Year: 2020

Cities considering defunding and abolishing their police departments are pondering municipal hara-kiri. Local governments are generally financed in large part by sales and property taxes. Sales taxes come from commerce. Commercial property taxes are paid by businesses. The value of residential property, which establishes the tax rate, is in large part a result of demand Read more »

By Stephen Owsinski Nickelodeon, a channel for children’s viewing pleasure, broadcast several minutes of a black screen with the words “I Can’t Breathe” in white letters accompanied by the soundtrack of a human inhaling/exhaling. Whether you are a parent or not, rational minds would be jarred by such a graphic and absurd message directed at Read more »

By Steve Pomper  When is enough, enough? This item may qualify. I listened on the radio to Seattle’s mayor speaking with a large group of radicals. Mayor Jenny Durkan listened to their complaints as they sought to hijack the meeting, snatching the microphone from her on several occasions. One of their complaints was outrageous, and one Read more »

By Steve Pomper  Cops are experiencing an excruciating frustration with mainstream media. Political and media leaders create and promote an anti-police false narrative, and then even well-intentioned journalists make assumptions based on that erroneous foundation. Media are asking for a better way to change American “police culture.” They’re making a deeply troubling assumption. An assumption akin Read more »

By Stephen Owsinski Thankfully, we are starting to see some loosening of restrictions related to the pandemic. Gratefully, throughout the entire time, definitely from the get-go, private-sector businesses and philanthropic organizations kept coming to the aid of our nation’s law enforcement officers, providing them with whatever essentials were necessary to keep them safe, guarded, and Read more »

By Steve Pomper  Is there anything a police officer can do these days that doesn’t draw the ire of the public, politicians, or their administrations? It seems the answer to that question is, “no.” Not in today’s caustic toward cops environment. Seattle resident Kert Lin reported a recent alleged “road rage” incident with a smear of Read more »

By Steve Pomper  Looks like it’s more waiting for a Blackwell, Oklahoma police lieutenant who’s been languishing for over a year to be cleared of criminal charges stemming from an incident in May 2019. Lt. John Mitchell and another officer shot and killed a woman who’d been driving her pickup through town, shooting out her window Read more »

By Steve Pomper  According to several reports, including at thehill.com, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently appeared to be threatening to lay off public safety employees if the federal government refuses to hand over the cash—oh, and I think to hold his breath and stomp his feet, too. This doesn’t surprise me. It’s like with local governments Read more »

By Stephen Owsinski If there is one commonality shared by both bikers and cops, it is preconceived notions which are consistently proven to be abjectly wrong. In view of anyone riding a motorcycle, some folks automatically conjure imagery of the Hell’s Angels and their sordid history involving murder and mayhem. Similarly, some people look upon Read more »