I'm pretty late with this one. According to the story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, King County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Schene is shown here beating down a 15-year-old girl because she...wait for it...kicked off her shoe in a way caused it to struck him in the leg: I suppose it's possible that something else was going on here that we can't see, although the … [Read more...] about A Cop Who Should Be Fired
Responding to Tom McKenna on the Frederick Verdict
Virginia prosecutor Tom McKenna and I never seem to agree on anything (except maybe guns) and my previous post in response to a police officer's complaint about the verdict in the Ryan Frederick case is no exception: A blogging police officer complains of a manslaughter conviction for a dope dealer who killed a police officer attempting to serve a search warrant at his … [Read more...] about Responding to Tom McKenna on the Frederick Verdict
A Response to Scott’s Comments on the Frederick Conviction
A police officer named Scott in Hampton Roads has this to say about the Ryan Frederick verdict: Ryan Frederick will forever be known as a cop killer. He shot and killed Detective Jerrod Shivers in January 2008 while the Chesapeake Police Department was serving a search warrant at his house. He is a cold blooded killer. Our justice system, however, has seen fit to … [Read more...] about A Response to Scott’s Comments on the Frederick Conviction
About Joel Rosenberg
Joel Rosenberg has been a co-blogger here on Windypundit for a few months, so I think it's time to give him an "About" page. I asked him if he wanted to write it, but he told me to write it myself. So I did.Actually, the page is not so much about Joel as it is about my attempt to write something about Joel. I've managed to turn his "About" page into yet another post about … [Read more...] about About Joel Rosenberg
Thinking About the Stimulus: Spending
In the two previous posts in my amateur exploration of the stimulus (GDP, and then Recession), I explained what a recession is and what many economists think causes one. Now I'm going to try to explain my understanding of what a solution has to do, and why some people think a stimulus package is a good idea. (This series of posts is my first attempt to write anything about … [Read more...] about Thinking About the Stimulus: Spending