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NJ: Officer excelled before arrest
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" 'He was actually an excellent D.A.R.E. instructor. The kids related to him and they enjoyed having him in class,' Selb said. Thiel taught approximately 70 students last year. The D.A.R.E. instruction hasn't started for this school year yet."
"Thiel was arrested Wednesday, charged with official misconduct for allegedly having and using drugs."
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Australia: Violent crim's gun in garden
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"A schoolroom tip-off has led police to a shotgun allegedly hidden by a close relative of ganglord Nam Van Nguyen two weeks before he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and injuring a policeman."
"The sawn-off shotgun, uncovered in the back yard of a West Footscray home, was found after a young relative of Nguyen drew a picture for school showing the gun being buried in her back yard.
Worried teachers contacted police who later uncovered the gun." |
CA: A lonely fight for gun rights
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"While many people assume this latest fight against gun control in California is being waged by the National Rifle Association or state gun owner groups, the real contestant is Gorski, a virtual unknown, who filed the challenge on behalf of nine plaintiffs -- most of them rugby buddies. Variously described as a 'loose cannon' and a dogged worker 'with the heart of a champion,' Gorski, 40, is definitely one thing -- persistent."
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IN: Questions surround decision to fire officer in 'road rage' incident
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"The merit board heard conflicting accounts of their confrontation. Zimmerman said he got out of his pickup truck with his gun in his hand but put it in his pocket while walking toward the Cadillac. The driver of the Cadillac, Brad Vance, 23, said Zimmerman pointed the weapon at him. Zimmerman said the gun may have been pointed momentarily toward Vance as he put it in his pocket but that he did not point it in a way that was intentional or threatening." |
UK: Gun attack family 'lucky to be alive'
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"A NORTH Belfast man whose home was targeted in a gun attack today said his family was 'unbelievably lucky' to be alive."
"The 46-year-old Protestant man, who did not wish to be named, said he believed Johnny Adair's C Company was responsible for the shooting." |
Germany: Robbers hold up naked German swingers at gunpoint
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"Two armed robbers held 60 naked members of a German swingers club at gun point while they emptied the club's safe and private lockers of valuables."
"The two robbers, aged between 30 and 35, burst into a club while the party was in full swing and held a gun to the manager's head."
"They then forced the naked members at the club at Maintal-Bischofsheim in Hessen to empty the safe and lockers where jewelry and cash were stored." |
OR: Keep guns out of schools (Letter)
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"It is unfortunate that Oregon is not one of the 37 states that have passed legislation banning permit holders from carrying their guns into school buildings and, for that matter, many public places where children and families gather. Oregonians should be demanding better from their legislators. Guns don't belong in schools." |
FL: Taser to give officers stunning power
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"Don't misbehave at the courthouse."
"The bailiffs have a new tool, and it will hurt."
"They will soon carry the Advanced Taser M26, an 18-ounce black gun that shoots bulletlike darts. Powered by batteries, the gun contains compressed nitrogen that propels the darts, which remain attached to the gun by thin wire. The darts can travel about 21 feet and sting for about five seconds." |
WA: Self-defense doesn't extend this far
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"Some gun-control activists are calling for mandatory training for those issued concealed pistol licenses." ...
"A better approach would be a cooperative effort involving advocates of gun control and gun rights, state law enforcement, the county sheriff's departments that issue the concealed pistol licenses, gun clubs and firearms dealers to come up with a way to ensure that with the concealed pistol license comes a comprehensive understanding of state law." |
Canada: Robbers become victims in Calgary home invasion
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"Three would-be robbers became the victims Saturday night, when the people whose home they broke into fought back."
"On Saturday night, about 8:20 p.m., three men armed with clubs broke into a Marbank Drive NE home. When the robbers tried to tie up one of the residents, the other six people in the house began to fight back, stabbing two of the out-numbered young men." ... |
Australia: Man, son bashed in home invasion
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"A man and his son were bashed during a home invasion on the NSW central coast, police said today." ...
"The residents of the home were unharmed but the alleged offender was taken to Gosford Hospital for treatment to an arm injury, the spokesman said." ... |
FL: Respected Pompano Beach detectives obtained tainted admissions
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"They were Pompano Beach's finest, officers of the year, their personnel files heavy with commendations."
"But Detectives Ralph Iannucci and Lacy Crew had trouble getting murder confessions to stick."
"At least four questionable murder confessions taken by Crew, Iannucci and their colleagues in the 1990s were suppressed by the courts or abandoned by authorities, court records show." |
FL: GUNS: Reasons to favor gun control laws (Letter)
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"I can tell him why I favor most gun control laws:"
"1. To keep guns away from criminals." Won't happen.
"2. To prevent gun accidents among children." That's what parental responsibility is about.
"3. To protect law enforcement officers." They're already armed.
"4. To keep certain weapons away from civilians." Why? What is he afraid of?
"5. To make gun makers liable for their products and actions ..." They already are. |
Canada: Police investigating two home invasions
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"Police were called Sunday evening to the 144 Del Rio Pl., N.E. Officers said two masked men, one of whom was armed with a gun, entered the residence."
"The men used duct tape to restrain a 22-year-old man inside the home, then rummaged through the house. The victim was not injured."
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Warning to our neighbors in the North. As you tighten the screws on gun owners, such home invasions will become more commonplace. The "Great" British gun control experiment ought to serve as a lesson in what not to do. |
NE: Police Pressed To Investigate Slur
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"An Omaha city councilman is pressing the police chief for a more vigorous investigation into a racial epithet that appeared OPD's northeast precinct at 30th and Taylor last month."
"The writing was brought to the administration's attention on Thanksgiving Day."
"There was a piece of paper in the precinct break room advising personnel to clean up after themselves. Others had written sayings on the paper like Feliz Navidad but somebody crossed the line and there continue to be questions about whether the city is doing enough to find the person responsible." |
Many firms voluntarily hand over data on customers
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"Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Seattle privacy and security law expert Albert Gidari has had his hands full, advising cell phone and Internet companies on responses to a flood of search warrants and wiretap orders."
"But law enforcement agents aren't always waiting for court orders before demanding information."
" 'The requests for customer records are up three or four times what they were before - and we're getting a lot of requests for voluntary disclosures because of national security,' said Gidari, whose clients include AT&T Wireless, Nextel and Connexion by Boeing."
"Agents in certain field offices are impatient and view you as unpatriotic (if you decline). I've had instances where agents have said, 'Give me your Social Security number and your address' to an in-house lawyer who wouldn't produce records without a subpoena."
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UK: Crack warning for the young
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"Crack dealers tend to be more likely to use violence. Of all drug dealers they are the ones most likely to use guns and other weapons. Some of this aggression arises from using crack."
"The action plan envisages closing the illegal local crack markets as has been done in Brixton, south London, backed up by the development of specialist treatment services and programmes to tackle the groups most affected by crack, such as sex workers." ... |
MI: Gun Safety A Priority Over Holidays
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"Every day, guns hurt or kill American children. The statistics paint a terrifying picture: guns cause 12 percent of fatalities among American children and teens, and 1 of every 4 deaths of teenagers ages 15 to 19."
"While many firearms deaths result from violent crime, gun accidents regularly claim the lives of America's youth. Firearms are the fourth leading cause of accidental deaths among children ages 5 to 14." ...
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WA: Man shot after barging into apartment
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"A while later, the ex-boyfriend came back to the apartment building but was not buzzed in despite repeated demands. Instead he waited until another tenant opened the front door, then he pushed his way inside, police said."
"The ex-boyfriend then attacked the downstairs neighbor, slamming him against a wall hard enough to leave a crater, Nollette said. While protecting himself from the ex-boyfriend's attack, the neighbor pulled his own pistol and shot the ex-boyfriend." |
Bush Grants First Pardons of Presidency
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"A Tennessee man convicted of selling moonshine 40 years ago and a former Indiana postal worker who stole $10.90 from the mail more than 30 years ago are among seven people pardoned by President Bush..." ...
"Kenneth Copley of Lyles, Tenn., received two years probation for a 1962 conviction for selling untaxed whiskey. Many of his neighbors made moonshine during 'hard times,' he said. Copley ...didn't think much about his conviction until he was turned down for a gun permit because of [it]." |
Courting Stupidity
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"Why does the litigation lobby fight such reforms? Why does it carry on at such length about the jury as a representative institution, then do its best during selection to make it as unrepresentative as it knows how? ...These varied positions are not united by the goal of maximizing the power juries get to exert. ...they can be seen to share only one common theme: They all arrange matters so as to maximize the power trial lawyers themselves get to exert. Should we be surprised?" |
The Biggest Hole in the Net
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"One of the many faces of Communism!"
"Buried on page 177 of the new law establishing the Department of Homeland Security is a one-sentence provision that has so far escaped public notice: 'Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the development of a national identification system or card.' ” |
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