A Brief History On March 14, 2016, news wires buzzed with the story of a Burien, Washington shooting of an ax wielding maniac by an armed citizen lawfully carrying a concealed pistol for which he has a permit to carry. The 60 year old customer of a 7-11 store shot and killed the 40 something year old ax man as the maniac attacked the 58 year old clerk of the store, wounding the hapless storekeeper. Digging Deeper The wounded store clerk says the armed customer saved his life and perhaps others, an opinion also expressed by King County Sheriff’s personnel. Police…
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A Brief History Today, despite all the police television shows and movies, there are many misconceptions about what police can and cannot do, and how they are supposed to do it. Hopefully this list will help enlighten people or stimulate them to discuss what should be as opposed to what is. Digging Deeper 10. All Police Love Donuts. This belief is ridiculous! No more than about 99% would fall into this category by my personal observations!. 9. Police Have Monthly Ticket Quotas. Since this possibility is actually illegal, technically they do not have quotas. That being said, many police administrators…
A Brief History On March 13, 1963, a career criminal was taken into the custody of history! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find Ernesto Miranda, born March 9, 1941 in Mesa, Arizona beginning a (short) life of crime by the 8th grade. Arrested for numerous crimes such as burglary, robbery, auto theft, and sex offenses, Miranda was in and out of juvenile and then adult confinement. At age 22 he had kidnapped and raped a 17 year old girl when police spotted him driving a car matching the suspect car’s description. Upon his arrest, police interrogated Miranda and received a written…
A Brief History On March 11, 2012, a single US Army sergeant did more to hurt the US war effort in Afghanistan than all the politicians and generals combined! Robert Bales killed 16 or 17 Afghan civilians in the incident known as the Kandahar Massacre. NOTE: The number of victims killed has been reported as either 16 or 17. Many articles from 2012 have the death toll as 17 whereas later articles reduced the number to 16. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find a deeply disturbed Staff Sergeant Robert Bales based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. It is worth…
A Brief History On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., he claimed he did not commit only 3 days later! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. shot to death by a sniper on April 4, 1968 while standing on the balcony of his Memphis hotel. In the ensuing frantic search for the perpetrator, a rifle owned by Ray was found across the street and Ray was quickly identified as a suspect. A convicted armed robber, Ray was an escapee from prison in 1967 with…