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A Peace Officer Defies the “Blue Tribe”: The Exile of Officer Cariol Horne
by Will Grigg
Thursday, December 18, 2014 A Peace Officer Defies the “Blue Tribe”: The Exile of Officer Cariol Horne Not the only one: Chokeholds are illegal, but widely used by police anyway. David Mack was dying of strangulation in front of his horrified teenage sons while nearly a dozen Buffalo Police Officers looked on with indifference. The […]
Why “Support Your Local Police” is a Formula for Despotism
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Why “Support Your Local Police” is a Formula for Despotism There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them. Garet Garrett, “The Revolution Was” “We are […]
Have We Reached “Peak Jackboot”?
by Will Grigg
Friday, December 5, 2014 Have We Reached “Peak Jackboot”? In 1768, amid escalating tensions between the British government and independence-minded “radicals” in New England, two full regiments were deployed in Boston as peacekeepers. Their presence was, in historian David Ramsay’s elegantly ominous phrase, “a fruitful source of uneasiness.” London tried to preserve the pretense that […]
If We Prick the State, Does It Bleed?
by Will Grigg
Monday, September 1, 2014 If We Prick the State, Does It Bleed? Yes, these are Oregon Sheriff’s deputies, “The taxpayers are entitled to everything Mr. Esbensen cost them,” declared Malheur County District Attorney Dan Norris, affected piety suppurating from every syllable, during an August 28 hearing before visiting Judge Gregory Baxter in the County […]
Why “Good Cops” Stay Silent: The Persecution of Officer Adam Basford (Second update, October 23)
by Will Grigg
Friday, August 22, 2014 Why “Good Cops” Stay Silent: The Persecution of Officer Adam Basford (Second update, October 23) Officer Adam Basford is in the back row, center. (See updates below) “I can’t get killed for this job,” observed one of Adam Basford’s former colleagues in the Yakima Police Department, explaining why he had refused […]
Furious About Ferguson? Work to Free Shaneen Allen
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Furious About Ferguson? Work to Free Shaneen Allen Whatever we eventually learn about what happened in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, Michael Brown is beyond mortal help. The same is not true of Shaneen Allen, a 27-year-old working mother of two and robbery victim who faces an eleven-year […]
Making Murder “Reasonable”: How the Ferguson PD Will Whitewash the Killing of Michael E. Brown (UPDATE, August 15)
by Will Grigg
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Making Murder “Reasonable”: How the Ferguson PD Will Whitewash the Killing of Michael E. Brown (UPDATE, August 15) NOTE: In addition to the postscript at the bottom of the page, look for additional updates in the blog section of www.LewRockwell.com.Edward Garner was unarmed when he was shot in the back of […]
Small-Town Praetorianism: Barry Township Rejects Victor Pierce’s Authoritarian “Vision”
by Will Grigg
Friday, August 8, 2014 Small-Town Praetorianism: Barry Township Rejects Victor Pierce’s Authoritarian “Vision” Victor Pierce bears a resemblance to notorious death-cult leader Jim Jones, which is a tragic accident of nature. He also deeply imbibed the authoritarian Kool-Aid ladled out by the Homeland Security State, and force-fed it to the residents of Barry Township, Michigan, […]
“Absolute Immunity”: The Deadliest Weapon in the Prosecutor’s Arsenal
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 “Absolute Immunity”: The Deadliest Weapon in the Prosecutor’s Arsenal “Prosecutors are rewarded for winning at all costs, they have no incentive to seek the truth rather than a conviction, and they are entirely unaccountable when they pervert justice in pursuit of victory,” observes Idaho resident John T. Bujak. “People shouldn’t believe […]
Offend the Police — Lose Your Job
by Will Grigg
Thursday, November 6, 2014 Offend the Police — Lose Your Job How police deal with “customer” complaints. (See clarification below.) When an employee in the productive sector offends the company’s customer base, he can expect to the censured, sanctioned, or sacked. Customers who complain about such an employee can expect that their opinions will be […]
Bust You For It Now, Tax You For It Tomorrow: The Insanity of Marijuana Prohibition
by Will Grigg
Thursday, October 30, 2014 Bust You For It Now, Tax You For It Tomorrow: The Insanity of Marijuana Prohibition Shock troops of prohibition: Oregon SWAT operatives conduct a marijuana raid. Vale, Oregon “I’m going to be burning weeds today – the right kind, that is,” Bill Esbensen wryly informed me as we met at […]
Is Disarming a Cop a Capital Offense?
by Will Grigg
Saturday, November 29, 2014 Is Disarming a Cop a Capital Offense? The friendly faces of the San Diego Police Department. The encounter began as a routine traffic stop. It ended with the avoidable shooting death of a young man that the killer described as an act of self-defense. After the jury acquitted the defendant […]
Darren Wilson and the Reality of “Blue Privilege”
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Darren Wilson and the Reality of “Blue Privilege” (A version of this essay was originally published at Photography Is Not A Crime.) “Any time I’m involved in an officer-involved shooting, be it a fatal one or non-fatal, it is always during my initial investigation listed as an assault on law enforcement,” […]
When the Rustlers Wear Badges
by Will Grigg
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 When the Rustlers Wear Badges Sweeney Gillette, a very successful cattle trader from Ontario, Oregon, had barely finished a pleasant chat with his ex-wife when his phone rang. In an agitated voice, Gillette’s attorney reported that he had just been contacted by a Malheur County deputy District Attorney who accused the […]
They’ll Be Back: PATCON, Oklahoma City, and Jesse Trentadue’s Lonely Crusade for Justice
by Will Grigg
Thursday, November 13, 2014 They’ll Be Back: PATCON, Oklahoma City, and Jesse Trentadue’s Lonely Crusade for Justice PATCON’s handiwork: A fireman holds an infant killed in the 1995 OKC bombing. (Updated and revised.)“His name used to be Don Jarrett,” long-time federal asset John Matthews told FBI Special Agent Adam Quirk during a July 9 […]
The Baby-Burning Stormtroopers of Habersham County, Georgia
by Will Grigg
Monday, June 2, 2014 The Baby-Burning Stormtroopers of Habersham County, Georgia For the love of God, stop the insane drug war. “I stand behind what our team did,” insists Habersham, Georgia County Sheriff Joey Terrell, referring to a 3:00 a.m. no-knock SWAT raid in which a 19-month-old child was severely burned by a flash-bang grenade. […]
High Desert Highwaymen: More Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley
by Will Grigg
Thursday, June 19, 2014 High Desert Highwaymen: More Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley In his private life, Justin Klitch of Payette, Idaho may be kind, personable, generous, and compulsively honest. While on the clock, however, he’s a professional thug – in the original sense of the expression. The Thugs of India were […]
Dr. Raskolnikov, I Presume?
by Will Grigg
Thursday, January 2, 2014 Dr. Raskolnikov, I Presume? Protected and Served to Death: Kelly Thomas A certain percentage, they tell us, must go … that way — to the devil, I suppose…. A percentage! What splendid words they have; they are so scientific, so consolatory…. Once you’ve said `percentage’ there’s nothing more to worry about. […]
“It Stops Today!”
by Will Grigg
Monday, July 21, 2014 “It Stops Today!” “Every time you see me, you want to mess with me! I’m tired of it! It stops today!” Eric Garner, a peaceful and productive citizen, had suffered years of pointless and unnecessary harassment by the costumed predators employed by the NYPD. He told one of them to leave […]
“It’s Strictly Business”: Inside the Prohibition Racket
by Will Grigg
Monday, July 28, 2014 “It’s Strictly Business”: Inside the Prohibition Racket In addition to being an engine of misery, corruption, and bloodshed, the War on Drugs should be seen as a multi-tiered criminal enterprise. At the top echelon are found the political figureheads who recite pious bromides. That’s likewise where we encounter the bureaucratic scribes […]