#atf keith

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events 21mar24

Pornhub has shut down access in Texas.

Pornhub wants you to know its feelings hurt over Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, 23-50627 (5th Cir. 2024).

CV NEWS FEED // Pornhub has ceased offering its explicit website in the state of Texas, citing the Lone Star State’s passage of a law that protects children from viewing online pornography. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that visitors who attempt to access Pornhub’s site from Texas “are now greeted with a long message from the company railing against the legal change as ‘ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous.’” “The company calls for age verification by the makers of devices that let people on the internet, instead of individual websites,” the Chronicle added. Pornhub wrote in its message to users: “As you may know, your elected officials in Texas are requiring us to verify your age before allowing you to access our website.”***

Oh, no. If you're a Texan who like pr0n, how will you survive?

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CIA was at the Capitol on January 6????

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ATF SRT After Action Report, Activation Number SRT- 21-075 (Jan. 6-7, 2021).

WT Flock?

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Testify against Clinton or something?

Police said the Boeing whistleblower found dead in his car outside a South Carolina hotel last Saturday was found with a "silver handgun" and a "white piece of paper that closely resembled a note," Newsweek reported Friday. The Charleston Police Department said it was still making inquiries about John Barnett, who was discovered in a hotel car park with a single gunshot wound to the head.*** A coroner’s report said Barnett, 62, died from a "self-inflicted" wound, though a close family friend of Barnett’s told WCIV-TV,"I know he did not commit suicide." "He wasn't concerned about safety because I asked him," the friend said. "I said, 'Aren't you scared?' And he said, 'No, I ain't scared, but if anything happens to me, it's not suicide.' "*** https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/john-barnett-boeing-handgun/2024/03/15/id/1157484

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Colorado Prison Director is "TRAVIS TRANI?"

Colorado is poised to become the first state in the country with segregated holding cells for transgender women in prison, if a judge signs off on it.  After a class action lawsuit was filed by several transgender inmates in 2019 against the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) alleging discrimination, harassment and assault, a judge is scheduled to rule on a consent decree that would bring further changes – including surgical sex changes and hormone treatment – to the state's penitentiary, Fox News Digital has learned.  The consent decree, a court-ordered settlement in a legal dispute, would also require all trans women currently or previously in CDOC to receive a $2.1 million payout, depending on the severity of the alleged assault, discrimination and harassment while in prison. Rewards could range from $1,000 to $10,000 per plaintiff. *** The decree would enact several changes. First, it would create two separate housing units for transgender women inmates: the "Voluntary Transgender Unit" (VTU) at the men's Sterling Correctional Facility, and the "Integration Unit" (IU) at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility.*** Greisen told Fox News Digital the decree would also "allow the class members to transition to gender-affirming housing at the women’s facility, and ensure that necessary medical and mental health treatment will be provided." *** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colorado-to-become-the-first-state-to-build-separate-inmate-units-for-transgender-women

Raven v. Polis, 2019CV34492 (Denver D.).

Nothing in the consent decree says transgender people won't or can't be incarcerated in women's prisons. You might be a small woman serving a sentence for a non violent crime sharing a judicially approved cell with

Keith Rivers, 46, now known as "Cupcake," is currently serving a life sentence for murdering a victim outside a tavern in 1999. According to the class action lawsuit, Rivers came out as transgender in 2004 *** Another plaintiff, Andre Karpierz, 47, who goes by "Lavinya," is also serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first degree murder. Karpierz is currently being held in the Denver Womens Correctional Facility, according to CDOC records.

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Funny duffleblog -

Military aide must ‘dummy cord’ nuclear football after leaving it on Biden’s Corvette

"I guess finger sandwiches are more important than nuclear security, huh?"

Whiskey Fueled Tirade March 18, 2024 THE WHITE HOUSE – Lt. Col. Jason Schmutz will be required to ‘dummy cord’ the President’s Emergency Satchel, commonly referred to as the ‘nuclear football,’ to his body after leaving it on top of President Biden’s 1967 Corvette Stingray, sources confirmed today.  “What a f*cking newb,” White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told the Duffel Blog. “The nuclear football sat on the hood of the President’s ‘shaggin’ wagon’ for the better part of an hour while Schmuckatelli was stuffing his face.” This is not the first time sensitive materials were left in the vicinity of the president’s sports car. In 2023, it came to light that President Biden had classified documents stored in his garage next to his Corvette.*** Sources say Schmutz was eating lunch in the West Wing when he stopped eating and looked around his seat, turned pale, and ran out of the Navy Mess. By the time he reached the President’s Corvette, a Secret Service agent had secured the nuclear briefcase and handed it over to the White House Military Office sergeant major.  “Missing something, sir?”, the sergeant major asked, the briefcase sitting on his desk next to a large spool of 550 paracord. “I spoke with the Chief of Staff and he thought it might be a good idea if we made it, uhh, a bit more difficult to leave your weapon system here behind, hooah?”*** “He messed up but I think he can still recover,” Schmutz’s colonel said as he signed career-ending UCMJ paperwork for an enlisted servicemember who lost his government cell phone. “He’s a good officer and man can he run fast.” At press time, Schmutz was seen walking toward Marine One next to the President, the nuclear football tethered to his Army Green Service Uniform belt. https://www.duffelblog.com/p/military-aide-must-dummy-cord-nuclear-football-after-leaving-it-on-biden-s-corvette

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Why try to hide it?

Both https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-church-teacher-accused-of-child-sex-abuse/3565670/ and https://wjla.com/news/local/sexual-abuse-teacher-derwood-montgomery-county-police-department-ervin-jeovany-alfaro-lopez-minor-children-charges-arrest-multiple-charges-crime report that Ervin Jeovany Alfaro-Lopez molested multiple kids at a church in Maryland.

What they fail to mention is that Alfaro-Lopez is "an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador who has been deported twice from the United States." Even MSN can see how that's relevant. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/ervin-jeovany-alfaro-lopez-maryland-church-teacher-charged-with-child-abuse-is-a-twice-deported-illegal-migrant.

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Yeah, so?

An expert who has testified in foster care cases across Colorado admits her evaluations are unscientific

https://i0.wp.com/www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TDP-Z-20230410-Bailey-Colorado-Interveners-01-1.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&ssl=1

Diane Baird, LCSW, at her desk in Wheat Ridge. (Photo by Trent Davis Bailey for ProPublica)

Diane Baird had spent four decades evaluating the relationships of poor families with their children. But last May, in a downtown Denver conference room, with lawyers surrounding her and a court reporter transcribing, she was the one under the microscope. Baird, a social worker and professional expert witness, has routinely advocated in juvenile court cases across Colorado that foster children be adopted by or remain in the custody of their foster parents rather than being reunified with their typically lower-income birth parents or other family members. In the conference room, Baird was questioned for nine hours by a lawyer representing a birth family in a case out of rural Huerfano County, according to a recently released transcript of the deposition obtained by ProPublica. Was Baird’s method for evaluating these foster and birth families empirically tested? No, Baird answered: Her method is unpublished and unstandardized, and has remained “pretty much unchanged” since the 1980s. It doesn’t have those “standard validity and reliability things,” she admitted. “It’s not a scientific instrument,” Eli Hager reports.

If you thought social work was a science, I really must ask you to drop the crack pipe.

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Watched a really good movie, Regression (2015). Shrink purported to offer scientific advice on interrogation in a ritual satanic abuse case. trailer The result was false accusations.

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Aspiring drag queens have the right to Equal Protection

SHANGELA WAS A breakthrough star. With her sharp-tongued retorts, viral catchphrases, and distinctive Southern accent, the gregarious Texas drag queen quickly rose to become one of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s most beloved contestants. “[It’s] like ‘Angela’ with an ‘S-H,’” she explained on the show. “The debutantess of the Deep South.” Despite an early Season Two elimination when the queen was in her late twenties, a more polished version of the future star returned to the runway for two other installments in the show’s franchise. Drag Race fans often complain that she was robbed of the crown during her appearance on the show’s All Stars spinoff. “She’s amazing. We’ve actually put her on the show, like, three times?” RuPaul told Andy Cohen in 2022. “She’s a fabulous queen.”*** But behind the curtain — in hotel rooms and apartments — four people allege to Rolling Stone that Darius Jeremy (“DJ”) Pierce, the man behind the famous drag persona, either sexually assaulted them or attempted to have sex with them when they were too inebriated to consent. A fifth person claims Pierce attempted anal penetration in a bathroom closet despite rejecting his advances. *** Five people independently described nights out with Pierce when they were between the ages of 18 and 23. All five said that Pierce, nearly double their age and fresh off headline-grabbing spots on the silver screen and awards-show red carpets, drank with them through the late hours of the night and into the morning. The accusers all said they were acutely aware of Shangela’s celebrity status — three people said they were aspiring drag queens. *** https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/shangela-rupaul-drag-race-sexual-assault-1234974148/

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Thurs

Good parents?

HOUSTON – A trio of suspected bank robbers dubbed “little rascals” are in custody, according to FBI Houston. The three boys are accused of robbing a Wells Fargo in the 10200 block of North Freeway. “They are 11, 12, and 16-year-old boys charged locally with robbery by threat. Because they are juveniles, their names, and no additional details will be released,” FBI Houston said on X, formerly known as Twitter. According to KPRC 2, KSAT’s sister station in Houston, the group of suspects demanded cash from a bank teller.*** Two of the suspects were arrested after their parents allegedly noticed them in the security footage and contacted law enforcement, according to CNN.*** https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/03/20/group-of-children-dubbed-little-rascals-arrested-for-robbing-wells-fargo-bank-fbi-says

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Free speech case

Rubbing it in.

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If you want to work at that school, they prolly want your fingerprints

Bensenville, Illinois - Chicago suburb

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[vmheadquarters]

ASK THE FANDOM--RESPONSES

Here’s this week’s Ask the Fandom question:

Is Keith Mars ACTUALLY a good investigator since he a.) didn’t know his wife was cheating on him b.) didn’t run Logan Echoll’s car through border patrol c.) didn’t get a full file on Lilly Kane (which would turn up the speeding ticket) d.) got outsmarted by Vinnie Van Lowe in Welcome Wagon by a trick VM spotted immediately, etc.

And here’s what you had to say:

@cheshirecatstrut--Personally I think Keith is just like Veronica. He’s extremely clever, maybe a bit smug, good at improvising/mimicking, reckless in pursuit of justice…and has giant blind spots due to personal bias. Like he hates Jake (and I’m one who believes he at least SUSPECTED his wife was cheating). This hatred causes him to accuse Jake of covering up Lilly’s murder during interrogation (which gets him fired) and ignore other suspects and leads. (Not just Aaron or the speeding ticket, either–he doesn’t really investigate Weevil or Logan, despite knowing they were both Lilly’s lovers). He also dislikes boys who REMIND him of Jake (Logan, Troy) so he chases them away from his daughter, while seeming fine with both Known to be Mentally Unstable Duncan and Sketchy Adult Cop Leo. 

He sees himself as smarter and more ethical than Vinnie, and Vinnie uses  that blind spot repeatedly to trap him (in much the same way Weevil plays Veronica). He judges Jake and Logan harshly for sleeping with married women, but finds extenuating circumstances when he’s the one doing so. He thinks leaving Neptune, having a corporate career, and marrying a ‘nice’ person is the road to happiness (mostly because it’s the exact opposite of the path he chose). So he manipulates and guilts Veronica into living that life, even though it’s not at all what she wants.

So in my opinion, he’s not so much a BAD investigator as a cocky and biased one. And he suffers for his flawed judgment the same way Veronica does–by losing the things he most values.

@mrskissytaylor--I feel like Keith wouldn’t have been a respected Sheriff or a respected PI by his clients if he wasn’t a good investigator. I mean, as Sheriff, we know he was elected by the people to hold the position, and he wouldn’t have been elected if he wasn’t capable of doing his job, especially to the 09 standards. Same idea goes for the PI side. Mars Investigation seems to rely a lot on reputation, he wouldn’t have many clients or referrals if he wasn’t good at what he did.  I do however think that he, like Veronica - allows his own personal vendettas or issues with specific people cloud his judgement. Obviously Jake Kane was on his radar long before Lily’s death. He may not have known how long Leanne’s affair was going on for, but he had to have known on some level. I think that by going so far as to accuse Jake, he must have decided at some point that since his instincts were telling him Jake was somehow involved or responsible, he stopped looking at any other angle and ran with the circumstantial evidence. I bet if he continued to dig even after questioning Jake, he would have figured out the ticket. Same with Logan. This was the kid that he knew as the self entitled rich kid, used to not having consequences for his actions; and just also happened to be dating his daughter. He didn’t think Logan was ‘worthy enough’, so when she presents him with a plausible (yet very weak) motive…he goes with it - probably not with the intention of bringing Logan to justice based off of something circumstantial, but definitely because his little girl was emotionally hurt by it and he wouldn’t stand for that. What is it they say? Someone always has to pay? 

@captaine-carter--He definitely knew Lianne was cheating on him (there’s a reason he hates Jake so much) he just choose to ignore it because he didn’t want to destroy his family. And with Lilly he was blinded by how badly he wanted Jake to have done it just like Veronica gets when accusing Logan of evil. The one big difference between Veronica and Keith is Keith tends to be more of an optimist about people. Probably because he was an adult before being exposed to all the scandal while she was still a high schooler and so he does tend to miss a couple things Veronica picks up on because she’s always convinced everyone is up to something. (Unless they are a ‘nice’ guy)

[andthefrog]

Aren’t you tired of living on the margins while all those fat cats in their fancy cars don’t give you so much as a sideways glance? - Dr. Facilier 

The Princess and the frog, dir. Ron Clements & John Musker

[fcundwings]

main verses + canon divergencies 

ALL muses are associated with @hisrepentance regardless of the verse. if they refer to erica, that’s who they’re talking about.

ALTHEA: her main chibs is @/modernmythe. she does not fuck chibs in front of quinn. ANGEL: his relationship with adelita was a one night stand that resulted in a kid. that’s it. they are not dating, he is not in love with her.  ANNIKA: her sponsor is @/anarchiy’s patience, her prospect is @/anarchiy’s santanna. mostly associated with @/anarchiy. ANTONIA: n/a AUGUST: he’s on life support/in icu for a couple weeks after jax shoots him but ultimately survives & returns to pope industries. BISHOP: his old lady is @/anarchiy’s viki. BOBBY: august doesn’t kill him, he’s just severely injured and in the hospital for a week. he’s the club secretary throughout, minus his brief stint as v.p. & the few weeks he spent finding new members. CANDY: her high school sweetheart was @/modernmythe’s david, who she is still in love with. her roommate is @/modernmythe’s katherine. alt verse available where she’s forced into retirement after being shot. CHARLIE: jax shoots him, but it’s not fatal.  CHIBS: his wife and EXCLUSIVE fiona is @/heartstirred. his main kerrianne & EXCLUSIVE padraic are also @/heartstirred. lbr he’s mostly associated with @/heartstirred. he does not fuck althea in front of quinn. he’s more understanding about juice ratting & doesn’t completely turn his back on him. used to be friends with jimmy.  CHUCKIE: n/a CLAY: he is single ship with @/murkyhazed’s gemma. his daughter is @/hisrepentance. COCO: his ex-girlfriend/leticia’s mother is @/anarchiy’s savannah. after the bomb at the end of s2, his ptsd has severely flared up. more info on his other kids until canon reveals more can be found here. COREY: mostly associated with @/anarchiy. CREEPER: n/a DONNA: she survives, there’s no murder attempt. her main opie is @/outlawmercied. alt verses available where her & ope divorced while he was in chino & where they broke up in high school. ELI: juice shoots him & he nearly dies; he recovers but althea had to take over his position while he was gone so he’s demoted.  EZ: his love interest is @/elastixhearts’s gabriela. GALEN: he’s in ireland when jax kills clay, takes over as the leader of the irish kings. his daughter is @/kctharos. HALLORANN: n/a HAPPY: his old lady is @/jundlcndwastes. they have a son named jackson robert and a daughter named mia grace. he’s a lot more upset about angel & ez torturing him. JIMENEZ: angel doesn’t shoot him; he steps away from the case & lets potter do his thing. JIMMY: him & chibs used to be friends before they started working for the true ira. his main chibs is @/modernmythe. mostly associated with @/heartstirred. he doesn’t rat & doesn’t flee to america so stahl never catches him & chibs never kills him. alt verse available where he’s on the run from atf, samcro, and the ira. KERRIANNE: her main chibs is @/modernmythe, her EXCLUSIVE fiona and padraic are @/heartstirred. her main trinity is @/heartstirred. she becomes a soldier for the true ira. mostly associated with @/heartstirred. KOZIK: he sets off the landmine & ends up badly burned on his back/arm/shoulder/etc. spends a couple weeks in the burn unit/icu & erica moves in with him when he’s released to take care of him. when he’s healed, he moves back to tacoma & takes back his sergeant patch. his main kendra is @/modernmythe. his brother is @/modernmythe’s nathan. LETTY: her best friend is @/elastixhearts’s gabriela. her mother is @/anarchiy’s savannah. celia did beat her, she didn’t fake it. LOWELL: once he’s sober, he returns to work at teller-morrow and regains full custody of moby.  LYLA: her EXCLUSIVE opie is @/outlawmercied. they have a daughter named ivy donna. in verses where ope dies, she relapses into her cocaine and alcohol use. in verses where ope survives, they live happily next door to jax & tara. her main ima is @/anarchiy. her main colette is @/murkyhazed. her main luann is @/modernmythe. MARCUS: his EXCLUSIVE diana is @/anarchiy. his main esai is @/anarchiy. MARISOL: she is single ship & EXCLUSIVE with @/beatrayer’s felipe. i mean i’m prob mostly doing prequel things with her but if she were to live, then ez gets to the shop in time to save her but she’s badly injured MAUREEN: she is single ship & EXCLUSIVE with @/heartstirred’s keith & is mostly associated with their muses. her main jt is @/modernmythe. she’s always completely open with samcro about where abel is. MIGUEL: his wife & main emily is @/gclddustheart. he NEVER lays a hand on emily. NERO: his main gemma is @/gatekeepcr. in any post-s7 verse, they’re either broken up bc she’s in hiding or bc she’s dead. his ex-wife/baby mama is @/anarchiy’s rana. after living on the farm for a couple months, he eventually goes back to the gang life, once again taking over the byzlats and taking back partial ownership of diosa, which he now shares with chibs, marcus, & lyla. NESTOR: n/a  POTTER: mostly follows mayan canon, but i will also write him in soa if requested.  RATBOY: his EXCLUSIVE brooke is @/murkyhazed. he never cheated on her.  RIZ: taza never kills him. it’s a slow recovery with a lot of rehab, but in the end he’s back to 100% and returns to the club. ROSARIO: her sponsor & gf is @/pinkshavoc. mostly associated with @/anarchiy. SAMARA: her father figure is @/modernmythe’s bobby. mostly associated with @/anarchiy. SIMONE: her EXCLUSIVE esai is @/anarchiy. TAZA: his ex-wife is @/anarchiy’s elena. he sponsored both riz & creeper. TESSA: she is single ship & EXCLUSIVE with @/modernmythe’s abel. they have a son named mateo esai. her main esai is @/anarchiy, her mother is @/anarchiy’s diana, her father is @/sxperflxity’s marcus. her main jax is @/modernmythe. her main clay is @/modernmythe.  TIG: his old lady is @/anarchiy’s venus. his main gemma & former love interest is @/gatekeepcr. his ex-girlfriend is @/anarchiy’s chelsea. his main dawn is @/gclddustheart. his EXCLUSIVE fawn is @/elastixhearts. his EXCLUSIVE colleen is @/tragaedy. his main opie is @/outlawmercied. erica is his adopted daughter. WENDY: she never helps tara fake a pregnancy & miscarriage. she doesn’t relapse. her & nero stay at the farm with the kids for a few weeks before wendy takes abel & thomas & moves to lodi. in a circumstance where tara lives, she’s still fighting to be part of abel’s life.

[orbemnews]

Officer assaulted in Delmar dies from injuries, police say UPDATE 4/28: Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook died Wednesday due to injuries sustained after being assaulted when he responded to a fight-in-progress call, ATF Baltimore said in a tweet.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday that he has directed that the U.S. and state flags in Maryland fly at half-staff in honor of Heacook.”On behalf of all Marylanders, I extend my sincerest condolences to the Delmar Police Department, and to the loved ones of Corporal Keith Heacook, a 22-year veteran of the department who died after being assaulted in the line of duty. We owe so much to the brave law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities,” Hogan said.ORIGINAL STORY: A police officer suffered significant head injuries while responding to a call in Delmar in which a senior couple was also injured, according to Delaware State Police.All of the victims suffered what police called extensive injuries.State police said Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook the first to arrive around 5:12 a.m. Sunday at a house in the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive for a fight in progress. A 911 caller reported that one of the residents, identified as Randon Wilkerson, was fighting with other residents of the house.Moments later, police said they received a second 911 call from a house across the street, where Wilkerson is accused of using a glass object to assault a 73-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife. Both victims suffered significant injuries and were taken to hospitals. The woman was later taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.Heacook arrived at the scene of the first 911 call and got into a physical altercation with Wilkerson inside the house, police said.When dispatchers began checking on Heacook and received no response, other officers arrived at the house and found Heacook unconscious. Heacook was taken to TidalHealth in Salsibury before he was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with significant head injuries, police said.”Cpl. Keith Heacook is a 22-year veteran and has been employed with our department since 1998,” Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said in a statement. “He is a husband, son, brother and father. Keith is fighting for his life right now and he needs your prayers along with the elderly couple who were also injured. Members from the Delmar Police appreciate the outpouring of community support as we continue to move forward. We appreciate the support from the Delaware State Police, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and all other agencies who responded and are assisting with this investigation.”Police said officers found Wilkerson walking behind the house where the initial 911 call originated and he was taken into custody without incident.Wikerson, 30, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, first-degree burglary, third-degree assault and terroristic threatening, police said.Hours after the assault, hundreds in the tight-knit community gathered for a vigil. Some who witnessed what happened said they will never forget what they saw.”I saw an attack on a police officer, I saw an attack on humanity by the most vicious of all people that I have ever seen in my entire life,” said Doug Marshall. “This not only affects that police officer, it affects that entire family, it affects everyone of us that saw that today.”Wilkerson was arraigned and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $451,000 bond. DELMAR, Del. — UPDATE 4/28: Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook died Wednesday due to injuries sustained after being assaulted when he responded to a fight-in-progress call, ATF Baltimore said in a tweet. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday that he has directed that the U.S. and state flags in Maryland fly at half-staff in honor of Heacook. “On behalf of all Marylanders, I extend my sincerest condolences to the Delmar Police Department, and to the loved ones of Corporal Keith Heacook, a 22-year veteran of the department who died after being assaulted in the line of duty. We owe so much to the brave law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities,” Hogan said. ORIGINAL STORY: A police officer suffered significant head injuries while responding to a call in Delmar in which a senior couple was also injured, according to Delaware State Police. All of the victims suffered what police called extensive injuries. State police said Delmar police Cpl. Keith Heacook the first to arrive around 5:12 a.m. Sunday at a house in the 11000 block of Buckingham Drive for a fight in progress. A 911 caller reported that one of the residents, identified as Randon Wilkerson, was fighting with other residents of the house. Moments later, police said they received a second 911 call from a house across the street, where Wilkerson is accused of using a glass object to assault a 73-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife. Both victims suffered significant injuries and were taken to hospitals. The woman was later taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore. Heacook arrived at the scene of the first 911 call and got into a physical altercation with Wilkerson inside the house, police said. When dispatchers began checking on Heacook and received no response, other officers arrived at the house and found Heacook unconscious. Heacook was taken to TidalHealth in Salsibury before he was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with significant head injuries, police said. “Cpl. Keith Heacook is a 22-year veteran and has been employed with our department since 1998,” Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said in a statement. “He is a husband, son, brother and father. Keith is fighting for his life right now and he needs your prayers along with the elderly couple who were also injured. Members from the Delmar Police appreciate the outpouring of community support as we continue to move forward. We appreciate the support from the Delaware State Police, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and all other agencies who responded and are assisting with this investigation.” Police said officers found Wilkerson walking behind the house where the initial 911 call originated and he was taken into custody without incident. Wikerson, 30, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, first-degree burglary, third-degree assault and terroristic threatening, police said. Hours after the assault, hundreds in the tight-knit community gathered for a vigil. Some who witnessed what happened said they will never forget what they saw. “I saw an attack on a police officer, I saw an attack on humanity by the most vicious of all people that I have ever seen in my entire life,” said Doug Marshall. “This not only affects that police officer, it affects that entire family, it affects everyone of us that saw that today.” Wilkerson was arraigned and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $451,000 bond. Source link Orbem News #assaulted #Cpl.KeithHeacook #Delaware #delmar #delmarpolice #Dies #Injuries #Officer #officerassaulted #officerinjured #Police #RandonWilkerson

[yourdailykitsch]

Before it became the location famous for the cost-effective, shabby-turned-chic homes seen on HGTV's "Fixer Upper," Waco, Texas, was perhaps best known for the bungled 51-day siege near the city by federal law enforcement of cult leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound, which ended in tragedy in spring 1993.

A new Paramount Network six-part miniseries aims to remind viewers of — or, depending on their age, introduce them to— the harrowing standoff as the 25th anniversary nears.

"Waco" chronicles the days leading up to and the eventual storming of the apocalyptic religious sect's homestead by federal agents. The raid culminated in a deadly fire; in the end, four federal agents and more than 70 Branch Davidian members, including 17 children under age 10, died. In the months that followed, probes into the standoff called into question the tactics and judgment of federal officials on the case.

"Friday Night Lights" alum Taylor Kitsch stars as the charismatic cult leader, while Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon ("The Shape of Water," "Nocturnal Animals") plays FBI negotiator Gary Noesner.

The miniseries, which premieres Wednesday, is a key property helping to shape the identity of the Paramount Network, a rebranding of Viacom's male-skewing Spike channel that launched last week, as a general entertainment destination. And it underscores how television programmers are eager to get a piece of the true-crime frenzy gripping viewers.

"The story of Waco is very important, historically, and very compelling," said Keith Cox, the network's president of development and programming. "For us, as we rebrand... it was the perfect piece that we think will really speak to an audience… People love true crime. They just make for really gripping, emotional and riveting storytelling."

(The miniseries has had its own complicated history. The Weinstein Co. was one of its producers, but the producing credits were removed in wake of the sexual harassment and rape allegations leveled against Harvey Weinstein.)

For writers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, whose film credits include 2015's "No Escape" and 2010's "Devil," the journey to telling the story of the infamous standoff began four years ago as they were trying to flesh out a villain for an unrelated film script.

"We thought, 'What if he grew up in a cult, like the Branch Davidians?'" John Erick recalled. That led them to a book by David Thibodeau, one of the sect's surviving members, titled "A Place Called Waco."

"Five pages into it," John Erick said, "I called Drew and was like, 'You have to read this.' It was totally different than what I remembered of the news accounts." They quickly came to the realization that unpacking the true story would be more compelling than their fiction.

"We find that people over the age of 35 tend to remember a distorted version of what really happened, the media narrative of the time," Drew said. "And people under the age of 35 largely don't know about it at all, or they've heard it loosely referenced. It was a story that was running the risk of being permanently erased in the history books in a distorted, untrue version. And to some extent, we wanted to tell a more balanced version of it."

The brothers knew they wanted to go beyond the news reports, because in their view, one of the major failures of the media was its distance from the action.

The duo interviewed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the FBI, as well as theologians, lawyers and surviving Branch Davidian members in an attempt to offer both an inside view of what unfolded and multiple perspectives of the entities that battled it out over the nearly two- month ordeal. The pair also relied on "Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator," a book written by Noesner, for insight into the perspective of authorities. Both Thibodeau and Noesner served as consultants on the miniseries.

The Dowdles' goal was to present a "no bad guys" account that would challenge the preconceptions of viewers.

"What we're saying is there's not one right side — it's not the FBI or the ATF or the Branch Davidians who are the bad guys," Drew said. "All three of those entities had complicated situations. It led to some very poor decisions, for sure."

"We wanted to see why people do the things they do," added John Erick.

For Kitsch, that meant not making a judgment call on whether Koresh was a stone-cold psychopath or a disturbed man with a troubled childhood in search of purpose.

"You didn't know what you were getting," Kitsch said. "That was fun to play, because I could turn a whole scene around if I wanted to, and it would be justifiable, because that guy wore his heart on his sleeve and was very emotional and manipulative. He was incredibly loving at times, and then at times just no bueno [not good]...I don't think you'll ever fully understand the why."

The actor, whose other credits include HBO's "True Detective" and "Lone Survivor," says he immersed himself in all-things Koresh in the four months he had to prepare for the role, poring over hundreds of hours of video and recruiting tapes, as well as peppering Thibodeau with questions. In addition to shedding 30 pounds, Kitsch took guitar and singing lessons — Koresh was a skilled musician who led a band made up of his followers — and studied the Bible.

Shannon, who relied heavily on Noesner's book and discussions with the since-retired FBI agent, chose not to try an impersonation, since it was futile — the men are very different physically, he said, "I don't think anyone would ever mistake me for Gary Noesner." Instead, his focus was trying to capture how Noesner's mind ticked, the way he approached his work and the different emotions that resulted from the stressful situations in which he operated.

"It wasn't easy what Gary had to do — that's an understatement," said Shannon, currently appearing in the staging of Brett Neveu's "Traitor" in Chicago. "The challenge of negotiating with David was big enough on its own. But Gary was getting thwarted and second-guessed by his own co-workers, which made it doubly difficult… I was completely fascinated by that."

In attempting to create a mutli-dimensional portrait of all the players, the brothers have been criticized by those who believe they underplay the allegations of child abuse, including statutory rape, made against Koresh and the sect's members.

The Dowdles acknowledge that they don't spend a lot of time exploring the topic, in part because it was "tricky" — while they believe that Koresh, who operated with an Old Testament mind-set, was guilty of statutory rape, they felt that other reports of physical abuse were overblown or inconclusive.

The Waco standoff has been the subject of various film and TV projects through the years but has resurfaced in recent months with the approach of the 25th anniversary. Koresh was one of the many leaders Evan Peters portrayed in the cult-focused season of "American Horror Story" that wrapped its run in November. And it has prompted a number of specials, including the upcoming A&E documentary "Waco: Madman or Messiah."

Cox said viewers too young to remember the events — Kitsch, for example, was 11— or not yet born, will still be intrigued.

"It was a huge event in American history," he said. "But if you don't know it, you're going to find yourself getting on the computer and Googling.'

The last installment will be shown on Feb. 28, the 25th anniversary of the start of the siege. With more than two decades of hindsight, what is the legacy of the deadly tragedy?

"I think it's a pretty terrible one," Kitsch said. "It's something that people can't forget about, but want to kind of just sweep it under the rug… what I've taken away is: Don't be so quick to just formulate an opinion on, like, a headline or something — know the source, know where it's coming from."

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So your problem is the length of time between sale and arrest? Law enforcement isn't instantaneous. You can only be arrested for a crime if you're caught, just like drug dealers and any other crime for that matter.

If you read my previous link with the article from the ATF;

“Straw purchasing is not a victimless crime. The act of knowingly enabling a prohibited person to purchase a firearm puts firearms in the hands of criminal organizations and violent criminals presenting a grave threat to the safety of our communities,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Krolczyk.

Just because he could sell private without a background check doesn't protect him from knowingly selling to a prohibited person under federal law.

That's a crime as well. The man committed several crimes state and federal.

So @thedreadpiratejames after this entire conversation. You don't get that it can still be subverted...

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Weapons of Class Destruction

Oh, Christ! Schmidt. And there we have it, Leo is definitely looking to sleep with Veronica despite him knowing very well that she is underage and he is a law enforcement officer. Fuck you, Leo! Get the fuck off my TV, you would-be rapist! NEXT!

HA! Keith and Alicia Fennel! Their reactions! Priceless! Way to turn it around, Show!

Joey Lauren Adams! From everything in the 90’s! Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused, Bio-Dome.

She is apparently the new journalism teacher. So Miss Dent is definitely and for certain gone for good then, huh? I mean, it’s obviously been a dozen or so episodes and she’s long since been pulled from the opening credits, so it’s not a huge surprise. Is there ever any explanation as to what happened to her? Or are we just left to speculate?

Oh, well, yeah. I guess there is. 

Clemmons says the fire drills are just policy. 

Corny!? Has he been seen since the (Extended) Pilot? It’s like this episode is mocking me for all the comments I’ve made about Veronica’s friends disappearing after one episode. The credits have already told me that Mac and Meg will also be appearing as well. Did the show suddenly get a huge upswing in its budget and now can afford all the people in the credits and all the guest stars as well?

Drug dogs?

Nope! Bomb-sniffing dogs! Holy shit! This show doesn’t play around. (I mean I guess the episode title should have warned me, but...)

Piss off, Clemmons! Students don’t lose their rights just because they’re in school. Students and their parents have the right to know about these kinds of things, and since you weren’t calling an emergency PTA meeting (which you should have) someone had to get the word out. Miss Stafford’s judgment was Ace, you condescending shitbird!

Holy fuck! JTT! Are they just casting every teenage knob character off of Home Improvement now? On the laundry list of people I never thought I’d see again… Holy crap! Also, what’s with his hair?

His buddy is Juice from Sons of Anarchy and Shades from Luke Cage. (Why do none of his character have normal names?)

And this dude who was arguing with Mac is Steve Newlin from True Blood.

Okay, ominous countdown.

So… random conversation between Veronica and Meg about someone disappearing off the face of the Earth? It that somehow relevant?

Not-Juice the Bully stands up for Veronica? I’m assuming that means he has a thing for Veronica.

Sooooo… screaming about killing someone during an on-going bomb scare? Like I get that he’s upset and not thinking things through, but WOW, bad timing, Duncan!

Non-Existent Ben buying huge amounts of fertilizer? This seems incredibly obvious.

Okay, so he’s a Fed. That doesn’t make the fertilizer purchase any less worrisome. Also, does that mean that that’s what the ATF thinks a teenager’s hair looks like?

Jump Street! Nice!

You remember back in “Betty and Veronica” when I went over how Clemmons should not be engaging Veronica’s investigative services? Well, that absolutely applies to an ATF agent as well… only it’s about 50 times less appropriate. Hell, he shouldn’t even be talking to her with Keith around. This guy thinks that Norris is a teenage Ted Kaczynski waiting to happen and he wants to send in a 17-year-old girl with no support or back-up? How did he get a job at the ATF, again? Was it the hair?

Okay, so that’s sort of out of nowhere. There’s been basically no build to Veronica/Logan as a couple. Is it meant to feel that abrupt?

“Is that wireless?” And once again the show reminds me how old it is.

So the tip about Ben and Norris came from Norris’ neighbor?

So Ben’s super successful record is because he’s a dirty son of a bitch. So 

So Veronica’s how-to guide to disappearing was an instructional for Duncan, seems like it’s a little bit contrived if you ask me.

Miss Stafford has one hell of cause for a lawsuit on her hands. Fired for doing her job? I hope Mr. Clemmons and the school administration enjoy all their nice summonses. 

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First Show Of The New Season,, Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rules

First Show Of The New Season,, Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rules

In his first show of a new season,,, Bill Maher Comes Out,,, No holds bared. Published on Jan 20, 2017

Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rules Overtime (Jan 20, 2017 HBO)

Category

Comedy

License

Standard YouTube License

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ASK THE FANDOM--RESPONSES

Here’s this week’s Ask the Fandom question: 

Is there any meta or people’s ideas of how different the show or Veronica would have been if Keith hadn’t been her biological father? I have some thoughts but am not that good at articulating them (though I don’t think it would have changed Keith and Veronica’s relationship much).

And here’s what you had to say:

@iamjmgardner--So, if Keith isn’t Veronica’s father, then I assume that means Jake Kane is, which also means Duncan is her half-brother, and Lianne reaches new levels of suckage as a mother (and Jake, and Keith if he knew that Veronica wasn’t his daughter and let her and Duncan date).

Honestly, the show already has a lot of dark elements, but I think a sibling relationship between Duncan and Veronica assuming everything else that had happened including him assaulting her at Shelly’s party would have been WAY dark. Can you imagine the trauma? We saw a glimpse of it for the period of time Veronica lived with that knowledge, but I really can’t imagine what would have happened to her had it turned out to be true.  I wonder what Logan’s reaction would have been as well, since we definitely wouldn’t have had a DuVe remix at the beginning of S2.  If Logan ever found out that Duncan slept with Veronica WHEN HE THOUGHT SHE WAS HIS SISTER, what would he have done?

Sidenote—now I really, really need to rewatch to figure out just how much knowledge Logan had about the whole Veronica’s paternity is in question thing??? Did she ever reveal that to him when she told him what happened between her and Duncan?  She finds out about Duncan in 1x21 - ATTD but she doesn’t find out the paternity results until 1x22 -LITB – which means she spent that period of time knowing that Duncan assaulted her and believing that he still COULD HAVE BEEN HER BROTHER!

I have strayed so far from the original question, but oh my God, how did I not think about this before??

I need another ask the fandom immediately to see what you guys think about Logan’s knowledge–did he just think that Duncan assaulted Veronica, his ex-girlfriend, at a party, or did he think that Duncan assaulted a girl Duncan THOUGHT WAS HIS SISTER at a party??

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Veronica Mars Rewatch Season 1 Part 6

“Weapons of Class Destruction”

I feel like this episode is famous for some reason??

Oh yeah! My favorite couple in the show get together in this one!

They’re Keith and Alicia -- who did you think I was talking about?

- Leo and V isn’t only creepy because of the 29-month age difference, but because she’s a minor in high school and he’s a full-time cop.

- Also, as a journalist, I GO CRAZY WHEN I WATCH THIS EPISODE! See notes with asterisks ** for more details.

- CORNY!! Oh, I hope Corny’s in the revival.

- Ok, so the Sheriff’s Office knows about the bomb threats but Ellen Roush,  a DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, doesn’t. (And we know she doesn’t, because when Veronica calls Clemmons pretending to be her, Clemmons tells her about the threats for the first time, thinking he’s talking to the assistant superintendent of schools.) That means the principal of the district’s high school has CALLED THE COPS on bomb threats but HASN’T told anyone in the school administration, much less parents and members of the public, about the threats. I know school principals who have been fired for less. **

- Like, how the fuck is the sheriff’s office not coordinating with district administation??? I’m not even sure it’s legal for cops to respond to calls at public schools without notifying the district superintendent. At the very least, they’d be coordinating with school resources officers, who I’m pretty sure report straight to district administrators, not principals and certainly not fucking assistant principals.**

- And all this is happening at a PUBLIC SCHOOL. Paid for by TAXPAYERS. **

-  And if Neptune were anything like the community I work in (and trust me, it’s a lot like the community I work in) then parents who heard about the constant fire drills from their kids would be curious enough to call the district office AND the local newspaper, and you can bet your ass we’d be trying to get to the bottom of all this if we got tipped off by a teacher or a parent (and we WOULD get tipped off by a teacher or a parent). **

- Also, if Clemmons hasn’t told the district officials, he definitely hasn’t told the school board. You think Sabrina Fuller’s mom hasn’t been told by Sabrina that her studying’s being interrupted by constant fire drills? And you think Sabrina Fuller’s mom isn’t able to figure out why the fuck that is when the district superintendent answers directly to her and the rest of the board? **

- THIS IS A TAXPAYER-FUNDED OPERATION, CLEMMONS, NOT A FUCKING DICTATORSHIP! **

- And he’s also not telling teachers -- TEACHERS -- about the threats because the journalism sub doesn’t know about it. What the fuck, Clemmons? **

- Also, an extra fuck-you to him for saying Veronica should never have called the assistant superintendent. Students should be able to go to district administration. **

- Basically what I’m saying is, Clemmons and probably the rest of the office administration at Neptune High, along with the school resource officers, would have all been fired immediately if any of this shit happened in real life.

- And another thing, the threats are being INVESTIGATED BY THE ATF, IT’S NOT LIKE THEY DON’T TAKE THE THREATS SERIOUSLY, my God and Jesus Christ and Mary and Joseph this episode makes me SEE RED. **

- Ok, rant over. I’m taking it off pause. Back to regular note-taking.

- “You’d never believe how insane the administration office is. Phones ringing off the hook, parents going off on Clemmons.” Yeah, they fucking should be going off on him.

- Ok, NOW my rant’s over.

- Also the interview in the office makes me mad. I just want to punch Clemmons in the face.

- I do love the part where Miss Stafford grins while Veronica’s imitating Ms. Roush.

- Also, super unprofessional of Clemmons to criticize Miss Stafford to the extent he does in front of a student.

- “I gotta say, Veronica, I’m getting a little tired of doing you favors.” That’s fair. I think Veronica’s a better friend to Wallace than I gave her credit for when I first watched the show, but that’s definitely a fair statement.

- I actually really like the scene between V and Duncan in the journalism room, because it highlights just how excellent a murder suspect Duncan is. Just watching Duncan work it out is great.

- And now we’re on the way to the Camelot -- I feel like something important happens there.

- Also I don’t care if Jonathan Taylor Thomas is a federal agent, the only reason he has for not telling V that in the parking lot is to get her in a room alone with him and scare the bejeezus out of her, because some guys specifically become cops because they get off on that shit.

- Logan’s like an overprotective Doberman, and it’s super cute.

- *Swoon*

- So that first kiss is full-on V trying to kiss him on the cheek and missing because she’s short and I know that because I am also short and I have also kissed boys in places I didn’t mean to kiss them because they’re taller than me and I can’t reach.

- Mr. Clemmons deserves to have his hand impaled by throwing stars this ep.

- Is the line “No, you can just hand them back to me,” supposed to seem threatening? I felt like it was the first time I watched it, but now I’m not getting as strong a vibe in that particular moment, although he does get very up in her face to ask her out.

- “Mac, if you were planning the Apocalypse for a Friday, would you ask someone out on a date for that weekend?” “That’s the only way I’d ask someone out.”

- “Earth to Mars.” I’m embarrassed that it took me five years to get that.

- Norris is going to have a hell of a lawsuit to file when he gets out of custody.

- Holy shit, if Norris put what’s-his-name in the hospital, he should probably have been expelled, or at least sent to the district alternative school. Also, what’s-his-name’s dad sucks.

- I think I’ve seen the actress who plays Miss Stafford somewhere else. To IMDb!

- (Apparently she’s in an episode of As Told By Ginger.)

- Also, Miss Stafford is like the only person at Neptune High who SHOULDN’T be fired out of all this.

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Florida News: Fort Lauderdale Resident, De Andre Smith Sentenced to 92 Years in Prison for Armed Robberies and Carjacking

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Florida News: Fort Lauderdale Resident, De Andre Smith Sentenced to 92 Years in Prison for Armed Robberies and Carjacking

Florida – Today, a Fort Lauderdale resident was sentenced to over 92 years in prison by United States District Senior Judge James I. Cohn, after having been convicted at trial of three armed robberies, a carjacking, and brandishing a firearm during the commission of each violent act.

Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, Rick Maglione, Chief, Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD), and Keith Dunn, Chief, Davie Police Department, made the announcement.

De Andre Smith, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was convicted by a trial jury on July 2, 2018, on all eight federal charges. Smith was sentenced to a total of 1,105 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.

According to the court record, on December 12, 2017, Smith brandished a firearm at an IT Tech in Fort Lauderdale, demanding software be placed on his computer. When the tech refused, Smith proceeded to beat the tech in the face with the firearm and then steal computer software. As a result of this beating, the tech eventually had to have one eye amputated.

On December 20, 2017, Smith carjacked a victim at gunpoint in Fort Lauderdale. Smith then immediately went to a Dunkin Donuts in Davie, jumped the counter and held the clerk at gunpoint, while demanding money. After obtaining money, Smith then left and went to a third location in South Florida, a Subway restaurant in Davie. There, at gunpoint, Smith again jumped the counter, demanded and stole money from the employees.

This case stems from Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.

Mr. Greenberg commended the investigative efforts of the ATF, FLPD and Davie Police Department in this matter. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jodi L. Anton and Francis Viamontes.

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SOURCE: news provided by JUSTICE.GOV on Thursday, September 13, 2018.

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Washington Watch: Legislative Update

Washington Watch: Legislative Update

For the Week of 26 February 2018

I.      Legislative News and Activity  

II.    This Week in Congress

III.   Update on Top Legislative Priorities 

IV.   Support the National FOP PAC

V.    Follow the FOP on Twitter! 

  I.    LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND ACTIVITYSenior Advisor to the National President, Jim Pasco:

Spoke with Thomas E. Brandon, Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), regarding firearms and cigarette regulation;

Spoke with Steven H. Cook, Associate Deputy Attorney General, regarding active shooters;

Spoke with Jennifer L. Korn, Special Assistant to the President, regarding the Administration’s criminal justice policy

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Michael Martin met with staff in the office of Senator Amy J. Klobuchar (D-MN) to discuss FOP legislative priorities.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Scott Marks met with staff in the office of Representative Steve Knight (R-CA) to discuss making it a Federal offense to target law enforcement for violence.Legislative Liaison Martin:

Represented the FOP on a conference call held by Rep. Stephen T. Knight (R-CA) titled, “How to Prevent School Shootings”;

Met with staff in the office of Rep. John L. Ratcliffe (R-TX) to discuss FOP legislative priorities;

With National Sergeant-at-Arms Keith Turney represented the FOP at the “Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) Partner Kickoff Meeting” with the IACP.

  II.  THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS

Action in the HouseThe House considered and passed H.R. 1865, the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” by a 388-25 vote. The FOP supported this legislation.

Action in House CommitteesThe Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, held a hearing titled: “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety.”

  III.    UPDATE ON TOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIESFor the complete list of cosponsors for all of our top legislative priorities, or to find out if your Representative and Senators are cosponsors of specific bills, check out https://www.congress.gov/

A.  Support H.R. 1205/S. 915, the “Social Security Fairness Act”Two additional lawmakers have co-sponsored H.R. 1205, bringing the total to 176.We have 20 co-sponsors on S. 915.B.  Support the H.R. 964/S. 424, the “Law Enforcement Officers’ Equity Act”Three additional lawmakers have co-sponsored H.R. 964, bringing the total to 37.We have 6 co-sponsors on S. 424.

C. Support H.R. 4846, the “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act”Six additional lawmakers have cosponsored H.R. 4846, bringing the total to 16.

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ASK THE FANDOM

Here’s this week’s Ask the Fandom question, from a lovely anon follower:

Is there any meta or people's ideas of how different the show or Veronica would have been if Keith hadn't been her biological father? I have some thoughts but am not that good at articulating them (though I don't think it would have changed Keith and Veronica's relationship much).

Please reblog and add your opinions. We’ll compile responses in a few days.

Have another Ask the Fandom question? Send us a note!

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ASK THE FANDOM--RESPONSES

Here’s this week’s Ask the Fandom question:

Do you think Keith ever experienced professional jealousy towards Veronica? Veronica was the one to identify Lilly Kane’s murderer, bus crash perpetrator, dean’s killer.

And here’s what you had to say: 

@iamjmgardner--Interesting question.  It’s hard for me to imagine a parent like Keith being jealous of his daughter, especially for her being better at solving those crimes.  I think in terms of who is the better detective–Keith or Veronica–it’s questionable because they both do some things well and make serious mistakes at other points.

I think Keith was probably deeply impressed by Veronica’s abilities and a little nervous at how perceptive she was sometimes.  I do think that his pride in his daughter’s accomplishments made it especially hard for him to see her in his eyes “throw it all away” and give up the FBI, go to law school, and then seemingly give that up too.  On the whole though, I think the one thing Keith was without fail throughout the series was proud of his daughter

@sheneedsepic--Absolutely not. I think he was remorseful about her choosing the PI life and sad that she was so good at it only in the sense that he wanted something else for her. On the flip side he was incredibly proud of her and all she accomplished in her PI persists.