City of Houston to Begin Charging for Parking in Memorial Park
By Bill King
Big Jolly Times
June 27, 2018
In its never-ending quest to nickel and dime Houstonians out of every last dollar, the City of Houston recently announced that it will begin charging for some of the parking spaces at Memorial Park. The City has said that the revenue will help maintain the park. This is absurd on so many different levels that I hardly know where to start.
First, the numbers. The plan is to meter 572 spaces, about a quarter of the total spaces in the park. The charge will be one dollar for three hours. So, let’s assume all of the spaces were used 12 hours a day, 365 days per year. That would bring in about $800,000. Of course, it will not be anywhere close to that. From my experience going to Memorial Park, I would guess that a third of that time would be a generous guess. If so, that would bring in $200,000-$300,000 per year.
But, of course. all of that is not “profit.” According to the City’s latest budget, it spends about 63 cents for every dollar of parking fees it collects. So, in other words, the City will be lucky if it clears $100,000 per year from this venture.
That is about 2 thousandths of one percent of the City’s annual budget. Eliminating just one of the thousands of bureaucrats at City Hall would save us more than the revenue this incredible inconvenience will net.
Of course, the need for more money to maintain Memorial Park begs the question of where is all the money that the Uptown TIRZ was supposed to kick in as part of the 2013 deal to add ten years to its life (and to the misery of the Galleria residents). Thecurrent City-approved budget for the Uptown TIRZ has a measly $280,000 (less than 1% of its budget) for “Park Project Program Management.” God save us any more City project managers. How about hiring some guys to pick up the trash or maintain the roads and the trails?
Also, charging for parking is incredibly discriminatory against those who do not live close enough to walk or bike to Memorial Park. The City already spends a disproportionate amount of its parks budget on the “Golden Bowl” (a term dubbed by community activists for Buffalo Bayou, Hermann and Memorial parks – more on that in the near future). Charging outlying residents for access to Memorial Park exacerbates the discriminatory effect of City concentrating its park investments in the Golden Bowl.
Lastly, let me just assure you that this is the proverbial nose under the camel’s tent. What do you think the odds are that the City will be back in no time increasing both the number of spaces that will be metered and the hourly rate? And, of course, be prepared to pay a few parking tickets along the way.
The City does not seem to understand that most people have a choice of where they live and open businesses. For the last twenty years, the City’s growth has been declining, outpaced by its suburbs and other major cities in Texas. Last year it virtually ground to a halt, with the City only adding only 7,000 net new residents. And that was before Hurricane Harvey took its toll.
According to the Greater Houston Partnership, Harris County suffered a net domestic out-migration of over 45,000 residents last year.[i]
Obviously, the decision to charge for parking in Houston’s most iconic park is a trivial matter in and of itself. But it is symbolic and symptomatic of a larger issue. When you have high property taxes, widespread drainage problems despite residents paying $100 million per year in drainage fees, a police force that does not patrol most neighborhoods and only solves 6% of the burglary cases, streets that look like they should be in the Third World, ambulances breaking down on the way to the hospital . . . I could go on . . . at some point residents reach a breaking point and decide to vote with their feet. Clearly, for many residents, Houston has already reached that point.
[i] “Net Domestic Migration” is the number of individuals who move to Houston from other areas of the United States. It does not include individuals who moved here from a foreign country. The GHP reports that the net international migration for the County was a positive 34,000, resulting in a negative net migration for the County of just over 10,000. The Census Bureau does not break this down municipalities, so we cannot determine how much of out-migration for the County was attributable to the City only.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ah, but the city, and county too, won’t raise our taxes. Oops! I forgot they keep raising property evaluations, thereby making our taxes go up and up.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
COP WHO SHOT SUSPECTED TEENAGED DRIVE BY SHOOTER IS CHARGED WITH MURDER
Officer Michael Rosfeld is now facing murder charges for shooting 17-year-old Antwon Rose as he fled on foot following a car stop
On June 19, East Pittsburgh police stopped a car that fit the description of a car used in a drive-by shooting 13 minutes earlier. Antwon Rose, 17, and another passenger took off and fled on foot. After a short chase, Officer Michael Rosfeld fired several shots, three of which hit Rose in the back.
The driver of the car was arrested. The rear window of the car had been shattered. Two guns were found in the back seat. An empty magazine was found on Rose. This makes it very likely that Rose was the shooter in the drive-by shooting.
Officer Rosfeld is white. Rose was black.
The shooting of Rose enraged the black community. There have been mass protests ever since.
Rosfeld has just been charged with criminal homicide. His problem is that at the time he shot Rose, he did not know about the evidence in the car which indicated that the teenager was the drive-by shooter. Thus he cannot claim Rose posed a serious threat to the public if he were to escape.
Rosfeld did not help his cause either because at first he said that Rose had a gun, but then he changed his story to say the fleeing youth did not have a gun. Welcome to the Graybar Hotel, Michael.
I suspect that if Rose had been white, there would have been no mass protests and Rosfeld would not be facing a murder charge.
On June 19, East Pittsburgh police stopped a car that fit the description of a car used in a drive-by shooting 13 minutes earlier. Antwon Rose, 17, and another passenger took off and fled on foot. After a short chase, Officer Michael Rosfeld fired several shots, three of which hit Rose in the back.
The driver of the car was arrested. The rear window of the car had been shattered. Two guns were found in the back seat. An empty magazine was found on Rose. This makes it very likely that Rose was the shooter in the drive-by shooting.
Officer Rosfeld is white. Rose was black.
The shooting of Rose enraged the black community. There have been mass protests ever since.
Rosfeld has just been charged with criminal homicide. His problem is that at the time he shot Rose, he did not know about the evidence in the car which indicated that the teenager was the drive-by shooter. Thus he cannot claim Rose posed a serious threat to the public if he were to escape.
Rosfeld did not help his cause either because at first he said that Rose had a gun, but then he changed his story to say the fleeing youth did not have a gun. Welcome to the Graybar Hotel, Michael.
I suspect that if Rose had been white, there would have been no mass protests and Rosfeld would not be facing a murder charge.
DUTCH BAN BURQUAS
by Bob Walsh
The Dutch have approved a ban on full-face coverings worn in public, such as niquabs or burkas but also including ski masks and full-face motorcycle helmets. It is estimated that only a few hundred Muslim women in Holland wear full-face covering clothing, and I am guessing very few ski or ride motorcycles.
Presumably the ski masks and motorcycle helmets would be permissible while actually skiing or riding a motorcycle.
The Dutch have approved a ban on full-face coverings worn in public, such as niquabs or burkas but also including ski masks and full-face motorcycle helmets. It is estimated that only a few hundred Muslim women in Holland wear full-face covering clothing, and I am guessing very few ski or ride motorcycles.
Presumably the ski masks and motorcycle helmets would be permissible while actually skiing or riding a motorcycle.
DID SCOTUS JUST KILL OFF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS?
Some Of Them, Probably Yes
by Bob Walsh
The formerly great state of California has a mandatory unionized civil service. Even if you do NOT choose to be a member the union can compel you to pay a "fair share" fee, which ALLEGEDLY is used solely for representation purposes and not even a tiny bit for supporting political candidates that the individual members may or may not like or support.
SCOTUS just killed this plan dead.
Now this won't be horrible news to ALL public employee unions. the CAHP represents Ca. Highway Patrol Officers. They have a membership of over 98% and do NOT charge a fair share fee to non-members (the last I heard). They will no doubt do just fine. The group I was a member of and an officer of, CCPOA (Ca. Correctional Peace Officer's Association) will PROBABLY do OK. After all they just got a very nice raise for their membership. When I was on the board (a couple of eons ago) there were very few people that wanted to opt out, many of those were for semi-legit religious purposes. (Apparently some religious groups have a faith-based objection to unions.)
Some of the Ca. unions will not be so lucky. SEIU is NOTORIOUS for being run by the paid staff and not by the membership and often have pol9itical support of powerful but unpopular political figures shoved down their throat at the expense of their wallets. That will be happening no more. Less money to bribe politicians with means fewer favors from politicians which means fewer goodies from those politicians.
There are currently 23 states that have mandatory civil service union membership with fair share fees to non-members. All will be kicked in the ass to one extent or other by this ruling.
by Bob Walsh
The formerly great state of California has a mandatory unionized civil service. Even if you do NOT choose to be a member the union can compel you to pay a "fair share" fee, which ALLEGEDLY is used solely for representation purposes and not even a tiny bit for supporting political candidates that the individual members may or may not like or support.
SCOTUS just killed this plan dead.
Now this won't be horrible news to ALL public employee unions. the CAHP represents Ca. Highway Patrol Officers. They have a membership of over 98% and do NOT charge a fair share fee to non-members (the last I heard). They will no doubt do just fine. The group I was a member of and an officer of, CCPOA (Ca. Correctional Peace Officer's Association) will PROBABLY do OK. After all they just got a very nice raise for their membership. When I was on the board (a couple of eons ago) there were very few people that wanted to opt out, many of those were for semi-legit religious purposes. (Apparently some religious groups have a faith-based objection to unions.)
Some of the Ca. unions will not be so lucky. SEIU is NOTORIOUS for being run by the paid staff and not by the membership and often have pol9itical support of powerful but unpopular political figures shoved down their throat at the expense of their wallets. That will be happening no more. Less money to bribe politicians with means fewer favors from politicians which means fewer goodies from those politicians.
There are currently 23 states that have mandatory civil service union membership with fair share fees to non-members. All will be kicked in the ass to one extent or other by this ruling.
DEMOCRATIC HEAVYWEIGHT KNOCKED OUT BY LIGHTWEIGHT CHALLENGER
'The Democrats are in Turmoil!' Trump celebrates as left wing 28-year-old Bernie supporter wins a shock primary victory over ten-term New York congressman Joe Crowley on night of drama
Associated Press and Emily Crane
Daily Mail
June 27, 2018
President Donald Trump has boasted of celebrating a 'big night' as he relished in a huge Democrat upset that saw 'big hater' and longtime US Rep. Joseph Crowley go down in the primaries to a 28-year-old liberal activist.
Crowley, the number four House Democrat and until Tuesday considered a possible candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as leader, becomes the first Democratic incumbent to lose this primary season.
The 56-year-old was toppled by underfunded challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the daughter of working-class immigrants who caught fire with the party's left wing.
Ocasio-Cortez, who worked briefly years ago as an aide to Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and is a Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter, has never held elected office.
Trump was thrilled with Crowley's defeat.
'Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi's place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he's out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening,' Trump tweeted, oddly taking credit for a victory by a candidate more liberal than Crowley.
'Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!'
He added: 'The Democrats are in Turmoil! Open Borders and unchecked Crime a certain way to lose elections. Republicans are for Strong Borders, NO Crime! A BIG NIGHT!'
Meanwhile, Crowley told his supporters: 'It's not about me. It's about America. I want nothing but the best for Ms Ocasio-Cortez. I want her to be victorious.'
He later played guitar with a band at his election night gathering and dedicated the first song, Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run,' to Ocasio-Cortez.
Crowley's loss echoed across the political world, sending the unmistakable message that lingering divisions between the Democratic Party's pragmatic and more liberal wings may be widening heading into the high-stakes November midterm elections.
It also exposed a generational divide among Democrats still debating their identity in the Trump era.
All in all, Trump had reason to celebrate Tuesday night as all three of his endorsed candidates survived primary challenges that could have embarrassed him and the party.
Those included former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who once branded Trump 'a fraud' but has warmed to the president in the past two years.
None of the day's contests mattered more to Trump than the one in South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster, one of the president's earliest and strongest supporters, survived an unusually tough challenge from a political newcomer, self-made Republican millionaire John Warren.
The White House went all-in for the governor in recent days, dispatching the president and the vice president to the state in an effort to prevent a political debacle.
Trump has a mixed track record when campaigning for other candidates: His preferred candidates have suffered stinging losses in Alabama and western Pennsylvania in recent months.
Voters cast ballots across seven states on Tuesday as the 2018 midterm battlefield continues to take shape: South Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Maryland, Colorado and Utah.
With the November general election a little more than four months away, more than half the states had selected their candidates after the day's final votes were counted.
History suggests that Trump's Republican Party, like the parties of virtually every first-term president dating back to Ronald Reagan in 1982, will suffer losses this fall.
Yet Crowley's loss suggests that Democrats must overcome intraparty divisions if they hope to take control of Congress and key governors' offices nationwide.
In New York, Ocasio-Cortez ran as a working-class daughter of an immigrant, casting Crowley as an elitist out of touch with the community.
'This race is about people versus money. We've got people, they've got money,' Ocasio-Cortez said in biographical web ad. 'Women like me aren't supposed to run for office.'
Trump got more good news elsewhere in New York City as convicted felon Michael Grimm lost his political comeback attempt against the Trump-backed incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan.
'Tremendous win for Congressman Dan Donovan. You showed great courage in a tough race! New York, and my many friends on Staten Island, have elected someone they have always been very proud of. Congratulations!' Trump tweeted.
Grimm had held the Staten Island seat until 2015 when he pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring immigrants who were in the country illegally to work at his Manhattan restaurant and cooking the books to hide income and evade taxes.
Given his political baggage, a Grimm victory would have jeopardized the seat in this fall's general election.
More than 2,000 miles away in deep-red Utah, former Massachusetts Gov. Romney defeated little-known state Rep. Mike Kennedy, who questioned Romney's conservative credentials and ability to work well with the president.
Romney, too, was endorsed by Trump despite his aggressive criticism of Trump before his election.
In a weekend op-ed published in The Salt Lake Tribune, Romney wrote that the Trump administration's policies have exceeded his expectations, but he pledged to 'continue to speak out when the president says or does something which is divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.'
Trump tweeted that he looked forward to working with Romney and said 'a great and loving family will be coming to DC.'
Not to be forgotten: races to determine gubernatorial candidates in Maryland, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous seized the Democratic governor's nomination in Maryland. He would become the state's first African-American governor if he beats Republican incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan this fall.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson beat former state Sen. Connie Johnson to win the Democratic nomination in the race to be the state's next governor. Oklahoma voters also backed the medicinal use of marijuana despite opposition from law enforcement and business, faith and political leaders.
Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis and Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton won their respective party primaries for the Colorado governor's race, setting up a left-versus-Trump showdown as Republicans seek a seat they haven't held in more than a decade.
In Maryland, the State Board of Elections was contacting as many as 80,000 voters whose registration information had not been updated, the result of a computer problem. Voters affected by the problem were asked to cast provisional ballots, which would not be counted until July 5, officials said. They added that the problem was related to a programming error, not infiltration from an outside source.
The most telling test of Trump's influence was in South Carolina, where McMaster -elevated to the state's top office last year when Nikki Haley became U.N. ambassador - had seemed in jeopardy. Two weeks ago, the governor failed to win the GOP primary outright, requiring a runoff election with Warren.
McMaster shocked even his closest advisers when, as lieutenant governor in early 2016, he became the first statewide-elected official in the country to back Trump's White House bid.
And while Trump cheered Crowley's downfall, so did liberal leaders who backed Ocasio-Cortez.
'These results are also a shot across the bow of the Democratic establishment in Washington: a young, diverse, and boldly progressive Resistance Movement isn't waiting to be anointed by the powers that be,' said Matt Blizek, of MoveOn.
Ocasio-Cortez ran a low-budget campaign and was outspent by an 18-1 margin but won the endorsement of some influential groups on the party's far left, including MoveOn.
Born in the Bronx, Ocasio-Cortez said she decided to challenge Crowley to push a more progressive stance on economic and other issues.
She attended Boston University, where she earned degrees in economics and international relations, and also spent time working in the office of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.
After graduating, she returned to the Bronx where she became a community organizer. In the 2016 presidential campaign she worked for Sanders.
Among her issues is expanding the Medicare program to people of all ages and abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. She recently went to Tornillo, Texas, to protest against policies that have separated parents from their children at the southern US border.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL
by Bob Walsh
Something truly remarkable happened in New York a couple of days ago. Representative Joe Crowley, a 10-term Democrat from Queens, lost his primary bid to a 28-year old female politic neophyte Marxist.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kicked Crowley's ass by 15 points. Crowley had run unopposed in the Democrat primary for 14 years. HE is the first Dem to loose in a primary in almost 30 years.
You can bet your bippy that this outcome has the mainstream undercover leftist shitting their shorts. I am sure they LOVE her point of view but realize that it is not an electable position to take, even in Queens. After all the Democrat-Socialist party has gotten to where they are by concealing their true goals and backdooring gains thru the courts. When they wave their Marxist flag in the open, they don't tend to actually get elected.
It will be fun to watch this one in November. .
Associated Press and Emily Crane
Daily Mail
June 27, 2018
President Donald Trump has boasted of celebrating a 'big night' as he relished in a huge Democrat upset that saw 'big hater' and longtime US Rep. Joseph Crowley go down in the primaries to a 28-year-old liberal activist.
Crowley, the number four House Democrat and until Tuesday considered a possible candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as leader, becomes the first Democratic incumbent to lose this primary season.
The 56-year-old was toppled by underfunded challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the daughter of working-class immigrants who caught fire with the party's left wing.
Ocasio-Cortez, who worked briefly years ago as an aide to Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy and is a Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter, has never held elected office.
Trump was thrilled with Crowley's defeat.
'Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi's place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he's out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening,' Trump tweeted, oddly taking credit for a victory by a candidate more liberal than Crowley.
'Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!'
He added: 'The Democrats are in Turmoil! Open Borders and unchecked Crime a certain way to lose elections. Republicans are for Strong Borders, NO Crime! A BIG NIGHT!'
Meanwhile, Crowley told his supporters: 'It's not about me. It's about America. I want nothing but the best for Ms Ocasio-Cortez. I want her to be victorious.'
He later played guitar with a band at his election night gathering and dedicated the first song, Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run,' to Ocasio-Cortez.
Crowley's loss echoed across the political world, sending the unmistakable message that lingering divisions between the Democratic Party's pragmatic and more liberal wings may be widening heading into the high-stakes November midterm elections.
It also exposed a generational divide among Democrats still debating their identity in the Trump era.
All in all, Trump had reason to celebrate Tuesday night as all three of his endorsed candidates survived primary challenges that could have embarrassed him and the party.
Those included former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who once branded Trump 'a fraud' but has warmed to the president in the past two years.
None of the day's contests mattered more to Trump than the one in South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster, one of the president's earliest and strongest supporters, survived an unusually tough challenge from a political newcomer, self-made Republican millionaire John Warren.
The White House went all-in for the governor in recent days, dispatching the president and the vice president to the state in an effort to prevent a political debacle.
Trump has a mixed track record when campaigning for other candidates: His preferred candidates have suffered stinging losses in Alabama and western Pennsylvania in recent months.
Voters cast ballots across seven states on Tuesday as the 2018 midterm battlefield continues to take shape: South Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Maryland, Colorado and Utah.
With the November general election a little more than four months away, more than half the states had selected their candidates after the day's final votes were counted.
History suggests that Trump's Republican Party, like the parties of virtually every first-term president dating back to Ronald Reagan in 1982, will suffer losses this fall.
Yet Crowley's loss suggests that Democrats must overcome intraparty divisions if they hope to take control of Congress and key governors' offices nationwide.
In New York, Ocasio-Cortez ran as a working-class daughter of an immigrant, casting Crowley as an elitist out of touch with the community.
'This race is about people versus money. We've got people, they've got money,' Ocasio-Cortez said in biographical web ad. 'Women like me aren't supposed to run for office.'
Trump got more good news elsewhere in New York City as convicted felon Michael Grimm lost his political comeback attempt against the Trump-backed incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan.
'Tremendous win for Congressman Dan Donovan. You showed great courage in a tough race! New York, and my many friends on Staten Island, have elected someone they have always been very proud of. Congratulations!' Trump tweeted.
Grimm had held the Staten Island seat until 2015 when he pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring immigrants who were in the country illegally to work at his Manhattan restaurant and cooking the books to hide income and evade taxes.
Given his political baggage, a Grimm victory would have jeopardized the seat in this fall's general election.
More than 2,000 miles away in deep-red Utah, former Massachusetts Gov. Romney defeated little-known state Rep. Mike Kennedy, who questioned Romney's conservative credentials and ability to work well with the president.
Romney, too, was endorsed by Trump despite his aggressive criticism of Trump before his election.
In a weekend op-ed published in The Salt Lake Tribune, Romney wrote that the Trump administration's policies have exceeded his expectations, but he pledged to 'continue to speak out when the president says or does something which is divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions.'
Trump tweeted that he looked forward to working with Romney and said 'a great and loving family will be coming to DC.'
Not to be forgotten: races to determine gubernatorial candidates in Maryland, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous seized the Democratic governor's nomination in Maryland. He would become the state's first African-American governor if he beats Republican incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan this fall.
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson beat former state Sen. Connie Johnson to win the Democratic nomination in the race to be the state's next governor. Oklahoma voters also backed the medicinal use of marijuana despite opposition from law enforcement and business, faith and political leaders.
Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis and Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton won their respective party primaries for the Colorado governor's race, setting up a left-versus-Trump showdown as Republicans seek a seat they haven't held in more than a decade.
In Maryland, the State Board of Elections was contacting as many as 80,000 voters whose registration information had not been updated, the result of a computer problem. Voters affected by the problem were asked to cast provisional ballots, which would not be counted until July 5, officials said. They added that the problem was related to a programming error, not infiltration from an outside source.
The most telling test of Trump's influence was in South Carolina, where McMaster -elevated to the state's top office last year when Nikki Haley became U.N. ambassador - had seemed in jeopardy. Two weeks ago, the governor failed to win the GOP primary outright, requiring a runoff election with Warren.
McMaster shocked even his closest advisers when, as lieutenant governor in early 2016, he became the first statewide-elected official in the country to back Trump's White House bid.
And while Trump cheered Crowley's downfall, so did liberal leaders who backed Ocasio-Cortez.
'These results are also a shot across the bow of the Democratic establishment in Washington: a young, diverse, and boldly progressive Resistance Movement isn't waiting to be anointed by the powers that be,' said Matt Blizek, of MoveOn.
Ocasio-Cortez ran a low-budget campaign and was outspent by an 18-1 margin but won the endorsement of some influential groups on the party's far left, including MoveOn.
Born in the Bronx, Ocasio-Cortez said she decided to challenge Crowley to push a more progressive stance on economic and other issues.
She attended Boston University, where she earned degrees in economics and international relations, and also spent time working in the office of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.
After graduating, she returned to the Bronx where she became a community organizer. In the 2016 presidential campaign she worked for Sanders.
Among her issues is expanding the Medicare program to people of all ages and abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. She recently went to Tornillo, Texas, to protest against policies that have separated parents from their children at the southern US border.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL
by Bob Walsh
Something truly remarkable happened in New York a couple of days ago. Representative Joe Crowley, a 10-term Democrat from Queens, lost his primary bid to a 28-year old female politic neophyte Marxist.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kicked Crowley's ass by 15 points. Crowley had run unopposed in the Democrat primary for 14 years. HE is the first Dem to loose in a primary in almost 30 years.
You can bet your bippy that this outcome has the mainstream undercover leftist shitting their shorts. I am sure they LOVE her point of view but realize that it is not an electable position to take, even in Queens. After all the Democrat-Socialist party has gotten to where they are by concealing their true goals and backdooring gains thru the courts. When they wave their Marxist flag in the open, they don't tend to actually get elected.
It will be fun to watch this one in November. .
MARISKA HARGITAY, CHRISTOPHER MELONI AND ICE-T HAVE NYPD SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT WELL IN HAND
NYPD responds to scathing Inspector General report
By Tina Moore and Joe Tacopino
New York Post
June 26, 2018
The NYPD released a response to a scathing Inspector General’s report on Tuesday, stating that they were working to “strengthen and bolster” the Special Victim’s Division while taking issue with some the IGs findings.
“Rape and sexual assault are among the most traumatic and horrific crimes someone could ever experience,” Commissioner James P. O’Neill said in a statement.
“The NYPD is deeply committed to doing everything we can to not only apprehend offenders and stop assaults, but to ensure every survivor feels the safety and support they need from our Department to come forward and bravely seek justice.”
The NYPD response highlighted a top-to-bottom review of SVD as part of a reorganization of the Detective Bureau.
Also, all felony sexual assault cases in which arrests are made by patrol personnel will be handled by SVD investigators rather than the precinct detective squad.
“The NYPD will continue to work closely and collaboratively with sexual assault victim advocates and national experts to improve our work,” O’Neill said.
“I thank the Inspector General for taking the time to review this issue and make recommendations. Together, we will make continued strides to best serve survivors in New York City.”
The IG report, released in March, said that the Special Victims Division is understaffed and under-trained.
The NYPD response, however, took issue with the IG stance on it’s personnel.
“Investigators in SVD squads are dedicated, compassionate professionals,” the NYPD said.
“NYPD SVD investigators are among the best-trained sex crimes investigators in the world.”
The Department of Investigation said in a statement Tuesday that “internal NYPD documents state that staffing is not adequate.”
The department added that it remains “committed to its findings that critical reforms in the NYPD are integral to protecting victims of sex abuse and assault.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: “NYPD SVD investigators are among the best-trained sex crimes investigators in the world.” But NYPD failed to give any credit to Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni and Ice-T. Ungrateful bastards!
By Tina Moore and Joe Tacopino
New York Post
June 26, 2018
The NYPD released a response to a scathing Inspector General’s report on Tuesday, stating that they were working to “strengthen and bolster” the Special Victim’s Division while taking issue with some the IGs findings.
“Rape and sexual assault are among the most traumatic and horrific crimes someone could ever experience,” Commissioner James P. O’Neill said in a statement.
“The NYPD is deeply committed to doing everything we can to not only apprehend offenders and stop assaults, but to ensure every survivor feels the safety and support they need from our Department to come forward and bravely seek justice.”
The NYPD response highlighted a top-to-bottom review of SVD as part of a reorganization of the Detective Bureau.
Also, all felony sexual assault cases in which arrests are made by patrol personnel will be handled by SVD investigators rather than the precinct detective squad.
“The NYPD will continue to work closely and collaboratively with sexual assault victim advocates and national experts to improve our work,” O’Neill said.
“I thank the Inspector General for taking the time to review this issue and make recommendations. Together, we will make continued strides to best serve survivors in New York City.”
The IG report, released in March, said that the Special Victims Division is understaffed and under-trained.
The NYPD response, however, took issue with the IG stance on it’s personnel.
“Investigators in SVD squads are dedicated, compassionate professionals,” the NYPD said.
“NYPD SVD investigators are among the best-trained sex crimes investigators in the world.”
The Department of Investigation said in a statement Tuesday that “internal NYPD documents state that staffing is not adequate.”
The department added that it remains “committed to its findings that critical reforms in the NYPD are integral to protecting victims of sex abuse and assault.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: “NYPD SVD investigators are among the best-trained sex crimes investigators in the world.” But NYPD failed to give any credit to Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni and Ice-T. Ungrateful bastards!
PROTESTSAGAINST THE RULERS OF GAZA AND THE WEST BANK AS ISRAEL DEFANGS TERROR KITES
Israel Finds Solution to Gaza Terror Kites, But There's More Trouble Brewing
By Yochanan Visser
Israel Today
June 27, 2018
The Israeli army has finally found an effective solution to the so-called ‘kite terror’ that has already destroyed hundreds of acres of agricultural land and forests in southern Israel.
This solution was initially developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to counter the growing threat of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) that are used by Hamas and Hezbollah to spy on Israel or to carry out terror attacks against the Jewish state.
Hadashot, a state-funded broadcaster in Israel, reported on Thursday that the IDF has begun using the ‘electronic eye’ to identify where the incendiary kites and balloons are launched from in Gaza, and to track them down before they reach Israel.
The system, called Sky Spotter, enables the IDF to determine the trajectory of the terror kites and balloons and to predict where exactly they will land. A group of IDF operators is now able to provide early warning to firefighters, who then arrive on the spot where the balloons and kites land before they can cause a large blaze.
Sky Spotter is also able to direct small Israeli UAV’s, which are used to bring down the kites and balloons mid-flight.
The system will probably prevent a large-scale military operation in Gaza to stop the ‘kite terror,’ though the Israel Air Force and the IDF continue to target Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in response to the organized attempts to scorch southern Israel.
On Tuesday night, the IAF bombed a car belonging to a kite terror cell, after which Hamas responded by firing 12 rockets into Israel. Three of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile shield, while no casualties or damages were reported.
The Israeli army last week revealed that “the launching of arson and explosive device-laden kites and balloons is now a deliberate activity, planned and executed by the Hamas terror organization, targeting Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip.”
The IDF added that “arson kites are made by Hamas terror operatives in large quantities and in an organized manner.”
Hamas, meanwhile, has to cope with growing unrest in Gaza as a result of its failure to bring Israel to its knees via the ‘Great March of Return,’ and to improve the ailing economy of the coastal enclave.
A number of residents of the impoverished Gaza Strip last week took the streets to demand Palestinian unity, meaning reconciliation between Hamas and the central Fatah-led PA government in Ramallah. The protest was organized by disgruntled Palestinian Arabs who served jail-time in Israel for terror-related activities. About a year ago, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas stopped paying monthly stipends to these ex-prisoners, who now demand Hamas relinquishes control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority.
The protest was violently dispersed by Hamas members wearing kaffiyehs and white baseball caps who came out of a mosque, according to eye-witnesses. The plainclothes Hamas agents carried signs and shouted slogans against PA-leader Mahmoud Abbas who, they said, must be removed from power. When the protesters refused to back down, the Hamas agents destroyed their stage and confiscated video footage and photos of the violent crackdown.
Hamas later denied it had put a violent end to the protest, which came a week after similar demonstrations in the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem, where they were oddly condoned and even encouraged by the PA police. These protests were more directed at Abbas’ ruling clan, which has totally failed to bring prosperity to the territories under its control and is blamed for the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.
“According to reports on Palestinian news sites, the protesters (in Ramallah and Bethlehem) praised Mohammed Def, the head of Hamas’ military wing, called for an end to the security cooperation with Israel, and shouted slogans disparaging the nonviolent struggle and favoring a return to the armed struggle,” the Israeli paper Ha’aretz reported last week.
By Yochanan Visser
Israel Today
June 27, 2018
The Israeli army has finally found an effective solution to the so-called ‘kite terror’ that has already destroyed hundreds of acres of agricultural land and forests in southern Israel.
This solution was initially developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to counter the growing threat of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) that are used by Hamas and Hezbollah to spy on Israel or to carry out terror attacks against the Jewish state.
Hadashot, a state-funded broadcaster in Israel, reported on Thursday that the IDF has begun using the ‘electronic eye’ to identify where the incendiary kites and balloons are launched from in Gaza, and to track them down before they reach Israel.
The system, called Sky Spotter, enables the IDF to determine the trajectory of the terror kites and balloons and to predict where exactly they will land. A group of IDF operators is now able to provide early warning to firefighters, who then arrive on the spot where the balloons and kites land before they can cause a large blaze.
Sky Spotter is also able to direct small Israeli UAV’s, which are used to bring down the kites and balloons mid-flight.
The system will probably prevent a large-scale military operation in Gaza to stop the ‘kite terror,’ though the Israel Air Force and the IDF continue to target Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in response to the organized attempts to scorch southern Israel.
On Tuesday night, the IAF bombed a car belonging to a kite terror cell, after which Hamas responded by firing 12 rockets into Israel. Three of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile shield, while no casualties or damages were reported.
The Israeli army last week revealed that “the launching of arson and explosive device-laden kites and balloons is now a deliberate activity, planned and executed by the Hamas terror organization, targeting Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip.”
The IDF added that “arson kites are made by Hamas terror operatives in large quantities and in an organized manner.”
Hamas, meanwhile, has to cope with growing unrest in Gaza as a result of its failure to bring Israel to its knees via the ‘Great March of Return,’ and to improve the ailing economy of the coastal enclave.
A number of residents of the impoverished Gaza Strip last week took the streets to demand Palestinian unity, meaning reconciliation between Hamas and the central Fatah-led PA government in Ramallah. The protest was organized by disgruntled Palestinian Arabs who served jail-time in Israel for terror-related activities. About a year ago, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas stopped paying monthly stipends to these ex-prisoners, who now demand Hamas relinquishes control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority.
The protest was violently dispersed by Hamas members wearing kaffiyehs and white baseball caps who came out of a mosque, according to eye-witnesses. The plainclothes Hamas agents carried signs and shouted slogans against PA-leader Mahmoud Abbas who, they said, must be removed from power. When the protesters refused to back down, the Hamas agents destroyed their stage and confiscated video footage and photos of the violent crackdown.
Hamas later denied it had put a violent end to the protest, which came a week after similar demonstrations in the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem, where they were oddly condoned and even encouraged by the PA police. These protests were more directed at Abbas’ ruling clan, which has totally failed to bring prosperity to the territories under its control and is blamed for the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.
“According to reports on Palestinian news sites, the protesters (in Ramallah and Bethlehem) praised Mohammed Def, the head of Hamas’ military wing, called for an end to the security cooperation with Israel, and shouted slogans disparaging the nonviolent struggle and favoring a return to the armed struggle,” the Israeli paper Ha’aretz reported last week.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
MAXINE WATERS IS A NO-CLASS RABBLE ROUSER WHO CALLS FOR THE HARASSMENT OF TRUMP’S CABINET MEMBERS
Congress has two members who suffer from motor mouth disease, Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters, with Waters being a no-class rabble rouser
Last week protesters confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inside a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., yelling “shame” at Nielsen and “End Texas concentration camps.” On Friday a mob blared audio of crying migrant children who allegedly had been separated from their parents.
Recently in Lexington, Va., White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service and told to leave the Red Hen by the restaurant’s co-owner because of her position in the Trump Administration.
In the wake of these incidents, Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Saturday urged a Los Angeles group protesting the separation of illegal immigrant families to personally harass members of Trump’s cabinet in public places like restaurants, department stores and gas stations. Waters said:
“I have no sympathy for these people that are in this administration who know it is wrong what they're doing on so many fronts but they tend to not want to confront this president. For these members of his Cabinet who remain and try to defend him they're not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they're not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they're not going to be able to shop at a department store, the people are going to turn on them, they're going to protest, they're going to absolutely harass them until they decide that they're going to tell the president 'no I can't hang with you, this is wrong this is unconscionable and we can't keep doing this to children.”
It is hard to believe that a member of Congress would urge anyone to personally harass another person, but then Waters is a no-class rabble rouser who has no shame. The shit-for-brains congresswoman should know that sooner or later someone is going to get hurt or even killed during such confrontations.
Even Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer condemned Waters for her inflammatory statement. Waters than tried to defend herself by stating she was calling for peaceful protests. Nice try Max, but you know that isn’t true.
Congress has two members who suffer from motor mouth disease, Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters. Sheila has long been an embarrassment to Houston but she is no rabble rouser and you can’t accuse her of having no class. She just can’t keep her big mouth shut. Waters can’t keep her big mouth shut either and she is a no-class rabble rouser to boot.
Last week protesters confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inside a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., yelling “shame” at Nielsen and “End Texas concentration camps.” On Friday a mob blared audio of crying migrant children who allegedly had been separated from their parents.
Recently in Lexington, Va., White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service and told to leave the Red Hen by the restaurant’s co-owner because of her position in the Trump Administration.
In the wake of these incidents, Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Saturday urged a Los Angeles group protesting the separation of illegal immigrant families to personally harass members of Trump’s cabinet in public places like restaurants, department stores and gas stations. Waters said:
“I have no sympathy for these people that are in this administration who know it is wrong what they're doing on so many fronts but they tend to not want to confront this president. For these members of his Cabinet who remain and try to defend him they're not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they're not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they're not going to be able to shop at a department store, the people are going to turn on them, they're going to protest, they're going to absolutely harass them until they decide that they're going to tell the president 'no I can't hang with you, this is wrong this is unconscionable and we can't keep doing this to children.”
It is hard to believe that a member of Congress would urge anyone to personally harass another person, but then Waters is a no-class rabble rouser who has no shame. The shit-for-brains congresswoman should know that sooner or later someone is going to get hurt or even killed during such confrontations.
Even Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer condemned Waters for her inflammatory statement. Waters than tried to defend herself by stating she was calling for peaceful protests. Nice try Max, but you know that isn’t true.
Congress has two members who suffer from motor mouth disease, Sheila Jackson Lee and Maxine Waters. Sheila has long been an embarrassment to Houston but she is no rabble rouser and you can’t accuse her of having no class. She just can’t keep her big mouth shut. Waters can’t keep her big mouth shut either and she is a no-class rabble rouser to boot.
CELEBRITY RUG-RAT GETS EIGHT YEARS
by Bob Walsh
Grace Pauline Kelley is the daughter of C&W star Wynonna Judd. It seems she is also pretty messed up. The 22-year old was just sentenced to eight years as a guest of the people of Tennessee after a conviction for violation of probation for bailing out on a drug treatment program last year.
Ms. Kelley was busted originally about three years ago for possession of gear commonly used to cook meth. About a year later she was busted in Alabama, and fled to avoid prosecution. In May of 2017 she pleaded guilty to cooking and selling meth and was supposed to do a year her sentence was suddenly reduced to 30 days and probation. She quickly broke probation and was arrested on December 16, 2017.
Her current sentence will take her to 2025 though she will be eligible for consideration for parole in 2019.
You can pick your friends, you can't pick your family. Unfortunately for some people the power, prestige and to some extend insulation that comes with family fame can be more of a curse than a blessing.
Grace Pauline Kelley is the daughter of C&W star Wynonna Judd. It seems she is also pretty messed up. The 22-year old was just sentenced to eight years as a guest of the people of Tennessee after a conviction for violation of probation for bailing out on a drug treatment program last year.
Ms. Kelley was busted originally about three years ago for possession of gear commonly used to cook meth. About a year later she was busted in Alabama, and fled to avoid prosecution. In May of 2017 she pleaded guilty to cooking and selling meth and was supposed to do a year her sentence was suddenly reduced to 30 days and probation. She quickly broke probation and was arrested on December 16, 2017.
Her current sentence will take her to 2025 though she will be eligible for consideration for parole in 2019.
You can pick your friends, you can't pick your family. Unfortunately for some people the power, prestige and to some extend insulation that comes with family fame can be more of a curse than a blessing.
THIS GUY NEEDS TO FIRE HIS MAID
by Bob Walsh
Janoris Jenkins plays cornerback for the N. Y. Giants and lives in a nice house about 10 miles from the stadium in Fair Lawn, N.J.
It seems that somebody "found" a dead body laying around the house. The cops have declined to say who the head guy is and where Jenkins was when the body was found or when the death is believed to have occurred.
The Giant's team operation has declined comment other than to say they are monitoring the situation.
Remember, a friend will help you move. A GOOD friend will help you move the body. Lacking a good friend, a good maid should have at least shoved the guy under a couch or something. It's hard to find good help these days..
Janoris Jenkins plays cornerback for the N. Y. Giants and lives in a nice house about 10 miles from the stadium in Fair Lawn, N.J.
It seems that somebody "found" a dead body laying around the house. The cops have declined to say who the head guy is and where Jenkins was when the body was found or when the death is believed to have occurred.
The Giant's team operation has declined comment other than to say they are monitoring the situation.
Remember, a friend will help you move. A GOOD friend will help you move the body. Lacking a good friend, a good maid should have at least shoved the guy under a couch or something. It's hard to find good help these days..
BLM THUGS LEAD TO JAIL LOCKDOWN
by Bob Walsh
The Black Lives Matter thugs led a protest outside of the downtown Sacramento CA jail on Monday, causing the jail to be locked down for a couple of hours.
About 50 "demonstrators" many of them carrying signs saying YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL US TO APPREHEND US stood in front of the door, chanting the names Stephon Clark and Brandon Smith, two local black criminals.
Clark was shot to death while fleeing the cops and attempting to break into houses. He turned on the cops holding a cell phone which they mistook for a gun and terminally rehabilitated him. Smith died of acute meth poisoning while being transported. The coroner found a burst baggie in his stomach.
The Black Lives Matter thugs led a protest outside of the downtown Sacramento CA jail on Monday, causing the jail to be locked down for a couple of hours.
About 50 "demonstrators" many of them carrying signs saying YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL US TO APPREHEND US stood in front of the door, chanting the names Stephon Clark and Brandon Smith, two local black criminals.
Clark was shot to death while fleeing the cops and attempting to break into houses. He turned on the cops holding a cell phone which they mistook for a gun and terminally rehabilitated him. Smith died of acute meth poisoning while being transported. The coroner found a burst baggie in his stomach.
FIVE MEMBERS OF SCOTUS CAN ACTAULLY READ
Or Four Members Of Scotus Are Fucking Morons, Depending On How You Look At It
by Bob Walsh
To the utter surprise of no one who can actually read SCOTUS, by a vote of 5-4, decided in favor of Donald Trump's travel ban yesterday. The minor opinion screamed that Trump was a racist bigot asshole based on tweets and statements that Candidate Trump or even President Trump had made in general, and not even remotely on the plain text of the order and the plain text of the law that permits his actions.
Maybe now he will decide that unchecked Mexican migration-infiltration-invasion of the country is a national security issue and just plain shut down the border.
by Bob Walsh
To the utter surprise of no one who can actually read SCOTUS, by a vote of 5-4, decided in favor of Donald Trump's travel ban yesterday. The minor opinion screamed that Trump was a racist bigot asshole based on tweets and statements that Candidate Trump or even President Trump had made in general, and not even remotely on the plain text of the order and the plain text of the law that permits his actions.
Maybe now he will decide that unchecked Mexican migration-infiltration-invasion of the country is a national security issue and just plain shut down the border.
FENTANYL USED TO ASSAULT COPS IN HOUSTON
Fentanyl-laced flyers placed on Harris County sheriff’s fleet vehicles in east Houston
By Jay R. Jordan
Houston Chronicle
June 26, 2018
A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office was hospitalized Tuesday after coming in contact with a fentanyl-laced paper flyer, authorities said.
The flyer was one of several placed on nearly a dozen sheriff's office vehicles at HCSO's recruitment and criminal investigations center at 601 Lockwood Drive in east Houston, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
At least one of the flyers tested positive for fentanyl, a sometimes-deadly opioid. Other flyers, as well as the sergeant herself, are being tested for fentanyl, as well.
So far, authorities have tested one of the 15 to 20 flyers, said Jason Spencer, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The remaining flyers were sent to Harris County Institute of Forensic Science for analysis, he said.
The sergeant came across the flyer on her windshield Tuesday afternoon as she left work, Gonzalez said. She initially did not think anything of it but soon started to feel light-headed and showed other fentanyl-related symptoms.
She was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive as authorities investigate the flyers' origination. She was released around 4:30 p.m., authorities said.
"She caught it quickly," Gonzalez said. "We do know from our experience with fentanyl is that it can be very deadly. It's 100 times more potent than morphine."
The flyers could have been placed on the vehicles as early as 8 a.m. Tuesday, Gonzalez said.
"We hope this is an isolated incident," Gonzalez said.
The flyers promoted the organization Targeted Individuals, an organization which believes that the "Deep State" targets certain individuals.
The group believes the FBI and CIA purposefully inflict mental, physical and emotional stress on enemies of the "Deep State," in part, by shooting microwave technology at their heads in order to cause brain damage, according to the group's website.
The organization could not be reached for comment.
Authorities with HCSO are asking anyone who sees the flyers to maintain caution and contact authorities.
By Jay R. Jordan
Houston Chronicle
June 26, 2018
A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff's Office was hospitalized Tuesday after coming in contact with a fentanyl-laced paper flyer, authorities said.
The flyer was one of several placed on nearly a dozen sheriff's office vehicles at HCSO's recruitment and criminal investigations center at 601 Lockwood Drive in east Houston, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
At least one of the flyers tested positive for fentanyl, a sometimes-deadly opioid. Other flyers, as well as the sergeant herself, are being tested for fentanyl, as well.
So far, authorities have tested one of the 15 to 20 flyers, said Jason Spencer, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The remaining flyers were sent to Harris County Institute of Forensic Science for analysis, he said.
The sergeant came across the flyer on her windshield Tuesday afternoon as she left work, Gonzalez said. She initially did not think anything of it but soon started to feel light-headed and showed other fentanyl-related symptoms.
She was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive as authorities investigate the flyers' origination. She was released around 4:30 p.m., authorities said.
"She caught it quickly," Gonzalez said. "We do know from our experience with fentanyl is that it can be very deadly. It's 100 times more potent than morphine."
The flyers could have been placed on the vehicles as early as 8 a.m. Tuesday, Gonzalez said.
"We hope this is an isolated incident," Gonzalez said.
The flyers promoted the organization Targeted Individuals, an organization which believes that the "Deep State" targets certain individuals.
The group believes the FBI and CIA purposefully inflict mental, physical and emotional stress on enemies of the "Deep State," in part, by shooting microwave technology at their heads in order to cause brain damage, according to the group's website.
The organization could not be reached for comment.
Authorities with HCSO are asking anyone who sees the flyers to maintain caution and contact authorities.
LAW AND ORDER MEXICAN STYLE
Entire Mexican police force arrested after mayoral candidate’s murder
By Tamar Lapin
New York Post
June 25, 2018
A Mexican town’s entire police force has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a mayoral candidate.
The 28 officers from the town of Ocampo in the western state of Michoacan were arrested Sunday on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Fernando Angeles Juarez.
Juarez, 64, was running as the candidate for the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution in Ocampo, before being shot dead June 21.
State officials took the cops in for having alleged ties with criminal groups possibly involved in the candidate’s killing, El Universal reported.
Public Security Director Venancio Colin was chased out by 16 Ocampo cops in a hail of bullets when he first tried to arrest them Saturday, sources told the paper.
He came back Sunday with reinforcements and arrested the entire force, who were cuffed and taken to the state capital for questioning.
Juarez, a successful businessman with little previous political experience, was the third politician to be killed in Michoacan in just over a week, the BBC reported.
“He couldn’t stand seeing so much poverty, inequality and corruption and so he decided to run,” one of his closest friends, Miguel Malagón, told El Universal.
Mexico will vote for a new president July 1, alongside more than 3,000 federal, state and municipal posts.
More than 1,000 candidates have dropped out of local races ahead of the elections because they fear being gunned down.
Drug cartels are suspected in many murders of politicians and the 2018 campaign has been a bloody one — with dozens of politicians, candidates and activists murdered by gangsters.
On June 12, congressional candidate Fernando Purón was shot in the head point-blank as he posed for a selfie after an election debate in Piedras Negras.
By Tamar Lapin
New York Post
June 25, 2018
A Mexican town’s entire police force has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a mayoral candidate.
The 28 officers from the town of Ocampo in the western state of Michoacan were arrested Sunday on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Fernando Angeles Juarez.
Juarez, 64, was running as the candidate for the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution in Ocampo, before being shot dead June 21.
State officials took the cops in for having alleged ties with criminal groups possibly involved in the candidate’s killing, El Universal reported.
Public Security Director Venancio Colin was chased out by 16 Ocampo cops in a hail of bullets when he first tried to arrest them Saturday, sources told the paper.
He came back Sunday with reinforcements and arrested the entire force, who were cuffed and taken to the state capital for questioning.
Juarez, a successful businessman with little previous political experience, was the third politician to be killed in Michoacan in just over a week, the BBC reported.
“He couldn’t stand seeing so much poverty, inequality and corruption and so he decided to run,” one of his closest friends, Miguel Malagón, told El Universal.
Mexico will vote for a new president July 1, alongside more than 3,000 federal, state and municipal posts.
More than 1,000 candidates have dropped out of local races ahead of the elections because they fear being gunned down.
Drug cartels are suspected in many murders of politicians and the 2018 campaign has been a bloody one — with dozens of politicians, candidates and activists murdered by gangsters.
On June 12, congressional candidate Fernando Purón was shot in the head point-blank as he posed for a selfie after an election debate in Piedras Negras.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
YOU MEAN ’CAUSE OF THAT THAR TRUMP THEM BIKES ARE GOING TO BE MADE OVERSEAS ….. QUICK, GIT A ROPE!
Harley-Davidson to Shift Production Overseas to Offset EU Tariffs
By Bob Tita
The Wall Street Journal
June 25, 2018
Harley-Davidson Inc. plans to shift more production overseas to avoid European Union tariffs on its iconic motorcycles, the latest manufacturer to reconfigure operations amid a widening global trade fight.
Harley prizes its made-in-the-USA reputation as central to its appeal to customers all over the world. But the Milwaukee company has opened factories in Brazil, India and Australia to tap international markets and hold down prices as sales falter in the U.S.
That manufacturing footprint outside the U.S. is set to expand. Harley said in a securities filing Monday the 31% tariff the EU enacted last week on its motorcycles would raise the cost of each Hog it ships there from the U.S. by about $2,200. Rather than raise prices, Harley said it would shift production of the motorcycles it sells in the EU outside the U.S. over the next 18 months.
“Expanding international production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not our preference, but it’s the only sustainable option we have to make motorcycles available and affordable to EU customers,” Harley spokesman Michael Pflughoeft said.
Harley’s shares fell 6% on Monday to $41.57.
President Donald Trump criticized the company’s move. “Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag,” he wrote in a tweet. “I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade.” He added: “Taxes just a Harley excuse - be patient!”
The tariffs by the EU, Harley’s second-biggest market after the U.S., are a response to tariffs the Trump administration imposed this spring on steel and aluminum from producers in Europe and elsewhere.
EU officials retaliated by placing tariffs on many U.S. products including those with strong American branding, such as Harleys, Levi’s jeans and Kentucky bourbon. A spokesman for the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, declined to comment Monday on Harley’s plans.
The White House on Monday defended its trade policy in the wake of Harley’s announcement. “The European Union is attempting to punish U.S. workers with unfair and discriminatory trade policies,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. “President Trump will continue to push for free, fair and reciprocal trade in the hopes that the EU will join us in that.”
The tariffs are a tough blow for Harley, which has struggled to lift sales. Chief Executive Matthew Levatich has made a priority of boosting overseas sales as ridership in the U.S. stalls and the company’s die-hard fans age.
Harley on Monday urged U.S. and EU officials to reach an agreement to rescind their tariffs.
Harley’s international sales rose for the first time in over a year in the company’s first quarter, by 0.2% annually. Harley wants to boost its international business to half of its annual sales volume over the next decade, from about 40% currently.
U.S. sales fell by 12% in the quarter, continuing a downward trend in recent years. Harley has aimed to boost its U.S. customer base by promoting motorcycle-riding classes and trying to recruit more women and minority riders.
Mr. Levatich has said that it can’t price its motorcycles competitively without opening plants abroad to avoid tariffs and take advantage of lower manufacturing costs in some markets.
Harley was already planning to shrink its U.S. manufacturing base. Earlier this year the company said it would close a factory in Kansas City and consolidate production at plants in Milwaukee and York, Pa. The first layoffs at the Kansas City plant are scheduled for August.
Joe Capra, a district representative for the International Association of Machinists union in Kansas City, said Harley’s response to the EU tariffs and the company’s plan for a plant in Thailand confirmed it aims to siphon production from the U.S.
Mr. Pflughoeft, the Harley spokesman, said the company remained committed to making motorcycles in the U.S.—and to expanding its reach abroad. “To do that, we must provide riders greater access to our brand and our products,” he said. “And we have to do that at a competitive retail price.”
Other companies are also navigating hurdles that the tariffs have thrown up for their international supply chains and sales. Luxury German car manufacturer Daimler AG DMLRY -2.44% warned that tariffs China placed on vehicles it makes in the U.S. would hurt revenue and profit from its Alabama factory that makes SUVs.
Cummins Inc., which imports components from its factories in China for further assembly at its U.S. plants, is weighing whether to raise prices to reflect the 25% tariff the U.S. is implementing on those products July 6.
Harley-Davidson said it expects costs related to the tariffs to reach up to $45 million for the rest of 2018 and about $90 million to $100 million annually thereafter.
“This will make their manufacturing less efficient,” said Sharon Zackfia, an analyst for William Blair & Co. “It’s just another headache for Harley.”
George Gatto, a longtime Harley dealer in the Pittsburgh area, had mixed feelings about the plans to shift production abroad. “I am a big proponent of made in U.S.A. and good-paying union jobs,” he said. “People with these jobs are many times the same people who buy and ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.”
But, he said, faced with steep tariffs in Europe, Harley needs to do whatever it takes to stay competitive.
EDITOR’S NOTE: So much for that bullshit about the tariff on steel bringing jobs back to America.
By Bob Tita
The Wall Street Journal
June 25, 2018
Harley-Davidson Inc. plans to shift more production overseas to avoid European Union tariffs on its iconic motorcycles, the latest manufacturer to reconfigure operations amid a widening global trade fight.
Harley prizes its made-in-the-USA reputation as central to its appeal to customers all over the world. But the Milwaukee company has opened factories in Brazil, India and Australia to tap international markets and hold down prices as sales falter in the U.S.
That manufacturing footprint outside the U.S. is set to expand. Harley said in a securities filing Monday the 31% tariff the EU enacted last week on its motorcycles would raise the cost of each Hog it ships there from the U.S. by about $2,200. Rather than raise prices, Harley said it would shift production of the motorcycles it sells in the EU outside the U.S. over the next 18 months.
“Expanding international production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not our preference, but it’s the only sustainable option we have to make motorcycles available and affordable to EU customers,” Harley spokesman Michael Pflughoeft said.
Harley’s shares fell 6% on Monday to $41.57.
President Donald Trump criticized the company’s move. “Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag,” he wrote in a tweet. “I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade.” He added: “Taxes just a Harley excuse - be patient!”
The tariffs by the EU, Harley’s second-biggest market after the U.S., are a response to tariffs the Trump administration imposed this spring on steel and aluminum from producers in Europe and elsewhere.
EU officials retaliated by placing tariffs on many U.S. products including those with strong American branding, such as Harleys, Levi’s jeans and Kentucky bourbon. A spokesman for the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, declined to comment Monday on Harley’s plans.
The White House on Monday defended its trade policy in the wake of Harley’s announcement. “The European Union is attempting to punish U.S. workers with unfair and discriminatory trade policies,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. “President Trump will continue to push for free, fair and reciprocal trade in the hopes that the EU will join us in that.”
The tariffs are a tough blow for Harley, which has struggled to lift sales. Chief Executive Matthew Levatich has made a priority of boosting overseas sales as ridership in the U.S. stalls and the company’s die-hard fans age.
Harley on Monday urged U.S. and EU officials to reach an agreement to rescind their tariffs.
Harley’s international sales rose for the first time in over a year in the company’s first quarter, by 0.2% annually. Harley wants to boost its international business to half of its annual sales volume over the next decade, from about 40% currently.
U.S. sales fell by 12% in the quarter, continuing a downward trend in recent years. Harley has aimed to boost its U.S. customer base by promoting motorcycle-riding classes and trying to recruit more women and minority riders.
Mr. Levatich has said that it can’t price its motorcycles competitively without opening plants abroad to avoid tariffs and take advantage of lower manufacturing costs in some markets.
Harley was already planning to shrink its U.S. manufacturing base. Earlier this year the company said it would close a factory in Kansas City and consolidate production at plants in Milwaukee and York, Pa. The first layoffs at the Kansas City plant are scheduled for August.
Joe Capra, a district representative for the International Association of Machinists union in Kansas City, said Harley’s response to the EU tariffs and the company’s plan for a plant in Thailand confirmed it aims to siphon production from the U.S.
Mr. Pflughoeft, the Harley spokesman, said the company remained committed to making motorcycles in the U.S.—and to expanding its reach abroad. “To do that, we must provide riders greater access to our brand and our products,” he said. “And we have to do that at a competitive retail price.”
Other companies are also navigating hurdles that the tariffs have thrown up for their international supply chains and sales. Luxury German car manufacturer Daimler AG DMLRY -2.44% warned that tariffs China placed on vehicles it makes in the U.S. would hurt revenue and profit from its Alabama factory that makes SUVs.
Cummins Inc., which imports components from its factories in China for further assembly at its U.S. plants, is weighing whether to raise prices to reflect the 25% tariff the U.S. is implementing on those products July 6.
Harley-Davidson said it expects costs related to the tariffs to reach up to $45 million for the rest of 2018 and about $90 million to $100 million annually thereafter.
“This will make their manufacturing less efficient,” said Sharon Zackfia, an analyst for William Blair & Co. “It’s just another headache for Harley.”
George Gatto, a longtime Harley dealer in the Pittsburgh area, had mixed feelings about the plans to shift production abroad. “I am a big proponent of made in U.S.A. and good-paying union jobs,” he said. “People with these jobs are many times the same people who buy and ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.”
But, he said, faced with steep tariffs in Europe, Harley needs to do whatever it takes to stay competitive.
EDITOR’S NOTE: So much for that bullshit about the tariff on steel bringing jobs back to America.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD LEAVE YOUR GOD AT HOME WHEN YOU GO TO WORK
by Bob Walsh
Port Allen, Louisiana is kind of unusual in the U. S. in that their Chief of Police is elected. He is now on the receiving end of a civil suit by a former officer for prosletyzing on the job.
Patrick Marshall asserts that Chief Esdron Brown violated his constitutional rights by DEMANDING that he attend religious counselling with the department chaplain, and threatened to fire or suspend him if he refused. He also allegedly passed Marshall over for promotion in favor of less qualified applicants who went to the same church as Chief Brown. The Chief is alleged to have regular said that he wanted a "SAVED" department.
When Marshall complained to the Mayor the Mayor allegedly ordered him to attend anger management classes and suspended his Thanksgiving vacation. Marshall had worked for Port Allen since 2006 and is currently employed by another department in the area.
Brown has been the Chief since 2013 and was elected to a second four-year term in 2016. The department has a very high turn-over rate. In the last five years they have hired 28 officers, 14 of whom have since left that department.
Port Allen, Louisiana is kind of unusual in the U. S. in that their Chief of Police is elected. He is now on the receiving end of a civil suit by a former officer for prosletyzing on the job.
Patrick Marshall asserts that Chief Esdron Brown violated his constitutional rights by DEMANDING that he attend religious counselling with the department chaplain, and threatened to fire or suspend him if he refused. He also allegedly passed Marshall over for promotion in favor of less qualified applicants who went to the same church as Chief Brown. The Chief is alleged to have regular said that he wanted a "SAVED" department.
When Marshall complained to the Mayor the Mayor allegedly ordered him to attend anger management classes and suspended his Thanksgiving vacation. Marshall had worked for Port Allen since 2006 and is currently employed by another department in the area.
Brown has been the Chief since 2013 and was elected to a second four-year term in 2016. The department has a very high turn-over rate. In the last five years they have hired 28 officers, 14 of whom have since left that department.
IDIOTIC CIVIL SUIT PROCEEDING
by Bob Walsh
SCOTUS is allowing an idiotic civil suit to move ahead against a Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy and his department. The lack of action by SCOTUS will allow the suit to proceed.
Anthony Lopez, 13, was shot to death by Sonoma County Deputy Erick Gelhaus who was, at the time, carrying a very realistic looking AK-47 that was actually an air-soft gun. If I recall correctly he also had a pretty realistic fake pistol in the waist band of his trousers, but I am not 100% sure on that.
With luck the federal jury will have their shit together more than the federal courts do.
SCOTUS is allowing an idiotic civil suit to move ahead against a Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy and his department. The lack of action by SCOTUS will allow the suit to proceed.
Anthony Lopez, 13, was shot to death by Sonoma County Deputy Erick Gelhaus who was, at the time, carrying a very realistic looking AK-47 that was actually an air-soft gun. If I recall correctly he also had a pretty realistic fake pistol in the waist band of his trousers, but I am not 100% sure on that.
With luck the federal jury will have their shit together more than the federal courts do.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING
But First Take Your Head Out Of Your Ass
by Bob Walsh
There are actually some decent places to live in Oakland, CA. Mostly up in the hills. Since the people who live up there have actual jobs with actual incomes and buy their drugs from reliable drug-dealers rather than street-corner hood-rats some of these neighborhoods are actually full of nice houses and nice cars. The nice houses were helped by a very nasty urban fire storm some years ago that destroyed hundreds of houses in the Oakland hills. Since these people actually have some shit worth stealing they sort-of keep their eyes open, and call the cops when they see suspicious loiterers.
This particular lurker who had the cops called on him was very clever. He was disguised as a fire fighter, with a full set of turn-outs and equipment. He had even gone so far as to drive to the scene in a big red fire truck. He had several conspirators with him, also having driven into the area in a big red fire truck which was parked at the scene of the lurking. They were also dressed in accoutrements and attire suitable for an Oakland fire fighter, hence the Oakland Fire Dept. insignia on the fire truck and on the uniforms.
Also, of course, the suspicious lurker was black.
He was, of course, actually a fire fighter who was, along with his colleagues, doing a perfectly legal and laudable fire safety check in the neighborhood because they don't want another urban fire storm destroying their tax base.
Come on people, get your heads out of your butts.
by Bob Walsh
There are actually some decent places to live in Oakland, CA. Mostly up in the hills. Since the people who live up there have actual jobs with actual incomes and buy their drugs from reliable drug-dealers rather than street-corner hood-rats some of these neighborhoods are actually full of nice houses and nice cars. The nice houses were helped by a very nasty urban fire storm some years ago that destroyed hundreds of houses in the Oakland hills. Since these people actually have some shit worth stealing they sort-of keep their eyes open, and call the cops when they see suspicious loiterers.
This particular lurker who had the cops called on him was very clever. He was disguised as a fire fighter, with a full set of turn-outs and equipment. He had even gone so far as to drive to the scene in a big red fire truck. He had several conspirators with him, also having driven into the area in a big red fire truck which was parked at the scene of the lurking. They were also dressed in accoutrements and attire suitable for an Oakland fire fighter, hence the Oakland Fire Dept. insignia on the fire truck and on the uniforms.
Also, of course, the suspicious lurker was black.
He was, of course, actually a fire fighter who was, along with his colleagues, doing a perfectly legal and laudable fire safety check in the neighborhood because they don't want another urban fire storm destroying their tax base.
Come on people, get your heads out of your butts.
WRONG CLAY HIGGINS ENDORSED BY TRUMP FOR CONGRESS
Trump's Twitter fail as he tried to endorse Republican Congressman who had been slammed for making a video from Auschwitz's gas chambers - and tagged the wrong user instead
By Jessa Schroeder
Daily Mail
June 25, 2018
President Donald Trump on Sunday attempted to endorse US Representative Clay Higgins for re-election, but accidentally tagged a young man on Twitter who shares the same name as the Louisiana politician.
Trump took to social media to initially write: '@ClayHiggins18 has been a great help to me on cutting taxes, creating new healthcare programs at low cost, fighting for border security, our military and our vets.
'He is tough on crime and has my full endorsement. The great state of Louisiana, we want Clay!'
Roughly two hours after sending out the tweet, Trump deleted the status and and re-posted the celebratory tweet under the correct username of the controversial conservative.
The US representative followed up with comment to Trump's first tweet writing: 'Thank you Mr. President!'
Trump had tagged another Clay Higgins who had 111 followers and a private account before he gained attention. He also updated his profile photo.
Later on Sunday night, the young man set his account to public after he received a slew of user comments reacting to Trump's mistake.
Twitter users said things like: 'I am pretty sure that Clay Higgins would do a better job than grown-up Clay Higgins and 'IQ45 tweeted the wrong Clay Higgins, the incompetence is beyond staggering.' One even corrected the president's spelling.
The young man did not respond to DailyMail.com when asked to make comment about the matter.
It seems the Sunday incident wasn't the first time the young man was mistaken for the politician.
Last July, the young Higgins re-tweeted several posts that were accidentally aimed at him after the congressman's narration of a five-minute video inside a former gas chamber at the Nazi concentration camp in occupied Poland.
The representative posted the video in which in said the killings lasted 20 minutes and show why the US military 'must be invincible'.
A few days later, the Auschwitz Memorial publicly chastised Higgins for violating the rules requiring visitors to remain silent while inside the former gas chambers.
Officials later posted a photo of the entrance sign to that building, asking visitors to 'maintain silence here'.
The sign further read: 'You are in a building where the SS murdered thousands of people.
'Please maintain silence here: remember their suffering and show respect for their memory.'
By Jessa Schroeder
Daily Mail
June 25, 2018
President Donald Trump on Sunday attempted to endorse US Representative Clay Higgins for re-election, but accidentally tagged a young man on Twitter who shares the same name as the Louisiana politician.
Trump took to social media to initially write: '@ClayHiggins18 has been a great help to me on cutting taxes, creating new healthcare programs at low cost, fighting for border security, our military and our vets.
'He is tough on crime and has my full endorsement. The great state of Louisiana, we want Clay!'
Roughly two hours after sending out the tweet, Trump deleted the status and and re-posted the celebratory tweet under the correct username of the controversial conservative.
The US representative followed up with comment to Trump's first tweet writing: 'Thank you Mr. President!'
Trump had tagged another Clay Higgins who had 111 followers and a private account before he gained attention. He also updated his profile photo.
Later on Sunday night, the young man set his account to public after he received a slew of user comments reacting to Trump's mistake.
Twitter users said things like: 'I am pretty sure that Clay Higgins would do a better job than grown-up Clay Higgins and 'IQ45 tweeted the wrong Clay Higgins, the incompetence is beyond staggering.' One even corrected the president's spelling.
The young man did not respond to DailyMail.com when asked to make comment about the matter.
It seems the Sunday incident wasn't the first time the young man was mistaken for the politician.
Last July, the young Higgins re-tweeted several posts that were accidentally aimed at him after the congressman's narration of a five-minute video inside a former gas chamber at the Nazi concentration camp in occupied Poland.
The representative posted the video in which in said the killings lasted 20 minutes and show why the US military 'must be invincible'.
A few days later, the Auschwitz Memorial publicly chastised Higgins for violating the rules requiring visitors to remain silent while inside the former gas chambers.
Officials later posted a photo of the entrance sign to that building, asking visitors to 'maintain silence here'.
The sign further read: 'You are in a building where the SS murdered thousands of people.
'Please maintain silence here: remember their suffering and show respect for their memory.'
OFFICER STACY SHERIDAN BADLY NEEDS SGT. T. J. HOOKER’S GUIDANCE
Heather Locklear arrested AGAIN for punching a cop and kicking an EMT while 'heavily intoxicated' just days after she was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold for choking her mom
By Chris Spargo
Daily Mail
June 25, 2018
Heather Locklear has once again found herself in trouble with the law, just days after she was released from an involuntary psychiatric hold.
Police arrested the actress on Sunday night after the 56-year-old actress allegedly attacked an officer and an EMT.
She previously had an altercation with law enforcement in February which also led to an arrest.
Authorities were twice called to Locklear’s residence on Sunday, first around 6pm and then again at 11pm. Those were both were dispatched as 'disturbance' calls per the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies determined no crime had occurred after responding to the first call and left the scene.
It was when responding to the second call that deputies made contact with Locklear, who allegedly attacked an officer when he tried to separate her from other parties at the residence.
The dispatcher can be heard telling officers that a woman was cursing in the background while a man stated 'get the police here now' during that second call.
'There was a physical earlier with female. There are no weapons inside the residence. No one else is there,' says the dispatcher.
Locklear 'battered that officer by kicking him' according to a fellow member of the force, at which point she was arrested.
That same officer described Locklear as 'extremely intoxicated and uncooperative,' noting that while being checked at the scene she also kicked one of the EMS personnel examining her.
Ventura County Sheriff's Office records show that Locklear was taken into custody at 11:30pm and later booked just after 2am on Monday on two misdemeanor counts of battery. Locklear was first taken to the hospital to be cleared for booking according to the Sheriff's Office.
She is currently being held on $20,000 bail and due in court on Tuesday.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Locklear's reps for comment. She is currently on a hiatus with the firm that handles her public relations.
The actress had already been facing four counts of battery upon an officer and emergency personnel along with a single count of resist, obstruct, delay of peace officer or EMT for an incident that occurred earlier this year.
Locklear was arrested on suspicion of injuring a partner and fighting with sheriff’s officers at her home in Thousand Oaks on the night of February 25.
She had just returned from a trip to Boston at the time when she and boyfriend Chris Heisser began to fight.
Locklear's daughter Ava, 20, was also in the house at the time.
A search warrant that was executed at her home by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office revealed that during her February arrest, Locklear told deputies she would shoot them if they ever came to her house again.
Investigators had learned that Locklear had a gun registered in her name, and after hearing this went to seize the weapon.
The warrant states that officers were not able to locate the gun.
On the night of her arrest, Locklear screamed at one officer: 'Get the fuck out of my house!'
She did this while trying to slam a door on the man inside her home according to the Probable Cause Affidavit, which resulted in the five charges she is currently facing in the case.
Another officer reported that Locklear screamed: 'You fucking deserve your kids to die! You fucking deserve it! And when you find yourself in that position, think of me!'
Locklear told officers that Heisser had been choking her to the point where she believed she was about to lose consciousness and pass out.
Heisser told a different story, claiming it was Locklear who attacked him, and had red mark on his chest and blood on his nose according to the report.
Locklear checked herself into rehab after the incident, and in late May was seen smiling with Heisser as the two walked hand-in-hand into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in California.
Things took a turn again however just last week, when the actress allegedly battered her parents and threatened to take her own life.
That landed her in the hospital on an involuntary psychiatric hold on June 17, and she had just been released when this latest incident occurred on Sunday.
It was her mother who called police.
It is unclear now how these new misdemeanors might impact Locklear's parole given her previous arrest for the same offense.
She was on probation and due in court later this summer for her February arrest.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Heather appears to be in need of some serious head shrinking and a prolonged stay at a drug rehab center. What a shame.
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SELF-ENTITLED ASSHOLE ARRESTED FOR ASSHOLEISH BEHAVIOR...AGAIN
by Bob Walsh
Heather Locklear is a one-time famous actress, primarily known for her work on Melrose Place. Last night the cops showed up in response to a call to her home in Ventura County. She was stinking drunk and attacked a cop and an EMT.
Ms. Locklear was taken to the hospital, and then to the county slammer facing a battery charge.
By Chris Spargo
Daily Mail
June 25, 2018
Heather Locklear has once again found herself in trouble with the law, just days after she was released from an involuntary psychiatric hold.
Police arrested the actress on Sunday night after the 56-year-old actress allegedly attacked an officer and an EMT.
She previously had an altercation with law enforcement in February which also led to an arrest.
Authorities were twice called to Locklear’s residence on Sunday, first around 6pm and then again at 11pm. Those were both were dispatched as 'disturbance' calls per the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies determined no crime had occurred after responding to the first call and left the scene.
It was when responding to the second call that deputies made contact with Locklear, who allegedly attacked an officer when he tried to separate her from other parties at the residence.
The dispatcher can be heard telling officers that a woman was cursing in the background while a man stated 'get the police here now' during that second call.
'There was a physical earlier with female. There are no weapons inside the residence. No one else is there,' says the dispatcher.
Locklear 'battered that officer by kicking him' according to a fellow member of the force, at which point she was arrested.
That same officer described Locklear as 'extremely intoxicated and uncooperative,' noting that while being checked at the scene she also kicked one of the EMS personnel examining her.
Ventura County Sheriff's Office records show that Locklear was taken into custody at 11:30pm and later booked just after 2am on Monday on two misdemeanor counts of battery. Locklear was first taken to the hospital to be cleared for booking according to the Sheriff's Office.
She is currently being held on $20,000 bail and due in court on Tuesday.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Locklear's reps for comment. She is currently on a hiatus with the firm that handles her public relations.
The actress had already been facing four counts of battery upon an officer and emergency personnel along with a single count of resist, obstruct, delay of peace officer or EMT for an incident that occurred earlier this year.
Locklear was arrested on suspicion of injuring a partner and fighting with sheriff’s officers at her home in Thousand Oaks on the night of February 25.
She had just returned from a trip to Boston at the time when she and boyfriend Chris Heisser began to fight.
Locklear's daughter Ava, 20, was also in the house at the time.
A search warrant that was executed at her home by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office revealed that during her February arrest, Locklear told deputies she would shoot them if they ever came to her house again.
Investigators had learned that Locklear had a gun registered in her name, and after hearing this went to seize the weapon.
The warrant states that officers were not able to locate the gun.
On the night of her arrest, Locklear screamed at one officer: 'Get the fuck out of my house!'
She did this while trying to slam a door on the man inside her home according to the Probable Cause Affidavit, which resulted in the five charges she is currently facing in the case.
Another officer reported that Locklear screamed: 'You fucking deserve your kids to die! You fucking deserve it! And when you find yourself in that position, think of me!'
Locklear told officers that Heisser had been choking her to the point where she believed she was about to lose consciousness and pass out.
Heisser told a different story, claiming it was Locklear who attacked him, and had red mark on his chest and blood on his nose according to the report.
Locklear checked herself into rehab after the incident, and in late May was seen smiling with Heisser as the two walked hand-in-hand into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in California.
Things took a turn again however just last week, when the actress allegedly battered her parents and threatened to take her own life.
That landed her in the hospital on an involuntary psychiatric hold on June 17, and she had just been released when this latest incident occurred on Sunday.
It was her mother who called police.
It is unclear now how these new misdemeanors might impact Locklear's parole given her previous arrest for the same offense.
She was on probation and due in court later this summer for her February arrest.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Heather appears to be in need of some serious head shrinking and a prolonged stay at a drug rehab center. What a shame.
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SELF-ENTITLED ASSHOLE ARRESTED FOR ASSHOLEISH BEHAVIOR...AGAIN
by Bob Walsh
Heather Locklear is a one-time famous actress, primarily known for her work on Melrose Place. Last night the cops showed up in response to a call to her home in Ventura County. She was stinking drunk and attacked a cop and an EMT.
Ms. Locklear was taken to the hospital, and then to the county slammer facing a battery charge.
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