Remember the big stink regarding the mass arrest of people loitering around Westheimer parking lots in Houston last week? Well, the police captain in charge has been suspended and 12 others relieved of their duties. Houston’s police chief is running for cover too, stammering he knew nothing about the officer’s plans. The fact of the…
Category: Justice
Police Officer Fired
In Austin, Texas, the AP reports a police officer has been fired for taping the mouth of a belligerent teenage suspect shut. The suspect was asked repeatedly to “please be quiet”; after he continued his behavior, the officer taped his mouth shut. Sounds like something the boy’s parents should have done long ago. In true…
What was the Houston Police department thinking when it arrested 300 people, some of whom were simply trying to get a chili dog at James Coney Island? Read Roma Khanna’s article in the Houston Chronicle. I have no personal knowledge of this area on Saturday night. There may be severe problems in this area that…
Kudos for Judo Students
Some Floridia judo students did the LAPD a favor recently by apprehending a car-jacker. Read about it at CNN.com I love this! Great job, guys and gals. And I love the quote from the LAPD at the end: “Our department does not condone or recommend that people do that in a carjacking because you never…
MS Passport
Microsoft settled a dispute with the government over its Passport identification service today. Read about it. Chief among the issues the software giant was chastised for were deceptive claims about the security offered by Passport and tracking of user’s navigation of the web. It’s unfortunate that Microsoft must be spanked every time it does something…
Bonfire Lawsuit Ruling
In a ruling that will be appealed, a federal judge has issued mixed ruling, indicating that Texas A&M University cannot be sued in federal court while at the same time indicating he may have felt the school was negligent. Read the Associated Press article in the Houston Chronicle As one who has attended several bonfires…