David M. Kennedy’s Don’t Shoot Reviewed: If the Police Don’t Protect Citizens From Criminals, Who Should? Photograph by Sibylle von Ulmenstein. Last year, residents in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood asked for my advice about a local gang problem. Their leader and block club president, Marla McCoy—a teacher’s aide, homeowner, and mother of three—noticed that drug dealing in the local park was starting up after a yearlong hiatus. Her opponent, an18-year-old upstart named Filly, had orchestrated a successful and violent coup d’etat. When Marla called to ask, “When do I call the police?” For most Americans, a dangerous gang boss would produce an instantaneous 911 call rather than a series of reflective dialogues and creative regulatory schemes. I had known Marla’s mother, the late Shauna McCoy, herself a powerful neighborhood leader. Marla might have done better to call David Kennedy, the author of a memoir about fighting crime and violence in America’s inner cities. For many reasons, this outreach wasn’t easy. But communities need to address violence right way.
Top 10 Best Ghost Photographs While trying to decide which ghost photos are the “best” is largely an exercise in subjectivity, it’s difficult to know which ones are the best with any degree of objectivity. These are the photos I consider the most authentic “captures” of ghosts ever caught on film, but I leave it to you to decide for yourself how real they may be. Of course, I realize that almost any photo can be hoaxed, but many of these were taken many years or even decades before digital cameras and the advent of Photoshop and other photo manipulation software came on the scene, making them somewhat more difficult to fake than it would be today. 10. The Queensland Photo, 1946 Taken in 1946 in Queensland, Australia by a mother who was taking a picture of her teenage daughter’s grave. 9. This famous photo taken in 1924 apparently shows the faces of two recently deceased crewmen appearing in the waves alongside the merchant ship S.S. 8. 7. 6. Taken by Reverend R.S. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. J.
Hot and Covered...TOKYO SKY TREE x mina perhonen "Improvement of functionality"— ©TOKYO SKY TREE Tobu Tower Sky Tree is four days, has announced the staff to wear uniforms, etc. observatory of the "Tokyo Sky Tree". Design, brand "Peruhonen Mina" is due to (Mr. Akira Minagawa designer), the same uniform is worn from the time the opening of May 22, 2012. The uniform was announced, the staff "sense and the future of innovation as a symbol of new Japan" was appointed "design represents the heart of hospitality" to have a sense of anticipation happily to the eye, a leading designer in Japan, to wear rice that was the concept of three-conscious comfort of the "Improvement of functionality." — Director — Induction — Information — Ticket Counter — Shop May 22, 2012 (Tuesday) scheduled to open "Tokyo Sky Tree Town ®".Staff uniforms to be worn by its core, such as the observatory of the Tokyo Sky Tree was announced. Design, serves as the chief designer Akira Minagawa, Mina Peruhonen.
NYPD Raids Activists' Homes Before Tomorrow's Occupy Wall Street Protests "If one of these nuts blows up something people would cry, "where are the cops."" Yeah, so? Oh wait, you're one of those nuts who uses false hypocrisy, artificial arguments instead of logic and actual argument, to justify people doing illegal searches/interrogations? ***IF SO***, you'e scum of a high caliber. Good for cops that punch people in the face, using 'focused strikes' to do their job. Ever heard of innocent until PROVEN guilty? I take it you are a communist, cipher6? World-Mysteries.com Lance Armstrong denies new U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges Preserving Cabrini-Green's images In the sharp sun of an April afternoon, Nate Lanthrum walks through the remains of Cabrini-Green giving away what he has taken. He looks out of place, a white guy carrying a $1,500 Nikon D700 camera, but the residents are used to him by now and greet... Blackhawks thrilled to have Brent Seabrook back Starting with Game 6 Sunday, Brent Seabrook's timeout will be over and the defenseman will be back on the ice — so long as he promises to play nice. NFL draft preview: Defensive ends As the NFL draft nears — it takes place May 8-10 — we're taking an 11-day, position-by-position look at what's out there and what the Bears need. In May 1974, Tribune delivered 2 Watergate bombshells Forty years ago this Thursday, Tribune readers found an extraordinary special section in their morning paper — a 44-page transcript of taped Oval Office conversations, the long-sought smoking gun of Watergate, perhaps the greatest political crisis... Northwestern women win at Wrigley
SHOCKING AUDIO: Gunman's rampage took only minutes, cop radio calls reveal Judging by the radio calls, it took only a few minutes for a gunman to snuff out the lives of 20 Newtown school children and six adults. The first word of the horrifying Newtown school shooting went out over the town’s police radio at 9:36 this morning. Two minutes later, a dispatcher reported the gunshots had stopped. “Sandy Hook School. Less than a minute later, the dispatcher radioed: “Units responding to the Sandy Hook School. “All units, the individual I have on the phone said he is continuing to hear what he believes to be gunfire.” Amid the confusing situation, officers can be heard reporting a possible second shooter headed for the rear of the school. “The shooting appears to have stopped,” the dispatcher radioed at 9:38 a.m. Moments later, an officer apparently at the scene is heard saying: “They’re coming at me through this wood.” “This is it,” said another.
Capricious God Violently Shakes Ant Farm Day After Bestowing Orange Slices Upon Colony APPLETON, WI—Less than 24 hours after their god bestowed two delicious orange slices upon them, local ants reported the capricious deity had picked up the entire ant farm in which they live and shaken it violently, leaving many to wonder what they had done to incur the all-powerful being's deadly wrath. "Yesterday, when we received his bountiful gift of sweet fruit, we thought we had pleased him mightily with the tireless labors of our digging," worker ant #103 said Saturday as she helped to rebuild the underground passages and chambers the vengeful god had completely decimated without warning. "But now he has laid waste to everything we, his followers, have erected to his glory. "Must we dig in different directions, or perhaps dig even longer and more complex tunnels?" The deity, whom the ants know as "Marcus," has long been feared for his volatile and arbitrary behavior. Colony members never know if their god will reward them with his generosity or punish them with his furious wrath.
Federal Court Rules Videotaping Police Is A First Amendment Right | PFPM The Federal Appeals Court has ruled that video recording the police in a public place is a constitutional right for all U.S. citizens. This is a great win for the freedom movement. Public officials need to be held accountable for their actions. See ruling below. Plaintiff, Appellee, v. JOHN CUNNIFFE, in his individual capacity; PETER J. Defendants, Appellants. [Hon. Before Torruella, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges. Ian D. David Milton, with whom Howard Friedman, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, P.C., Sarah Wunsch, and ACLU of Massachusettswere on brief, for appellee. Anjana Samant and Center for Constitutional Rights on brief for Berkeley Copwatch, Communities United Against Police Brutality, Justice Committee, Milwaukee Police Accountability Coalition, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, and Portland Copwatch, amici curiae. LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. After placing the suspect in handcuffs, one of the officers turned to Glik and said, “I think you have taken enough pictures.” A. 1. 2. B.
Chimps Throwing Poop And 29 Other Mind Blowing Ways That The Government Is Wasting Your Money Why do chimpanzees throw poop? The federal government would like to know and is using your tax dollars to investigate the matter. Every single year, we all send huge amounts of our hard-earned money to the federal government. The following are 30 mind blowing ways that the government is wasting your money.... #1 In 2011, the National Institutes of Health spent $592,527 on a study that sought to figure out once and for all why chimpanzees throw poop. #2 The National Institutes of Health has spent more than 5 million dollars on a website called Sexpulse that is targeted at "men who use the Internet to seek sex with men". #3 The General Services Administration spent $822,751 on a "training conference" for 300 west coast employees at the M Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The following is how the Washington Post described some of the wasteful expenses that happened during this "conference".... You can see some stunning pictures of GSA employees living the high life in Las Vegas right here.