It sure as hell is starting to smell that way, but why you ask?
"Ambush suspect’s journal ‘chilling’" Associated Press October 10, 2014
Authorities say a journal left by ambush suspect Eric Frein provides a ‘‘cold-blooded and absolutely chilling account’’ of the night he allegedly opened fire outside a Pennsylvania State Police barracks, killing one trooper and injuring a second.
A, why would he even keep a journal, and B, why would he leave it behind?
I'm sorry, folks, but I'm smelling a real rat.
Frein wrote that he saw his shot and took it, watching from a distance as his victim — who turned out to be Corporal Bryon Dickson — dropped to the ground. ‘‘I was surprised at how quick,’’ he wrote, according to police.
Authorities found the multipage journal in a bag of trash at a wooded campsite they believe was used by the 31-year-old suspect.
This so reeks of a cover story plant like we have seen so often.
The document describes how Frein fled the shooting scene in a Jeep, but inadvertently ran into a retention pond and took off on foot — a botched getaway he termed a ‘‘disaster,’’ according to a police affidavit filed Wednesday.
And they still can't find him.
Frein is charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in the Sept. 12 ambush that killed Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex Douglass.
Hundreds of law enforcement officials have been looking for Frein, described by authorities as a survivalist and expert marksman with a grudge against law enforcement, in the woods around his parents’ home in Canadensis, in the Pocono Mountains.
Yeah, tar the whole Patriot movement and citizenry with this jerk. Whoo-whee!
The journal was found Sept. 29, when authorities discovered a hastily abandoned campsite at which they also found explosives, ammunition, food, clothing, and a water bottle whose DNA matched Frein’s, according to the affidavit.
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Related:
Frein With this Post
Can You Find Frein?
He had a problem with AmeriKan Jewstice? Really?
Hate Crime Hoaxes Appearing All Across America
They never seem to stop.
Sorry I can't let go, readers:
"St. Louis shooting reignites anger among activists" by Jim Slater, Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- Two months after a Ferguson officer killed Michael Brown, setting off intense national debate about law enforcement treatment of minorities, the shooting death of another black 18-year-old by police in nearby St. Louis has reignited anger among activists already planning weekend protests.
One wonders if the police are not being told to kill anyone you want, don't worry about charges, and the agenda of division and distraction is advanced again by this government.
It's happening all too coincidentally, folks, or it is a sign of massive systemic failure.
So which one makes this government look better?
Police say Vonderrit D. Myers was shot Wednesday after he opened fire on a white, off-duty officer, but Myers' parents say he was unarmed.
Again?
Some activists and lawmakers say Myers was targeted because he was black and are asking the Justice Department -- which has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Brown, who was unarmed -- to investigate his shooting.
"This here was racial profiling turned deadly," said state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat.
I don't think so because redneck whites are also getting blown away.
Btw, did you know that a report from the Cato Institute reveals Americans are 8 times more likely to be killed by police than by a terrorist, and other studies suggest U.S. citizens are 800 times more likely to be killed by a cop than citizens of Japan, Britain or Germany?
All of sudden the work of Mr. Frein can be looked at in a fresh light, 'eh? Counter-campaign of sympathy for the police?
The shooting happened as activists and other protesters from around the country prepared for four days of rallies, marches and protests over the Brown shooting.
And now the police will be on alert with a presence. How very coincidental.
Organizers say the events, which start Friday and include a march Saturday in downtown St. Louis, have taken on added urgency.
"This is a racial powder keg," said Jerryl Christmas, a St. Louis attorney who was among more than 20 black leaders who joined Nasheed at a news conference Thursday outside police headquarters. "All this is going to do is escalate the situation."
So we are going to get back into this three weeks from election day?
Brown's Aug. 9 death spurred weeks of unrest in Ferguson and the rest of the St. Louis area. A state grand jury is deciding whether the officer who shot him, Darren Wilson, will face charges.
Police say Myers was both armed and aggressive, using a stolen 9 mm gun to shoot at the officer.
Syreeta Myers said her son was holding a sandwich, not a gun. "Police lie. They lied about Michael Brown, too," she told The Associated Press by phone Thursday.
I can't argue with that last one because it is all too true.
About 200 people gathered Thursday night for a quiet candlelight remembrance at the sight where Vonderrit Myers was hot. At one point a police helicopter circled overhead, but otherwise there was no visible law enforcement presence.
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said ballistic evidence shows Myers fired three shots before his gun jammed. Police said they recovered the 9 mm gun, which had been reported stolen on Sept. 26.
They recovered the gun they planted, huh?
The officer fired off 17 rounds, but it's not clear how many bullets hit Myers.
I know I'm not there, but that seems a bit excessive.
The 32-year-old officer, a six-year veteran of the department whose name was not released, is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
The Ferguson case was on protesters' minds as they gathered after Wednesday's shooting. Some shouted "Hands up, don't shoot," a common refrain during weeks of sometimes violent protests after Brown's death. Dotson said some in the St. Louis crowd shouted obscenities at officers and damaged three police cars, smashing windows and tail lights.
I don't approve of the vandalism, but I can certainly understand.
Police said one man was cited for being a felon in possession of a handgun after an officer spotted him putting on a ski mask inside a car, prompting a search.
Online court documents show Myers was free on bond when he was killed.
Then he was guilty of something and deserve to die in avail of gunfire.
He had been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, a felony, and misdemeanor resisting arrest in June.
Myers' was the third fatal shooting of a black male by St. Louis-area police since Brown's death....
Those other two guys didn't get as much attention or reaction.
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I guess the Globe website didn't view it as a worthy story.
"Even an Ozarks coroner gets surplus military guns" by Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press October 07, 2014
BATON ROUGE, La. — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handgun, and a Humvee — even though the people in his custody are in no condition to put up a fight.
They are dead.
Wortham is the coroner for Sharp County, Ark. He says the Humvee helps him navigate the rugged terrain of the Ozarks foothills, but he struggled to explain why he needs the surplus military weapons he acquired more than two years ago.
‘‘I just wanted to protect myself,’’ he said.
His office is not the only government agency with limited policing powers and a questionable need for high-powered weaponry that has taken advantage of the program.
Although most of the surplus weapons go to municipal police departments and county sheriffs, an Associated Press review shows that a diverse array of other state and local agencies also have scooped up guns and other tactical equipment no longer needed by the military.
And SCHOOLS! Can't let go of that.
Military-grade weapons have gone to agencies that enforce gaming laws at Kansas tribal casinos and weigh 18-wheelers in Mississippi, the Wyoming Livestock Board, and the Cumberland County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in Fayetteville, N.C.
Other military surplus items have been bestowed on a harbormaster in Dartmouth, Mass.; an animal control department in Cullman County, Ala.; and the California Assembly’s sergeant-at-arms.
They are basically giving away all the "surplus gear" taxpayers wasted billions on, with the added benefit of being able to use the stuff to suppress those very same citizens if they get uppity.
The Pentagon’s 1033 Program has been controversial. The White House ordered a review of it and similar programs in August after a deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., led to clashes between protesters and officers decked out in combat gear.
But the weaponry is still flowing.
Under the 1033 Program, thousands of law-enforcement agencies have acquired hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons and other used military equipment. Among them were dozens of fire departments, district attorneys, prisons, parks departments, and wildlife agencies that were eligible to join the program because they have officers or investigators with arrest powers.
Gave them to anybody and everybody they could!
This was never about fighting "terror," folks.
Guns, armored vehicles, and aircraft only account for a fraction of the equipment available.
Wortham was qualified to enroll in the 1033 Program because Arkansas coroners have powers to arrest offenders.
You have the right to remain sil.... oh, right, dead men tell no tales.
Elected to his first term as coroner in 2010, he obtained a .45-caliber pistol and an M-16 rifle in 2012 after getting a Humvee the previous year. He said he is trying to arrange for a local police department to take the two weapons.
State program officials said they could not find Wortham’s written justification for requesting the weapons. An official from the federal office that oversees the program approved both transactions.
Steve Melo, the harbormaster in Dartmouth, Mass., said he has not received any weapons but acquired a Humvee for driving in marshy areas and a night-vision scope to spot boaters in the dark. The Humvee was stripped of weapon holders and the scope is not attached to a gun, he said.
‘‘We have looked at it as saving this town big money,’’ he said. ‘‘We’re not out there in tanks. We’re not dressing in battle uniform-type stuff.’’
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NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Hundreds of people gathered late Thursday to protest Myers’s death, and officers at one point used pepper spray to force the crowd back. A march through downtown St. Louis is planned for Saturday."
I see a possible Sunday Globe Special -- or not.
