Cleaning Out the Mailbox
Mail for the Czar today. Operative KH, who is in charge of our moon cratering project, writes in to clarify: Dread Czar, I believe the one who was supposed to be in the truck the LAPD was looking for was … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law Enforcement
Shootouts and Training
A quick followup on a topic that got some serious reads—the anatomy of police shootouts. Your Immensity; I’m well aware of human stress reactions (trying being 17, scared of heights, and being one of two Air Force pukes in Army … Continue reading →
Shoot Outs
This little note from the Retired Spook has much to unpack: Your Immensity: A recent news article seems to indicate that 103 rounds were fired by eight officers into a newspaper delivery truck. If memory serves, the range-to-contact was less … Continue reading →
Lawyers Caused the Navy Yard Massacre
“J’accuse, ass-hats!” (‘Puter, using his fancy-dancylawyering skills in a courtroom, of all places). You read the post’s title correctly. Lawyers caused the Navy Yard Massacre, and it’s about time a practicing lawyer stood up and said so.* Yes, the murderer** … Continue reading →
A Letter From The FBI…
Your Mandarin was contacted today by the FBI. No, not this FBI: Your Mandarin wonders where they hide their gun and badge in this type of uniform. This one: You would think that for what we pay in taxes, someone … Continue reading →
‘Puter Was Unaware Teachers Paid Unions To Protest Criminal Court Verdicts
‘Puter hates public sector unions, particularly teachers unions. Teachers unions steal from their members, protect unqualified and predatory teachers and support work rules that have ruined public education. So long as teachers unions keep their ill-advised, asinine policy positions in … Continue reading →
Innocent Unless Proven Guilty
Island Dweller writes in to clarify an earlier point he made: I was referring to the great Detroit riot of 1967, in which 43 people were shot dead, a few by the DPD; the rest of the shooters were fellow … Continue reading →
An Island Dweller Two-Fer
Two missives from Island Dweller worth sharing: Most exalted one,It seems the IRS agents who sang so freely about methods employed to harass and stymie conservative tax-exempt organizations in their application or renewal process have declined to identify those high-ranking … Continue reading →
Top Cop Not Hot Shot
Chicago has had many fine police superintendents over the years, and when the Occupy twits hoped to stage a monster riot in Chicago a while back, Chicago’s Garry McCarthy showed superb organization and an understanding of how riots spread; he … Continue reading →
Boston, Ricin, and the Internet: Stories You Weren’t Told
Maybe you missed all of this. No one would be surprised. Evidently, a bunch of folks on Reddit got to discussing some of the various photographs of the Boston Marathon crowd, and began to see some suspicious similarities and odd … Continue reading →
Rest Assured: They Will Get the Guys
By the time you read this, you already will have heard 180° changes in the reporting, as to whether things happened or did not, whether certain parties were responsible or not. Predictably, the event was politicized by both sides in … Continue reading →
When Seconds Count
A big welcome back to LTC Dan, from whom we have not received a message in far, far too long. We appreciate the Colonel’s presence here at the Castle, and are most interested in his question: Sir, I found “Reading … Continue reading →
Holder: What Happens Now
Okay, so Eric Holder was found in contempt of Congress! Dude, you really screwed up. Bad.(REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) So now what happens? Actually, a lot, and not a lot. The crazy irony is that when a person is found in contempt … Continue reading →
“So the Czar is a fascist?” writes a correspondent
Well, no. He is a Czarist, though. The correspondent in question is not at all satisfied with the Czar’s putting the majority of the blame for Mark Fiorino’s difficulties with Philadelphia authorities at his own feet. Quoth the correspondent: I … Continue reading →
But Then, The Czar Knows His History
New Chicago police chief Garry McCarthy does not believe in the Second Amendment. On the subject of lax gun laws, he asked “Let’s see if we can make a connection here. Slavery. Segregation. Black codes. Jim Crow. What, what did … Continue reading →
Weis Could Be Wiser
Chicago police superintendent Jody Weis may be the worst Chicago ever had. Unbelievable. Mayor Daley, fed up with corruption, scandals, and missteps in the Chicago Police Department over the years did what a lot of liberals do: they work off … Continue reading →
Big Brother is Watching
Extremely ineffectively. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Racism Works Both Ways, Professor
By now you’ve heard about the little dustup this week involving Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley. If not, a brief recap. Police were called to a report of two black men breaking in … Continue reading →
Intel reform: Obama stirring up a hornet’s nest?
Looks like he’s got his own law-enforcement-paradigm intel reform up his sleeve. And the big loser? The CIA. Prepare for big-time bureaucratic war. The Obama administration is preparing a grand downgrading of the Central Intelligence Agency’s lead role in the … Continue reading →
DNA and U
TJIC writes of his concern over expanding DNA collection of arrested folks, a proposal for which includes gathering DNA from people arrested, not merely convicted. The Czar has often wondered why this has not been done sooner. Anyone who has … Continue reading →
The Phoenix PD gets a merry Christmas…
…from an unlikely though decidedly elfin benefactor. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Kicking ass and taking names
A person near and dear to all the Gormogons was involved in this awesome piece of law-enforcement ass-kickery today. We salute our beloved homey and all the colleagues who put themselves in harm’s way to lock up some seriously bad … Continue reading →
How To Beat A Speeding Ticket
Going a Bit Fast? Okay, so you were jammin’ the metal, and now you see the flashing lights. You want to get out of a citation, but there’s no hope of that, right? Wrong! In fact, with these tips, you … Continue reading →