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The Slow-Motion State Murder of Michael Whiteley
by Will Grigg | Jan 19, 2017
Facing the prospect of life in prison – and the plausible threat of execution – Idaho Falls resident Michael Whiteley had every conceivable reason to plead guilty to a charge of second-degree kidnapping, save one: He didn’t commit the crime. “I have to plead not...
You Can’t “Cheat” a Gang of Thieves
by Will Grigg | Jan 18, 2017
Shortly after announcing the commutation of former Army Private Manning’s 35-year prison term, Barack Obama quietly issued a pardon for 64 others – including Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. Following a career in which he hit 521 home runs – tying...
No “Blue Privilege” for Kenneth Drew: Repo Man Imprisoned Because Thief Killed Herself
by Will Grigg | Jan 13, 2017
Pleasant Grove, Utah resident Ashleigh Holloway Best killed herself in the early hours of May 17, 2016, when she lost control of the stolen 2002 Lincoln Navigator she was driving and plowed it into a tree. The man who was pursuing the thief, Kenneth Lee Drew, was the...
The Routine Lawlessness of America’s Law Enforcers
by Will Grigg | Jan 8, 2017
Enforcers of drug prohibition can be perversely ingenious in devising methods to subvert due process guarantees. One tactic widely employed by police officers looking for a way to circumvent the Fourth Amendment is to intimidate a subject into giving the officers...
“Build the Wall” With Slave Labor, Urges Massachusetts Sheriff
by Will Grigg | Jan 6, 2017
“Liberty, if I understand it at all, is a general principle, and the clear right of the subjects within the realm, or of none,” declared British statesman Edmund Burke in an April 3, 1777 message to the Sheriffs of Bristol. “Partial freedom seems to me a most...
Inside the Tiny, Uncluttered Mind of a Cop
by Will Grigg | Jan 4, 2017
A retired member of the exalted Brotherhood of State-Sanctified Coercion recently rebuked a heretic: I take umbrage with your article for Lew Rockwell. While certainly I agree with your premise that one should not give to police charities and thereby expect special...
Want Crime to Go Down? Abolish the Local Police
by Will Grigg | Dec 27, 2016
Bunker Hill, Indiana, is a village of 900 people. It has not been consumed by the maelstrom of criminal violence that – we are told – would descend on any community even briefly deprived of the divine protection offered by a police department. The village obviously...
Snouts in the Trough, Hooves in the Till: Why You Shouldn’t Donate to Police Charities
by Will Grigg | Dec 8, 2016
The median annual household income in Idaho is roughly $49,000. Mark Furniss, 46, was making almost $20,000 a year in excess of that figure when he resigned from his job as a Boise Police Officer on October 20, the same day he and his wife Sara filed for Chapter 7...
‘Qualified Immunity’: What Cops and Slave Overseers Have in Common
by Will Grigg | Dec 4, 2016
Michael Slager, the former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer killed an unarmed man and then attempted to frame the victim, will not be convicted of murder. Nor is he likely to be convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Slager’s jury deadlocked...
‘Justice Has No Expiration Date’: The Continued Wrongful Imprisonment of Christopher Tapp
by Will Grigg | Nov 28, 2016
There were about twenty people gathered in an Idaho Falls courtroom on November 22 for a hearing about Christopher Tapp’s appeal for post-conviction relief. That Tapp is serving a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit was known by everyone in that room. Two of...
William C. Bradford and the “Law” of Negan’s Bat
by Will Grigg | Nov 20, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has thousands of executive branch positions to fill, including the spot in the Office of Legal Counsel once occupied by the detestable war criminal John C. Yoo. William C. Bradford, an obscure, disgraced ex-West Point instructor and...
“Not My President” — No Matter Who He Is
by Will Grigg | Nov 13, 2016
“How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can cause or cure.” When Samuel Johnson wrote those measured words of welcome consolation, kings generally behaved with more restraint than presidents do now. The essential wisdom of his...
The Regime’s Failed Show Trial in Portland
by Will Grigg | Nov 10, 2016
Cardassia is a fictional planet in the Star Trek universe ruled by a totalitarian state with a court system quite similar to our own. Trials on Cardassia do not to examine the charges against the accused, since a guilty verdict is foreordained. The defendant is...
John Bennett’s Jihad
by Will Grigg | Oct 31, 2016
In seeking a suitable description of Oklahoma State Representative -- and compulsive mosque-baiter -- John Bennett, one must resist the temptation to use the familiar epithet "horse's ass," even though the effluent that emerges from Bennett's tax-devouring skull cave...
The Prohibitionist-Pharmaceutical Axis Strikes: Free Kelsey Osborne!
by Will Grigg | Oct 26, 2016
If 23-year-old Gooding, Idaho resident Kelsey Osborne is sent to prison for using medicinal cannabis to treat her daughter’s seizures, Governor Butch Otter should immediately grant her a pardon. If he fails to do so, he should be dragged into a public square in...
Sheriff David Clarke: The Warlord of Milwaukee County
by Will Grigg | Oct 24, 2016
Now that Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County faces a possible federal felony conviction that would dislodge him from office, the floor is open for nominations to replace him as the preening figurehead for the Punitive Populist constituency. Milwaukee...
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Don’t Trigger Sheriff Snowflake — Or He May Have You Killed
by Will Grigg
Saturday, January 28, 2017 Don’t Trigger Sheriff Snowflake — Or He May Have You Killed Sheriff David Clarke of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County is the most fragile of precious snowflakes, and one of the most self-enraptured petty tyrants in recent American history. While settling in for a January 15 flight from Dallas to Milwaukee, Clarke – […]
Teaching Kids to Trust the Police is Child Abuse
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Teaching Kids to Trust the Police is Child Abuse Somebody who would do this to a child should be horsewhipped, at the very least. Integral to the American concept of liberty is the right to hold the state at bay, which is why children are never too young to be taught […]
The Slow-Motion State Murder of Michael Whiteley
by Will Grigg
Friday, January 20, 2017 The Slow-Motion State Murder of Michael Whiteley The “Black Widow of Bonneville County”: Silvia Canido, seen here in Bolivia. Facing the prospect of life in prison – and the plausible threat of execution – Idaho Falls resident Michael Whiteley had every conceivable reason to plead guilty to a charge of […]
They’re All “Heroes” — No Matter What Laws they Enforce
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 They’re All “Heroes” — No Matter What Laws they Enforce Actually, it was a righteous rebellion, not a mere “riot.” Given the rarity of the surname, it is likely that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is related to deputy federal marshal Edward Gorsuch, who was killed an in violent episode that […]
A “Deal” to Protect the Guilty: Bonneville County’s Indecent Proposal to Chris Tapp
by Will Grigg
Sunday, March 12, 2017 A “Deal” to Protect the Guilty: Bonneville County’s Indecent Proposal to Chris Tapp (IMPORTANT UPDATE, 3/21) Danny Clark’s 14th Century antecedent administers “justice.” See the update below Idaho Falls resident Christopher Tapp has spent more than two decades behind bars for a murder he did not commit. He was convicted on […]
Inside the Tiny, Uncluttered Mind of a Cop
by Will Grigg
Friday, December 30, 2016 Inside the Tiny, Uncluttered Mind of a Cop A retired member of the exalted Brotherhood of State-Sanctified Coercion recently rebuked a heretic:I take umbrage with your article for Lew Rockwell. While certainly I agree with your premise that one should not give to police charities and thereby expect special privileges, you […]
Snouts in the Trough, Hooves in the Till: Why You Shouldn’t Donate to a Police Charity
by Will Grigg
Sunday, December 11, 2016 Snouts in the Trough, Hooves in the Till: Why You Shouldn’t Donate to a Police Charity Tax-subsidized embezzlers: Mark and Sara Furniss To understand why the public cannot confide in government-employed police to protect private property, it is useful to consider how frequently police steal from each other – and members […]
The Regime’s Relentless Persecution of Phil Hart
by Will Grigg
Thursday, February 25, 2016 The Regime’s Relentless Persecution of Phil Hart “Mr. Hart, do you contest the legitimacy of the federal government of the United States of America?” That question was posed to former Idaho State Representative Phil Hart a few minutes into his February 3 federal bankruptcy hearing. By asking that question, Assistant U.S. […]
We Don’t Need Costumed Overlords and Tax Farmers
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 We Don’t Need Costumed Overlords and Tax Farmers Gone, but not missed: The former Bunker Hill, Indiana Police Department. Bunker Hill, Indiana, is a village of 900 people. It has not been consumed by the maelstrom of criminal violence that – we are told – would descend on any community even […]
Sheriff Glenn Palmer and the “Scouring of the Shire”
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Sheriff Glenn Palmer and the “Scouring of the Shire” The “little folk” rise up against Saruman’s Ruffians. The Shire had changed dramatically for the worse when Frodo, Sam, and their companions returned from Mordor. The hobbit-folk had previously enjoyed a society largely free of the affliction called “government.” Frodo and his […]
Get Your Kids Out of the “School-to-Prison Pipeline”
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Get Your Kids Out of the “School-to-Prison Pipeline” Ever and always alert to new and inventive ways to turn innocent people into fodder for the State’s carceral apparatus, the Missouri state legislature enacted a measure that will treat teenage altercations as felonies if they occur either on school grounds or between […]
“Qualified Immunity”: What Cops and Slave Overseers Have in Common
by Will Grigg
Sunday, December 4, 2016 “Qualified Immunity”: What Cops and Slave Overseers Have in Common The late Kelly Thomas, following his fatal encounter with the slave overseers of the Fullerton PD. Michael Slager, the former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer killed an unarmed man and then attempted to frame the victim, will not be convicted […]
Can You Spare Some Tears for a Killer Cop?
by Will Grigg
Thursday, March 3, 2016 Can You Spare Some Tears for a Killer Cop? Does this guy (center) look like a peace officer? If he approached you holding a gun, wouldn’t you flee? “If I go down, I’m taking you with me.” That familiar action movie cliché isn’t found within the lawsuit filed by former West […]
Take Pity on Officer “Safe Space”
by Will Grigg
Thursday, February 18, 2016 Take Pity on Officer “Safe Space” Blue Privilege isn’t enough: Now cops want to be a “specially protected class.” Makaela Zabael-Gravatt was shot and nearly killed in her own backyard in Meridian, Idaho last September. The man arrested in that attack, Christopher Wirfs, had a violent criminal history. Prior to the […]
The Draft-Nappers Are Back — And This Time They Want Your Daughter
by Will Grigg
Thursday, February 11, 2016 The Draft-Nappers Are Back — And This Time They Want Your Daughter Death lottery: Military slaves are selected in the 1969 draft. Roughly a year ago, Nampa, Idaho resident Kenndrick Rose was appointed as a member of the local military enslavement soviet. That is an accurate, rather than official, description […]
Stolen Lives, Protected Criminals: The Wrongful Imprisonment of Christopher Tapp
by Will Grigg
Thursday, February 4, 2016 Stolen Lives, Protected Criminals: The Wrongful Imprisonment of Christopher Tapp This man belongs in prison: Former IFPD Detective, and I.F. Mayor, Fuhriman. There are abundant reasons to be grateful that we do not live under the Old Testament “lex talonis” legal covenant, and one compelling reason to lament that this […]
Finicum’s Wake
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Finicum’s Wake He tended herds, rather than serving the state: LaVoy Finicum, a man in full. Somewhere there are still peoples and herds, but not with us, my brethren; here there are states…. A state is called the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies also; and this lie creepeth […]
The Last Full Measure of Misery: When Will Prohibition Finally End?
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The Last Full Measure of Misery: When Will Prohibition Finally End? “Our safety and happiness lie in obedience to law by every man, woman and child,” pontificated Attorney General Harry Micajah Daugherty in his keynote address to the 1921 annual conference of the American Bar Association in Cincinnati. His homily on […]
Merrick Garland, Richard W. Roberts, and the Kenneth Trentadue Murder: The Deep State Takes Care of Its Own
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Merrick Garland, Richard W. Roberts, and the Kenneth Trentadue Murder: The Deep State Takes Care of Its Own Not a suicide victim: Kenneth Trentadue’s brutalized body in his open-casket funeral. “You have to trust the government,” Justice Department attorney Richard Roberts unctuously told Jesse Trentadue. Seeking to understand why his younger […]
From Showdown to Show Trial: The Bunkerville Crackdown is Just Beginning
by Will Grigg
Monday, March 7, 2016 From Showdown to Show Trial: The Bunkerville Crackdown is Just Beginning (Apologies to Emerson) Beneath the rude bridge that arched the wash, their flag to April’s breeze unfurled: Victory at Bunkerville, 2014. What happened at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775 was an eruption of terrorist violence against the […]