Linky Friday: Last Day of July, or the 153th Day of March, Depending
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ end-of-the-week tradition of bringing you items from around the web to read, share, and discuss
Category: Crime
Unsealed Documents in Past Case Focuses Attention Back on Jeffrey Epstein
“The documents include a deposition given by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the draft of a memoir she was writing about her experiences inside the sex-trafficking ring, and email exchanges between Maxwell and Epstein.”
What the Hell is Happening at Fort Hood?
If you are keeping track, that’s seven young Fort Hood soldiers found dead under suspicious circumstances in just under five months.
Bad Strategery In Stumptown Threatens Portland, the President, and Us
There are no good solutions to the rioters in Portland. There are many moving parts that, should any of them rub together, means a human tragedy.
The Time Mike Foiled A Jesuit Conspiracy To Infiltrate And Seize New Brunswick
The following story is meant to be humorous. As far as we know Mike Pence did not, in fact, foil a Jesuit conspiracy.
Reta Mays: An Angel of Death Stalking Her Own At VA Hospital
The insidiousness of killers like Reta Mays is especially disturbing because of their positions of trust and the expectation to care to their victims
Breonna Taylor’s Supporters Face Felony Charges; Her Murderers Face Nothing
It is unclear if either group put any thought into what it looks like to make that claim, given the severity of what was being protested, but it seems safe to assume that none was.
Hollow Rights & Hollow Points
It doesn’t matter as much if they can’t arrest you if they can just kill you. Rights that are not consistently respected aren’t rights.
Wednesday Writs: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Let’s discuss religious freedom in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, via another new decision fresh off the SCOTUS presses.
There Are No Better People
Superheroes aren’t real. All we have is people, and trading one group for another is not and never will be a cure for systemic flaws
DC Circuit Court of Appeals Rules for Dismissal of Michael Flynn Case
The long-running and politically charged case against retired General and former NSA Michael Flynn has taken yet another turn.
Wednesday Writs for 6/24
A tale of two headlines: Why Trump Keeps Losing at the Supreme Court vs. How the Supreme Court is Quietly Enabling Trump and other law tidbits
Duty To Protect: CHAZ/CHOP Edition
Is there a general sense that if these guys didn’t want to go into the CHAZ/CHOP, then they shouldn’t have their jobs?
How Tan Was My MRAP
With police accountability very much in question, the easy and flippant lip service of “at no cost” and “find a way to use it” are grossly irresponsible
Altering the Policing Paradigm
Neither of those is literally what anyone wants to have happen, but they fit on a protest sign and can be chanted during a march. So what are the details?
Unqualified: The Winding Road of Qualified Immunity
Somewhere along the way, Qualified Immunity was twisted to shield officers from consequences of actions no one can argue were ambiguous in wrongness.
Trouble in Lake Wobegon
Walking around made you wonder if this was Minneapolis or some war-torn city on the other side of the world.
Independent Autopsy Rules George Floyd’s Death a Homicide
The preliminary report: death was “caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain”.
Cities Burning: Stories of Riots from 1992 and 2020
Stories from 1992 and 2020: We’re not “bad” people. But we’re not as good as we pretend, and we’re not holding ourselves to account.
Minnesota Burning
Rioting has broken out among protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of George Floyd.
