A Chinese police chief has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card, state media said Wednesday in the latest scandal to fuel public outrage over corruption. Zhao Haibin was stripped of his public offices for “engaging in business deals using a fake…
Tmorej Smith, 3, Killed After Reportedly Mistaking Pink Handgun For Toy
A South Carolina toddler is dead after reportedly mistaking a pink handgun for a toy.
Police responded to a call about a shooting at Haywood Plantation Apartments in Greenville, S.C., at 7:30 p.m. Friday night, the Associated Press reported. There, officers found 3-year-old Temorej Smith dead from a single gunshot wound to the head.
On Monday, police reported that the shooting occurred while Smith and his 7-year-old sister were in a bedroom at home, playing with a pink handgun they might have thought was a toy, according to CBS local affiliate WCSC.
Breezy hurled an epithet at Ocean
Although R&B singer Frank Ocean has since forgiven rapper Chris Brown for allegedly attacking him in a recording studio parking lot, new details continue to emerge about the highly publicized brawl. TMZ has today obtained the incident report in which Ocean told police that Brown and his entourage jumped him and called him a faggot. TMZ reports:
Ocean told police Brown tried to shake his hand, but Ocean refused, telling Brown he was in his parking spot. Ocean claimed that’s when Brown punched him in the face. According to the report, Ocean said two of Brown’s goons then jumped in to help Brown … pushed him into a corner and attempted to kick him.
Ocean — who revealed last year that he’d once had a romantic relationship with a man — also said he believes he heard someone yell “faggot!” but he’s unsure who made the statement.
Breezy’s crew hurled an epithet at Ocean
Although R&B singer Frank Ocean has since forgiven rapper Chris Brown for allegedly attacking him in a recording studio parking lot, new details continue to emerge about the highly publicized brawl. TMZ has today obtained the incident report in which Ocean told police that Brown and his entourage jumped him and called him a faggot. TMZ reports:
Ocean told police Brown tried to shake his hand, but Ocean refused, telling Brown he was in his parking spot. Ocean claimed that’s when Brown punched him in the face. According to the report, Ocean said two of Brown’s goons then jumped in to help Brown … pushed him into a corner and attempted to kick him.
Ocean — who revealed last year that he’d once had a romantic relationship with a man — also said he believes he heard someone yell “faggot!” but he’s unsure who made the statement.
LAPD Reviewing LA Catholic Church Sex Abuse Files For Evidence Of Criminal Activity
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are reviewing recently released clergy abuse files to see if there’s evidence of criminal activity by members of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, including the failure to report child abuse to authorities.
Cmdr. Andrew Smith said Tuesday the LAPD is focusing on the cases of about a dozen previously investigated priests and is auditing them to make sure nothing was missed.
Chicago police stops immediately responding to burglaries and thefts
Many Chicagoans who call 911 will no longer receive immediate help. Chicago police will no longer show up at crime scenes unless someone is in critical condition or a criminal suspect remains on the scene.It may soon take bullet wounds, broken bones, rape attacks or other injuries to catch the atten
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tion of the police department, while crimes like car thefts may largely be overlooked.Chicagoans who report property damage, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries or other crimes in which the perpetrator is no longer on the scene will not be assisted until the police have time, thereby freeing up officers for patrol duties but also leaving distraught victims in the dark.Starting Sunday, about 44 officers will be freed up each day and will no longer be dispatched for certain crimes. Instead, the officers will spend their time patrolling the streets and searching for crimes elsewhere. The Chicago Police Department believes it does not need to report to scenes where the victim is “safe, secure and not in need of medical attention” and the offender is “not on the scene and not expected to return immediately.”But some Chicago residents are angry about the new response plan, arguing that the taxes they pay for police should be used to help them when they are in need.“I think that’s ridiculous. I think if there’s a burglary, they’ve got to come. It’s what we pay for. They have to come,” said Carmen Curio, who told CBS that she lives nearby a house that burglars broke into on Christmas Day.Ald. Nick Sposato, a Northwest Chicago resident, said he pays high enough property taxes to deserve police assistance after a traumatizing break-in.“People are upset; they want to talk to a police officer. They want to know something is being done to prevent this in the future,” Sposato said.In some cases, crime victims might also believe the perpetrator has left the scene when the suspect is actually still at large. And even if a victim was not physically injured, they may have experienced emotional trauma that needs to be addressed. With police failing to show up, Chicago residents can no longer be guaranteed the care that law enforcement exists to ensure.Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said he is aware of this, but continues to believe that police are more useful on the street than responding to 911 calls.“You’re upset; you’re violated. It’s happened to me. So, you’ve got to weigh it, and I’m making tough decisions,” he said. “I’m making a tough decision, but I’d rather have that officer on the street, doing something to prevent the next shooting than – honestly – making somebody feel better, because they’re responding rather than talking to them over the phone.”McCarthy claims he was a victim of a burglary “three or four times”, but changed the response plan because of the city’s financial distress.The Alternate Response Unit will draw up police reports on the phone and send evidence technicians to crime scenes later on, if documentation is necessary. Last year, about 74,000 such case reports were processed. But about 151,000 are expected to be processed this year – more than doubling the number of cases that the Chicago Police Department does not have time to attend to in person.In 2012, 911 callers had the option to have an officer come to their location and file a report in person – but that choice will no longer be available to them unless they are injured or in the presence of a crime suspect.The Chicago Police Department is in fact dealing with an overwhelming number of gun violence incidents, with its 513 homicides last year reaching a four-year high. Last month’s 42 homicides were the most January murders Chicago has experienced since 2002, and the city is on the pace for more than 700 murders this year.But while gun violence does indeed need more attention than non-violent crimes, local residents continue to be distraught about the prospect of being overlooked when they call 911. With too much crime and too few police officers, the city is in a financially tough situation when it comes to fighting crime. … Read More
Matt Welch on Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy
To see how
far Rand Paul has gotten in his project to inject libertarianism
into a GOP foreign policy debate long dominated by neoconservatives
and other interventionists, think back to what official
Republicanism looked like only 27 months ago.Then, just one month before a new and different-sounding Tea
Party wave of freshmen politicians (including Paul) flooded into
Capitol Hill talking about cutting rather than limiting
the growth of government, Weekly Standard founder William
Kristol, American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks, and
Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner took to the pages of
The Wall Street Journal to fire a shot across
whippersnappers’ bow: Don’t you even think about cutting
defense, kids.Now Republicans are poised to allow a $55 billion military
spending cut by the end of the month, and Rand Paul is gearing up
to deliver a major speech on “restoring the Founders’ vision
of foreign policy” tomorrow at Ed Feulner’s old stomping grounds,
the Heritage Foundation. As Editor in Chief Matt Welch observes,
that rumbling you feel beneath your feet might be the first
harbinger of a tectonic shift. View this article. … Read More
