http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/donutwatch/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts I would welcome fellow Freeper input on an exchange I had with the police last night. First a little background. I've got 20 years in the military, started out my life giving police officers a great deal of respect and knee jerking to their defense. Over the course of years, however, I've lost a lot of respect for the police via watching continual police traffic violations, watching unprofessional behavior and seeing shows of petty tyranny over their fellow citizens. Although I'd still like to be wholeheartedly pro-law and think the way to get respectable enforcement officers is to demand professionalism,... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286081/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285399/posts "To Protect and Serve" has taken on a new meaning for the Clare Police Department. When officers heard that the Clare City Bakery was closing its doors, they protected the business from certain demise. Now, they're serving up doughnuts. "Cops & Doughnuts" opened at 6 a.m. Wednesday with little fanfare but plenty of customers. "We've been swamped," John Pedjac, administrative assistant for Clare Police Chief Dwayne Miedzianowski, said. "Business has been great." The humor of a group of police officers - Miedzianowski, sergeants Dave Saad and Rich Ward, Pedjac, and officers Greg Rynearson, Al White, Jeremy McGraw, Brian Gregory and... The Morning Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285399/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284678/posts A Waffle House employee is suing the Gwinnett County Police Department over what he says was an unprovoked encounter with an officer who stunned him with a Taser. The department’s internal investigation records reveal that the officer used the weapon like a toy with tacit approval from two superior officers. Daniel Wilson, the 22-year-old waiter, spoke publicly about the encounter Wednesday at his attorney’s office in Snellville. The incident has already resulted in the arrest of Cpl. Gary Miles, 33, and the resignations of Sgt. Christopher Parry and Sgt. Joey Parkerson. None of the officers could be reached for comment... Atlanta Urinal-Constipation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284678/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:30:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284670/posts Cops Make Out While Prisoner Sleeps in Back Seat News KBMT Bryan Rupp Story Created: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM CDT Timothy Escola's days as Perry Township, Ohio Police Chief are officially over. The veteran police officer with 36 years experience resigned abruptly on Monday, June 29, 2009. The resignation came shortly after a police dash cam video tape showed Escola getting intimate with a young female police officer in the front seat of a Perry Township police cruiser. "He's a moron," said Larry Merrill. "I'm a resident here and that just blows my mind that two police officers... News KBMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284670/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 05:59:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284210/posts WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- A homeless man was accidentally shot and wounded during a SWAT standoff on Wednesday. The shooting occurred at a home near 4th Street and Division Avenue around 6:30 p.m. A search warrant was being served at the residence when the owner ordered his pitbull to attack the officers, according to a police report. After non-violent attempts to subdue the animal failed, four SWAT members shot and killed the dog. A stray bullet ricocheted and hit John Poe. He taken to a hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. Sources told WPTV that Poe was probably... abcactionews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284210/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284139/posts The cop began saying, “If you’re going to act like a woman I’m going to treat you like a woman.” They took my pug and he told me he was taking him to the pound where he would be “put down.... READ FULL STORY badbreakingnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284139/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283228/posts ~ EXCERPT ~ In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day? The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun. >>> snip <<< Among other things, the agents are combing neighborhoods and asking people about suspicious purchases as well as seeking explanations as to how their guns ended up... Houston Chronic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283228/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282793/posts 01:49 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 By CHRIS HAWES / WFAA-TV FORT WORTH - Fort Worth has received national attention after a controversial inspection at a gay bar. The nation's largest gay and lesbian civil rights organization has called for an investigation, and they're not alone. Council member Kathleen Hicks said she wants the community to know that there is a recourse for complaints such as the ones that arose after officers were accused of violence without just cause. Seven were arrested and one hospitalized after violence broke out during a raid at the Rainbow Lounge in Fort... WFAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282793/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:53:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276706/posts Do you mind answering a few questions...? As we found out yesterday, NRA has issued a statement on the GAO Mexican "crime gun" trafficking report. Their bottom line: For American gun owners, the battle will be to make sure that politicians who see an opportunity to advance their gun ban agenda do not use Mexico as an excuse to sacrifice our Second Amendment rights. True enough. But it was the second link in this morning's email from their Institute for Legislative Action that really grinds my gears: "In Border States, BATFE Asks: 'May We See Your Guns?'" NRA-ILA has recently... gun rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276706/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282149/posts CATLETTSBURG, KY (WSAZ) -- Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard will spend 12 years in prison after being convicted late Monday afternoon on a charge of 1st degree rape. The sentencing phase of his trial concluded early Monday evening with that decision. Howard was convicted by a jury in Boyd County Monday after a week long trial in which a jail inmate testifed that Howard took her to a remote area and assaulted her. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282149/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279870/posts Murfreesboro Police Officer Matt Garrett didn’t remember pulling his service firearm on a suspect pointing a gun at him but remembered screaming “gun” during a call Feb. 22 at Campus Crossing South apartments. Police dispatchers mistakenly sent Garrett and Officer Brad Premo to a 911 hang up call at Campus Crossing South instead of Campus Crossing North. After knocking on the door of the wrong apartment, Garrett said a gun “came down” from the door. “I didn’t remember I had my gun pointed at him,” Garrett said while testifying during the preliminary hearing Monday in General Sessions Court. He glanced... freesboropost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279870/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279735/posts ROVELAND, Fla. -- Eyewitness News has discovered that Groveland Police recently stopped an off duty Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy for suspicion of driving drunk. Police, however, did not arrest the deputy. Now the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has launched its own internal investigation into the incident. According to a police incident report, Deputy Rodney Blevins was driving on Highway 50 in May when he slammed on his truck brakes in front of Chaos Tattoo Shop. According to the report, he started yelling obscene words at two women in front of the business. That is when an officer pulled him over.... WFTV 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279735/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277826/posts MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) - Attorneys say a northeast Missouri city has agreed to pay $2.4 million to survivors of a man who died after police fired a Taser at him numerous times. Lawyers for the family of Stanley Harlan, 23, say the settlement with the city of Moberly was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The agreement includes an indefinite moratorium on the use of Tasers by Moberly police officers. Harlan died in August 2008 after being pulled over by a Moberly police officer who suspected him of drunken driving. The lawsuit said other Moberly officers arrived... KHQA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277826/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277830/posts Authorities said a Stark County sheriff's deputy was arrested with his mother after the deputy vomited on people at a Kenny Chesney concert in Fargo and refused to leave. Police Sgt. Mark Lykken said 26-year-old Justin Krohmer and his mother, Susan, whose husband is the Ada, Minn., police chief, were jailed on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer. Lykken said Justin Krohmer was asked to leave the Fargodome about 11 p.m. Saturday after vomiting on people in front of him, but he refused to do so. Lykken said 47-year-old Susan Krohmer pushed police officers. Susan Krohmer... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277830/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:36:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277857/posts <p>A Chicago police officer avoided jail time today for pummeling a woman who was tending bar, even though prosecutors produced a previously unseen video showing him beating someone else at the bar hours earlier.</p> <p>Anthony Abbate was sentenced to two years probation for beating Karolina Obrycka in February of 2007. He could have gotten up to five years for the attack, which was captured by the bar's security camera and shown around the world.</p> Breaking News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277857/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts Cop taped beating Chicago bartender gets probation By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277759/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277552/posts The Guardian has obtained this police footage of Emily Apple and Val Swain being arrested by surveillance officers after asking for their badge numbers at the Kingsnorth climate camp last year. The two women speak to Paul Lewis about their arrest, imprisonment and official complaint Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277552/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277514/posts San Diego police Officer Frank White was found not guilty yesterday of criminal charges resulting from the shooting and wounding of a mother and her young son during a road-rage incident last year. A Vista Superior Court jury acquitted White, 29, of a felony count of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm. White showed little emotion as the verdicts were read about 4 p.m., but after the jury left the courtroom, he bear-hugged his attorney, Rick Pinckard, then his wife, Jacquellyn. San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277514/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:31:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277338/posts Myrtle Beach police are searching for an 18-year-old white man jailed on public intoxication charges who they say was released by pretending to be a 34-year-old black man. Richard Daniel Wines, 18, of Mount Holly, N.C., had been sentenced to five days in jail Saturday morning after pleading guilty to a public intoxication charge. But when jail officers were releasing other inmates later that morning, Wines claimed to be Jonathan Jermain Gardner of Myrtle Beach. Wines was freed at 10:42 a.m. and was given Gardner's valuables, the report states. "It was an error to release him, and we're handling it... The Sun News [Myrtle Beach] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277338/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277246/posts ATLANTA, GA—WILBERT STALLINGS, 45, of Conyers, Georgia, was sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes on the charge of conspiring to violate civil rights by breaking into a private residence to search for drugs without a warrant. United States Attorney David E. Nahmias said, "Breaking into a private residence without a warrant or provocation is the ultimate violation of our constitutional right to be secure in our homes. Indeed, it is the very definition of lawlessness. Thankfully, the vast majority of police officers understand that their badges and guns do not grant them authority to... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277246/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276656/posts LAKEWOOD - When they started banging on his front door and the windows of his home at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Lakewood resident Darryl Harris wasn't quite awake. The husband and father of four boys, ages 7, 12, 14 and 17, remembers hearing the loud and insistent thumping and the shouts of sheriff's deputies yelling at someone to "come out." "I thought, `Uh oh, who's in trouble?"' Harris said, recalling how he got out of bed and began to make his way down stairs to the living room. The next thing Harris recalled seeing was roughly a dozen Los Angeles... Long Beach Press Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276656/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276298/posts Prince George's County Sheriff Michael Jackson said Friday deputies acted "in a professional and acceptable manner" when they shot two dogs inside the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo last summer. During a press conference Friday morning in which Jackson made public selected details from an internal investigation, he said, "The release of today's findings are consistent with what I've felt all along — my deputies did their job to the fullest extent of their abilities." Calvo has filed complaints that police and deputies needlessly shot the dogs when they raided his house on July 29, 2008, after mistakenly... gazette. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276298/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276135/posts The Prince George's County sheriff's office has concluded that deputies did nothing wrong when they charged into the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights during a drug investigation last summer and fatally shot his family's two dogs. The findings of the internal review "are consistent with what I've felt all along: My deputies did their job to the fullest extent of their abilities," Sheriff Michael Jackson said at a news conference. The announcement drew immediate condemnation from Mayor Cheye Calvo. "It's outrageous," he said. "Not only is he not admitting any wrongdoing, but he's saying this went down the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276135/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276100/posts A well-placed source in the Alaska Department of Public Safety informs me that Mike Wooten, the Alaska State trooper who was disciplined for various violations of the law and placed on desk duty, has now been turned loose back on the street. Wooten, Sarah Palin's ex brother-in-law, who was disciplined for various infractions, including using a Taser on a child, shooting a moose out of season, and driving a police vehicle after consuming alcohol, whose misdeeds ultimately led to the dismissal of the former Commissioner of Public Safety by Governor Palin, has been returned to street duty with the Alaska... Anonymous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276100/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:57:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275978/posts "Steve Bierfeldt says the Transportation Security Administration pulled him aside for extra questioning in March. He was carrying a pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution and an iPhone capable of making audio recordings." "TSA screeners at Lambert-St. Louis (Illinois) International Airport saw a metal cash box in his carry-on bag. Inside was more than $4,700 dollars in cash -- proceeds from the sale of political merchandise like T-shirts and books. There are no restrictions on carrying large sums of cash on flights within the United States, but the TSA allegedly took Bierfeldt to a windowless room and, along with other... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275978/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:15:55 GMT