And Arkansas is not New Jersey. Police: Burglar shot by PB homeowner.
"At this time, it appears that the homeowner shot a burglar in their home," stated a news release from the Pine Bluff Police Department. "An update will be made if any charges are filed."
The guy who got shot died at the scene.
Self-defense is a human-right.
Is anyone shocked that people don't want to be cops or work in 911? Police struggle to hire officers and 911 dispatchers as homicides and shootings increase
People have been having trouble reaching 911 in a "reasonable amount of time." And because of that, they hang up and dial again.
Once you get to talk to an 911 operator, then you have to wait for police.
“I called 911, they never picked up. I hung up and called again and then they picked up. The police came about 20 minutes later,” said [Roz] Pichardo, who added that doctors ordered her to undergo medical treatment for a month to ward off infection.
That was in reaction to an attack with a syringe.
While the PD is only down about 6 percent from its "authorized headcount," I'm not sure that statistic tells the whole story. Philadelphia has seen an increase in crime - and requirements for police services - in an era where politicians think it is a good idea to cut police departments' budgets. And then wonder why could 911 response time be increasing.
To solve the 911 dispatcher problem they are requiring weekend, overtime shifts. That way leads to burnout, but they need people to answer the phones. Of course if the extra overtime drives people to quit, they will be in even worse shape.
There must be something in the water. Naked woman drove golf cart through Florida police standoff
Officers were trying to diffuse the standoff with an armed teen on Sunday when 28-year-old Jessica Smith allegedly drove through the middle of the crime scene in Dunedin, west of Tampa, just after midnight.
Smith, who had nothing to do with the standoff, was in her birthday suit and reeked of alcohol when she rolled through the law enforcement perimeter.
Florida? Check. Alcohol? Check. Insane behavior? Check.
This is Peak Florida, at least for today.
He should have left. Spartanburg: Homeowner shoots, kills man on porch
The witnesses told police that the man, in his mid-20s and wearing dark clothing and a hooded sweatshirt, walked into their front yard and approached the homeowners, according to Littlejohn.
They told police the man was acting "very strange" and did not leave immediately but, after asking him to leave several times, he eventually left.
Moments later he returned and approached the home, again, Littejohn said.
That's when he wouldn't leave. And approached the door with his hands in his pockets.
The guy who would not leave, died, standing in the doorway from gunshot wounds to the chest.
Self-defense is a human-right.
The aftermath of Hurricane Ida is bringing out the worst in people. New Orleans man booked with murder after surrendering in Metairie gas station fatal shooting, JPSO says
It is not too surprising that there are long lines at the filling stations. People need gas for cars and to run generators.
This guy cut in front of a line of cars, because he is too important to actually wait in line like everyone else. And then he shot and killed someone who had the nerve to call him out for it.
A 20-year-old New Orleans man was booked with second-degree murder Friday (Sept. 3), after admitting he fatally shot another motorist he cut in front of a Metairie gas station line, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said.
The dead guy, may or may not have been carrying a pocket knife, possibly making this a case of self-defense. The only description of what took place before the shooting is a "verbal altercation." In other words, he got called out for being a jackass, and he didn't like it, and so he shot the guy. Allegedly.
So why did he cut in line? No explanation has been offered in any article I've seen, and I have looked. I have to conclude taht he cut in line because he thought that he was too good to stand in line, like everyone else in Louisiana who needs gasoline. In other words, he was being a jackass, and now he is likely to spend at least some time in jail, because he was in too much of a hurry to wait in line.
I found this fairly interesting. The Famous Actor You Didn’t Know Was a Hero Firefighter in the Wake of 9/11.
The destruction of the World Trade Center left lower Manhattan in such ruin that it took nine months and an army of volunteers to complete the search for the remains of the deceased. Among the first people to volunteer in the recovery effort was actor Steve Buscemi.
He had been a firefighter in New York before he became an actor. Click thru.
The image is of Steve Buscemi from 1996, taken in Silverlake / Los Angeles. It is here via WikiMedia.
From HeyJackass! we get the review of summer in Chicago. Summer Lovin’.
This year’s Summer Shooting Season may not have nailed bucket number six as it did last year, but the tally will certainly qualify for a year’s supply of Rice-A-Roni.
Summer, according to HeyJackass! runs from noon on the Friday of Memorial Day, through 6 AM on the Tuesday following Labor Day.
If you don't recognize the reference in that quote, look up Bozo's Circus and The Grand Prize Game. People usually say that Mayor Lightfoot looks more like Beetlejuice, but she is certainly in charge of the circus.
The total for this year was 300 killed, with an additional 1,476 wounded. Not quite as bad as last year, but compare that to 2014 when there were 158 killed, and 848 wounded. Remember those stats when they try to tell you that Crime Is Down. And they will try.
Of the 300 people killed in Chicago over the summer, 2 were killed by police. That is 0.67 percent. Of the 1776 people shot in total, 5 were shot by police. That is 0.28 percent. I know; math is hard.
Click thru for other stats like the number of Selfies, #ShotInTheAss, breakdown of victim by race and sex, etc.
And just because - "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful. It was a single in 1966.
The Berlin Wall was built to prevent East Germans from leaving East Germany. Australia travel law bans residents of other countries from leaving - Rebel News
Actually, Australia is building multiple versions of the Berlin Wall.
Australia is preventing its citizens from leaving the country, even if they are residents of other countries.
The states in Australia are also dividing the country, and restricting travel. Which is more like the old Warsaw Pact in general, than East Germany in particular, but that is another story.
Australian citizens and permanent residents are banned from leaving the country and are required to apply for an exemption to do so, which may be granted for employment, study, or compassionate reasons — such as visiting dying relatives or attending family funerals outside the country. However, if an Australian citizen is normally a resident of another country, they were automatically allowed to leave — at least until the amendment to the travel law went into effect.
They can request an exemption before the return, but Australia has been known - in the age of COVID-19 - to ignore previously issued exemptions to travel. Well, the states have ignored exemptions. I guess the federal government was feeling left out.
In the last 18 months, Australia has gone from being a free, Western democracy, to being a country where travel is restricted, the parliament of at least one state has not met, and that state is being run like a dictatorship, and the cops are happy to put on their jackboots and swing into action. Oh, and government is trying to silence any news organization who reports on anything that the government doesn't like. Sounds a lot like the old East Germany to me.
My guess is that the next step will actually be the creation of something akin to the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, or the Stasi. (That is the Ministry for State Security, for those of you who don't remember the Cold War.)
It is a sad day for the West.
Bacon Time!!!! starts things rolling with Sunday Linkage
Hogewash: Another Bullet Cluster
Watts Up With That: On Comparing 30-Year “Climate Normals”
Pirate's Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup
- Raised On Hoecakes discusses the politics of COVID
- Sister Toldjah notes Biden’s Tree Of Life lies
- Sultan Knish discusses Afghanistan after America
Wombat-socho at The Other McCain - In The Mailbox: 09.07.21
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, Bennu Is A Hazardous Asteroid, and Messier 96
Hollywood In Toto: Time’s Up Implodes As Celebs Flee Disgraced Womens’ Rights Group
EBL - FAUCI AND CHICOMS LIED, MILLIONS DIED ☣️😬😡
AoSHQ: Fauci Busted and Morning Report 09.07.21
Instapundit: Fauci Lied and Cracks in the Coverup Emerge
Victory Girls: Wuhan Lab Shenanigans Revealed and Yes Fauci Lied
Political Hat - News of the Week (September 6th, 2021)
Antifa high school teacher suspended, will be fired (Update)
Yesterday I wrote about two California high school teachers, one in Orange County and one in Sacramento, who were using their classrooms to indoctrinate students
Pixy Misa at Ace of Spades HQ - Daily Tech News 5 September 2021
Spying on children is bad. Don't do that. (The Atlantic)
When you've crossed the line so far that even The Atlantic - I refer to it as Fascist Quarterly - even The Atlantic notices, you might want to pause, take a deep breath, and quit your job ...
The Daley Gator - Sunday Links and joint pain!
Pappy notes that Biden FAIL is Max Level
Pacific Pundit notes the Woke Joke of the Day
Free North Carolina looks at TRUTH!
Don Surber - Highlights of the News
ITEM 1: Via Citizen Free Press, Australia's Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said, "To protect the health system, we’ve got everybody locked down, and we’re going to move to a situation where to protect the health system we’re going to lock out people who are not vaccinated.
Stephen Kruiser at PJ Media - The Morning Briefing: History Will Not Be Kind to the Biden Train-Wreck Presidency
How You Can Tell the Delta Surge in Florida Is Waning
Why in the World Is the Government Disrupting the Distribution of Monoclonal Antibodies Now?
A View from the Beach - Annals of the Biden Crime Family - Another DIY Extravaganza
Who’s In Charge? Most Voters Don’t Think It’s Biden - Rasmussen Reports
CBS Poll: Majority of Americans No Longer Believe Biden Is Competent
Rep. Van Drew: Biden ‘Cognitively Impaired' or 'Purposely Harming' U.S.
Vald Tepes Blog - Faked reports on Ivermectin, and last night’s Tucker: Links and news post #1 for September 7, 2021
4. A series of short videos with doctors on possible and actual consequences of mass vaccination with gene therapy
5. Last night’s Tucker Carlson was a clip show, but made from great clips. This is worth watching:
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/7/2021
Minnesota Man Freed by Kamala Harris-Supported Bail Fund Now Charged With Murder
A bail fund backed by Vice President Kamala Harris helped free an alleged domestic abuser who is now accused of murder.
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report - 9/6/21
"Apparently, they're going door to door now trying to see if anyone has a blue passport ," she said.
Pregnant California Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Claims Taliban "Hunting" Americans
Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 09/06/2021
German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, pronounced dead days after taking on role. You wonder if it could have been the Havana Syndrome on a new level, or if he just got vaxxed.
Aussie Truckers appear to be making it happen.
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom Urgently Need The Politics of COVID: Chuck Todd to The Rescue
DeSantis: FL suing CDC - ‘One Unelected Bureaucracy’ Can’t Close an Entire U.S. Industry: CNS
Psychological paralysis in the battle for America: M. E. Boyd
I leave you with Sunday Funnies, 09-05-21 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Memes … from MaddMedic, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, and Tuesday gifdump from Knuckledraggin My Life Away.
This was also a failure of the victim-selection process. Sheriff: Home intruder shot, killed in Mt. Healthy
Mount Healthy is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, about 10 miles north of downtown Cincinnati.
Whenever I read a story about "ex-boyfriend breaks into ex-girlfriend's home" I know it isn't going to end well for someone.
Officials said Lyle assaulted a female resident in the house before being confronted by a male resident who shot Lyle.
He died at the scene.
There are damn few details in the story, but I think we can work out some of the details from the outline.
He could have gone out for drinks with friends. He could have stayed home and watched TV. He could have done any number of things that aside from assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Instead he embarked on a course of action that was guaranteed to have a bad outcome for someone. I'm sure he didn't think that he would be the one to pay any price.
No arrests were made.
Self-defense is a human-right, and still mostly your legal right in Ohio.
It is certainly unfair to the witness she (allegedly) stabbed. TX murder suspect's bond revoked after allegedly stabbing witness
Felisha Washington, 27, was ordered back to jail Friday after she allegedly stabbed a woman who could have been called to the witness stand in her trial for the murder of Ramona “Dede” Jones, 51, news station FOX 26 reported.
“This individual who was on bond for murder was outside of her residence, outside of her curfew hours, and had some pretty significant contact with a witness on that murder,” Sean Teare, assistant district attorney for Harris County, told the outlet.
"Pretty significant contact?" That's weasel wording even for a prosecutor.
So she's back in jail with bond revoked.
Another song that appeared in my Buckethead playlist from Pandora.
Joe Satriani is a guitarist and vocalist. He has played guitar for Alice Cooper, and The Greg Khin Band. He is a member of the supergroup Chickenfoot. He provided vocals for Crowded House and Dream Theater. He played himself in the movie Moneyball, playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." And then there is his solo work.
This is "Wind in the Trees" by Joe Satriani from the 2010 album Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards. Today's song is almost 8 minutes, so grab a beverage.
HeyJackass! brings us Summer's Finale
Labor Day weekend means it’s time to close out the mostly peaceful-ist, downward trending, misconception-izing Summer Shooting Season ever! Since opening day on Friday, May 28th, we’ve tallied 300 homicides plus 1476 shot & wounded. Whereas 2020’s mostly peaceful riot fueled summer wrapped up with 345 homicides and 1604 shot & wounded.
Click thru for the weekend stats - it was worse than last year, and tied with 2016 for worst Labor Day Weekend since 2013. (That's as far back as HeyJackass! has stats.)
There are also details on the multiple, multiple-shootings that took place over the weekend.
The gun-hating Left will blame all of the violence on the inanimate objects, and ignore the people perpetrating the violence. And of course they will scream for more laws, and then not enforce the laws that are already on the books.
But enforcing the gun-laws that are already on the books would be unfair. 3 men, 3 guns, but prosecutors only file misdemeanor charges | CWB Chicago
Police searched the car for narcotics and wound up finding three loaded handguns inside the center console, prosecutors said. One of the guns was allegedly equipped with an extended ammunition magazine. The three men were arrested.
Prosecutors said the men are Marcus Taylor, 30, who was on bail for another pending felony gun case; Jerry Glover, 22, who has two prior felony narcotics convictions; and Isaiah Robinson, 23, who is on parole for a felony gun conviction.
But prosecutors only charged the men with one count of misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon each.
Even a Cook County judge asked if more charges would be forthcoming, and the prosecutor answered with a simple, "No."
Why is crime skyrocketing in Chicago? Because prosecutors are sending a message that breaking the law comes with no consequences.
If the man with the gun gives you an option to live, you might consider taking it. Homeowner shoots, kills alleged burglar, Tulsa police say.
The homeowner said his alarm alerted him to someone trying to break into his house. When he got home, he found the suspect carrying stuff from his house.
He told police he tried to stop the burglar from leaving while he called police, saying the suspect attacked him with a metal object.
One gunshot wound to the torso later, the would be bad-guy died at a local hospital.
Self-defense is a human-right.
Another story from Chicago, but do you think any of the other cities are any different? 3 anti-violence workers charged with felony gun violations — while on bail for felony gun violations.
There are a lot of things that will send your eyebrows rising during Chicago’s daily felony bond court hearings. But among the more perplexing are the people accused of illegally carrying firearms while, according to their defense attorneys, they are active members of anti-violence groups.
The past few days have been extra perplexing. At least three men who are supposedly working to end gun violence in Chicago were charged with illegally carrying guns this week while they were already on bond for other felony gun cases. One of the men’s pending cases includes allegations that he shot at two people.
Apparently he is only trying to end some gun violence.
Click thru for the details including the one about the church-going, anti-violence worker charged with a gun crime.
The future is stupid.
Bonds. Plural. Because keeping dangerous people in jail is unfair. Or something. Woman who was out on multiple felony bonds, charged in deadly shooting
According to police, Peteet was out on multiple felony bonds, including felony theft, theft of a firearm and felony criminal mischief, at the time of the incident.
"The incident" being journalism-speak for murder and tampering with evidence.
So if cash bail is unfair, then how about just holding people until trial? But that would require a "speedy trial" and the Criminal Justice System (more Criminal than concerned with Justice) would have to get to the "speedy" part.
So how fair was it to the dead woman and her family?
VUUR is a Dutch Progressive Metal band (they sing in English!) which is mostly the project of Anneke van Giersbergen. She is one of my favorite Metal singers. No growling, just her clear vocals. She was lead vocalist for The Gathering, until she left in 2008. She has had a couple of her own projects, and been a guest vocalist on other artists' albums.
The rest of VUUR includes Jord Otto and Ferry Duijsens both playing guitars, Johan van Stratum playing bass, and Ed Warby on drums.
Here is a link to the lyrics. You might want them; it is Metal.
This song is "Days Go By - London" by VUUR from their 2017 album In This Moment We Are Free – Cities.
Bad guys are still getting shot. Alleged intruder shot dead by Porter homeowner
Sheriff’s homicide detectives were told a male homeowner went outside when an alarm indicated motion in the driveway. An unknown man, later identified as Bounds, was found inside the homeowner’s vehicle. At gun point, the homeowner ordered Bounds out of his vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office.
“I’m not going back to prison,” Bounds told the homeowner, according to the sheriff’s office.
Of course the simple way to "not go back to prison" is to stop being a criminal. I suppose that statement will be denounced for being racist.
My understanding is that all homicides are referred to a grand jury in Texas, and this one will be. The homeowner was not arrested.
Self-defense is a human-right.
