Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Homeless Man Killed By LA Cops


Justifiable force? You decide. WARNING: Graphic violence and language.

Words Matter In ‘ISIS’ War, So Use ‘Daesh’

by Zeba Khan. The militants who are killing civilians, raping and forcing captured women into sexual slavery, and beheading foreigners in Iraq and Syria are known by several names: the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS; the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL; and, more recently, the Islamic State, or IS. French officials recently declared that   ... MORE

VIDEO: More Guns, Less Murders


The USA has, by far, the highest per capita gun ownership in the world.

What Dallas's Murder Rate Can Teach Us About Policing

by Radley Balko.  Here at The Watch, we’ve praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department’s community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement as a revenue generator, and its First Amendment-friendly approach to protest. Now, there’s some    ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Who's Responsible?

Playing fast and loose with the race card.     The cold-blooded murder of two New York City policemen as they sat in their car is not only an outrage but also a wake-up call. It shows, in the most painful way, the high cost of having demagogues, politicians, mobs and the media constantly taking cheap shots at the police. Those cheap shots   ... MORE

VIDEO: The Best Of 'Don’t Cops Have Better Things to Do?'

In The Rush To Blame Everyone For The Shooting Of NYPD Cops, Don't Forget To Include The Actual Shooter

by Nick Gillespie.       In the wake of the horrific and unjustifiable shooting of two NYPD officers who were sitting in a patrol car in Brooklyn, the mad rush is now on to indict a wide range of co-conspirators and "real killers." This is a tired and worn-out gambit and its high point (that is, low point) has already probably been reached in the Twitter feed of   ... MORE

John Vibes: Police Kill Unarmed Black Man By Mistake

"The officer was doing exactly what we want him to do” Tuesday night, 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon was shot and killed by a police officer, because the officer mistakenly thought that he was carrying a gun. The Phoenix Police Department has not yet revealed the name of the officer responsible for the murder, but the smear campaign, ... MORE

A California Rapper Is Facing Life In Prison Over Lyrics

by Rob Hustle. What ever happened to free speech? San Diego rapper Brandon Duncan, aka ‘Tiny Doo,” is sitting in a San Diego County Jail facing life in prison. Brandon Duncan has no criminal record, and prosecutors in the case “admit he has no direct ties” to the crimes he is accused of. And yet, they are charging him with attempted    ... MORE

Rob Hustle: Man Calls Suicide Hotline, Then Cops Kill Him

There must be strict laws against suicide.    On October 21st, 2014, Jose Calzada, a 35 year old resident of Roy, Utah, was shot to death by a SWAT team after calling a suicide hotline for help: Jose Calzada called the hotline around 4 a.m. on Tuesday threatening to kill himself inside the home he shared with his girlfriend and her children  ... MORE

Frank Pariato: Jury Nullification Set Wild Bill Hickok Free

Although he killed a man illegally. On July 20 1865, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was playing in a poker game at the Lyon House Hotel in Springfield MO., when a friend of his, Davis Tutt showed up claiming Hickok owed him $45 from an earlier game. Hickok said he only owed $25 since he had paid Tutt $20 some days before. Tutt snatched   ... MORE

Peter Van Buren: Drone-Killing The Fifth Amendment

Murder is murder.       You can't get more serious about protecting the people from their government than the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, specifically in its most critical clause: "No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." In 2011, the White House ordered the drone-killing of American citizen   ... MORE

Paul Hsieh: Gun Violence Is Not A 'Public Health' Issue

Which of these things is not like the other?        1 Measles, 2 influenza, 3 tuberculosis, 4 murder. If you picked #4, “murder,” you’re right. The first three are medical diseases. In contrast “murder” is not a medical problem, although it is a tragic cause of death. But in recent years, anti-gun organizations (and some physicians) are seeking   ... MORE

Caught on Tape: Texas Cop Executes Handcuffed Suspect

by John Prager.     Warning: Execution video. In early 2014, a grand jury elected not to charge an El Paso, TX police officer in the shooting death of a prisoner, but newly released video is causing some to question if that is a good idea. After the Texas AG instructed the city of El Paso to fulfill the El Paso Times’  request for the video it has become    ... MORE

Gun Homicides Down Dramatically; Americans Unaware

by Summer Dashe.   An inconvenient truth for gun control advocates. It seems there is something in the news every day about gun violence. The recent mass shooting in Isla Vista, California, a movie theater riddled with bullets in Colorado, children and teachers gunned down at school in Connecticut, and the list goes on. While you may be seeing     ... MORE

Elliot Rodger And Gun Control's False Promise

by Jacob Sullum.     The day after his 20-year-old son, Christopher, was shot down at a deli in Isla Vista, California, Richard Martinez blamed his death on "craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA." Gun control advocates quickly seized upon Martinez's remarks, using his grief to obscure the illogic of their position. None of the items on the    ... MORE

VIDEO: 10 Dumbest Quotes About Video Games


The option-destoyers are relentless. Actual quotations from high-profile idiots!