Attorney Dimitrios Biller was the former managing counsel for Toyota Motor Sales USA and handled rollover cases for the company. He has now done a rollover of his own — accusing the car manufacturer of destroying evidence of rollover in a “ruthless conspiracy” to hide dangers.
Archive for August, 2009
Rollover: Former Toyota Lawyer Accuses Company of Destroying Evidence of Rollover Problems
Published 1, August 31, 2009 Lawyering , Society , Torts 10 CommentsBrooklyn “Doctor” Wins Bail — Just $11 Million in Cash
Published 1, August 31, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 4 Comments
Michail Sorodsky, a Brooklyn man accused of practicing medicine without a license and abusing patients under anesthesia, has won bail — sort of. The court set bail at either $11 million cash or $33 million bail bond. The constitutional question is whether an $11 million bail is the same as a denial of bond.
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Shock Video: Officers Beat DUI Suspect in Cell — and Later Cleared in Internal Investigation
Published 1, August 31, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society 13 CommentsAn Illinois sheriff this week is seeking to reverse a board decision reinstating three officers in Tazewell county, Illinois despite this shocking video tape. On the video, Sergeant Richard Johnston, and correctional officers Jeffery Bieber and Justin Piro are shown beating Becky Behm after she was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol October 17, 2008.
De-Evolution: Missouri School Officials Order Return of Band T-Shirts Showing Picture of Evolution
Published 1, August 31, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Politics , Religion , Society 58 Comments
Evolution in Sedalia, Missouri appears to be moving in reverse. The band leaders of the Smith-Cotton High School Tiger Pride Marching Band thought that they had a cute idea in showing the images of monkeys evolving into band members under the words “Brass Evolutions 2009.” Parents and teachers objected that evolution (a scientific theory) was advancing a “religious” viewpoint. Amazingly, the school agreed and ordered the t-shirts turned in by the students.
West Virginia Lawyer Tells Jury that Raped Prostitutes Were Not Like Their Mothers and Daughters — Nothing More Than “Whores” and “Tramps”
Published 1, August 31, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 26 Comments
West Virginia defense lawyer Ed ReBrook had a difficult case in representing Thomas H. Gravely, 31, who was accused of raping Charleston prostitutes. However, critics charge that he made a difficult case worse by calling no witnesses and using highly offensive terms to describe the victims.
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You read the Tennessee Williams play. Now you can see the real thing.
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The Big Easy: Former Deputy and Current Illinois Reserve Officer Arrested in Drug Bust
Published 1, August 30, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 2 Comments
While Memphis is dealing with an officer who allegedly helped run a major cocaine operation (here), Illinois police are dealing with a former Harvey police deputy marshal and an Illinois State Police reserve officer who has been arrested in a drugs and weapons operation. Leroy Grant, 38, is accused of both running drugs and selling weapons for a Chicago drug dealer. Grant reportedly told the drug dealer: “Money’s what … we here for!. And if it’s easy, it’s easy!”
The Thin White Line: Memphis Officer Arrested in Major Cocaine Bust
Published 1, August 30, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 7 Comments
While Memphis officials trying to keep tasers out of the hands of their officers (here), they are also trying to do the same with narcotics. A major bust this week led to the arrest of officer Lowell Duke, 37, who is accused of participating in a large drug operation.
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Memphis Turns Down Tasers For Its Officers
Published 1, August 30, 2009 Criminal law , Politics , Society 9 Comments
In a rare departure from the trend in the expanding use of tasers by law enforcement, the city council of Memphis has refused a request by the Memphis Police Department to add tasers to its arsenal.
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You Had Me At “Hello, Your Honor”: Houston Judge Indicted After Allegedly Offering to Help Woman in Exchange for a Sexual Relationship
Published 1, August 30, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 6 Comments
Harris County Criminal Court-at-Law judge Donald W. Jackson, 59, has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression – allegedly offering to get a DWI defendant help in dismissing her case in exchange for a sexual relationship. Notably, he allegedly insisted that he was not interested in “a one-night stand” in seeking to secure counsel for Ariana M. Venegas. If so, it is a new variation on past judicial pick-up lines that simply offer to trade sex for rulings.
Who Would You Want to Drive You to the Governor’s Mansion? Corzine Spokesperson Raises Driving Skills As Criteria for Office
Published 1, August 30, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 5 Comments
In an interesting twist to the usual negative political traditions in New Jersey, a spokeswoman for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has attacked Republican challenger Chris Christie’s driving record, denouncing him as “a complete menace to society on the highways of New Jersey” with 13 moving violations over the last two and a half decades. If you recall, Corzine had two speeding tickets going back to 1992, and most importantly a third ticket for failing to wear a seat belt in the car accident that nearly killed him in 2007.
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South Carolina Man Goes Dragonfly Hunting with Rifle and Shoots Friend
Published 1, August 29, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Environment , Society 12 Comments
It appears that folks in South Carolina prefer to bag for dragonflies with old-fashioned way: with a hunting rifle. A South Carolina man reportedly decided to use a rifle rather than a net to catch dragonflies at a hunting club in Johnsonville, South Carolina (pop. 1418 and an unknown number of dragonflies). He ended shooting his friend when he walked in front of the gun.
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Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel “Amends” Financial Disclosure Form to More Than Double His Reported Income
Published 1, August 29, 2009 Congress , Criminal law , Media , Politics , Society 18 Comments
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel has played a large role in tax policy — and advocated increasing taxes to pay for the massive spending of this Congress. He is now accused of underreporting his own income by a shocking degree. Republicans have complained that the media and blogs have been relatively muted in covering the story.
Florida Police Officer Drives 100-Miles-an-Hour Without Lights, Siren, or Reason and Cripples Teenager — Not Given Sobriety Test and Will Not Be Criminally Charged
Published 1, August 29, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 18 Comments
Former Altamonte Springs police officer Mark Maupin drove 100-mile-an-hour without siren or lights for no apparent reason. He ended up hitting teenager Erskin Bell who was left paralyzed and his family was left with massive monthly medical bills. Officers at the scene, however, did not give Maupin a sobriety test and now he will not be charged with any crime. He only faces the loss of his license but will keep his $5,000 a month in state retirement.
The Trouble With Hairy: Nebraska Man Arrested For Entering Ladies Room at Health Club Covered in Towels
Published 1, August 29, 2009 Academics , Criminal law , Society 4 Comments
Lincoln, Nebraska (The Weekly Vice) – Gregory Tyrrell, 45, is a registered sex offender who allegedly came up with what he thought was a brilliantly simple idea. He covered himself with towels from head to toe and repeatedly went into the women’s locker room in a Lincoln, Nebraska health club. The problem was the hairy legs, which women had a hard time missing.
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Accused Pedophile Commits Suicide Minutes Before Jury Delivers Not Guilty Verdict
Published 1, August 29, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 6 Comments
William Telano Evans committed suicide in Florida this week just minutes before a jury reaching a verdict acquitting him of sexually abusing a girl three decades ago.
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Pastor Prays for President Obama’s Death on Eve of His Visit to Arizona
Published 1, August 28, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Media , Politics , Religion , Society 85 Comments
Pastor Steven Anderson has used his position at Faithful World Baptist Church, in Tempe, Arizona to bring just a little more hate into the world. Pastor Anderson is praying for the death of President Obama and an eternity in hell.
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Dutch Royals Win While Italian PM Sues Media
Published 1, August 28, 2009 International , Society , Torts 2 Comments
The Dutch royal family of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander has prevailed in its suit against the Associated Press for taking pictures of them on vacation in Argentina. In Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is suing the media for the coverage of his private life. Both cases turn on the right to privacy of public officials and public figures.
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California Deputy Attorney General Ellyn Levinson Loses Torts Case Involving Horseback Riding Injury
Published 1, August 28, 2009 Lawyering , Society , Torts 2 Comments
California Deputy Attorney General Ellyn Levinson has lost her personal injury case against a rancher who allowed her to ride one of his horses as a party. A California court ruled that falling off the horse was Levinson’s own fault and not that of the owner.
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Blameless? Novelist Lisa Ann Reardon Arrested for Attempted Murder of Father
Published 1, August 28, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Media , Society 3 Comments
Novelist Lisa Ann Reardon, 47, has been arrested for shooting her father in . . . well . . . the rear. George Hicks escaped the assault by running into his house when Reardon allegedly fired repeated shots from a 20-gauge shotgun.
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Good Citizens Don’t Wear Plaid: Richmond Schools Ban Stripes and Plaids as Key to Success
Published 1, August 28, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Politics , Society 14 Comments
While other school officials are struggling against the scourges of drugs and violence, officials at the Richmond Community Schools in Indiana have started a campaign against the ravages of stripes and plaids. Officials have prohibited clothing other than solid colors and have parents seeing solid red.
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Cincinnati Police Officer Suspended After Tasering Woman on Her Knees With Her Hands in the Air
Published 1, August 28, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society 13 Comments
Cincinnati Police Officer Anthony Plummer is accused of tasering the wrong person in the wrong way. First, he allegedly tasered a woman who was on her knees with her hands in the air. Second, it turned out to be Celeste Thomas, 26, daughter of City Councilman Cecil Thomas, a former police officer who heads the council’s law and safety committee.
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Video: Rep. Lynn Jenkins Announces that Republicans Are Looking for “Great White Hope”
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 44 Comments
The Topeka Capitol-Journal is reporting that Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) told a town hall meeting that Republicans are searching for the “great white hope.” In the videotape, the newspaper reports that Jenkins says “Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope. I suggest to any of you who are concerned about that, who are Republican, there are some great young Republican minds in Washington.”
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D.C. Attorney General’s Declaration in Protest Case Challenged by Council Members and Lawyers
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Media , Politics 3 Comments
The controversy continues over the District’s alleged destruction of evidence and withholding of documents in the World Bank protest case. The case deals with the mass arrests conducted without probable cause during the World Bank/IMF protests of 2002. Under orders from Judge Sullivan, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles filed a declaration explaining his actions and that of his staff. It has now been challenged by members of the city council and the litigants.
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Saudi Arabian Father Forces 10-Year-Old Daughter To Return to 80-Year-Old Husband
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Bizarre , International , Politics , Religion , Society 3 Comments
A ten-year-old girl found hiding in her aunt’s home was forcibly returned to her eighty-year-old husband by her father. While the man would be called a pedophile in the West, he is called a husband under Sharia law in Saudi Arabia and could rightfully demand the return of the child wife.
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Florida: No Parents Better Than Gay Parents
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society , Supreme Court 16 Comments
The state of Florida has argued that its ban on gay foster parents is based on the “fact” that gay households are often unstable and unhealthy. The law is a lingering remnant of the reprehensible national campaign by Anita Bryant against gay rights.
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Florida Parents Protest Ban on Students Wearing “Islam is of the Devil” T-Shirts
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society 27 Comments
Parents of the Dove World Outreach Center recently sent their children to local public schools with their own messages of faith: t-shirts that read “ISLAM IS OF THE DEVIL.” They then protested after school officials sent their children home and are threatening possible legal action. Parent Wayne Sapp insists the problem is runaway tolerance. The rise of the Sapps and others lacks either a constitutional or moral basis for objection to the school policy.
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Former Adjunct Law Professor Arrested After Taking Two Guns and 53 Rounds of Ammunition in Law Library
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Politics , Society 7 Comments
Former University of Louisville Adjunct Law Professor Thomas H. Irwin, 56, was arrested this week after bringing two handguns and 53 rounds of ammunition into the campus law library. Irwin had been declared a “persona non grata” in December 2008 for alleged harassment of another employee at the school.
Detroit Muslim Woman Sues After Being Told To Remove Hijab in Court
Published 1, August 27, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Lawyering , Religion , Society 11 Comments
Raneen Albaghdady, a Muslim in Detroit, is suing ayne Circuit Judge J. William Callahan who told her to remove her hijab or scarf in his courtroom (like the one shown to the left of a different woman). She alleges denial of her freedom of religion as well as denial of access to the courts. She is also suing Wayne County.
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Saudi Arabia Bans “Evil” Summer Festivals
Published 1, August 26, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Politics , Religion , Society 25 Comments
The morals police in Saudi Arabia has directed their attention toward the latest conspiracy to corrupt the youth and undermine Islam: summer festivals. The religious police have declared that these festivals improperly encourage the mixing of men and women and involve such evil acts as dancing and magic shows.
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Indiana Deputy Sheriff Arrested For Allegedly Soliciting Women at Speedway Gas Station
Published 1, August 26, 2009 Criminal law , Society 10 Comments
Indianapolis deputy sheriff, Paul Wagner, 25, has been arrested for allegedly soliciting women for sex by offering them free sodas or candy bars while working as a security officer at a Speedway gas station.
Oregon Police Do NOT Taser Naked Man
Published 1, August 26, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 7 Comments
Raymond Lawrence Roberson, 70, first threatened to blow up his van, threatened anyone who came near him, paraded around with a rifle, and then shutdown a highway after barricading himself in his van. When he emerged, he stripped naked and was tackled by police. The most amazing and redeeming aspect of this story is what the police did not do: they did not shoot him or use a taser. They simply subdued the man with the least possible force.
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Client Calls: Former Client Shoots Lawyer in Chicago While Lawyer Shoots Former Client in North Carolina
Published 1, August 26, 2009 Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 2 Comments
We have two cases of lawyers encountering former clients in their homes in stories this week. In one case, Chicago retired attorney Carl Kuhn, 82, was allegedly killed by his former client Terry Bratcher, 43, and another man, Keith Allen, 21. In South Carolina, attorney and state senator R.C. Soles Jr. shot former client Thomas Kyle Blackburn, 22, in his home.
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The ‘Lion of the Senate” is dead. Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy lost his battle with brain cancer on Tuesday and died at 77. With his death, the country lost one of the most tireless and passionate voices for the poor and powerless in our nation.
Meet Meth Man and Crank Boy: Police Break Up Alleged Meth and Comics Ring
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 7 Comments 
Holy Crystal Ice, Batman, those comic dealers could be meth dealers. Brothers Aaron and Alfonzo Castro are accused of running a large methamphetamine ring in the Denver area and laundering the cash through a high-end comic business, including first-edition Superman and Batman titles.
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Obama Administration Loses Bid to Keep Secret the Recipients of $2 Trillion in Stimulus Money
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Congress , Constitutional Law , Courts , International , Justice , Media , Politics , Society 18 Comments
For months, many Democrats and civil libertarians have complained about the disconnect between what President Obama says and what he does as President. One area of the greatest criticism has been the effort of the Obama Administration to block public review of embarrassing pictures, White House logs, controversial memoranda, or disclosure of governmental actions — despite his promise to guarantee transparency in government. One such person who appears to have lost patience with the Administration is Chief U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska. Judge Preska has rejected efforts by the Obama Administration to withhold information on who received $2 trillion dollars in bailout funds. The Obama administration argued that the public has no right to know such information. Given today’s news that the federal debt level will be reach $9 trillion, many people would like to look a bit closer at what Congress and the White House has been doing with the public fisc.
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With new reports on a soaring deficit and runaway spending and debt, this sign could not be more apropos. It is part of a website showing an array of humor-based pitches for change.
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Walmart Conquers the Wilderness: Virginia Board Allows Big Box Store to Build Near Civil War Battlefield
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , International , Military , Politics , Society 39 Comments
It took almost 150 years, but Virginia has finally surrendered at the Battle for the Wilderness — without firing a shot. In a terrible blow to historians and preservationists, the Orange County Board of Supervisors caved into pressure from Walmart and business groups to allow the construction of a huge Walmart store next to the historic Wilderness battlefield where 145,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fought and close to 30,000 were killed or wounded. Despite international objections to the damage to this historic area, the pro-development board voted 4-1 to side put a big box store ahead of its own proud legacy.
Judges in “Kids for Cash” Scandal Drop Pleas and Demand Trial
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Justice , Lawyering , Politics , Society 13 Comments
The former Pennsylvania judges charged in the “kids for cash” corruption scandal — Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan — have withdrawn their guilty pleas and demanded a trial. They took the step after Senior U.S. District Judge Edward M. Kosik refused to accept their plea agreement with prosecutors in light of their failure to take responsibility for their actions.
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Stephen Colbert: The “Sexualized” Stalinesque Anti-Christ
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Religion , Society 19 Comments
The good people at Christwire have finally identified the threat to both this nation and its collective soul. It is not Al Qaeda or gay gym teachers. It is Stephen Colbert. Stephenson Billings who bills himself as an Investigative Journalist, Motivational Children’s Party Entertainer and Antique Soda Bottle Collector has written a widely circulated column that uncovers Colbert for what he is: an insidious and corrupting threat to all that we hold dear in this nation.
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Rhode Island to Shutdown for Twelve Days
Published 1, August 25, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 14 Comments
Rhode Island is the latest state government to discover that the public simply cannot afford a government — at least for twelve days. With hundreds of billions spent on Iraq and Afghanistan (with new calls for an increase in Afghanistan), it is understandably confusing for many citizens as states sell off government buildings and cities shutdown to avoid bankruptcy.
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Bitter Port: Formerly Anonymous Blogger Attacks Model and Announces Lawsuit Against Google
Published 1, August 24, 2009 Bizarre , Media , Society , Torts 11 Comments
The anonymous blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a “ho” and “skank” has been identified. According to reports, it was blogger Rosemary Port, who is now threatening a lawsuit of her own against Google.
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Man v. Cat: Utah Man Arrested After Shooting Bystanders in Confrontation with Feline
Published 1, August 24, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 10 Comments
Besides taking one of the most memorable mug shots, Kay Fotheringham, 52, is notable as the latest victim of the cat conspiracy. We have already seen how a cat framed a man by downloading porn on his computer (here). Now, a feline felon caused Fotheringham to wound a driver’s ed instructor and student in a perfect set-up of a biped.
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Report: Justice Department To Re-Open Nearly a Dozen Prisoner-Abuse Cases
Published 1, August 24, 2009 Congress , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Justice , Lawyering , Society 89 Comments
The Justice Department appears close to re-opening nearly a dozen prisoner abuse cases that were all but buried by the Bush Administration. The move comes after a recommendation of the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility. The Obama Administration, however, is still blocking any investigation into war crimes and the torture program. I discussed the appointment of Mr. Durham in <a href="“>this segment of Countdown.
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A Pence of Power and a Paucity of Sense: London Police Drop Case Against Film Maker For Stealing .003 Pence in Electricity — After Spending $8,200
Published 1, August 24, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Society 7 Comments
Mark Guard, 44, is a film maker and electricity thief. Arrested for stealing .003 pence of power, the police and prosecutors spent $8,200 prosecuting Guard before dropping the case and finally letting their Guard down.
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Flip and Fall: Chicago Woman Sues Zoo for Dolphin-Induced Fall
Published 1, August 24, 2009 Bizarre , Environment , Society , Torts 7 Comments
The Dolphin did it. That is likely to be the defense of the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, which is being sued for the 2008 fall of Allecyn Edwards. Edwards fell while walking near the exhibit of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.
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Man Steals Painting of Virgin Mary to Pay For Abortion For an Underaged Girl He Raped
Published 1, August 23, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Religion , Society 10 Comments
If I recall correctly from my high school preparatory seminary, there are venial sinners and mortal sinners, but we might have to find a third category for Aurelio Vallerillo-Sanchez, 39. He was convicted of stealing a 300-year-old painting of the Virgin Mary to pay for an abortion for a teenage girl whom he is accused of raping. That should cover the bases for a one-way ticket to the hot zone.
During the dog days of summer, there are certain signs to look for when it is time to service the ac unit.
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Connecticut Police Officer Accused of Impersonating Brother and Raping His Girlfriend
Published 1, August 23, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 14 Comments
Jared Rohrig, an Orange, Connecticut police officer was charged in a bizarre crime this week: he raped his twin brother’s girlfriend by posing as Joe Rohrig on July 19th. The likeness was so close that the girlfriend was unable to spot the trick until she noticed the telltale absence of a cowboy tatoo on his left buttocks.
British MP Under Attack for Walking Out of Segregated Wedding in East London
Published 1, August 23, 2009 Bizarre , International , Politics , Religion , Society 14 Comments
MP Jim Fitzpatrick is under fire by the large Muslim population in East London after he and his wife left a wedding party when they were told that it was segregated by gender due to the Islamic faith of the couple. Tory candidate Tim Archer attacked Fitzpatrick, saying that he “is playing a certain race card to save his skin at the next election.”
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Small Change: Man Opposes Child Support that Resulted From “Consumer Transaction” With Prostitute
Published 1, August 23, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , Society 2 Comments
An Australian man is opposing child support on novel grounds: that payment would violate the Trade Practices Act. The man insists that he paid a prostitute for sex and that the sex was a “consumer transaction” and was confined by its terms to the sexual act.
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Palin-Hannity in 2012 — A Republican (and Democratic) Fantasy Moves Closer to Reality
Published 1, August 22, 2009 Bizarre , Congress , Environment , Media , Politics , Society 53 Comments
It is a dream of many a Democratic strategist: A Hannity-Palin Ticket or Palin-Hannity Ticket in 2012. According to one news report, Sean Hannity added fuel to the speculation this week by saying that he would not rule out a run and would await direction from the Almighty. (It is assumed that that is a reference to God as opposed to Roger Ailes).
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Taliban Cut Off Fingers of Women Voting in National Elections
Published 1, August 22, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , International , Politics , Religion , Society 27 Comments
The Taliban has made good on its horrific promise to cut off the fingers of people with the tell-tale dye stains on their fingers after voting in the national elections. This does not surprise me about these extremists who believe any atrocity in the name of Allah is permitted. What astonishes me is that the Afghan government continues to use the dye technique when it allows for such retaliation.
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Marriott Blames Mother Raped in One of Its Garages in Tort Lawsuit
Published 1, August 22, 2009 Bizarre , Lawyering , Society , Torts 55 Comments
Stamford Marriott Hotel and Spa has allowed its attorneys to aggressively pursue a mother of two children who was pulled into her van and raped in front of her children in a Marriott hotel. Marriott now asserts that the 40-year-old mother was responsible in the attack, failed to “mitigate their damages,” and has sought discovery from friends and neighbors. The move led to a predictable backlash among the public.
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Negro Educational Emergency Drive Fires PittGirl After Learning Her Identity
Published 1, August 22, 2009 Bizarre , Media , Society 7 Comments
The Negro Educational Emergency Drive did not take long to fire Virginia Montanez after she revealed that she was the popular — and once anonymous — blogger PittGirl. PittGirl was a favorite of readers in Pittsburgh and would dish out funny jabs against the political establishment, particularly the mayor. The Negro Educational Emergency Drive, however, fired the mother of two when it learned what she has been doing in her free time.
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Police Officer Fired (and Three Suspended) for Photo of Twin Peaks Waitress Holding Assault Rifle
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 19 Comments
A Twin Peaks restaurant advertises scantily dressed waitresses and a “fun, friendly and sometimes flirty atmosphere.” It was a bit too much for Texas police officers who had a waitress pose on their police cruiser holding an assault rifle. Sheriff Gary Painter fired one officer Daniel Subia, 30, and suspended three others.
Two New York Criminal Defense Attorneys Convicted of Witness Tampering
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 15 Comments
Criminal defense attorney and television commentator Robert Simels, 62, has been convicted in Brooklyn of plotting to kill witnesses. Also convicted was attorney Arienne Irving, 31, who was convicted of witness tampering. The jury only acquitted Simels on one count dealing with false statements after deliberating for seven days.
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Police Taser Sets Homeless Man on Fire
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 9 Comments
We have another case of a man bursting into flames after being tasered. Recently, an Australian man burst into flames after being tasered. In Lancaster, Ohio a homeless man named Daniel Wood, 31, caught fire after being tasered due to chemicals from an aerosol can he was inhaling.
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Shock Video: BYU Professor Tasered in Court
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Courts , Lawyering 12 CommentsWe have been following questionable uses of tasers by police. This video from 2004 raises some disturbing questions where a former BYU professor Tom Lowery is tasered in court during a rambling argument. It is clear that the use of the force, in my view, was unnecessary and improper — particularly in a court of law.
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Six Police Officers Shoot Man 43 Times in Self-Defense — Stopping to Reload in Three Volleys
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 8 Comments
Police insist that they were acting in self-defense when they shoot Alonzo Heyward in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There is no question that Heyward was carrying a rifle around his neighborhood and ranting about suicide. However, it was the response to the danger that has people demanding answers: the six officers fired 59 rounds at him — hitting him 43 times. The officers fired three volleys and stopped to reload before continuing to shoot the man.
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How Can It Be [Legally] Wrong When It Feels So Right: Sen. John Ensign Defends Affair as Not “Legally Wrong”
Published 1, August 21, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society 6 Comments
This week Sen. John Ensign announced that he would remain in the Senate and insisted that he had not “done anything legally wrong.” He also rejected analogies to Bill Clinton, who he voted to convict in his Senate trial.
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Law Professor and Leading Massachusetts Lawyer Accused of Involvement in the Illegal Home Pot Growing Business
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Uncategorized 25 Comments
Timothy Wilton, a professor at Suffolk University Law School, and Kathy Jo Cook, former president of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, have been accused by their son (and stepson) of knowledge of his drug dealing and home pot growing operation. Jonathon Cook, 20, told police that they not only knew that he was growing marijuana in his room but that his mother told him to destroy the pot when police were called about a shooting at their home. Wilton and Cook publicly denied the allegations.
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Justice Denied: Seventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Gun Registration Law
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Politics , Society , Supreme Court 12 Comments
The Seventh Circuit continues to push the envelope on the recently recognized individual right to bear arms. In an interesting opinion by Judge Diana Wood, a three-judge panel ruled that the town of Cicero could still require gun registration without violating the Second Amendment. In the meantime, litigation is being planned over the Montana law claiming that guns in the state are exempt from federal jurisdiction and enforcement. Cicero businessman John Justice brought the challenge.
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City Mistakingly Forecloses on Home and Kicks Florida Family Out With Only Three Hours Notice
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 7 Comments
Anna Ramirez has a right to be a bit peeved. Recently, her family (including her husband, daughter and grand children) was thrown on the street with little warning and her house auctioned off at a fraction of what she paid for it. It turns out that foreclosure was a mistake the clerk’s office and sheriffs were sent to kick out Ramirez and throw her things and family into the street.
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Record Bender or Gender Bender: South African Runner Faces Gender Testing
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Bizarre , International , Society 51 Comments
South African Caster Semenya, 18, is facing a rare legal challenge in her sports career. The problem is not drug testing but gender testing. Various people have accused Semenya of being a male and sports officials are planning gender testing to result the dispute.
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Nutter Threatens to Shutdown Court System and Cut Police Force
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Politics , Society 9 Comments
As we continue to pour money into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, cities are continuing to shutdown for lack of money (here). The latest such story comes from Philadelphia where officials are facing a shutdown of the entire court system due to budget shortfalls. Mayor Michael Nutter is also threatening the cutting of 1000 police officers and 200 firefighters.
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U.S. News and World Report Releases 2010 Top Rankings of Colleges
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Academics , Society 14 Comments
U.S. News and World Report has released this year’s ranking of the top colleges and universities in the country. Harvard and Princeton tie for the top spot among national universities.
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One Glad Lawyer: Leading California Lawyer Avoids Criminal Charges In Running Over Girl Scouts
Published 1, August 20, 2009 Bizarre , Lawyering , Society , Torts 4 Comments
Lawyers often joke to clients that it was not like they ran over a group of girl scouts. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner Paul Glad made that common joke a reality when he ran over a group of mothers and children selling Girl Scout cookies in Burlingame, California. A prosecutor has announced that he will not be criminally charged. The managing partner of the San Francisco was taking the painkiller OxyContin under a doctor-proscribed regime, but insists that he was not impaired.
Afghanistan Government Calls on Media Not To Report Violence on Election Day
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Media , Military , Politics , Society 7 Comments
The Afghan government has decided that the next best thing to having a violence free election day is to have a day without any reported violence. The government has told the media not to carry reports of violence on election day — fearing that citizens may be reluctant to vote if they are informed that people are being killed in their areas. Some reporters have already refused the abusive order, here.
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Former Vogue Model Succeeds in Forcing Google to Reveal Identity of Anonymous Critic
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Politics , Society , Torts 9 Comments
Former Vogue cover model, Liskula Cohen, 36, has succeeded in her court case to find the identity of an anonymous critic who wrote bad things about her in a “Skanks in NYC” blog.
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If He Kissimmee Once, Will He Kissimmee Again? Man Spends Three Months In Jail After Officer Claims Breath Mint was Crack Cocaine
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 10 Comments
All Donald May wanted was fresh breath. Instead, he got three months in the slammer. When an officer in Kissimmee, Florida pulled May over for expired plates, he saw a white mint in his mouth. The officer said it looked like crack cocaine and had him spit it out. He then claimed that he field tested the mint, which showed it was crack cocaine. It took three months for the test results to be completed on the breath mints and to clear him as having candy rather than cocaine in his mouth.
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Police Officers Arrested After Allegedly Smoking Pot at Police Softball Game and Then Fleeing Pursuing Officers
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 11 Comments
Two police officers fled a police softball game with thousands of police from around the country after they were found smoking pot in their van. One officer, Souza, reportedly resisted arrest and had to be pepper sprayed. Shayne Souza, 47, and Kevin Fujioka, 37, allegedly parked illegally when other officers smelled the weed.
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New Jersey City Finds Solution to Solving Street Crime: Get Rid of the People
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Politics , Society 6 Comments
The officials in Paterson, New Jersey appear to be closing in on the problem of crime in their city: the citizens. The city is considering the first citywide curfew on adults to curb crime. No people, no crime — that sounds simple enough.
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State Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Abortion Law Requiring Ultrasound
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Constitutional Law , Politics , Religion , Society , Supreme Court 15 Comments
Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki L. Robertson has struck down that state’s 2008 law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and offer women detailed information about the tests before performing abortions. The law was challenged as an effort to harass and deter women from obtaining abortions.
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Supreme Court Stays Execution and Says Evidence of Innocence Should Be Given Evidentiary Hearing
Published 1, August 19, 2009 Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Lawyering , Politics , Society 24 Comments
In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered an evidentiary hearing on innocence claims of Troy Davis, who is on death row in Georgia for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail. Not only did the Supreme Court stop the execution, but it created new law on the right of the defendant to present such evidence — a holding that drew the outrage of the conservative wing of the Court. While only a paragraph long, the unsigned opinion represents the first such order in decades for a new hearing to “receive testimony and make findings of fact”. Justice Scalia called it a “fool’s errand.”
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Tweeting God: Company Sets Up Twitter Site to Insert Tweets in Western Wall
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Religion , Society 4 Comments
Annoying tweets are not just for the public anymore. We can now tweet the Almighty through a new Twitter site: twitter.com/thekotel. Alon Nir will print out your tweets and insert them in the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
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Apt To Explode: EU Concerned Over Alleged Exploding IPhones
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 6 Comments
As an IPhone user, I am generally happy (with the exception of a tendency for the phone to dial people on its own). It does have some cool apps. The EU, however, is more concerning over whether it is apt to explode.
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Hit, Haul, and Run: Texas Man Accused of Hitting Bicyclist, Pulling Him into Car, and Driving Home
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 5 Comments
Vincent Paul Riojas is not your typical accused hit-and-run felon. Where all hit and run felons flee the scene, Riojas stopped and took the body of his victim with him to his home.
Head Case: Texas Judge Posted Pictures of Criminals with Obama Shirts
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Courts , Lawyering , Media , Politics , Society 15 Comments
Texas Judge Tom Head is under fire this week after he posted the pictures of nine people wearing Obama shirts. Seven of the nine men were black and the pictures were accompanied by material critical of Obama supports and suggesting that Republican voters are rarely arrested.
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California Divorce Lawyer Pleads No Contest to Sexual Battery of Clients
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Lawyering , Society 5 Comments
Sacramento divorce attorney Gary Appelblatt, 58, has pleaded no contest to four counts of sexual battery and one additional count of attempted sexual contact. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Gary E. Ransom will now sentence Appelblatt, who is looking at likely jail time for a bizarre series of assaults on clients.
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Study: Ninety Percent of U.S. Bills Have Traces of Cocaine
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Criminal law 10 Comments
A study by Yuegang Zuo, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has made a surprising discovery: ninety percent of U.S. bills tested by this laboratory had traces of cocaine on it.
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Arizona Man Accused of Trying to Sell Car in “Cash for Clunkers” Program After Fatal Hit-and-Run
Published 1, August 18, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 5 Comments
Timothy Kissida, 23, was not exactly the poster boy for the “cash for clunkers” program. Kissida is accused of killing Chuck Waldrop, 52, in a hit and run accident. He then went that day to a dealer and traded in the damaged car in the “cash for clunkers” program in Phoenix, Arizona.
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It’s Hammer Time! Tom DeLay To Dance With the Stars
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Politics , Society 37 Comments
This sounds like something from the Capitol Steps, but former Republican House Majority Leader Tom (The Hammer) DeLay will be on this season of Dancing of the Stars. I kid you not.
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Boise Man Sues Police After Being Tasered in Buttocks and Threatened With Sodomy
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Media , Society 16 CommentsA man in Boise, Idaho is suing after the Boise Police Department declared that an officer who tasered him on the buttocks and threatened him with sodomy with a taser did not violate the law. While against policy, the police insist that the officer (who also threatened to shock his genitalia) merely failed to follow guidelines — the name of the officer has not been released despite the release of the audio tape below. The officer actually states on the tape that he had already sodomized the man with the taser when he threatened to deliver a second shock first to his anus and then to his genitalia.
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Report: Hundreds of Gays Tortured and Killed in Iraq
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Constitutional Law , Criminal law , International , Military , Politics , Religion , Society 22 Comments
As we continue to pour billions of dollars and sacrifice lives of our military in Iraq, the country continues its return to radical Islamic rule. We have seen the continued denial of basic rights for women in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now there is a report of hundreds of gay men and women tortured and killed in Iraq.
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Burglars Turn in Child Pornographer After Stealing His Computer
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Society 9 Comments
Never say the English do not have a better class of criminals. When burglars broke into the home of Richard Coverdale, 24, they were delighted to snare a computer with the rest of the property. They soon discovered, however, disturbing pictures of child pornography and turned in the evidence to the cops.
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Clementine Cartel Fights for Turf on East Coast
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 10 Comments
I warned about this lemonade cartel but no one listened after the town of Tulare California caved to the citrus criminal element. Now, New York officials are facing a new cartel on the other coast headed by a shadowy figure known as “Clementine.” Like the Crips and Bloods, the fight over territory is intense and police found Clementine Lee, 10, openly pushing lemonade on a corner. They hit her with a summons and a potential fine of $200, but now apologists rushing to her side.
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Rule Burkini, Burkini Rules the Waves: English Pools Require “Modest” Dress for Both Muslim and Non-Muslim Swimmers
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , International , Religion , Society 17 Comments
While the French are banning the burkini (a swimsuit that covers Muslim women like a burka), various English pools are requiring women to don covering from their necks to ankles –men are required to cover up from their navels to their knees. During these hours, men and women are barred if they are not wearing “modest” coverings in line with the Muslim traditions.
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Texas Officials Arrest Parents and Take Away Their Children for Taking Pictures in a Bathtub and Breastfeeding
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Politics , Society 24 Comments
I just came across this story from a few years ago that parallels some of our recent posts. Jacqueline Mercado, a 33-year-old Peruvian immigrant, and her boyfriend Johnny Fernandez simply wanted to keep memories of the childhood of her children when Jacqueline went to Eckerd Drugs to develop photos that she took of her children in a bath. The good people at Exkerd Drugs in Richardson, Texas saw not frolicking kids but child porn and called the cops. Later, after searching their home, police and child welfare officials found a picture of Jacqueline breast feeding one the children. That was it: Texas prosecutors secured a grand jury indictment against the parents for “sexual performance of a child,” a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The charge was based on the breastfeeding picture, even though defense attorneys produced paintings in leading museums that show the same maternal act.
Sentencing of New Jersey Man with 12 DWI Convictions and 78 License Suspensions — Due to Two More DWI Charges in a Different County
Published 1, August 17, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Society 1 Comment
We have been following the case of Shaun Campbell, 40, who has been allowed to rack up at least a dozen drunk driving convictions and 78 suspended license violations. Campbell’s day of judgment appeared to have come this week, but was suddenly delayed by . . . . you guessed it . . . a couple more outstanding DWI offenses in a different county.
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DENY EVERYTHING
Published 1, August 16, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , Environment , Society 15 Comments
I know this looks bad but there is always a defense.
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Florida High School Principal and Athletic Director Face Six Months Over Prayers
Published 1, August 16, 2009 Academics , Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Media , Politics , Religion , Society 24 Comments
It is not that Pace High School Principal Frank Lay and school athletic director Robert Freeman do not have a prayer, they had too many prayers. The two officials defied a settlement barring prayers on constitutional ground and now face six-month sentences — a matter of widespread protest among parents.
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Yale Publishes Book Addressing Controversy Over Muhammad Cartoons — And Deletes All of the Pictures of the Cartoons
Published 1, August 16, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , International , Media , Politics , Religion , Society 8 Comments
In an astonishing act, Yale University Press has told an author that her book addressing the controversy over the Muhammad cartoons will be published — without any of the 12 cartoons shown in the book. Muslims consider images of Muhammad to be blasphemous and particularly object to the insulting cartoons, which caused riots and deaths worldwide. Jytte Klausen, author of “The Cartoons That Shook the World” wanted the cartoons to be shown in the book.
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French Ban Burkinis
Published 1, August 16, 2009 Bizarre , International , Politics , Religion , Society 10 Comments
The French has been fighting against the wearing of religious scarves and Burkas by Muslim women for years. Now, French officials have taken on the Burkini — a loose swimsuit that covers Muslim women like a wetsuit with a hood. Burkinis have been banned in pools as more clothing than swimsuit. If you want to swim in France, you will don a bikini or at least a revealing swimsuit.
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Shock Video: New York Officer Tasers Mother in Front of Children After Minor Traffic Stop
Published 1, August 15, 2009 Bizarre , Constitutional Law , Criminal law , Media , Society , Torts 29 CommentsAudra Harmon, 38, has sued the Onondaga County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Department in yet another abusive use of a taser without provocation. In this video, the officer yanks Harmon out of the car in order to taser her. What is fascinating is that the officer, Deputy Sean Andrews, could have cuffed her but repeatedly positions her to be tasered.
Things That Tick Me Off: Credit Card Travel Policies
Published 1, August 15, 2009 Bizarre , International , Media , Society , Things That Tick Me Off 27 Comments
My latest entry to “Things That Tick Me Off” is the new policy of credit card companies to block purchases on cards when customers simply go from state to state. We now need to call credit card companies and go through the endless series of automatic options to reach an operator to say that we are going to fly to another city on a business trip or family vacation.
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Police Taser Man Sitting on His Front Porch
Published 1, August 15, 2009 Bizarre , Society 19 CommentsThis video has raised objections over why police appear to walk up to a man sitting on his porch and taser him without any violent act on his part. There appears to be more to this story, however, given the large number of officers who are present. Does anyone know the back story? You can hear an officer yelling “Taser, Taser, Taser” — reminiscent of another such video.
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Chicago Woman Sues Ex-Boyfriend Over Posting Intimate Pictures on Porn Site
Published 1, August 15, 2009 Bizarre , Society , Torts 22 Comments
In Chicago, Jessica Voth has filed a torts case against her former boyfriend Miles Marsh after he allegedly posted “intimate and personal pictures” of her on a website called exgfpics — or “exgirlfriend pictures.” The site itself appears to cater to such hostile and juvenile acts of ex-boyfriends. However, the site is not being sued and has protections under federal law.
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Australian High Court Rules In Favor of Right to Die
Published 1, August 15, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Politics , Religion , Society 9 Comments
The Australian high court has issued an important ruling in favor of a quadriplegic man’s right to die. Christian Rossiter will be allowed to refuse food and water and the nursing facility will not be criminally liable for allowing him to kill himself.
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Irish Police Finally Catch Notorious Prawo Jazdy
Published 1, August 14, 2009 Bizarre , Criminal law , International , Society 7 Comments
Step aside Keyser Soze. For years, Irish police have hunted notorious Prawo Jazdy, a motorist who had succeeded in evading police for years while racking up speeding and parking tickets across the country. Now, the crime wave of Prawo Jazdy has been brought to an end . . .
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