Policing

The email Sheriff Roberts of Clackamas County sent his deputies:

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The Rufus R. Jones Theory Of Everything The media are all statists. They will do anything to excuse and support statism. Don’t central plan anything unless there’s utterly no other option. The Frankfurt school, Cultural Marxism and everything related to it are real. Angelo Codevilla’s essay about the ruling class is perfect.

| May 20, 2019

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Major profanity. More

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By Doug Watt

| May 18, 2019

In this day of hug and release I was fortunate that my turn at policing took place in an earlier era. It’s a strange job. You offer compassion when you can, and there are times that you have to use physical force, pain compliance to stop the nonsense. The Mounted Unit is gone now, a […]

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“False Narratives & Knee Jerk Political Reactions…”

By Doug Watt

| May 7, 2019

There is a price to pay when you pander to anarchists and engage in virtue signaling chest thumping. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department will no longer provide police services to the City of Portland for holidays like May Day, or whatever the cause of the day may be that brings mayhem to the streets of Portland. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office made the same decision in February.

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| April 29, 2019

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America recoil at the synagogue shooting in southern California but also honor the heroes who made sure the attack was not far deadlier. They also wince as the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association ends in a very public dispute between two top officials, […]

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The Kid With the Story No One Would Believe

By 9thDistrictNeighbor

9thDistrictNeighbor

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People's Republic of Schakowsky, Illinois.

| April 26, 2019

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The following is a very tragic story. Reader discretion advised.

Little AJ Freund died last week. He was five. He had been born with opiates in his system and was taken into custody by Illinois DCFS for a year and a half. He was then returned to his mother.

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| April 26, 2019

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David French of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America celebrate stronger than expected economic growth of 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2019. They also pour cold water on the absurd notions that Anita Hill was treated unfairly by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 and that Clarence Thomas is somehow assumed […]

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By John H.

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I make a point of wearing T-shirts with nothing printed on them but if I did wear one with something printed on it, it would probably read “Be Kind To Plants By Not Eating Them.” There is no record of my ever having used the word “alas,” not conversationally anyway. I feel that freedom from the press is at least as important as freedom of the press. I like being able to say “Ankara” and “Manaus” in the same sentence (hotel clerks in both cities remembered me from visits months ea… [more]

| April 25, 2019

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I wasn’t: case endings of nouns that follow numbers in Russian are indeed determined as I remembered. The rules (which Slavs may uphold even in an alcoholic haze; I don’t know but I wouldn’t be surprised) are as follows. If the number ends with “one,” the noun is in the nominative singular, e.g., “one thing.” […]

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There’s a Donkey in the Middle of I-90

By 9thDistrictNeighbor

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People's Republic of Schakowsky, Illinois.

| April 20, 2019

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Yesterday afternoon, a Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy had to round up an unusual suspect.

By Doug Watt

| April 19, 2019

NEW YORK – A college philosophy teacher arrested after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral this week and had booked a Thursday flight to Rome, the New York Police Department said.
Marc Lamparello, 37, is facing charges including attempted arson and reckless endangerment after his arrest Wednesday night at the New York City landmark, said John Miller, the New York Police Department’s deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism.

By Jon Gabriel, Ed.

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Jon Gabriel, Ed.

Jon Gabriel (a.k.a., @ExJon on Twitter) is the Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet. He is a political writer and marketing consultant, contributing articles to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and USA Today among others. Until 2012, he served as Director of Marketing for the free-market Goldwater Institute, where he converted policy initiatives into compelling stories. In the private sector, Jon led marketing efforts for Cold Stone Creamery, Honeywell, and several technology companies. In his… [more]

| April 17, 2019

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Abbot Tryphon, a monk leading the All-Merciful Saviour Orthodox Monastery on Vashon Island, WA, was assaulted at at a gas station Tuesday. The abbot is a popular speaker, writer, and hosts the podcast “The Morning Offering.”

In a Wednesday interview with his podcasting network, Abbot Tryphon said that he was targeted by a man who was apparently angry about Donald Trump. The abbot is not politically affiliated, a fact he regularly mentions in his writing and podcasts.

By Jack Dunphy

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Jack Dunphy

"Jack Dunphy" is the nom de cyber of a police officer in Southern California. Twitter: @OfficerDunphy.

| April 17, 2019

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My most recent contribution over at PJ Media concerns what I believe to be the inordinate adulation shown to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle. Hussle, whose true name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot to death on March 31 outside the clothing store he owned in Los Angeles. Eric Holder (no, not that one) has been arrested and charged with murder in the case.

On April 11, Hussle’s funeral was held before an audience of 21,000 in LA’s Staples Center, making him the second person so honored. (The first was Michael Jackson; make of that what you will.) After the funeral, Hussle’s hearse led a chaotic procession on a 25-mile tour of South Los Angeles, a tour which, as I noted in the piece, scarcely passed a single block that hadn’t been the scene of at least one murder in the last 20 years. LAPD brass called the event a success when only four people were shot (one fatally) and only four police cars were vandalized.

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| April 10, 2019

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America congratulate Benjamin Netanyahu on winning his fifth election for Prime Minister of Israel and hope the warm relations between the country and the US will continue. They also look forward to the investigation into how the Russian probe began after Attorney General William Barr […]

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| April 9, 2019

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America breathe a sigh of relief after an ISIS-inspired terror plot targeting Maryland’s National Harbor was stopped. They also take a look at the recent polls in Virginia and speculate as to how state Democrats are mired in horrible scandals yet the voters want none […]

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| March 29, 2019

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Rob Long of National Review Online and Greg Corombos of Radio America applaud Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for sending Jussie Smollett a bill for more than $130,000 to cover the costs of the police to investigate his hate crime hoax. They also shake their heads as the supposedly moderate “Economist” magazine labels Ben Shapiro a […]

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By Doug Watt

| March 28, 2019

When I was on the street I did not speak in euphemisms. The closest I came was; Sir, or Ma’am, I’m not calling you an idiot, but you’re acting like one. I would be kind when I could be, and I could take someone down to the pavement when I had to. I came close […]

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Lawless in Chicago

By Doug Watt

| March 27, 2019

I see the streets as they are, not as I wish they were. A street cop stands on the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder. At the top of the ladder, in the rarified air of city politics, policing requires complying with the demands of social engineering. Social engineering demands that come from the Feds, city hall, judges, and in Chicago, the State Attorneys Office. In Chicago those that stand on the highest rung suffer from a lack of oxygen, hypoxia – mental confusion, and numbness.

The Smollett case aside, a case that involves influence peddling for an entitled, self-absorbed dumba**, the more important stats are:

By Ricochet Audio Network

| March 27, 2019

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America laugh as Utah Sen. Mike Lee hilariously demonstrates the absurdity of the Green New Deal with a picture of Ronald Reagan riding a velociraptor and Star Wars references during a floor speech. They also dig into what happened in Chicago after state prosecutors abruptly […]

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