Browsing: Crime

A Brief History On August 26, 1968, the Democratic Party began their National Convention in Chicago at a time of great unrest in the United States.  Between national angst over the course of changes regarding Civil Rights, race relations and women’s liberation, the divisive nature of the war in Vietnam, and a general activist and non-conformist wave that had swept the young people of America, the situation was ripe for problems, and problems they had! Digging Deeper A couple of other Democratic National Conventions likewise rank as embarrassments to the Democratic Party, and here we tell you a bit about…

A Brief History On August 9, 1974, the Watergate presidential corruption scandal reached its climax when Richard M. Nixon became the first US president to resign, leaving Vice President Gerald R. Ford to become President after not having been elected as President or as Vice President. Digging Deeper The Watergate scandal started during the 1972 presidential campaign when operatives of the Nixon campaign broke into Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. and the five men were arrested on June 17, 1972.  An investigation revealed the ties to the Nixon campaign, and the President sadly saw…

A Brief History Turns out Khzir Khan, the irate grieving father of a slain American hero (his son was an Army captain that died heroically in the line of duty in Iraq) may have more motivation to attack Donald Trump than merely sticking up for Muslims. Digging Deeper Mr. Khan, a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, spoke at the Democratic National Convention and spoke emotionally about his son, an Army captain awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart while being killed in combat while saving the lives of other soldiers, and severely chastised Trump for his call to ban Muslim immigrants…

A Brief History On July 29, 1976, the homicidal lunatic known to the tabloid press as “Son of Sam” murdered his first victim and wounded another in the first of 8 shooting attacks by David Berkowitz of New York City. Digging Deeper Berkowitz, also called “The .44 Caliber Killer” because his murder weapon was a “Bulldog” revolver in .44 Special caliber, eventually killed 6 people and wounded another 7 in the 8 attacks that spanned about a year.  During his spree, he left messages taunting the police and telling of being told by a “demon” to commit the crimes. The…

A Brief History On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in a perverted sense of social awareness Hillary Clinton has invited the mothers of people “killed” by police (or a citizen, or themselves) to speak at the Democratic National Convention.  Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, and other prominent Democrats are perpetuating a myth that African-Americans are at high risk of being murdered by American police, just because of race.  Perhaps most notoriously, Elizabeth Warren, already known for fabricating and exploiting her alleged Native American ancestry, in her persistent pandering perpetuated the lie about “hands up, don’t shoot”.  As The Washington Post reports, Warren…