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He Wouldn’t Back Down: The Bittersweet Victory of Brian McNelis

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate

Monday, September 21, 2015 He Wouldn’t Back Down: The Bittersweet Victory of Brian McNelis He wouldn’t back down: Brian J. McNelis, left, with his companion, Leslie White. Brian McNelis was still recovering from a police raid that wrecked his home and threatened to destroy his commercial painting business when he learned that the state intended […]

To Crush a Cop-Watcher: Prosecutorial Abuse in Ada County, Idaho

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio

Thursday, March 26, 2015 To Crush a Cop-Watcher: Prosecutorial Abuse in Ada County, Idaho The hardware is impressive, but much of the real damage is done by the prosecutors. The prosecutor at Matthew Townsend’s March 19 preliminary hearing appeared to be auditioning for a Daytime Emmy. Her subsequent performance, and that of her colleagues, […]

When Insulting the Police is a “Crime”

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 When Insulting the Police is a “Crime” Three residents of Arena, Wisconsin posted critical and provocative messages on the Facebook page of the local police department. All of those comments were purged by the officer who administered that page. Only one of them, however, resulted in criminal charges.Thomas Smith was arrested […]

When You Cross the Blue Line, Your “Blue” Life Doesn’t Matter

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 When You Cross the Blue Line, Your “Blue” Life Doesn’t Matter SWAT operators carry out a raid in Desert Hot Springs, California. [Note: An earlier version of this essay inaccurately stated that Heath’s death took place in 2012, rather than 2013. I apologize for the error.] Andrea Heath, a former police […]

Blessed Be the State’s Punitive Priesthood

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Blessed Be the State’s Punitive Priesthood Pastor Jay Dennis, who presides over the First Baptist Church on the Mall, a large and growing “mega-church” in Lakeland, Florida, urges his congregation to see police officers as angelic beings bearing a divine commission to impose summary punishment. They are to be obeyed, prayed […]

How the State’s “Justice” System Cultivates Predators like Ibn Hunter

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 How the State’s “Justice” System Cultivates Predators like Ibn Hunter About to strike: Ibn Hunter winds up to assault a homeless woman. On occasion, government-employed police can solve a crime of violence – assuming that the act is captured on video, the offender makes a point of mugging for the camera […]

Please, Dear Leader — Ban Firearms By Decree

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate

Thursday, October 22, 2015 Please, Dear Leader — Ban Firearms By Decree Dr. Barbara LeSavoy, gun confiscation advocate and Director of Women and Gender Studies at The College at Brockport in New York, may be the authentic embodiment of contemporary totalitarian leftism. She might be LARPing – that is, Live-Action Role-Playing – in the character […]

First, They Came for the Bar Owners….

by Will Grigg | Jul 5, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 First, They Came for the Bar Owners…. Mission Accomplished: The shuttered Twilight Room Annex, a casualty of Oregon’s anti-Business soviet. Chris Penner, owner of the Twilight Room Annex club in Portland, Oregon, had bills to pay and a payroll to meet. He called up his business account only to find […]

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