Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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“Systemic Racism?” Damned Right!
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in Blogs and Blog Administration, Business and Economy, Civil Rights, Individual Liberties, Corruption and Scandals, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement, Culture wars, Demographics, Health Care, Housing, Immigration, Media, Politics, Public safety & health, Race and Race Relations, Social Services and Entitlements, TransportationBy Peter Galuszka There has been much debate on this blog regarding whether there is “systemic racism” in Virginia and the rest of the country. It’s a crucial question in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed and handcuffed African American who was killed on video by a white Minneapolis police officer…
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Gunning Up Virginia’s Cops
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in Business and Economy, Civil Rights, Individual Liberties, Corruption and Scandals, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement, Culture wars, Defense, National Security, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Federal issues, Government Finance, Gun rights, Mental illness and substance abuse, Poverty & income gap, Property rights, Public safety & health, Race and Race RelationsBy Peter Galuszka In 2014, the Sheriff’s Department of York County and Poquoson got their very own tank-like vehicle, called a “Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP).” Fully armored and tan in color with steep sides, it looks like something out television footage of the war in Iraq where U.S. troops needed to get through mine-infested…
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Anarchists Plotted Arson of Richmond Courthouse, FBI Says
by James A. Bacon The U.S. federal courthouse in Richmond was vandalized with a mark indicating it had been designated as a “target for potential vandalism/arson by antifa,” according to an FBI Situational Awareness Report issued Tuesday, reported the Daily Caller website. “FBI Norfolk received information indicating the Richmond Federal Courthouse exterior walls were spray…
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Our Gutsy Governor
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in Bacon and Pigs, Blogs and Blog Administration, Business and Economy, Civil Rights, Individual Liberties, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement, Culture wars, Defense, National Security, Economic development, Education (higher ed), Education (K-12), Efficiency in Government, Elections, General Assembly, Governance, Government Transparency, Government workers and pensions, Gun rights, Media, Politics, Race and Race Relations, Regulations, Gov’t OversightBy Peter Galuszka On June 24, 2015, Nikki Haley, a Republican who was South Carolina’s first non-white governor, called for the removal of a Confederate flag that had been flying over the state’s capitol grounds for years. “This flag, while an integral part of our past, does not represent the future of our great state,”…
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Ralph Northam on the Racial Protests
by James A. Bacon Speaking yesterday, Governor Ralph Northam gave his thoughts about the wave of protests and rioting that followed the death of George Floyd by the hand of a white Minneapolis policeman. Floyd and others, he opined, were wrongfully killed “simply for being black.” People across the country are “hurting and angry, and…
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Beware Fake Tweets
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in Blogs and Blog Administration, Business and Economy, Civil Rights, Individual Liberties, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement, Culture wars, Defense, National Security, Elections, Electoral process, Federal issues, Government Transparency, Infrastructure, Media, Money in politics, Public safety & health, Race and Race Relations, Regulations, Gov’t Oversight, TelecommunicationsBy Peter Galuszka Around midnight Monday, reporters in downtown Washington D.C., stood by ready to cover the next round of protests about the slaying of African Americans by police. They started getting tweets marked #dcblackout suggesting that internet service was being interrupted because of a secret program presumably run by the government that would cut…
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Fairfax Democratic Party Praises Riots
by Hans Bader In one of America’s largest suburban counties, the Democratic Party praised the recent riots that inflicted major damage on cities such as Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. As Josh Kraushaar of the National Journal notes, the Fairfax County Democratic Party said, “Riots are an integral part of the country’s march towards progress.” This…
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The Real Danger with ANTIFA
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in Bacon and Pigs, Business and Economy, Civil Rights, Individual Liberties, Corruption and Scandals, Courts and law, Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement, Culture wars, Demographics, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Economic development, Electoral process, Federal issues, Government Transparency, Gun rights, Immigration, Labor and Workforce, LGBQT, Libertarians, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Race and Race Relations, Regulations, Gov’t OversightBy Peter Galuszka Get ready. The names of all kinds of leftist organizations are going to be kicked around as the masterminds behind violent, cop-beating looters, especially the so-called ANTIFA movement in Virginia and across the country.. But what is reality? I don’t have clear answers but I have some ideas to share since I…
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Who Are the Protesters? Who Are the Rioters?
This Washington Post photo shows several of the dozen protesters taken into custody during the Richmond protest/riots. What do they have in common? They all look like college-age white kids. They don’t look like white supremacists who infiltrated the protests with the goal of fomenting violence and discrediting the protesters. Maybe looks are deceiving. Hopefully,…
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More Transparency for Police Shooting Incidents
by James A. Bacon In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, black politicians in Virginians are calling for changes to the criminal justice system. Maybe the problems that plague the Minneapolis police force bedevil police departments in the Old Dominion, maybe they don’t — I don’t know. Are police in…
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How Mark Herring Fuels Racial Discord
Wow, a lot of rage has been unleashed in the United States. Remember when “angry white men” was used as a put-down of the Tea Party movement? The implication was that anger clouded the reason and judgment of conservative voters, and their concerns thereby safely discredited and dismissed. Well, in the minds of many folks,…
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Parole Board Continues Freeing Frenzy
by Kerry Dougherty I watched most of Gov. Ralph Northam’s press conference yesterday, hoping that some bold member of the press would ask just one question: “If masks work why don’t you slap them on the face of every inmate in Virginia and keep them in their cells?” Alas, no one wants to remind the…
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Contract Killer Paroled in Virginia
by Kerry Dougherty Let’s begin today with a quiz: Where would you rather be during this COVID-19 epidemic, in a nursing home or a Virginia prison? If you said “prison” you’re right. Of course any place in the commonwealth would be safer than a nursing home. As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Virginia Department of…
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Virginia’s Sloppy Prisoner Release Plan
by Kerry Dougherty Are you concerned that Virginia has opened its prisons and hustled inmates out over fears of COVID-19? Brace yourself. The news just got worse. Not only are criminals being rushed out of prison, they’re being released without re-entry preparations. The cell doors open and the convicts are suddenly on their own. What…
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Another Murderer Freed in Virginia
by Kerry Dougherty Let’s see, who’s next on the Virginia Parole Board’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free conveyor belt? Oh look, it’s Irvian Cotton. Another murderer serving a life sentence. They’re getting out of prison so fast, I’ve lost count of how many violent criminals have been sent home in recent weeks. If you were in these parts back…