Larry Eugene Brown, 74, was walking to a bus stop in Greensboro, N,C. when he was robbed and beaten to death by three teenagers
BarkGrowlBite | August 7, 2015
President Obama refers to crimes committed by black teens as youthful misstates, just like the mistakes the rest of us made as teenagers. Obama complains that by imprisoning black teens for those mistakes we are depriving them of a second chance and ruining their lives forever.
Well, on July 29 around 5:30 a.m., Larry Eugene Brown, a 74-year-old man, was walking to a bus stop in Greensboro, N.C. when he became the victim of one of those youthful mistakes.
Police arrested D'Angelo Matthews on Wednesday, his 17th birthday, together with a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, and charged all three with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
It seems the three were driving around when they spotted Brown and decided to make the youthful mistake of robbing the old man. Then they made another youthful mistake by inflicting "significant" blunt force trauma to his head, according to the police. Brown was dead before the cops found him lying in the street.
And what did the three black teens get for their youthful mistakes? Three dollars from Brown’s wallet.
Now, according to Obama, if we imprison Matthews and his two ‘mistake’ partners, we will ruin their lives forever. I am sure the Brown family is touched and I suggest they adopt the three teenagers and give them that second chance the President says black teens are too often denied.
Sigh ….. those youthful mistakes.
Friday, August 7, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
BIG DISTURBANCE AT HOME OF PHOENIX POLICE CHIEF
Two bounty hunter companies swarmed a house in Phoenix looking for an Oklahoma fugitive and – oops – it turned out to be the Phoenix police chief’s home
BarkGrowlBite | August 6, 2016
On Tuesday around 10 p.m., eleven armed bounty hunters swarmed a house in Phoenix to arrest an Oklahoma fugitive wanted for skipping a court hearing on drug charges. Talk about a big oops, a really big oops, the targeted house was the home of Joseph Yahner who happens to be Phoenix’s police chief.
Two bounty hunter companies, NorthStar Fugitive Recovery and Delta One Tactical Recovery, teamed up to conduct the mistaken raid after receiving a tip posted on their Facebook page from an Oklahoma phone number.
Brent Farley, 43, owner of NorthStar Fugitive Recovery, was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. Phoenix police have obtained search warrants for the weapons used by the bounty hunters.
Here is how The Arizona Republic Described the botched raid:
In the video, a pickup truck is in the driveway of Yahner’s home, and several people are near the front door. Several times, someone yells, “Roderick, open the door,” while a voice from the house yells back. The door eventually opens and a man inside says, “Turn the light off” twice to the man outside holding a flashlight before the door shuts.
The exterior lights of the home then turn on, illuminating the three figures, two of whom appear to be wearing bulletproof vests. The door opens wide to a shirtless man exiting the house while holding something in his hands. That something was a baton, [Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent] Crump said.
“After awakening him (Yahner) from a dead sleep, he comes out in protection mode,” Crump said. “And when he does come out and he challenges them, I think they quickly come to realize (the mistake), with the exception of one of them.”
Crump said Farley refused to leave the property and continued to give commands to Yahner until another bounty hunter pulled him aside.
When police officers arrived, they found Farley’s employees and those of Delta One Tactical Recovery surrounding the home. One man banged on the door with an unholstered weapon and engaged in a verbal confrontation with the chief inside, police said. The bounty hunters’ vehicles were parked on the property, the headlights glaring as the man at the door shined his flashlight inside, Phoenix police said.
Several outside the chief’s home were armed, and police said Wednesday that they were serving a search warrant for the weapons. Riding alongside the armed bounty hunters was an 11-year-old and an adult relative of one of the employees, police said.
Farley is a convicted felon and may be facing additional charges.
If either of these companies had bothered to check out the address before conducting a reality TV-like raid, they would have discovered they were the victims of a prank, a prank that could have had deadly consequences.
When Chief Yahner’s lawsuits are finally resolved, he can retire as the owner of two fugitive recovery companies.
BarkGrowlBite | August 6, 2016
On Tuesday around 10 p.m., eleven armed bounty hunters swarmed a house in Phoenix to arrest an Oklahoma fugitive wanted for skipping a court hearing on drug charges. Talk about a big oops, a really big oops, the targeted house was the home of Joseph Yahner who happens to be Phoenix’s police chief.
Two bounty hunter companies, NorthStar Fugitive Recovery and Delta One Tactical Recovery, teamed up to conduct the mistaken raid after receiving a tip posted on their Facebook page from an Oklahoma phone number.
Brent Farley, 43, owner of NorthStar Fugitive Recovery, was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. Phoenix police have obtained search warrants for the weapons used by the bounty hunters.
Here is how The Arizona Republic Described the botched raid:
In the video, a pickup truck is in the driveway of Yahner’s home, and several people are near the front door. Several times, someone yells, “Roderick, open the door,” while a voice from the house yells back. The door eventually opens and a man inside says, “Turn the light off” twice to the man outside holding a flashlight before the door shuts.
The exterior lights of the home then turn on, illuminating the three figures, two of whom appear to be wearing bulletproof vests. The door opens wide to a shirtless man exiting the house while holding something in his hands. That something was a baton, [Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent] Crump said.
“After awakening him (Yahner) from a dead sleep, he comes out in protection mode,” Crump said. “And when he does come out and he challenges them, I think they quickly come to realize (the mistake), with the exception of one of them.”
Crump said Farley refused to leave the property and continued to give commands to Yahner until another bounty hunter pulled him aside.
When police officers arrived, they found Farley’s employees and those of Delta One Tactical Recovery surrounding the home. One man banged on the door with an unholstered weapon and engaged in a verbal confrontation with the chief inside, police said. The bounty hunters’ vehicles were parked on the property, the headlights glaring as the man at the door shined his flashlight inside, Phoenix police said.
Several outside the chief’s home were armed, and police said Wednesday that they were serving a search warrant for the weapons. Riding alongside the armed bounty hunters was an 11-year-old and an adult relative of one of the employees, police said.
Farley is a convicted felon and may be facing additional charges.
If either of these companies had bothered to check out the address before conducting a reality TV-like raid, they would have discovered they were the victims of a prank, a prank that could have had deadly consequences.
When Chief Yahner’s lawsuits are finally resolved, he can retire as the owner of two fugitive recovery companies.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
FERGUSON TO HAVE ALL-WOMEN POLICE FORCE
The City of Ferguson signed a historic and revolutionary agreement with the Justice Department which establishes the nation’s first all-women police force
FERGUSON, MO - - (Wire Services) No more mano-a-mano police confrontations in Ferguson, Missouri. Out with the old, in with a completely new policing concept … charm hostile persons into complying with a cop during a stop or an arrest.
In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and the riots that ensued, the Justice Department determined that the Ferguson Police Department discriminated against African-Americans in the way its officers enforced the law. The report accused cops of targeting blacks and citing or arresting then disproportionally for traffic and city ordinance violations, with the municipal judge fining them excessively. The City reluctantly agreed to oversight of its police by the Justice Department.
On Tuesday it was revealed that the City of Ferguson has signed a historic and revolutionary agreement with the Justice Department which establishes the nation’s first all-women police force.
Standing in front of the Ferguson police headquarters and flanked by city officials and the new police chief, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that from now on, the city will have an all-women police force that will reflect the racial diversity of Ferguson.
“We believe this revolutionary step will go a long way to heal the wounds between the police and the community,” said Lynch. “Since more than two-thirds of Ferguson’ residents are African-Americans, we will make sure that two-thirds of the officers will be black. The Justice Department will reimburse the city for the salaries of all officers for three years. After an extensive search, I have personally selected San Francisco police Captain Shahaadah Washington to organize and lead the new department.”
Lynch announced that as of Tuesday, the Ferguson police department has been disbanded and all current officers have been terminated with one-month’s severance pay. The St. Louis County Police Department will take over the policing of Ferguson until the new all-women department has been established.
A grim looking Mayor James Knowles said, “While I strongly disagree with the Justice Department’s determination that our officers have been discriminating against the African-American residents of our fine city, they left us little choice but to go along with their reorganization plan. I will now turn this over to the new police chief.
“Thank you Mr. Mayor, and thank you General Lynch for giving me the honor and opportunity to organize and lead this very revolutionary concept in law enforcement,” said Chief Shahaadah ‘Butch’ Washington. In order to get the best qualified women officers, we are offering officers from throughout the country a $10,000 signing bonus and a salary of $1,000 a month more than what they are earning now. I believe that within three months or less we will be able to fill all the openings in the new department. We can hire very good experienced women police officers because the Justice Department will pay for the signing bonuses and all salaries for the first three years.”
At that point Mayor Knowles stepped forward to interrupt Chief Washington. “Excuse me Chief … General Lynch, where is our city supposed to get the funds to pay those salaries when the Justice Department reimbursements end,” asked the mayor. “I want you to know that the fine City of Ferguson will then be bankrupted in a New York minute.”
When the Attorney General failed to respond to the mayor, Chief Washington continued. “As General Lynch pointed out, two-thirds of our officers will be African-Americans. Now, for those of you who do not believe women can do the job, I’ve got news for you. Women are doing the job and they are doing it better than men. Male officers tend to be aggressive and callous, while women officers tend to be charming and caring, thereby avoiding the ugly situations male officers too often find themselves in. I am confident that with an all-women police force representative of the diversity in Ferguson, trust of the police will be restored within the community.”
Shahaadah ‘Butch’ Washington, 44, is a 23-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department. Her most recent assignment was as head of the internal affairs division. Last May, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr recommended that eight SFPD officers be fired for exchanging racist and homophobic text messages, one of which referred to Washington as “that fu—ing ni—er fag at IA.”
The Associated Press contacted Jeff Roorda, executive director and business manager of the St. Louis police union, to get his take on Loretta Lynch’s announcement. “They have no right to fire any or all those officers,” said an obviously angry Roorda. “They’ve done nothing wrong. And they can't have an all-women force either. That's discriminating against men. I will instruct our attorneys to seek an injunction in federal court tomorrow. Injunction or not, we are going to sue the city and the Justice Department to put these fine officers back on their jobs. And we’re going to do that all the way to the Supreme Court if that’s what it’s going to take. Hell, this is America, not Nazi Germany!”
Former FBI profiler Clint van Zandt told NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie that the concept of an all-women police force will work for a while, but eventually there will be the inevitable physical altercations. “And because girls can’t fight,” said van Zandt, “I predict that in Ferguson there will be more police shootings of unarmed black men.”
FERGUSON, MO - - (Wire Services) No more mano-a-mano police confrontations in Ferguson, Missouri. Out with the old, in with a completely new policing concept … charm hostile persons into complying with a cop during a stop or an arrest.
In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and the riots that ensued, the Justice Department determined that the Ferguson Police Department discriminated against African-Americans in the way its officers enforced the law. The report accused cops of targeting blacks and citing or arresting then disproportionally for traffic and city ordinance violations, with the municipal judge fining them excessively. The City reluctantly agreed to oversight of its police by the Justice Department.
On Tuesday it was revealed that the City of Ferguson has signed a historic and revolutionary agreement with the Justice Department which establishes the nation’s first all-women police force.
Standing in front of the Ferguson police headquarters and flanked by city officials and the new police chief, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that from now on, the city will have an all-women police force that will reflect the racial diversity of Ferguson.
“We believe this revolutionary step will go a long way to heal the wounds between the police and the community,” said Lynch. “Since more than two-thirds of Ferguson’ residents are African-Americans, we will make sure that two-thirds of the officers will be black. The Justice Department will reimburse the city for the salaries of all officers for three years. After an extensive search, I have personally selected San Francisco police Captain Shahaadah Washington to organize and lead the new department.”
Lynch announced that as of Tuesday, the Ferguson police department has been disbanded and all current officers have been terminated with one-month’s severance pay. The St. Louis County Police Department will take over the policing of Ferguson until the new all-women department has been established.
A grim looking Mayor James Knowles said, “While I strongly disagree with the Justice Department’s determination that our officers have been discriminating against the African-American residents of our fine city, they left us little choice but to go along with their reorganization plan. I will now turn this over to the new police chief.
“Thank you Mr. Mayor, and thank you General Lynch for giving me the honor and opportunity to organize and lead this very revolutionary concept in law enforcement,” said Chief Shahaadah ‘Butch’ Washington. In order to get the best qualified women officers, we are offering officers from throughout the country a $10,000 signing bonus and a salary of $1,000 a month more than what they are earning now. I believe that within three months or less we will be able to fill all the openings in the new department. We can hire very good experienced women police officers because the Justice Department will pay for the signing bonuses and all salaries for the first three years.”
At that point Mayor Knowles stepped forward to interrupt Chief Washington. “Excuse me Chief … General Lynch, where is our city supposed to get the funds to pay those salaries when the Justice Department reimbursements end,” asked the mayor. “I want you to know that the fine City of Ferguson will then be bankrupted in a New York minute.”
When the Attorney General failed to respond to the mayor, Chief Washington continued. “As General Lynch pointed out, two-thirds of our officers will be African-Americans. Now, for those of you who do not believe women can do the job, I’ve got news for you. Women are doing the job and they are doing it better than men. Male officers tend to be aggressive and callous, while women officers tend to be charming and caring, thereby avoiding the ugly situations male officers too often find themselves in. I am confident that with an all-women police force representative of the diversity in Ferguson, trust of the police will be restored within the community.”
Shahaadah ‘Butch’ Washington, 44, is a 23-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department. Her most recent assignment was as head of the internal affairs division. Last May, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr recommended that eight SFPD officers be fired for exchanging racist and homophobic text messages, one of which referred to Washington as “that fu—ing ni—er fag at IA.”
The Associated Press contacted Jeff Roorda, executive director and business manager of the St. Louis police union, to get his take on Loretta Lynch’s announcement. “They have no right to fire any or all those officers,” said an obviously angry Roorda. “They’ve done nothing wrong. And they can't have an all-women force either. That's discriminating against men. I will instruct our attorneys to seek an injunction in federal court tomorrow. Injunction or not, we are going to sue the city and the Justice Department to put these fine officers back on their jobs. And we’re going to do that all the way to the Supreme Court if that’s what it’s going to take. Hell, this is America, not Nazi Germany!”
Former FBI profiler Clint van Zandt told NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie that the concept of an all-women police force will work for a while, but eventually there will be the inevitable physical altercations. “And because girls can’t fight,” said van Zandt, “I predict that in Ferguson there will be more police shootings of unarmed black men.”
Monday, August 3, 2015
HANDS-ON GUN SAFETY LESSON
A 12-year-old Florida girl was shot in the arm by her gun safety-teaching father
BarkGrowlBite | August 3, 2015
Most of us gun owners believe in teaching gun safety to our young children and that is exactly what an ex-Marine in Davie, Florida did Sunday night.
Davie police Sgt. Pablo Castaneda reports that the unnamed father was showing his 12-year-old daughter how to safely draw a gun from his pocket when the firearm discharged, wounding the girl in the arm.
The girl was treated at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. So far the father has not been charged with any crime, but the case is being sent the prosecutor’s office for review.
Now this is a gun safety lesson that young lady will never forget. It would appear that the gun safety teacher is in dire need of some gun safety lessons himself.
BarkGrowlBite | August 3, 2015
Most of us gun owners believe in teaching gun safety to our young children and that is exactly what an ex-Marine in Davie, Florida did Sunday night.
Davie police Sgt. Pablo Castaneda reports that the unnamed father was showing his 12-year-old daughter how to safely draw a gun from his pocket when the firearm discharged, wounding the girl in the arm.
The girl was treated at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. So far the father has not been charged with any crime, but the case is being sent the prosecutor’s office for review.
Now this is a gun safety lesson that young lady will never forget. It would appear that the gun safety teacher is in dire need of some gun safety lessons himself.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
HERITAGE NOT HATE?
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson look down on a confrontation between Confederate battle flag waivers and protesters
BarkGrowlBite | August 2, 2015
Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park has a 90-foot tall sculpture of Confederate heroes Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, each on horseback, carved into the side of Stone Mountain. The carving takes up three acres of the mountain side.
On Saturday, hundreds of confederate flag waving people showed up at the park for an all-day “Heritage Not Hate” rally in support of the Confederate battle flag. People from all over the South attended the rally. Many wore T-shirts depicting the flag. Many also wore Confederate flag bandanas.
At midday a small group of protester showed up and started shouting obscenities at the Confederate flag supporters. The cops had to step in to prevent the flag supporters from kicking the shit out of the protesters.
Is the Confederate battle flag a symbol of heritage or a symbol of hate? President Obama has referred to the flag as “a reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation” and has called for its removal from public display. A majority of Americans feel the same way.
However, many Southerners feel that, contrary to being a symbol of hate, the Confederate flag represents a proud symbol of their heritage.
To me it represents both. Were it not for the fact that the flag has been hijacked by the KKK and other white supremacist hate groups, I would tell the protesters to go to hell. Around 250,000 Confederate soldiers died under that flag and many more suffered amputations and other war wounds. For that reason, the Confederate battle flag deserves to be honored, not despised. By the way, those same hate groups not only wave the Confederate flag, but they wave the American flag too.
So, which is it … heritage or hate?
BarkGrowlBite | August 2, 2015
Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park has a 90-foot tall sculpture of Confederate heroes Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, each on horseback, carved into the side of Stone Mountain. The carving takes up three acres of the mountain side.
On Saturday, hundreds of confederate flag waving people showed up at the park for an all-day “Heritage Not Hate” rally in support of the Confederate battle flag. People from all over the South attended the rally. Many wore T-shirts depicting the flag. Many also wore Confederate flag bandanas.
At midday a small group of protester showed up and started shouting obscenities at the Confederate flag supporters. The cops had to step in to prevent the flag supporters from kicking the shit out of the protesters.
Is the Confederate battle flag a symbol of heritage or a symbol of hate? President Obama has referred to the flag as “a reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation” and has called for its removal from public display. A majority of Americans feel the same way.
However, many Southerners feel that, contrary to being a symbol of hate, the Confederate flag represents a proud symbol of their heritage.
To me it represents both. Were it not for the fact that the flag has been hijacked by the KKK and other white supremacist hate groups, I would tell the protesters to go to hell. Around 250,000 Confederate soldiers died under that flag and many more suffered amputations and other war wounds. For that reason, the Confederate battle flag deserves to be honored, not despised. By the way, those same hate groups not only wave the Confederate flag, but they wave the American flag too.
So, which is it … heritage or hate?
Saturday, August 1, 2015
HOW TO DEAL WITH ARMED THUGS
Brazilian cops are not concerned about being politically correct.
The moral code throughout the history of mankind intuitively dictated consequence for bad behavior. In our "victim" culture today however, where a burglar is allowed to bring a lawsuit against the homeowner for setting a trap on his property for intruders, we seem to sanction the idea where the bad behaving 'crooks' get to to wear the victim hat, at least long enough to confuse the facts and disgust the rest of us. It would seem Brazil doesn't have this problem.
The moral code throughout the history of mankind intuitively dictated consequence for bad behavior. In our "victim" culture today however, where a burglar is allowed to bring a lawsuit against the homeowner for setting a trap on his property for intruders, we seem to sanction the idea where the bad behaving 'crooks' get to to wear the victim hat, at least long enough to confuse the facts and disgust the rest of us. It would seem Brazil doesn't have this problem.
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS ARMADILLOS
Man shoots armadillo, armadillo fires back, bullet hits him in the head
BarkGrowlBite | August 1, 2015
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, a motorist stopped on state Highway 77, near the East Texas town of Marietta to take a shot at an armadillo. Alas, a pissed off armadillo fired back, hitting the shooter in the head. Well not exactly. The bullet ricocheted off the critter, grazing the as yet unidentified man in the head.
The hapless shooter was treated at a Marietta Hospital and released. There is no word on the condition of the armadillo.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case as "a possible accidental shooting." Sounds more like a case of Texas road rage to me.
Listen all you foreigners … Don’t mess with Texas! And don’t mess with Texas armadillos either. That goes for the local yokels too!
BarkGrowlBite | August 1, 2015
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, a motorist stopped on state Highway 77, near the East Texas town of Marietta to take a shot at an armadillo. Alas, a pissed off armadillo fired back, hitting the shooter in the head. Well not exactly. The bullet ricocheted off the critter, grazing the as yet unidentified man in the head.
The hapless shooter was treated at a Marietta Hospital and released. There is no word on the condition of the armadillo.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case as "a possible accidental shooting." Sounds more like a case of Texas road rage to me.
Listen all you foreigners … Don’t mess with Texas! And don’t mess with Texas armadillos either. That goes for the local yokels too!
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