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Media, Torts February 17, 2015

Driver Involved In Fatal Crash With Bob Simon Was Driving With Only One Workable Arm, A Conditional License, Nine Prior Suspensions, And A Long Record Of Complaints

There could be a substantial torts lawsuit that comes out of the tragic death of veteran journalist Bob Simon in…

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Filed under: Abdul Reshad Fedahi, Bob Simon, Skyline Credit Ride, Travez Transportation
Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Free Speech, International, Media, Politics, Religion, Society February 16, 2015

Turkish Tweets: Leading Journalist Arrested For Tweet On Erdogan Corruption Scandal

Sedef Kabas, a leading Turkish journalist, has been arrested in another example of the rollback on civil liberties under President…

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Criminal law, Religion, Society February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Three Muslims Murdered In North Carolina Over Alleged Parking Space Dispute [UPDATED]

There is a horrible triple murder being investigated this morning in North Carolina where three people from a Muslim family…

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Filed under: Craig Stephen Hicks, Deah Shaddy Barakat, North Carolina, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha
Criminal law February 10, 2015

Car Theft Suspect Racks Up A List of Wrecks and Criminal Charges in California

The video below shows an extraordinary car chase in east Los Angeles. The gunman ultimately carjacks another car and leaves…

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Lawyering, Media, Politics, Society February 6, 2015

Legal Aid Organization Under Fire For Participation In Film With Cop-Killing Images and Lyrics

There is a growing scandal in the Bronx that has led to the resignation of two legal aid attorneys (Ryan…

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Academia, Columns, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Free Speech, International, Media, Politics, Religion, Society February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

CHARLIE’S FALSE FRIENDS

I had the pleasure this month of writing a piece on free speech in the leading policy magazine in Switzerland,…

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Filed under: Charlie Hebdo, Francois Hollande, Free Speech, Je suis Charlie, President Hollande
Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Religion, Society February 5, 2015February 5, 2015

Toronto Pastor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman As Part of Exorcism

Rev. Wayne Marlon Jones, 53, has been criminally charged in a case where police say that he sexually assaulted a…

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Filed under: United Spiritual Baptist Church, Wayne Marlon Jones
Academia, Criminal law, Society February 5, 2015February 5, 2015

Former SMU Dean Arrested On Prostitution Charges

There was a shocking arrest for many in the Texas bar this week when former dean of Southern Methodist University…

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Criminal law, Society February 4, 2015February 4, 2015

Bad Finish: Parents Arrested In Washington After Leaving Toddlers In Unheated Car . . . To Attend Wine Tasting

We have repeatedly dealt with stories of parents who leave their children in cars while they gamble or party (here)…

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Filed under: affluent parents, Daniel Lucas, wine tasting
Academia, Bizarre, Society February 4, 2015February 4, 2015

Bad Wizard: Nine-Year-Old Boy Suspended For “Making Terroristic Threat” . . . With Magic

The teachers at Kermit Elementary School in West Texas has suspended Aiden Steward, 9, for threatening the safety of a…

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Filed under: Aiden Steward, Bilbo Baggins, Kermit Elementary School, Kermit Independent School District, Principal Roxanne Greer, Roxanne Greer
Bizarre, Society February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

End Zone Infraction: Another Seahawk Faces Possible Fine For Crude Superbowl Display

I have long been a critic of “excessive celebration” violations in the NFL and the growing crude and thuggish conduct…

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Filed under: Doug Baldwin, NFL, Seattle Seahawks, The Seahawks
Bizarre, Society, Torts February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

Texas Judge Rules That Funeral Home Engaged In “Wrongful and Wanton and Malicious Conduct” In Trying To Sell Lee Harvey Oswald’s Casket

There is an interesting ruling by Judge Donald J. Cosby of the District Court in Fort Worth on a curious…

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Filed under: Allen S. Baumgardner Sr., Baumgardner Funeral Home, Lee Harvey Oswald, Robert Oswald
Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, International, Politics, Religion, Society February 2, 2015

Erdoğan: I Don’t Want To Be A Sultan . . . I Want To Be A Queen

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had become a perpetual gaff machine. He would be funny if he were not so…

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Filed under: civil liberties, Ottoman Sultan, Queen Elizabeth II, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Bizarre February 1, 2015September 20, 2020

ZUI: North Dakotan Arrested for Allegedly Driving Zamboni Under The Influence

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In keeping with an ancient American proverb: “If it can be driven, it can be…

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Filed under: bizarre, DUI, fargo, ice, North Dakota, Seattle, snow, zamboni
Bizarre, Criminal law January 31, 2015September 20, 2020

Wannabe Cop From Alexandria Arrested After Allegedly Attempting Apprehension of Actual Officer

By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In another case of police wannabes acting on impulse and getting themselves arrested, Shawn Robinson…

39 Comments
Filed under: fake cop, wannabe

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