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Of Wedding Cakes and Puritanical Collectivism (UPDATE, July 10)
by Will Grigg
Monday, July 6, 2015 Of Wedding Cakes and Puritanical Collectivism (UPDATE, July 10) Thought criminals: Melissa and Aaron Klein (center) with their children. UPDATE — Yes, the Kleins were fined — or, if you prefer, hit with a “civil penalty,” which is the same thing — for not baking a cake, the tortured sophistries […]
“Don’t Miss”
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 “Don’t Miss” Seattle resident Nathaniel Caylor wears a large, conspicuous metal appliance on the right side of his face, a souvenir of a May 5, 2009 incident in which Seattle Police Officer Eugene Shubeck tried to murder him in front of his twenty-month-old son, Wyatt. The police had arrived in response […]
The Passing of a Freedom Fighter
by Will Grigg
Sunday, January 18, 2015 The Passing of a Freedom Fighter A warrior now at peace: Robert Foster finds a refuge during his battle with the Sunriver Police Department. Robert Foster was in the company of his family during the early morning hours of January 16 when his depleted body surrendered his indomitable spirit into […]
The Matthew Townsend Case: Official Retaliation, Not “Witness Intimidation”
by Will Grigg
Monday, March 30, 2015 The Matthew Townsend Case: Official Retaliation, Not “Witness Intimidation” John Anderson wasn’t happy to see his wife outside his girlfriend’s residence in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Understandably, she wasn’t thrilled by the encounter, either. In entirely predictable fashion the confrontation got physical, and Anderson shoved his wife, thereby compounding his adultery with […]
Wolves, “Sheepdogs,” and the Gospel of Leviathan
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Wolves, “Sheepdogs,” and the Gospel of Leviathan Preaching the gospel of Leviathan: Rev. Kellogg. We want to live pure, we want to live clean, we want to do our best; sweetly submitting to authority – leaving to God the rest…. From “Obedience,” a children’s song teaching the supposed virtues of “Positive […]
Of Badges and Blasphemy
by Will Grigg
Friday, July 31, 2015 Of Badges and Blasphemy … but the police demand your worship. Sheriff Doug Rader of Missouri’s Stone County complains that he is being“attacked” for a “patriotic gesture” – decorating his department’s patrol vehicles with the motto “In God We Trust.” By focusing on a largely symbolic controversy, both the sheriff’s defenders […]
The Prohibitive Price of Government “Protection”
by Will Grigg
Monday, August 10, 2015 The Prohibitive Price of Government “Protection” When they reached Fort Hall in what would eventually be known as southeast Idaho, the leaders of the Oregon-bound Elijah Utter wagon train believed that the most dangerous part of their trek was behind them. Their fortunes would soon change dramatically for the worse, in […]
Sheriff Michael Lewis: The Very Model of a Federalized Enforcer
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Sheriff Michael Lewis: The Very Model of a Federalized Enforcer MRAPs and “Urban Warfare” in Baltimore “This was urban warfare, no question about it,” asserted Michael Lewis, describing his experiences during the recent Baltimore upheaval. As protests coalesced and looters began to rampage, Lewis, who is sheriff of Maryland’s Wicomico County […]
Road Pirates — Assemble! “Desert Snow” is Coming to Idaho
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Road Pirates — Assemble! “Desert Snow” is Coming to Idaho Highway Robbery in Progress: Desert Snow-trained Iowa State Trooper Justin Simmons carries out a shakedown. It isn’t often that honest people receive detailed intelligence about a planned gathering of violent men who steal for a living and kill with impunity. An […]
Road Piracy, False Flags, and the State’s Crime Cartel
by Will Grigg
Monday, August 17, 2015 Road Piracy, False Flags, and the State’s Crime Cartel Welcome to Idaho, Joe David: Signs at the “No More Road Pirates in Idaho” demo. Joe David, a former California Highway Patrol officer, has made a considerable fortune by teaching police officers how to steal under the color of “law” through […]
License to Prey
by Will Grigg
Friday, August 21, 2015 License to Prey On the hunt: Serial predator and Police Chief Butterfield. Early one morning in July 2014, a woman in Myton, Utah was startled awake by an uninvited visitor named Thomas Wayne Butterfield.“I’m a cop,” Butterfield explained to the intimidated woman when she asked how he had gotten into […]
Vester Lee Flanagan, Social Justice Avenger
by Will Grigg
Thursday, August 27, 2015 Vester Lee Flanagan, Social Justice Avenger A Communist is merely a socialist in a hurry. Vester Lee Flanagan, by his own description, was an impatient social justice warrior. The murderous means he employed to punish those he accused of bigotry made visible the latent lethal violence that resides in State policies […]
Your “Duty” to Protect and Serve the Police
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Your “Duty” to Protect and Serve the Police If you say something that hurts their feelings, you’re no better than a “cop-killer.” Glenn Beck, acting in his self-appointed role as a punitive populist prophet, has urged his audience to join “hand-in-hand, arm-in-arm,” and “ring” their local police departments in prayer. The […]
Six Decades of the “Condor”: Washington’s “Counter-insurgency” Strategy Goes Domestic
by Will Grigg
Thursday, September 10, 2015 Six Decades of the “Condor”: Washington’s “Counter-insurgency” Strategy Goes Domestic Under William Bradford’s legal scheme, posting this photo would make me a “fifth columnist.” “Our morality has no precedent, and our humanity is absolute, because it rests on a new ideal. Our aim is to destroy all forms of […]
Only “Blue Lives” Really Matter
by Will Grigg
Sunday, May 31, 2015 Only “Blue Lives” Really Matter A weeping Brelo reacts to his acquittal. When Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo mounted the hood of a Chevy Malibu and fired fifteen shots through the windshield, killing Timothy Russell and Melissa Williams, he behaved in an “unreasonable” and “unconstitutional” fashion. This was the testimony […]
“We Do Not Need You”: The Blue Supremacist Credo
by Will Grigg
Thursday, September 17, 2015 “We Do Not Need You”: The Blue Supremacist Credo “I was thrown under the bus for expressing my First Amendment rights,” complained former Surf City, North Carolina Police Chief Mike Halstead following his compelled resignation on September 15. Halstead was ousted after publishing a Facebook post in which he regurgitated a […]
He Wouldn’t Back Down: The Bittersweet Victory of Brian McNelis
by Will Grigg
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
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
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
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 […]
