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“Anybody want to try the spread?…”

“…The spaghetti with brains is mind blowing.” Sure, it’s not the funniest quip ever, but I said something like that while guarding the crime scene of a 12-person shooting back in 2001. What else are you going to do? Have a moment of silence? I miss the laughs from the job. Non-cops may not understand cop humor, which is often…

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Guns don’t kill people…

…people with guns who can’t get laid kill people. Can somebody tell me why we won’t discuss legal prostitution in this country? “The gunmanis believed to be Elliot Rodger, 22, who in a YouTube video said he was sexually frustrated and about to go on “a mission of retribution.”” “In severalRodger referred to himself as an incel (involuntary celibate)”

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Baltimore Police Department History

A little over two years ago, William Hackley, retired Baltimore police officer and amateur historian, passed away. Were it not for Officer Hackley, so much of the history of the BPD would have been be lost to time. I was afraid that project would end with Hackley’s passing. Luckily, retired detective Kenny Driscoll has kept the history alive. The website…

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Look good. Shoot good.

Just your standard issue 1943 NYPD combo gun holster and make-up kit. On display at the NYPD Museum.

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Republicans against bulletproof vests for cops

The program to buy vests for cops started in 1999 under Clinton and the very pro-police vice president, Al Gore (not that most police officers every thanks either of them). But apparently, say Republicans, it’s against the constitution. From USA Today: Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., objected, blocking action on the program, as he did in 2012. Coburn said the Constitution…

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The jury has spoken

I wasn’t there; I didn’t attend the trial; so far be it from me to assert “the truth” of what happened at an Occupy Wall Street gathering in March, 2012. From the video, she sure looks guilty as sin (bottom left of the frame, at 22 seconds): A jury of 12 thought similarly, and found Cecily McMillan guild of felony…

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That damn liberal media (for real!… sort of)

It hasn’t been a bad week for off-duty NYPD officers. There was the drunk cop who shot himself or his partner in the wrist (actually he was on-duty, but whatever). Then there was the cop in the car who f*cking tried to kill the guy in the car next to him. And perhaps a few other incidents… who can say?…

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