Men Under Fire

  Capt. Blakely (Portrayed by Warner Anderson): Mr. Greenwald, there can be no more serious charge against an officer than cowardice under fire. Lt. Barney Greenwald (Portrayed by Jose Ferrier): Sir, may I make one thing clear? It is not the defense’s contention that Lieutenant Commander Queeg is a coward. Quite the contrary. The defense …

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The Fight to End Qualified Immunity- Part I

“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress…”.

Police and Force

We’ve just had another horrific mass shooting…the murder of 19 elementary school students and two of their teachers, coupled with the background of a rising violence rate that has 9.5 Mass Shooting equivalents taking place in Chicago every week of the year. Yet the usual suspects are screaming for police “reform.” Among the issues these …

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Uvalde, School Security, Good Shepherds and Sheepdogs

On Tuesday, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos hopped a fence and walked through an unlocked door into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He was armed with two modern sporting rifles. At some point, he entered a classroom, locked the door, and killed two teachers and 19 students in that classroom and an adjoining classroom before a US …

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A Little Introspection on Philly’s 100th Killing

Philadelphia Crime Stats

It was in no way unexpected that the City of Brotherly Love would see its 100th homicide of the year this week; the only question was on which day that would happen. For a numbers geek like me, it has led to some introspection, but first, the report from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philadelphia reaches 100 …

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The Philadelphia Inquirer Tries to Get a Police Officer Killed!

Philadelphia Inquirer, Building

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, who has presided over an ever-increasing homicide rate in the City of Brotherly Love, had promised an impartial investigation into the shooting death of 12-year-old Thomas “TJ” Siderio, who shot at police officers, then turned and fled, with a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol in his hand, when he was shot …

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