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Harvard, Police, Racism
More on Gatesgate: Charles Ogletree Responds (and Prosecutors Drop Charges)
Last week, prominent African-American studies scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested for disorderly conduct after police confronted him for trying to break into his own home. There are accusations of racial profiling. Harvard Law School professor Charles Olgetree is representing Gates. The media are all over the story; even TMZ is covering it (and […] -
Harvard, Police, Racism
The Gatesgate Arrest Scandal: Harvard Law Prof Charles Ogletree to Represent
We mentioned Gatesgate yesterday in Non-Sequiturs. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a prominent African-American studies scholar, was arrested on Thursday after a neighbor called police to report that Gates was trying to break into his own home. The New York Times says Gates was returning from a trip to China, and that his door […] - Sponsored
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Disasters / Emergencies, Police, Prisons
Hurricanes Make Strange Bedfellows
As was widely reported in yesterday’s coverage of Hurricane Gustav, quick thinking and brute manpower relieved the pressure on a private levee in Plaquemines Parish. The levee protected a subdivision of a couple of hundred homes. Nearly 400 people participated in saving the levee. Their ranks included residents, first responders, the Army Corps of Engineers… […]
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Crime, Drinking, Kids, Parties, Police
Lawsuit of the Day: Failure to Help Drunk Teenager = Homicide?
Here’s a fact pattern: teen steals liquor, teen gets hammered, adult is called to help, adult drives teen home, teen dies, adult gets charged with… negligent homicide? That’s the reality facing Candice Collard. The 24-year-old woman is being charged with homicide in Utah for failing to help Jess “Micade” Horrocks, 14, who died of alcohol […] -
Barack Obama, Police, Politics, Violence
Drunken Hicks Pose No Credible Threat
Authorities are investigating whether men threatened to kill Senator Barack Obama, or if they were just trying to get a date with Jodie Foster. Either way, U.S. Attorney Troy Eid is certain that the potentially meth-addled gunmen posed no credible threat to Obama or the Democratic National Convention. We have explored the colossal idiocy of […] -
ATL Idol, Bad Ideas, Police, Pornography
Legal Ploy of the Day: Why Didn't He Try This at a Gynecologist?
[Ed. note: This post is by FROLIC & DETOUR, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Frolic & Detour’s avatar (at right).] A man claiming to be a police detective entered a Longmont, Colo. adult store and demanded to see the […] -
Police
First Amendment Tangles with KKK (Again)
Dan Slater at the WSJ Law Blog posted on an interesting First Amendment case about a state trooper’s involvement with the KKK. The trooper was subsequently fired, and now he’s arguing for his job back: In 2004, Robert Henderson, then a state trooper in Nebraska, joined an organization called the Knights Party after his wife […] -
Bad Ideas, Drugs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Murder, Police, Politics, Prostitution
Morning Docket: 01.31.08
* New accounting rules for M&A. [DealBook] * Lilly contemplates $1 billion payment to settle civil and criminal investigations relating to its marketing of Zyprexa. [New York Times] * NYPD officer accused of pimping child. [MSNBC] * Ex-priest jailed for murder via exorcism. [CNN] * Indiana man arrested for making his own crosswalk. [The Indy […]
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Fat People, Food, Lawsuit of the Day, Police
Lawsuit of the Day: Move Over, Judge Halverson
Obesity isn’t just a problem for Biglaw lawyers who don’t get to the gym enough. From the New York Post: He weighs more than 500 pounds, but that wasn’t enough to tip the scales of justice for ex-cop Paul Soto. The rotund retiree lost his legal argument that it was a line-of-duty fall outside a […] -
Police, Politics, Taser, Violence
Go Ahead, Bro -- Tase Me
The headlines say it all, over at the Drudge Report: We previously wrote about the incident here. The report exonerating the officers is not flattering to the tased bro, Andrew Meyer: In the 17-page summary of the report, FDLE said it spoke with several witnesses who said that days before the event Meyer vowed to […] -
Deaths, Police, Taser, Violence
Another Day, Another Taser Gun Story
It seems that the family of this woman may have a stronger cause of action than Andrew Meyer: A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police. The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would […] -
Crime, Police, Politics, Taser, Violence
Sadly, John Kerry Wasn't Tasered (But He Could Have Used the Electricity)
We’re suckers for taser gun stories. Like this one, from the AP: A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying angrily and repeatedly to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum…. Videos of Monday’s incident posted on several Web sites show officers pulling […] -
Crime, Department of Justice, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Police, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 07.09.07
* We’ll probably have more to say about this one later. For now: WOW. Tell us how you really feel, John Koppel! [Denver Post] * What kind of tree would you be? The kind that robs banks. [AP] * Don’t mess with the police — even if you’re an old lady charged with not watering […]
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Celebrities, Lunacy, Movies, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, Police, Pornography, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 05.23.07
* When the backdrops for crazy shootings tend to be God-forsaken backwaters (or suburbs), it’s reassuring to know that New York City is still home to plenty of wackjobs. [Gawker; Village Voice; Braunstein recap here] * I love it when a guy makes good on the “You can’t make me!” threat. [QuizLaw; The Smoking Gun] […] -
9th Circuit, Benchslaps, Nude Dancing, Police, Racism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Ebony and Ivory, Live Together in Perfect Harmony: Los Angeles County v. Rettele
Several commenters drew our attention to the Supreme Court’s quasi-amusing decision today in Los Angeles County v. Rettele (PDF). We also received reader email about it: “In the per curiam opinion in LA County v. Retelle (PDF), we get a nice discussion of racial harmony in the context of naked white people being awakened early […] -
Books, Crime, Deaths, Kids, Law Schools, Masturbation, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Rap, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 04.18.07
* The headline screams “Britney!” But, in fact, this plaintiff was not wearing too-long jeans and fleeing the press — he was tasered. [Houston Chronicle] * In my college days, this kind of activity was confined to private study booths known as “weenie bins.” We respected the books. [AP via Yahoo! News] * Are royalties […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Drinking, Drugs, Food, Holidays and Seasons, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Parties, Police, Prisons, Sex
Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.06
* Would it be a violation of civil liberties if a tracking device were inserted in these videos? [MSNBC] * The most atrocious example of uncivil campus behavior to me? Loud coitus. We can hear you, even when it doesn’t take place in the library. [Balkinization] * In her defense, this fraudster probably spared another […] -
Celebrities, Drinking, Hotties, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Old People, Perverts, Police, Sex, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 12.05.06
* In Breathless, Michel (played by Jean-Paul Belmondo) remarks that the women of Sweden, despite their reputation, are pretty much like women everywhere: there are indeed many pretty ones, but most are plain or ugly. So you can understand why these two busted Swedish cops kept records of the former. [AP via MSNBC] * Harold […] -
Bad Ideas, Cars, Police, Pranks, Racism, Rap, Reality TV, Traffic Accidents
Does a Traffic Stop Give an Officer Probable Case... To Make the Driver Rap?
Yet another sign that reality television has gone too, too far: City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe’s cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap…. [After pulling the car over,] the officer then tells the men that […] -
Crime, Fast Food, Kids, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Police
Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.06
* For you law review nerds out there, some direction as to the citation of new species of sources. But *sigh* you probably already know all of this. [Slaw.ca] * Law students bring logic and order to child-bearing… It’s a shame that we have to forego all that spontaneity and excitement of unplanned pregnancies. (Like […]