Comments on Pro Libertate: Small-Town Praetorianism: Barry Township Rejects Victor Pierce's Authoritarian "Vision"

Molly got shut up pretty quickly! Maybe she is tr...

2014-08-20T01:09:42.102-06:00

Molly got shut up pretty quickly! Maybe she is trying to sue us all?

And also FYI: you mention 351 dispatches for 911 ...

2014-08-14T05:44:21.981-06:00

And also FYI: you mention 351 dispatches for 911 calls, but anyone familiar with 911 centers knows that most of the calls are nonsense and nothing that ends up being serious at all. Why don't you research that for us!

Typing every few words in all caps really helps ma...

2014-08-14T05:43:12.211-06:00

Typing every few words in all caps really helps make your case. It doesn't make you look crazy at all!

Are you going to she me for libel now? Or check my criminal background because I complained?

And FYI: unlike 95 percent of police officers, Mr Grigg actually has fighting skills, so he won't be getting the shit beat out of him like cops regularly do.

As to the claim that the central dispatch tapes do...

2014-08-13T13:28:30.566-06:00

As to the claim that the central dispatch tapes documented that Nadwornik "took a swing" at the cops who were pestering him, the excerpts provided by the "real news" outlet consist of two requests for backup, a report that Nadwornik was in custody, and the derisive remark that he wasn't having trouble breathing "while he was fighting."

Typically, police describe anything other than abject submission as "fighting." Trying to parry the unwarranted strikes, kicks, or baton blows being inflicted by a cop is described as "fighting," as is trying to escape a choke hold. There have been cases in which citizens have been charged with "assaulting an officer" for withdrawing from contact.

In the article above, I noted that the MSP investigation had "cleared" the BTPD, which means, in substance, that the state police accepted the village department's version of the contested events.

It is always useful, I suppose, to be reminded that the job of a "real news" outlet is to act as stenographers for government agencies, especially the police.

http://www.wwmt.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/I-Team-uncovers-new-information-days-after-police-chief-39-s-resignation-12862.shtml#.U-u5W2MWp-w

Funny thing, I bet YOU call the police when someon...

2014-08-13T13:10:46.609-06:00

Funny thing, I bet YOU call the police when someone is beating the shit out of you. I also bet that you don't 'approve' this to be in the comments

You're demonstrably wrong on both counts, which means you're presumptively wrong on several others. :-)

It says a great deal about your priorities that you investigated the background of the people who were complaining about the police, and in doing so discovered that a negligible fraction of them had records of some kind. I'll warrant that you've not subjected the members of ex-Chief Pierce's posse to similar scrutiny.

This article is full of lies. In FACT, 95% of the...

2014-08-13T12:49:29.376-06:00

This article is full of lies. In FACT, 95% of the people complaining about the police force do NOT live in Barry Township. They have Delton zip codes, but live in the townships of Hope, Prairieville, etc. I looked them all up and would be glad to provide them to you. Most of the other 5% have criminal records in numerous townships. The REAL news (wwmt.com) got a copy of the central dispatch tapes regarding the Nadwornik incident. The police were TALKING to Mr. Nadwornik UNTIL HE TOOK A SWING AT THEM. I'm sorry, but the recording of the incident trumps anyones "claims". As far as the "small town with no crime", that is BS, too. Barry Township is a very violent community. Dispatch (which is run by the COUNTY, not Victor Pierce, or the township), dispatched 351 calls in May including the Nadwornik case. Many of those are domestic violence, theft, assault, etc. Funny thing, I bet YOU call the police when someone is beating the shit out of you. I also bet that you don't 'approve' this to be in the comments. What SHOULD happen is those officers should sue everyone that spreads inflammatory lies for libel. Then this shit would stop.

Jeez Will, when will dumbed-down amerikans realize...

2014-08-09T08:41:15.062-06:00

Jeez Will, when will dumbed-down amerikans realize that any authoritah that thug-cops have is supposedly limited as an agent of the very people who grant them a small amount of their OWN legitimate natural-right authority as the contract principles? Halloween-costumed praetorian authoritah derives from US, their hirers, employers, and bosses! The 1st thing people want to do is go hire yet another blue-clad, State-violence-monopoly porker! Instead of using their own greater sovereign authority to use their own self defense weapons, arbitration, security, adjudication services provided by consensual market providers and neighbors, who don't hide behind State 'Oz' curtains, and are subject to scrutiny of the competitive marketplace!
Hey Mark Chaffee: that "requesting back-up" cartoon is hilarious and sadly true.

The sad joke is, these nut jobs inflict their seri...

2014-08-09T06:54:26.865-06:00

The sad joke is, these nut jobs inflict their serious mental health issues on the general public. The people in the general public that refuse to go along with this lunacy are many times charged with criminal crimes. The courts put these people through hell because the courts treat such nonsense as the real deal and not what it is, criminal conduct by criminals posing as peace officers.
There are two states in the country that have elected types in office because they have mastered the art of scaring old people, FL and AZ. Now that the baby boomers are old and aging, its opened up the whole country to the scam artist. Good term on, "retirement-age Fox News consumers and employees of the government school system" and not forgetting the tax feeders as well.

http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2014/08/were-only-on...

2014-08-08T21:11:08.019-06:00

http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2014/08/were-only-ones-proper-enough.html?m=1

Sorry, I should have included this link, too. This involved two deputies who fired 19 shots at close range at what turned out to be undercover cop. Luckily, no one was hit because the cops have beyond pathetic shooting ability.

Not directly applicable to "Police Chiefs Gon...

2014-08-08T18:22:28.315-06:00

Not directly applicable to "Police Chiefs Gone Wild," but you and your other readers may appreciate this:

http://www.toonhole.com/2014/08/requesting-backup/

http://www.examiner.com/article/democrat-sheriff-t...

2014-08-08T18:06:18.760-06:00

http://www.examiner.com/article/democrat-sheriff-typifies-progressive-only-one-hypocrisy-on-guns

http://www.examiner.com/article/fla-department-of-law-enforcement-asked-to-verify-sheriff-s-gun-qualification

Check out these two hilarious stories about a Barney Fife type sheriff in Florida. A newspaper quoted him as saying no citizens should have an "assault rifle" and then the comedy really erupted. It turns out the sheriff had not bothered to qualify on the range in the last two years since he had taken office, but quickly did the next day after the newspaper report.

The newspaper also referenced a past range officer who was in charge of qualifications who said the sheriff was a danger on the range with unsafe gun handling and did not even qualify with the pathetic standards that exist, but that he signed off under duress because the sheriff signed his paycheck. The sheriff responded the next day by bragging about how he only missed 20 percent of the time with targets ranging from one to fifteen yards! That is hilariously inept and something I have literally taught a teenage girl to outperform on her first ever day of handling a glock, but I tend to doubt he even was able to do that. He is apparently very uncoordinated and horrible at shooting, which is why he did not qualify the last two years until the press forced him into it. I somehow doubt we will be seeing a video of this amazing performance!

The other day I made a comment that some seemed surprised about as far as how bad at shooting almost all cops are. This is exhibit A! Bragging about being able to only miss one out of five shots at fifteen yards on a large target is hysterical to anyone who has done any sort of formal training or who is just coordinated.

Excellent analysis of the police state fungi growi...

2014-08-08T16:43:36.558-06:00

Excellent analysis of the police state fungi growing unnoticeably in tiny towns across Amerika.

Thank you for being the vanguard in this struggle,...

2014-08-08T12:59:16.431-06:00

Thank you for being the vanguard in this struggle, for having the courage and doggedness to stand up to this criminality. Because of you I shine a light on evil when I see it.

Y'see what I mean? Of course, Mr. Spock is th...

2014-08-08T12:13:39.159-06:00

Y'see what I mean?

Of course, Mr. Spock is the kind of guy who can immediately locate one tiny button on his console after the bridge lights go dim, so he has an inhuman advantage as a copy editor. :-)

Well, then I have to report this: The source repor...

2014-08-08T12:01:38.690-06:00

Well, then I have to report this: The source reported to the Banner that “Kirk had left a note for his fellow officers”

LLAP

I originally succumbed to the same mental auto-cor...

2014-08-08T10:48:05.267-06:00

I originally succumbed to the same mental auto-correct error. I really appreciate your careful editorial scrutiny -- it's always best to have more than one set of eyes on my copy. :-)

please disregard last - my bad, I'm seeing &qu...

2014-08-08T09:59:22.162-06:00

please disregard last - my bad, I'm seeing "r" where there was none

"The Hastings Banner, a local weekly that is ...

2014-08-08T09:56:58.573-06:00

"The Hastings Banner, a local weekly that is one of the few newspapers in the country that actively investigates municipal corruption, reports that nearly $130,000 was paid out of that account over the course of three years. All of the checks were signed by Kik,"

Missing "r" in "Kirk"