Crime and Punishment

Prosecutors Drop Attempted Murder Charges Against Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend

In March, three plainclothes officers of the Louisville Police Department, driving and unmarked car, reportedly burst into an apartment where Breonna Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker were sleeping. Believing it to be a home…


Police Video Shows Las Vegas Cops Shoot Man Pointing BB Gun at Police Helicopter

Courtesy Las Vegas Police and Police Activity   Some people just can’t handle Las Vegas. And when you add in booze and BB guns, bad things can happen. Officer Hansen posted in a nearby building…



Entire Georgia US House Delegation Asks AG Barr to Have DOJ Investigate Abery Shooting

A man holds a sign during a rally to protest the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Brunswick, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) From the AP . . . All of Georgia’s…




Personal Defense Tip: Don’t Point a Rifle at Police Officers

Courtesy WFTV From the AP: Florida deputies fatally shot an armed man Tuesday afternoon shortly after he fled a traffic stop, authorities said. Four deputies opened fire on the 37-year-old man outside his Deltona home…



Cobb: Fear of Blacks Is Now Motive Enough for a Self-Defense Shooting

(Twitter via AP) The index of cases like [the Arbery shooting] seems to point to racial presumptions implicit in how we interpret the concept of self-defense. It is reminiscent of the “gay panic” defense of…


San Antonio Woman Shoots, Kills Her Ex With a Shotgun When He Tried to Force His Way Into Her Home

Bigstock Twenty-four-year-old Javier Manuel Plata was apparently one of those exes who couldn’t let go. On Wednesday he tried to force his way into the home of his 33-year-old ex. According to police, Plata had…