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Stupid criminals of the week

| June 26, 2021 | 16 Comments
Stupid criminals of the week

Missed last week, so I beg a thousand apologies. I’ll make up for it this week, I swear. First up are a couple of fast food-related crimes. Video shows woman attacking McDonald’s workers after being told tri-flavored slushie was not an option A furious Ohio woman was caught on tape repeatedly attacking McDonald’s employees over […]

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Shootings nearly double in Minneapolis year over year, local paper says “solutions elusive”

| June 21, 2021 | 16 Comments
Shootings nearly double in Minneapolis year over year, local paper says “solutions elusive”

“Stupid is as stupid does,” a simple but wise man once said. Could also be “Stupid is as stupid votes” in Minneapolis. In the “fiery, but mostly peaceful” (© CNN) protests from the death of a violent convicted felon and drug fiend last year, the Minneapolis Police Department has seen record numbers of officers leave […]

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Portland, OR Police Rapid Response Team Protests Indictment

| June 18, 2021 | 48 Comments
Portland, OR Police Rapid Response Team Protests Indictment

In an unprecedented move, all of the officers with the Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team — the unit responsible for policing protests in the city — resigned from the team en masse Wednesday. The resignations came after news that a member of the team, Officer Corey Budworth, would face criminal charges for excessive force […]

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Stupid criminals of the week

| June 5, 2021 | 5 Comments
Stupid criminals of the week

Thanks to Jeff LPH3, KoB, and AW1Ed for contributing to this week’s follies. Former CHP Officers Charged With Accepting Bribes to Falsify Grey Market Supercar Records Grey market cars are controversial in and outside the car community. In a nutshell, they’re vehicles imported to the United States that may or may not meet emissions requirements, […]

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A different kind of feel good story

| June 3, 2021 | 32 Comments
A different kind of feel good story

The estate of Daunte Wright, the man accidentally shot by police some months back while he resisted arrest in a Minneapolis suburb, is being sued by one of his alleged victims. Twenty-year-old Wright you’ll recall had an active warrant for carrying a weapon and fighting with police, which was why they were trying to arrest […]

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Stupid criminals of the week

| May 29, 2021 | 8 Comments
Stupid criminals of the week

Seven arrested outside police union hall during campaign-flyer protest that included pig heads Used to be people were smart enough to break the law anywhere except directly in front of a cop… Seven people were arrested Saturday night during a protest outside the Omaha police union hall that included leaving three pig heads in costume […]

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Stupid criminals of the week

| May 22, 2021 | 10 Comments
Stupid criminals of the week

First up is one that fits the theme, but isn’t criminal. Criminally stupid perhaps… Labor Union’s Endorsement for Biden Comes Back to Bite Them I have no sympathy. You voted for this, guys. This is the country you wanted. You wanted Joe Biden to overhaul the economic agenda. No more mean tweets, but now there’s […]

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Stupid criminals of the week

| May 15, 2021 | 5 Comments
Stupid criminals of the week

CHP says driverless Tesla suspect has been arrested A man suspected of being cruising around the Bay Area in the backseat of a driverless Tesla has been arrested, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday, noting that he had also been cited late last month. Param Sharma, 25, was arrested and booked into Santa Rita Jail […]

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