos were a huge success. Pro tip: it's all in the lime wedges and the shakin'.
Not sure how prodigious quantities of Woodford Reserve are going to settle on top of the rum drinks. But, it won't be the first time that I've thrown up on my (formerly) white bucks!
And with that, it's time to break out the seersucker jacket and my pink bow tie. Riders up, y'all!!
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 04:46 PM
Not much prettier than seeing horses race on Kentucky bluegrass. Damn that's beautiful...
Okay - gotta go!
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 04:51 PM
of course taking zaphod seriously is a fool's game:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/05/firefighters-union-rips-obama-you-say-one-baltimore-protest-fire-was-looped-on-tv-which-one/
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 05:03 PM
I don't know which is worse Les Nesman or Ted Baxter.
I'll go for news readers since that's the high bar for journos these days.
Posted by: Ben | May 02, 2015 at 05:06 PM
Maybe Les or Ted should ask these questions of Hillary.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/askhillary?src=hash
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 05:11 PM
I am watching the Derby.
I thought I recognized the woman's voice in the intro: Ashley Judd.
Ashley Judd and Bob Costas. I only care about a few sporting events each year, and NBC manages to ruin them all.
Soon Bob Costas will ruin the Olympics, too.
But Ashley Judd! Dang!
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 05:17 PM
This Last Bottle appears to be a winner at $18. A "baby Chateauneuf de Pape". Looks promising.
http://www.lastbottlewines.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Domaine+de+Marcoux+La+Lorentine+Lirac+2012&utm_content=Domaine+de+Marcoux+La+Lorentine+Lirac+2012+CID_6dc3e42450d79fcf2af3eebbbfc925a5&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=View%20Past%20Last%20Bottle%20Offers
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 05:18 PM
for lighter fare, I also went with the late Stuart Woods Stone Barrington fare,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 05:25 PM
latest, Woods is likely to be around for quite a while,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 05:27 PM
NBC featuring a cross dressing gay ice skater as an odds maker for the Derby. And they wonder why people are turned off by Mainstream TV these days.
I will turn back when the starting time is near.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 05:36 PM
speaking of clueless, a profile of Madame Mayor, in Carlos Slim's had her graduating from Tuskegee, layers of fact checkers,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 05:44 PM
"good faith exception"
You know, if I and other average types don't get good faith exceptions for close calls on the numerous and obscure laws we are expected to obey, I'm not really eager to grant officers any good faith exceptions. Let the judge, prosecutors, and police live in the world we live in.
Posted by: Johnv2 | May 02, 2015 at 06:06 PM
Jack,
Johnny Weir added to the anoyance of Ashley Judd and Bob Costas. Probably Obama will be inflicted on us soon.
I hate NBC.
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:08 PM
The feeling is mutual.
Posted by: NBC | May 02, 2015 at 06:11 PM
LOL!
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:15 PM
Okay. Who you got?
I am keeping with my inclinations: Far Right. [he won't win so I'll go with American Pharoah to actually win]. But if he does, it counts.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 06:18 PM
I don't know what's it's track record,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 06:25 PM
Dortmund or Ocho Ocho Ocho.
(I don't know much about this othe than what I have read today.)
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:32 PM
I'm going with Dortmund. He's a - wait for it - Beast!!
I've only been to Kentucky one time (for the Derby) but I sure am moved whenever I hear that song. Maybe it's the Bourbon. :)
p.s. that baby Châteauneuf-du-Pape looked like a bargain, JiB.
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 06:33 PM
My shredder needs to cool off, when do they loose the horses?
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 06:36 PM
Beasts: Domaine de Marcoux La Lorentine Lirac 2012
I thought you'd go for Bolo: Alabama and trained by a wimmin.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 06:37 PM
Shortly. They're parading to the post now and will be loaded in the gates in a couple of minutes.
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:37 PM
Have beer, still waiting for the "hosts" to STFU.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 06:40 PM
it's NBC, they have no understanding of other sports, why would you think horse racing would be any different,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 06:41 PM
A Carla Gaines win would be great, JiB. Just a long shot...
Three minutes, henry!
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 06:41 PM
American Pharaoh wins, Firing Line second, Dortmund third.
Good thing I didn't bet!
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:46 PM
Great race - wow!!
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 06:47 PM
OK, horse named for the oppressor of Moses beats the one named for a gun range and the soccer team shows. Two out of three are ok.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 06:49 PM
Can't see that horse even entering Belmont. Great win but he won't handle the longer races. We'll see.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 06:49 PM
Bayern came in last in the Stakes earlier today, henry. Show was an improvement for soccer. :)
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 06:52 PM
Jack,
I thought Dortmund would do better because of his size. I can't see him handling Belmont, either, because he faded in the Derby, which is shorter.
So, given my level of expertise, Dortmund will probably win the Belmont.
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 06:56 PM
It'd be interesting to see a list of federal & state programs that are run in Baltimore through the thousands of leftist groups.
What did the "community organizer" world ever do for Freddie?
Do any of their programs work? Was Freddie or his family plugged into any of those programs?
The usual suspects show up & demand more money....but has anything they've done so far made ANY difference?
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2015 at 06:58 PM
and yet much the same templates are repeated over and over:
http://babalublog.com/2015/05/02/the-heritage-foundation-and-wall-street-journal-use-che-guevara-picture-to-hail-educational-program-for-building-self-respect-among-black-kids/
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 07:05 PM
and it is frustrating to watch feral children & rioters treated with more respect by the MFM than the millions of Americans that went to tea party gatherings & patriotic events.
Burn & loot a CVS & the MFMers want to hear what your concerns are....
IT is maddening.
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2015 at 07:09 PM
tapper did ask, fwiw:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/curtis-houck/2015/05/01/jake-tapper-asks-omalley-if-baltimore-shows-liberal-policies-are
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 07:13 PM
they want their beliefs validated, hence a Carson, a West, a Clarke are so derided,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 07:20 PM
Video - Kentucky Derby 2015: American Pharoah Wins Derby Race
http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2015/05/141st-kentucky-derby-2015-american.html
Posted by: Steve | May 02, 2015 at 07:31 PM
narciso - Do you mean Joe Clark, the Jersey principal?
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | May 02, 2015 at 07:35 PM
no the Sheriff of Milwaukee, although the former was not regarded by 'the right people' then either,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 07:38 PM
from narciso's O'Malley link -
"...the real conclusion we draw, from Baltimore, from Charleston, from Ferguson and other places is that America is failing America.
The remainder of his response was largely derived from a belief that “[w]e are failing to live up to the sort of people that we expect ourselves to be” because “people and labor and human beings” are being treated like “they’re worthless commodities.”"
Ya know...what about Freddie's family? Trayvon's family? Mike Brown's family?
Did the family live together & have dinner together when the boys were growing up? What church did Freddie go to?
les nessman's post at 3:50 sure is true.
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2015 at 07:43 PM
because “people and labor and human beings” are being treated like “they’re worthless commodities.”"
By who? These leftists make me sick condemning me & society in general.
I'm sittin' here taking care of my father-in-law while he is dying & then to have to hear from O'Malley that somehow I'm "failing" is just too much.
Leftist poison & lies are everywhere & then when the consequences of buying into those lies hits home...all of a sudden I am being blamed for not caring enough & not doing enough.
It's all IN to mock Christians until you need some Christian charity & love.
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2015 at 07:57 PM
can we deny that there has been a lack of economic opportunity in those communities, one cannot, however have they been trained to aspire to anything more than the devil's minstrelsy of gangster wrap, no they have not,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 07:58 PM
Amen, Janet.
Posted by: DebinNC | May 02, 2015 at 08:04 PM
The left should have listened to Moynihan instead of Teddy.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 08:07 PM
In a recent, pre-Freddie Gray Gallup poll, Maryland (47%) came in third behind IL and CT in residents who'd leave their state if they could. I certainly understand why now.
Posted by: DebinNC | May 02, 2015 at 08:07 PM
Janet hits the nail on the head.
Why don't they take all of that energy in those marches and form teams to clean up their neighborhoods. Why don't the women take turns watching each others' children so they can get part time jobs? Why do the men abandon their families?
Like Janet, I have cared for parents with failing health. I have worked in the food pantry. I have donated to Catholic charities. And I have paid WAY more taxes than I care to think about.
I am to the point that I just don't care. Give them a state and let them have it to themselves. In fact, give each of them 10 grand and a car as well. Then let them make their own country.
Bah.
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 08:09 PM
Janet,
Is it 'Saul' if so he is my prayers. What a wonderful life to live an have a great DIL to car for him. You are also in my prayers.
Looking at everytihing so far, even the so-so on the extra passenger, it does not look good for that young lady's pretentious charges at all. If it makes it past a preliminary hearing then it is a 'political' trial. Vlad will approve appreciatedly.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 08:11 PM
I am to the point that I just don't care. Give them a state and let them have it to themselves. In fact, give each of them 10 grand and a car as well. Then let them make their own country.
Bah.
I've been suggesting we split this country in 2 for years. The left can have its own country and we can secure our borders. Give them 1/2 the debt and half the assets. (If there are any assets) Never look back!
Posted by: Jane | May 02, 2015 at 08:17 PM
it is such a fracking waste, 'this too is the story of Obama' rimshot, well it kept us from looking too closely into the surrender to Iran, and Red Queen's
scamarama.
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 08:17 PM
But you'd have to move to a nasty red state, Jane! :)
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 08:19 PM
Jane,
Do they get half the nukes? This is the problem.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 08:20 PM
JiB, they get the half that have been decommissioned. They don't want a military anyway.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 08:23 PM
BTW I went to see my 89 year old mother today. She is a dyed in the wool democrat which amazes me given how I was brought up. I asked her if she was excited about Hillary. She said: "Excited? Well I think she has a depth of experience that is unrivaled". So I asked her what she thought Hillary's greatest accomplishment was. Dead silence.
When I was leaving she said she would like to hear from me more. (We don't get along much). I said: "call me when you think of a Hillary accomplishment".
Her response: "I'll never talk to you again".
(It wasn't as ugly as it sounds")
Posted by: Jane | May 02, 2015 at 08:24 PM
it used to be down here in Florida, when there was a controversial incident like the Lozano case in '89, (on Superbowl night), there was a default to Orlando, where in Maryland, could the officers get a fair trial,
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 08:25 PM
Do they get half the nukes? This is the problem.
They don't want the nukes. They are into leading from behind.
Beasts you might have to move to a "red state" since we have no idea which ones they will be yet.
Posted by: Jane | May 02, 2015 at 08:26 PM
Inside the Freddie Gray investigation. Is it usual for one outlet (The Baltimore Sun) to get such an exclusive of a public entity?
Posted by: DebinNC | May 02, 2015 at 08:26 PM
Jane,
Next time you go bring her a Reset button.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 08:26 PM
shirley they can't be serious:
The task force worked while being unable to question the six officers, beyond initial statements the officers had provided. Detectives were told to reconstruct the officers' actions not only for April 12 but several days and even years earlier, using internal records and "run sheets," which log officers' daily actions.
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 08:29 PM
see this is why I have 'appropriated' Fielding Mellish's concise summary from 'Bananas' because it fits so often.
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 08:33 PM
CH
College Park MD
BiG10 Championship
Jays 4 - Buckeyes 0
end of 1st Q
good thing they are not playing in Baltimore
Posted by: BB Key | May 02, 2015 at 08:35 PM
BTW, discussing scores. BYU wins College Rugby championship for 4th year in a row over Drj's Cal Bears. Great game.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 02, 2015 at 08:38 PM
I feel pretty sure that Alabama wouldn't go with the progs, Jane. Just a guess, though! :)
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 08:39 PM
Harding Park looks great at the WGC, doesn't it JiB? Glad to see that track get some recognition...
Posted by: Beasts of England | May 02, 2015 at 08:51 PM
they do illustrate the antfarm meme from Barcelona:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/04/30/how-western-media-would-cover-baltimore-if-it-happened-elsewhere/?tid=hybrid_linearcol_2_na
Posted by: narciso | May 02, 2015 at 08:52 PM
NYC undercover cop shot in head while conducting traffic stop .. expected to survive.
Posted by: DebinNC | May 02, 2015 at 08:54 PM
The way I got it figured the race hustlers saw a headline on the "broken windows theory" and thought "damn, whynt we tink o dat?"
Cop hits a kid? I break my neighbor's window, damn straight.
Cop arrests a kid? I break the kid's window.
Cop arrests me? I break my own. I can do dat. What's whitey gonna say den, fool?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 02, 2015 at 09:03 PM
http://therightscoop.com/lol-cnn-reporter-cuts-interview-short-when-baltimore-teen-says-he-earns-stuff-by-stealing-it/
Posted by: Miss Marple | May 02, 2015 at 09:06 PM
Yes, JiB....thanks.
Posted by: Janet | May 02, 2015 at 09:06 PM
Janet - You shouldn't worry too much about criticism from someone like O'Malley.
After all, he thinks people *and* human beings are separate things.
I bet he doesn't care one whit about the unborn children of abortion, or the children in hellholes like Baltimore who grow up without a father.
Hope you find the strength to keep your spirits up as you care for your dear father-in-law. Remember, blessed are those who care for the sick.
Posted by: Michael (fpa Patriot4Freedom) | May 02, 2015 at 09:09 PM
Beasts,
You have to pick a territory . North v south or east v west. Or maybe go on a diagonal. The states must be contiguous. ( as you can see, I've been planning this for a while)
Posted by: Jane on Ipad | May 02, 2015 at 09:11 PM
Jane, why contiguous for the progs. They all fly private jets with huge carbon footprints.
Posted by: henry | May 02, 2015 at 09:14 PM