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Man Indicted for Alleged Racial Attack in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Jul 26, 2010 2:55 AM
A former New Orleans resident was charged Thursday with federal hate crimes for his alleged role in a racially motivated shooting of three black men in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
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Paul Beecroft: Extract From The Diary Of A Coroner’s Officer
Feb 2, 2010 2:59 AM
It was Boxing Day when I got the call from the Police Control Room asking that I attend the wooded area running alongside the River Thames and liaise with the Police following the discovery of a body. On arrival and after a ¾ mile walk along the towpath I arrived at the scene. There was a wooded area running down the right hand side between the towpath and a railway embankment. It was only some 30 feet in width but was not generally walked through by the public who remained on the towpath.
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A Round in the Chamber?
Jan 25, 2010 3:17 AM
The question, “Do cops keep a round in the chamber,” has been making its “rounds” through the writing groups this week. Several people have written me saying they’ve heard both yes and no answers. And now they’ve asked me to confirm the real answer to the question. I’m not sure, but I may have started this discussion with my comments regarding Detective Kate Beckett from the Castle TV show. In case you haven’t seen the show, in the last episode, Beckett, for some reason did everything wrong, from tasting a fat pinch of heroin to chugging a shot of whiskey in the captains office.
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In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets, and in Police Ranks Too
Jan 19, 2010 3:25 AM
During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interviews and internal police documents.
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Taser Deaths: Coincidence, Contributor, Or Cause?
Nov 20, 2009 9:05 AM
Forty-eight people have died so far this year after being shot with Tasers. Many of these incidents began as minor, somewhat routine police calls, but quickly escalated to very dangerous situations. Officers have mere seconds to react in these situtions, if that long, and the wrong decision can have devastating consequences for everyone involved. Sometimes making the right decision doesn't work out very well, either.
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Madoff Client Jeffry Picower Netted $5 Billion—Likely More Than Madoff Himself
Oct 28, 2009 6:09 AM
Jeffry Picower, an associate of Bernie Madoff, was found dead at his Florida mansion over the weekend. As ProPublica’s Jake Bernstein reported in June, the billionaire had earned more from the scheme than Madoff himself did, as much as $7.2 billion. Here's Bernstein's article:
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Escaping a Bleak Place
Oct 15, 2009 3:13 AM
There’s one entry point into Rhode Island’s Supermax state prison, through the kind of steel doors you might find in a bank. The visiting room is just like the movies-two rows of plastic chairs facing each other, separated by a window. There are telephones on each side of the glass.
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More Prison, Less Crime?
Oct 14, 2009 6:13 AM
If you look at this chart, it's not hard to think that the great crime drop was caused by locking up all the criminals. A student brought this up in class. In the 1990s, it looks pretty convincing:
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Small-town values
Oct 13, 2009 3:59 AM
Just so you don't get to thinking that cities and ghettos have a lock on stupid senseless crimes.
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