Year: 2008
Good People Screwed By the War on Drugs, Episode #543402:
Even in states where medical marijuana is legal, it’s still illegal under federal law. That’s a bit of a problem for cancer patient Owen Beck and maybe even more of a problem for Charlie Lynch, the guy who provided his medical marijuana. See the whole sad story at reason.tv. Read more
This Could Balance the City’s Budget…
Adding to my recent post about Chicago’s crackdown on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, I found this great comment on Second City Cop: They should combine the crosswalk initiative with the prostitution stings and have undercover hookers loitering in the crosswalks. Bust em for indecent solicitation if they stop, failure to… Read more
Crimefighting the Chicago Way
June 2: At least eight people were wounded — five fatally — in shootings from Friday night through early Monday in Chicago, while two brothers were stabbed — one fatally. June 5: Nine people were shot — including a woman who was seriously injured and a 16-year-old boy — in seven separate eruptions of violence… Read more
Do People Suck?
Mike at Crime & Federalism says “Yes, they do.” His evidence is pretty compelling: The story of a 78-year-old man being hit by a car and left lying in the street as people walk on by. (You can click to see security video of the hit-and-run. It’s a little shocking.) A 78-year-old man is tossed like… Read more
The D.C. Police State
One of the hallmarks of police states everywhere is the internal checkpoint. Think of all the movies you’ve seen where some Nazi or Soviet bureaucrat—backed up by uniformed thugs—is blocking a road or a train platform and demanding that people “show me your papers!” For a long time, we here in the United States could look… Read more