Random shots around the web…
After reading the harsh conclusion Scott Greenfield reaches in his response to the Pinal County Sheriff’s department’s shooting of Manuel Longoria as he was surrendering with his hands in the air, I had this running through my head:
When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gunWhen the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row— The Clash “Guns of Brixton”
Along the same lines, Ex-Cop Law Student has started an interesting series of posts about the First Rule of Policing (“Get home safe”) and the harm that it does. Part 1 and Part 2 are up and worth reading.
Mark Bennett isn’t a marketing guru, but his years of participation in the blogosphere have given him some great insights for anyone using blogging or social media to establish a professional presence. He wrote it in response to a specific lawyer who made some specific mistakes, but it applies to almost everyone.
I work in a virtual office where everything we do is conference calls, and this is pretty accurate:
Rankin Bass’s version of The Thing:
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