Tucson, AZ—Police have released information about this bedtime story with a really happy ending. Two armed home invaders forced their way into a 23 year-old UofA student’s home. The student responded to the invasion by arming himself with a handgun as he quickly dispatched the two dangerous felons like bad dogs. Police were called and their preliminary investigation indicates that the student’s actions were a double justifiable homicide. The student has cooperated fully with police.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Is there A Private Investigator In Your Newsroom?
Los Angeles—If the answer to that question is no, you have overlooked an important resource. Private investigators normally have access to a wider range of investigative material to help discover needed information for those important stories.
Not all PI’s are trained or created equal. Finding and using one with a law enforcement background can bring decades of knowledge about police procedures, and criminal justice system information reporters and producers and even lawyers can never obtain.
Using the right PI as field producer on crime and court related stories will help you clobber your competition. A good PI lives and breathes public records. I can’t tell you how many times the most unused and obscure public records, has helped my break a case or news story.
As a PI, I found myself recruited in the Phoenix market into TV news and developed my practice to meet the needs. Normally I work on call for an hourly basis. Whoever calls me first gets my exclusive help on their story.
Learning news gathering and broadcasting has given me a specialty that brought me to the front lines of news events like the Oklahoma Bombing, Unabom case and the 9/11 attack. As I have helped news crews do their jobs they have taught me about journalism and broadcasting.
Particularly in television news stalker events happen. Having a PI on hand can quickly,discretely defuse and control those issues before they get out of control. The PI’s often know their way around the world of restraining orders and routinely serve them as needed.
As you get ready for the November sweeps find a good PI and give him a try and watch it make a difference. Would you put you PI on the air? If he’s ready for prime time he may prove be a great hook for viewers.
What will a good PI cost? An hourly rate on par with scale AFTRA talent is the norm.
Here is a cute news story about being a PI I did a couple of years ago:
Not all PI’s are trained or created equal. Finding and using one with a law enforcement background can bring decades of knowledge about police procedures, and criminal justice system information reporters and producers and even lawyers can never obtain.
Using the right PI as field producer on crime and court related stories will help you clobber your competition. A good PI lives and breathes public records. I can’t tell you how many times the most unused and obscure public records, has helped my break a case or news story.
As a PI, I found myself recruited in the Phoenix market into TV news and developed my practice to meet the needs. Normally I work on call for an hourly basis. Whoever calls me first gets my exclusive help on their story.
Learning news gathering and broadcasting has given me a specialty that brought me to the front lines of news events like the Oklahoma Bombing, Unabom case and the 9/11 attack. As I have helped news crews do their jobs they have taught me about journalism and broadcasting.
Particularly in television news stalker events happen. Having a PI on hand can quickly,discretely defuse and control those issues before they get out of control. The PI’s often know their way around the world of restraining orders and routinely serve them as needed.
As you get ready for the November sweeps find a good PI and give him a try and watch it make a difference. Would you put you PI on the air? If he’s ready for prime time he may prove be a great hook for viewers.
What will a good PI cost? An hourly rate on par with scale AFTRA talent is the norm.
Here is a cute news story about being a PI I did a couple of years ago:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Amy Jacobson, WBBM-TV/CBS2 and That Nasty Lawsuit
Chicago, IL—This CBS owned and operated station just fired their general Manager, Joe Ahern. That not an unusual event in the volatile times of today’s television and news business.
Ahearn is a key player in that lawsuit brought by former WMAQ-TV reporter, Amy Jacobson. Jacobson became a sordid and unnecessary news story at CBS2 while she was doing a risky undercover assignment. That story involved the year-old Lisa Stebic missing person case Jacobson was doing at NBC5. CBS2 was out-of-bounds in their salacious report and ultimately it cost Jacobson her job, home and more.
CBS2 now needs Ahearn’s full cooperation to fight Jacobson’s litigation and now that appears doubtful. It’s anyone’s guess what’s next as this all falls into the hands of the new GM, Mark "Bruno" Cohen.
Jacobson who is an award winning reporter has her own fan base. Jacobson retained a big gun litigator, filed suit and has been trying to get her life back. The litigation can go on for years.
I have the solution, I think. CBS2 should bring Jacobson into their shop, give her a three year contract as a general assignment reporter and all parties can stop killing good trees making paper for this knockdown, drag out legal fight.
I talked with Jacobson recently and she simply wants to return to Chicago’s television news. Jacobson still has her talent, ability and can hold a television audience. I know she’d trade the lawsuit for a decent chance to return to doing what she loves.
Stranger things have happened in the TV news business. Perhaps some fence mending may save a lot of money in these cash strapped times for television news. Bringing Jacobson into CBS2 will probably also help their ratings.
Ahearn is a key player in that lawsuit brought by former WMAQ-TV reporter, Amy Jacobson. Jacobson became a sordid and unnecessary news story at CBS2 while she was doing a risky undercover assignment. That story involved the year-old Lisa Stebic missing person case Jacobson was doing at NBC5. CBS2 was out-of-bounds in their salacious report and ultimately it cost Jacobson her job, home and more.
CBS2 now needs Ahearn’s full cooperation to fight Jacobson’s litigation and now that appears doubtful. It’s anyone’s guess what’s next as this all falls into the hands of the new GM, Mark "Bruno" Cohen.
Jacobson who is an award winning reporter has her own fan base. Jacobson retained a big gun litigator, filed suit and has been trying to get her life back. The litigation can go on for years.
I have the solution, I think. CBS2 should bring Jacobson into their shop, give her a three year contract as a general assignment reporter and all parties can stop killing good trees making paper for this knockdown, drag out legal fight.
I talked with Jacobson recently and she simply wants to return to Chicago’s television news. Jacobson still has her talent, ability and can hold a television audience. I know she’d trade the lawsuit for a decent chance to return to doing what she loves.
Stranger things have happened in the TV news business. Perhaps some fence mending may save a lot of money in these cash strapped times for television news. Bringing Jacobson into CBS2 will probably also help their ratings.
The FBI Reports Justifiable Homicide On The Rise In the USA
Washington, D.C.—The Uniform Crime Reports are out. Pacifists and gun-rights haters are sounding the alarm! We are turning into the Wild West! More and more, citizens are taking the law into their own hands, and surviving as a result.
No folks the police can’t respond to your home as fast as those Brinks Home Security commercials would lead you to believe. In the 20 to 20 minutes you probably would be waiting for police you will have already bled to death.
More Americans than ever have gotten training and firearms to protect themselves and families. The real truth is for every justifiable homicide there are many thousands of violent crimes that are stopped cold without a shot being fired. The result is far fewer victims.
The whole UCR package shows that as justifiable homicides have slightly increased the rate of homicides drop much more significantly.
Justifiable Homicides, by private Citizen, 2003–2007
2003-247
2004-222
2005-196
2006-238
2007-254
Only 254 felons killed during the commission of a violent crime in the entire United States during 2007 seems somewhat insignificant. Perhaps if this number was considerably higher the number of innocent victims murdered by predators would have declined even more.
Read the entire UCR 2007 offering right here.
No folks the police can’t respond to your home as fast as those Brinks Home Security commercials would lead you to believe. In the 20 to 20 minutes you probably would be waiting for police you will have already bled to death.
More Americans than ever have gotten training and firearms to protect themselves and families. The real truth is for every justifiable homicide there are many thousands of violent crimes that are stopped cold without a shot being fired. The result is far fewer victims.
The whole UCR package shows that as justifiable homicides have slightly increased the rate of homicides drop much more significantly.
Justifiable Homicides, by private Citizen, 2003–2007
2003-247
2004-222
2005-196
2006-238
2007-254
Only 254 felons killed during the commission of a violent crime in the entire United States during 2007 seems somewhat insignificant. Perhaps if this number was considerably higher the number of innocent victims murdered by predators would have declined even more.
Read the entire UCR 2007 offering right here.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Taxing Chicago to Death
Chicago, Il—With the highest sales taxes in the nation and astronomical parking garage taxes Chicago’s politicians have driven even their own residents to shop elsewhere.
The outrageous taxes make Chicago the place to avoid. There is little motivation for any commerce to remain inside the Windy City. Yet Chicago’s taxes are still being raised at every opportunity as services are being reduced.
Mayor Richard M. Daley along with Alderman Edward Burke has been strangling the life and blood from the city. Chicago was riding high on phony property values that are now dropping like a rock.
The tax base is evaporating and there is no end in sight. Imagine owning a loop specialty store waiting for Christmas shoppers that just refuse to accept Chicago’s taxing extortion. Depressing does not begin to describe that picture.
If the city would simply stop awarding make work contracts to politician’s campaign contributors. And begin a tax war competing to have the lowest taxes with the suburbs perhaps business and revenue would begin to return to the city.
I’m not sure what it will take to overthrow Daley, Burke and the others choking the breath out of what should be a huge thriving metropolis. Something has to give before Chicago becomes the biggest ghost town in America.
The outrageous taxes make Chicago the place to avoid. There is little motivation for any commerce to remain inside the Windy City. Yet Chicago’s taxes are still being raised at every opportunity as services are being reduced.
Mayor Richard M. Daley along with Alderman Edward Burke has been strangling the life and blood from the city. Chicago was riding high on phony property values that are now dropping like a rock.
The tax base is evaporating and there is no end in sight. Imagine owning a loop specialty store waiting for Christmas shoppers that just refuse to accept Chicago’s taxing extortion. Depressing does not begin to describe that picture.
If the city would simply stop awarding make work contracts to politician’s campaign contributors. And begin a tax war competing to have the lowest taxes with the suburbs perhaps business and revenue would begin to return to the city.
I’m not sure what it will take to overthrow Daley, Burke and the others choking the breath out of what should be a huge thriving metropolis. Something has to give before Chicago becomes the biggest ghost town in America.
This Is Why I Hate The Death Penalty.
Washington, D.C.—Despite the fact that seven witness recanted their trial testimony the United States Supreme Court refused to halt a the execution of a convicted Georgia cop killer. Adding to the developments in this case new witnesses have since come forward implicating another man for the crime. The validity of the original jury verdict is under a very dark cloud.
Troy Davis, 39 was convicted of killing a Savannah policeman, Mark MacPhail back in 1989 when he was 18 years-old. Officer MacPhail was dispatched to a fight outside a Burger King drive-in when he was murdered while trying to keep the peace. The condemned man Davis was nearby but has steadfastly maintained he was not involved with the fight or murder.
I know I part company with most of my peers in the law enforcement community over my death penalty views. The real truth is if government is allowed to kill anyone than government can kill you or members of your family. We’ve seen that in the extreme repeated throughout the history of civilization. Nations become killing fields far too often.
Imagine that the politician you dislike the most becomes President and wants to punish those like you who did not support him. Killing its own citizens is a power no government can be trusted not to abuse.
Life is too sacred for us to kill anyone where there is doubt of guilt. So many people parrot that prosecutor’s word, closure as if killing who the victim's family chose to believe is a killer will somehow feel relieved once an execution is carried out. That’s never the case, instead the families of the murdered are left with memories of the anguish displayed many a condemned man’s innocent family members for the rest of their lives. There is no such thing as closure for the loved ones of a murder victim.
Killing Troy Davis under the present conditions with new facts would make this country look weak and brutal. America would be a horrible example to countries we have condemned like China, North Korea, Cuba that continue to slaughter their own citizens at an alarming rate.
Troy Davis, 39 was convicted of killing a Savannah policeman, Mark MacPhail back in 1989 when he was 18 years-old. Officer MacPhail was dispatched to a fight outside a Burger King drive-in when he was murdered while trying to keep the peace. The condemned man Davis was nearby but has steadfastly maintained he was not involved with the fight or murder.
I know I part company with most of my peers in the law enforcement community over my death penalty views. The real truth is if government is allowed to kill anyone than government can kill you or members of your family. We’ve seen that in the extreme repeated throughout the history of civilization. Nations become killing fields far too often.
Imagine that the politician you dislike the most becomes President and wants to punish those like you who did not support him. Killing its own citizens is a power no government can be trusted not to abuse.
Life is too sacred for us to kill anyone where there is doubt of guilt. So many people parrot that prosecutor’s word, closure as if killing who the victim's family chose to believe is a killer will somehow feel relieved once an execution is carried out. That’s never the case, instead the families of the murdered are left with memories of the anguish displayed many a condemned man’s innocent family members for the rest of their lives. There is no such thing as closure for the loved ones of a murder victim.
Killing Troy Davis under the present conditions with new facts would make this country look weak and brutal. America would be a horrible example to countries we have condemned like China, North Korea, Cuba that continue to slaughter their own citizens at an alarming rate.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Phil Berg’s Lawsuit Is Destined For Conspiracy Hell With The Grassy Knoll
Conspiracies are everywhere in our world, real and imagined. Like Barack Obama, I don’t have a clue where he was born. Obama can’t possibly remember. I claim no relations with his mother or parentage so I wasn’t there. If only Roe vs. Wade been decided a decade earlier, perhaps Barack Obama would have been discarded with the rest of the medical waste.
PA lawyer, Philip Berg says Obama’s birth certificate is a phony and used some intriguing evidence to justify his lawsuit seeking to have Obama’s name tossed from the ballot. Rather than prove citizenship Obama’s legal legions are seeking to avoid proving anything at all. We will all wait and see if this was just wishful thinking.
Okay, there is one additional piece of evidence and that’s the local newspaper’s printed birth announcement. That is somewhat convincing to me that Obama was born consistent with the offered certificate and meets that qualification.
As for Berg’s lawsuit he should get an order for discovery and if the birth certificate is real Berg will be owned by the Obama camp.
Hot Air has caused me to back off and wish Berg well. I guess it was just too good to be true…
PA lawyer, Philip Berg says Obama’s birth certificate is a phony and used some intriguing evidence to justify his lawsuit seeking to have Obama’s name tossed from the ballot. Rather than prove citizenship Obama’s legal legions are seeking to avoid proving anything at all. We will all wait and see if this was just wishful thinking.
Okay, there is one additional piece of evidence and that’s the local newspaper’s printed birth announcement. That is somewhat convincing to me that Obama was born consistent with the offered certificate and meets that qualification.
As for Berg’s lawsuit he should get an order for discovery and if the birth certificate is real Berg will be owned by the Obama camp.
Hot Air has caused me to back off and wish Berg well. I guess it was just too good to be true…
Criminal Arrests, Convictions And Employers
Would you hire this well educated, good looking young man with that infectious smile? If you thought he looked “safe” you’re dead wrong. That’s the convicted and executed serial killer Ted Bundy.
Since the creation of data warehouses and companies collecting and selling criminal record data there has been an explosion of shoddy background investigations.
Our government under federal law closes the most accurate source of criminal records, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) administered by our FBI to all but government agencies. Many politicians want to protect ex-convicts and sex offenders from exposure of any kind. Real criminals never confess their crimes on employment applications. Of course that allows thieves to be placed into positions of trust by unknowing employers.
Private employers have to resort to private sources in their attempts to avoid hiring criminals. The lowest bidder always gets the job. Unfortunately employers are getting what they pay for and lots of opportunities to be named in expensive lawsuits.
For the most part court records are the second most reliable way to find out about the criminals walking among us. Court records are based on the names and dates of birth provided by the criminals themselves. Often they use the names of friends, enemies or simply make something up. Often the real or legal names of arrestees are never reconciled in the court records.
On the other hand no matter what name someone uses they are given FBI numbers and numbers by the state police agencies based on their fingerprint classifications. Simply put the government can figure out just who is who among criminals.
In the civilian world we have private investigators that know how to use data and the actual court records to avoid making costly and regrettable mistakes. These mistakes land employers in courts every day.
The biggest problems come from the proliferation of unqualified and unregulated background investigators selling court data over the Internet. These Internet organizations are ignorant of the tools used by professional private detectives use to avoid mistakes that destroy reputations and careers. When the Internet outfits aren’t destroying careers they clear some of the worst criminals for dangerously sensitive positions.
Identity theft will get someone more than use of the victim's credit, it will get them a high paying job they are unqualified to hold. The Internet data resellers cannot stop that kind of activity where a licensed private detective can.
An interesting issue with the raw data obtained from courts is that it is a snapshot frozen in time. In many states the laws forgive convicted offenders and seal or expunge their convictions. Since the data snapshot does not change the convictions are still discoverable. A forgiven conviction is not a valid predictor of the offender’s future conduct.
Congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act that is supposed to regulate employer background investigations. The FCRA is just another government disaster.
If you want to find out about that person you want to hire, marry or trust with your assets, only hire a qualified licensed private detective to conduct that important background investigation.
Since the creation of data warehouses and companies collecting and selling criminal record data there has been an explosion of shoddy background investigations.
Our government under federal law closes the most accurate source of criminal records, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) administered by our FBI to all but government agencies. Many politicians want to protect ex-convicts and sex offenders from exposure of any kind. Real criminals never confess their crimes on employment applications. Of course that allows thieves to be placed into positions of trust by unknowing employers.
Private employers have to resort to private sources in their attempts to avoid hiring criminals. The lowest bidder always gets the job. Unfortunately employers are getting what they pay for and lots of opportunities to be named in expensive lawsuits.
For the most part court records are the second most reliable way to find out about the criminals walking among us. Court records are based on the names and dates of birth provided by the criminals themselves. Often they use the names of friends, enemies or simply make something up. Often the real or legal names of arrestees are never reconciled in the court records.
On the other hand no matter what name someone uses they are given FBI numbers and numbers by the state police agencies based on their fingerprint classifications. Simply put the government can figure out just who is who among criminals.
In the civilian world we have private investigators that know how to use data and the actual court records to avoid making costly and regrettable mistakes. These mistakes land employers in courts every day.
The biggest problems come from the proliferation of unqualified and unregulated background investigators selling court data over the Internet. These Internet organizations are ignorant of the tools used by professional private detectives use to avoid mistakes that destroy reputations and careers. When the Internet outfits aren’t destroying careers they clear some of the worst criminals for dangerously sensitive positions.
Identity theft will get someone more than use of the victim's credit, it will get them a high paying job they are unqualified to hold. The Internet data resellers cannot stop that kind of activity where a licensed private detective can.
An interesting issue with the raw data obtained from courts is that it is a snapshot frozen in time. In many states the laws forgive convicted offenders and seal or expunge their convictions. Since the data snapshot does not change the convictions are still discoverable. A forgiven conviction is not a valid predictor of the offender’s future conduct.
Congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act that is supposed to regulate employer background investigations. The FCRA is just another government disaster.
If you want to find out about that person you want to hire, marry or trust with your assets, only hire a qualified licensed private detective to conduct that important background investigation.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
America’s Enemies Are Stealing Our Elections.
We can only guess how many millions of bogus votes will be cast on November 4th. We have all heard about the mere thousands of phony registrations caught by the few beleaguered election departments inclined to ferret out vote fraud.
The Left Wing Fringe Democrats have fought voter verification or identification tooth and nail blocking every bit of anti-fraud legislation or enforcement.
ACORN is an organization created to destroy America has been funded by America’s enemies foreign, domestic and our own Congress. ACORN’s efforts to hijack our elections has not gone unnoticed.
The fact that Barack Obama won’t condemn ACORN is strong evidence that he approves of their fraud on his behalf. That alone should swing any undecided voters that Obama is unfit to hold any American office. The Obama campaign has also been openly funding ACORN and their fraudulent efforts.
ACORN has been at the forefront of voter fraud for decades. Acorn is a cancer that must be stopped at all cost. This is a criminal organization with the goal of destroying our economy, form of government and way of life. Acorn is as dangerous as any terrorist that ever threatened America in its history.
In the case of Acorn and their workers I hope that American patriots use the same violent tactics employed by Barack Obama’s friends at The Weather Underground to combat this terrorist organization.
There has been a breakdown of basic protections for Americans with unchecked illegal immigration and this massive destruction of our electoral process. The enemy is here and must be destroyed. Perhaps it’s time for a militia to do what our government won’t, and that’s to protect America.
The goal of ACORN is to steal this election for that Bolshevik, Barack Obama. We cannot allow that to happen.
The Left Wing Fringe Democrats have fought voter verification or identification tooth and nail blocking every bit of anti-fraud legislation or enforcement.
ACORN is an organization created to destroy America has been funded by America’s enemies foreign, domestic and our own Congress. ACORN’s efforts to hijack our elections has not gone unnoticed.
The fact that Barack Obama won’t condemn ACORN is strong evidence that he approves of their fraud on his behalf. That alone should swing any undecided voters that Obama is unfit to hold any American office. The Obama campaign has also been openly funding ACORN and their fraudulent efforts.
ACORN has been at the forefront of voter fraud for decades. Acorn is a cancer that must be stopped at all cost. This is a criminal organization with the goal of destroying our economy, form of government and way of life. Acorn is as dangerous as any terrorist that ever threatened America in its history.
In the case of Acorn and their workers I hope that American patriots use the same violent tactics employed by Barack Obama’s friends at The Weather Underground to combat this terrorist organization.
There has been a breakdown of basic protections for Americans with unchecked illegal immigration and this massive destruction of our electoral process. The enemy is here and must be destroyed. Perhaps it’s time for a militia to do what our government won’t, and that’s to protect America.
The goal of ACORN is to steal this election for that Bolshevik, Barack Obama. We cannot allow that to happen.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Lawyer Explains His Lawsuit Over Obama’s Lack Of Citizenship
Phillip J. Berg explains the reasons and evidence behind his lawsuit seeking to have Barack Obama removed from the ballot.
The video is longer than it should be because of the beginning gives us too much self-promotion from the producer of the video. Once you hear Philip Berg you’ll see he has raised a valid issue that needs exploration.
The video is eleven minutes in length. Be patient and see just what Berg has to say. Above all Bergs allegations deserve an answer before the election. Pass this on to your friends and neighbors.
The video is longer than it should be because of the beginning gives us too much self-promotion from the producer of the video. Once you hear Philip Berg you’ll see he has raised a valid issue that needs exploration.
The video is eleven minutes in length. Be patient and see just what Berg has to say. Above all Bergs allegations deserve an answer before the election. Pass this on to your friends and neighbors.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Chicago Plan To Build A High School For Gays
Chicago, IL—To combat bullying Chicago plans to create a high school for the Gay, Lesbian and Transgender students. The goal is legitimize the long held unlawful “separate but equal” segregation inside a public school system.
I applaud the idea of a place where they kids can focus on their education without fear. Unfortunately what this really says is Chicago has surrendered to the fact that they can’t control violence in their schools.
That tells me that other kids will continue to be targets for juvenile criminals Chicago refuses to deal with. I can imagine the Gay school will also attract a number of straight students pretending to be gay just to escape extortion and sexual predators in problem schools.
This is another example of an ineffective government band aid being used to fix a hemorrhage.
I applaud the idea of a place where they kids can focus on their education without fear. Unfortunately what this really says is Chicago has surrendered to the fact that they can’t control violence in their schools.
That tells me that other kids will continue to be targets for juvenile criminals Chicago refuses to deal with. I can imagine the Gay school will also attract a number of straight students pretending to be gay just to escape extortion and sexual predators in problem schools.
This is another example of an ineffective government band aid being used to fix a hemorrhage.
Another Dangerous Pal of Obama With His Flock!
This racist psycho will have a direct line to an Obama Whitehouse…
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Drew Peterson Exposed BY Witchcraft!
Los Angeles, CA—I received a FED-X package from Chicago. The package contained a book, “Drew Peterson Exposed”.
I had written about the sensational case of the retired 30 year veteran of the Bolingbrook, IL police department and his young wives on this blog.
Author Derek Armstrong tackled the whole story, trying to get to the truth of the missing person case of Stacy Peterson that has captured the imagination of those true crime buffs from coast to coast.
I’m told that Peterson and his lawyers have not collected a dime for their cooperation with the author or publisher. Drew Peterson’s life was opened for close examination. Peterson agreed to and took polygraph examinations after signing liability releases for examiner Lee McCord. The releases are common in the industry protecting the examiner from any claim of negligence or even intentional misrepresentations.
I learned that Drew Peterson submitted to the polygraph examinations against his lawyer, Joel Brodsky’s advice. Peterson obviously wants his life back and agreed to apparently unlimited interviews with Derek Armstrong.
Nobody asked me but I think granting interviews and submitting to polygraph examinations by a person named as a suspect in a presumed homicide is insane.
The book gives us a biography of a somewhat ordinary guy you’d find in any police department. Cops are known to be party animals, lousy husbands and too often philanderers. Peterson seems to fit in this mold. Along the way Peterson has managed to raise his children in a loving and responsible manner.
Once Stacy Peterson went missing, the media dropped by and have yet to leave. Tabloids, bloggers, regular newspaper and TV news organizations made this mystery famous. Peterson’s street like his life has turned in to a circus of the absurd.
The sad part of too many high profile cases is that they draw profiteers and publicity hounds. Wannabe heroes are everywhere. They want to inject themselves into the story as a way to gain new found fame in their otherwise dull lives. Such is the case here where the help provided by these gadflies created serious conflicts in the obvious misinformation about the investigative timeline they provided police.
Not surprising Drew Peterson has gained new “friends” and people who threaten him in the form of a strange assortment of letters from crackpots who obviously don’t have a life. Some of those were reprinted in the book and give insight into what this kind of infamy brings.
Polygraph Testing Is Witchcraft!
In 1947, this form of truth detection was brought to us in Chicago by the pioneers of the ultimate truth detection machine, Leonarde Keeler and a lawyer named John E Reid. It was a simple play on centuries of investigator’s tricks, such as making a suspect hold his finger still in a bowl of water during questioning. If the water moved the suspect was telling a lie.
Using blood pressure, respiration and skin conductivity monitoring the examiner convinces the suspect that he cannot hide the truth. The reality is that if the suspect believes the examiner’s claim he will confess in hopes of leniency in court. The ploy works well to this day as the ignorant spill their guts. The testing or results are never admissible in court but the confessions gained by examiners have put many a man on Death Row.
There is no way a modern police officer with 30 year experience would fear a polygraph. I blow off Peterson’s testing as nothing more than an age old effort to gain a confession. I won’t blame Lee McCord for calling Peterson a liar. That is the accepted technique and he’s got a signed release from Peterson.
As for the book, it’s interesting and those crime buffs and armchair detectives will eat it up. The book was well researched and pulls no punches and at the same time was fair.
By the way I did not escape scrutiny here in that I’m mentioned several times and there is a least one screenshot of this blog.
Drew Peterson Exposed is distributed by Independent Publishers Group.
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• 140 photographs and documents reproduced
• Publisher: http://www.kunati.com, Kunati Inc., (October 1, 2008) Embargoed Title.
• ISBN-13: 978-1601641878
I had written about the sensational case of the retired 30 year veteran of the Bolingbrook, IL police department and his young wives on this blog.
Author Derek Armstrong tackled the whole story, trying to get to the truth of the missing person case of Stacy Peterson that has captured the imagination of those true crime buffs from coast to coast.
I’m told that Peterson and his lawyers have not collected a dime for their cooperation with the author or publisher. Drew Peterson’s life was opened for close examination. Peterson agreed to and took polygraph examinations after signing liability releases for examiner Lee McCord. The releases are common in the industry protecting the examiner from any claim of negligence or even intentional misrepresentations.
I learned that Drew Peterson submitted to the polygraph examinations against his lawyer, Joel Brodsky’s advice. Peterson obviously wants his life back and agreed to apparently unlimited interviews with Derek Armstrong.
Nobody asked me but I think granting interviews and submitting to polygraph examinations by a person named as a suspect in a presumed homicide is insane.
The book gives us a biography of a somewhat ordinary guy you’d find in any police department. Cops are known to be party animals, lousy husbands and too often philanderers. Peterson seems to fit in this mold. Along the way Peterson has managed to raise his children in a loving and responsible manner.
Once Stacy Peterson went missing, the media dropped by and have yet to leave. Tabloids, bloggers, regular newspaper and TV news organizations made this mystery famous. Peterson’s street like his life has turned in to a circus of the absurd.
The sad part of too many high profile cases is that they draw profiteers and publicity hounds. Wannabe heroes are everywhere. They want to inject themselves into the story as a way to gain new found fame in their otherwise dull lives. Such is the case here where the help provided by these gadflies created serious conflicts in the obvious misinformation about the investigative timeline they provided police.
Not surprising Drew Peterson has gained new “friends” and people who threaten him in the form of a strange assortment of letters from crackpots who obviously don’t have a life. Some of those were reprinted in the book and give insight into what this kind of infamy brings.
Polygraph Testing Is Witchcraft!
In 1947, this form of truth detection was brought to us in Chicago by the pioneers of the ultimate truth detection machine, Leonarde Keeler and a lawyer named John E Reid. It was a simple play on centuries of investigator’s tricks, such as making a suspect hold his finger still in a bowl of water during questioning. If the water moved the suspect was telling a lie.
Using blood pressure, respiration and skin conductivity monitoring the examiner convinces the suspect that he cannot hide the truth. The reality is that if the suspect believes the examiner’s claim he will confess in hopes of leniency in court. The ploy works well to this day as the ignorant spill their guts. The testing or results are never admissible in court but the confessions gained by examiners have put many a man on Death Row.
There is no way a modern police officer with 30 year experience would fear a polygraph. I blow off Peterson’s testing as nothing more than an age old effort to gain a confession. I won’t blame Lee McCord for calling Peterson a liar. That is the accepted technique and he’s got a signed release from Peterson.
As for the book, it’s interesting and those crime buffs and armchair detectives will eat it up. The book was well researched and pulls no punches and at the same time was fair.
By the way I did not escape scrutiny here in that I’m mentioned several times and there is a least one screenshot of this blog.
Drew Peterson Exposed is distributed by Independent Publishers Group.
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• 140 photographs and documents reproduced
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Where Are We Headed?
Anarchy is an ugly word but it may come to pass here in America. Imagine another four or five weeks of continued stock market sliding and a 50% plus unemployment rate.
Government would be at a standstill with most operations shut down. Welfare checks would be suspended. Section Eight landlords would lose their properties. People would be hungry. Millions of drug addicts could no longer afford drugs to satisfy their habits.
Banks and cash run businesses have gotten by with no armed security and only cameras to deal with robbers. They'd be unable to cope with what's ahead for them. The proliferation of takeover armed robberies would make our 1929 Great Depression spawned gangster robberies seem like child’s play.
Our cell phone and Internet services would be interrupted in a huge way.
Police resources could not handle the reactionary breakdown of law and order. The crime wave would be staggering and prisoners everywhere would be released. The bloodletting in our streets would top that of Baghdad at its worst.
We could expect unparalleled property damage, overflowing morgues that would be unable to cope with the post mortem examinations would end follow-up police investigations. Our criminal justice system would be suspended. Our medical care facilities would be only able to deal with trauma cases. Millions of people would die for lack of treatment for cancer or high blood pressure related illnesses. Darwin's law would be the only law in our streets.
We are a much different America today with people who have been made totally dependent on government for support. A huge percentage of our population have been led to believe that government entitlements are an absolute right.
The lucky folks in the rural areas of our country will have much better access to food and be able to keep order with the heavy percentage of civilian gun ownership. They also are much more self-reliant than our inner city folks.
The political fight would be to install full blown Communism in America. That never worked anywhere else and it won’t work here either.
I have no faith in our politicians to be able to deal with that kind of a mess. We may be in for a really rough ride folks.
Government would be at a standstill with most operations shut down. Welfare checks would be suspended. Section Eight landlords would lose their properties. People would be hungry. Millions of drug addicts could no longer afford drugs to satisfy their habits.
Banks and cash run businesses have gotten by with no armed security and only cameras to deal with robbers. They'd be unable to cope with what's ahead for them. The proliferation of takeover armed robberies would make our 1929 Great Depression spawned gangster robberies seem like child’s play.
Our cell phone and Internet services would be interrupted in a huge way.
Police resources could not handle the reactionary breakdown of law and order. The crime wave would be staggering and prisoners everywhere would be released. The bloodletting in our streets would top that of Baghdad at its worst.
We could expect unparalleled property damage, overflowing morgues that would be unable to cope with the post mortem examinations would end follow-up police investigations. Our criminal justice system would be suspended. Our medical care facilities would be only able to deal with trauma cases. Millions of people would die for lack of treatment for cancer or high blood pressure related illnesses. Darwin's law would be the only law in our streets.
We are a much different America today with people who have been made totally dependent on government for support. A huge percentage of our population have been led to believe that government entitlements are an absolute right.
The lucky folks in the rural areas of our country will have much better access to food and be able to keep order with the heavy percentage of civilian gun ownership. They also are much more self-reliant than our inner city folks.
The political fight would be to install full blown Communism in America. That never worked anywhere else and it won’t work here either.
I have no faith in our politicians to be able to deal with that kind of a mess. We may be in for a really rough ride folks.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Iowa Will Not Appeal Mike Mette’s Case, He’s to be freed by the weekend.
Iowa—A sad chapter in Mike Mette’s life is over. Iowa authorities are processing and shuffling papers from the Iowa Appellate Court to the County Court and The Iowa Department of Corrections that will free Mette sometime before this weekend.
Mette was wrongfully convicted and given a five-year prison sentence in Iowa. A three judge panel cleared him of the conviction and ordered Mette's release after he had served an entire year behind bars.
Mette will be coming back to the Chicago police Department trading a prison jumpsuit for his old police uniform. He will be getting his star, shield and a new ID card as he makes a short stop to the Training Division where he will pick up new departmental orders and training materials. They have a short program for what are called “retreads” that left the department on leaves of absence and such so their training is current. That will include a trip to the firing range with his old service weapon.
I hope it’s off to the Fillmore District for Mette where he can once again have his life back. This is a good ending but for the loss of over a year of Mette’s life to an injustice. Welcome home Mike!
Update: It was a little after 3:30 PM, Wednesday when the prison’s doors swung open and Mike Mette was able to hug his parents and girlfriend on his way to a log awaited freedom. Mette appeared subdued but joyful as he carried out a box of his possessions.
The reports are that Mette will stay with friends tonight in Iowa and drive home in the morning. Another casualty of this sordid affair was the Mette family privacy. I’ve heard rumors about an FOP party in Chicago for Mette. I hope that the financial burden of this mess is retired for good as a result.
Mette was wrongfully convicted and given a five-year prison sentence in Iowa. A three judge panel cleared him of the conviction and ordered Mette's release after he had served an entire year behind bars.
Mette will be coming back to the Chicago police Department trading a prison jumpsuit for his old police uniform. He will be getting his star, shield and a new ID card as he makes a short stop to the Training Division where he will pick up new departmental orders and training materials. They have a short program for what are called “retreads” that left the department on leaves of absence and such so their training is current. That will include a trip to the firing range with his old service weapon.
I hope it’s off to the Fillmore District for Mette where he can once again have his life back. This is a good ending but for the loss of over a year of Mette’s life to an injustice. Welcome home Mike!
Update: It was a little after 3:30 PM, Wednesday when the prison’s doors swung open and Mike Mette was able to hug his parents and girlfriend on his way to a log awaited freedom. Mette appeared subdued but joyful as he carried out a box of his possessions.
The reports are that Mette will stay with friends tonight in Iowa and drive home in the morning. Another casualty of this sordid affair was the Mette family privacy. I’ve heard rumors about an FOP party in Chicago for Mette. I hope that the financial burden of this mess is retired for good as a result.
Is Barack Obama an Illegal Alien? Constitutional Crisis Ahead!
Lafayette Hill, PA—The U.S. District Court lawsuit seeking to force Barack Obama’s name off the ballot over his failure to meet the basic citizenship requirement is heating up.
Rather than producing a certified copy of his birth certificate and citizenship documents Obama’s lawyers are doing everything to sidestep normal court discovery procedures. They have called producing the birth certificate “burdensome”. I guess it would very burdensome if Obama is in fact an illegal alien.
If Obama was a real citizen his lawyers would not be going through a charade of legalese, smoke and mirrors. Instead they’d produce the records, have the case dismissed and own the plaintiff who filed the case.
With this desperate legal maneuver by Obama may place our entire country into a horrible mess. This must be resolved quickly. Obama should be forced to immediately prove the most basic qualification our Constitution demands of Presidential candidates or get tossed out of the race.
If the court won’t act promptly loyal Americans must demand answers.
You can read all the information and documents posted on the website of Plaintiff Phillip J. Berg.
Rather than producing a certified copy of his birth certificate and citizenship documents Obama’s lawyers are doing everything to sidestep normal court discovery procedures. They have called producing the birth certificate “burdensome”. I guess it would very burdensome if Obama is in fact an illegal alien.
If Obama was a real citizen his lawyers would not be going through a charade of legalese, smoke and mirrors. Instead they’d produce the records, have the case dismissed and own the plaintiff who filed the case.
With this desperate legal maneuver by Obama may place our entire country into a horrible mess. This must be resolved quickly. Obama should be forced to immediately prove the most basic qualification our Constitution demands of Presidential candidates or get tossed out of the race.
If the court won’t act promptly loyal Americans must demand answers.
You can read all the information and documents posted on the website of Plaintiff Phillip J. Berg.
The Banned SNL Skit About The Bailout
I Cannot give you the usual embedded screen for this but I can give you a link. It’s funny, sad and also too true.
Here is the link!
After you watch the vidio hit your back button and read the about the reason the video was pulled right here.
Here is the link!
After you watch the vidio hit your back button and read the about the reason the video was pulled right here.
House Of Blues And The Culture Of African-American Violence
West Hollywood, CA—It’s a tourist magnet. It’s a place to hear musical giants and up and comers. Its part of the franchise set up after the wildly successful and really fun move, The Blues Brothers. The House of Blues is under attack by their residential and commercial neighbors over African-American Hip-Hop music related violence.
The neighbors are tired of the noise created by sirens of police, fire department vehicles and helicopters responding to crimes and injuries.
In a 12-month period there were 44 arrests and over 100 calls for police service to the trendy Sunset Blvd. club. The problem is the brawling both inside and outside the club exclusivly on Hip-Hop music nights.
Normally the House of Blues is an enjoyable place for great entertainment. That all changes when the music and its audience becomes nearly 100% African-American.
The racially charged violence has become the subject of public hearing filled with angry neighbors that want the House of Blues out of West Hollywood.
It’s great to promote tolerance and racial harmony but no one should be asked to accept the crime, drugs, damage, homicide and injuries the African-American culture embraces. This is not cute or cool, it’s criminal and deadly.
Hip-Hop stars gain popularity through their criminal conduct and prison stays. This is simply insane.
If refusing to accept the criminal culture of a racial group is racist then feel free to call me a racist too.
The neighbors are tired of the noise created by sirens of police, fire department vehicles and helicopters responding to crimes and injuries.
In a 12-month period there were 44 arrests and over 100 calls for police service to the trendy Sunset Blvd. club. The problem is the brawling both inside and outside the club exclusivly on Hip-Hop music nights.
Normally the House of Blues is an enjoyable place for great entertainment. That all changes when the music and its audience becomes nearly 100% African-American.
The racially charged violence has become the subject of public hearing filled with angry neighbors that want the House of Blues out of West Hollywood.
It’s great to promote tolerance and racial harmony but no one should be asked to accept the crime, drugs, damage, homicide and injuries the African-American culture embraces. This is not cute or cool, it’s criminal and deadly.
Hip-Hop stars gain popularity through their criminal conduct and prison stays. This is simply insane.
If refusing to accept the criminal culture of a racial group is racist then feel free to call me a racist too.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Hey Blagojevich, Daley, Burke and Obama, Are your Ears Burning?
Chicago, IL—Federal prosecutors have asked for an indefinite postponement of the sentencing of Syrian born, convicted political moneyman Tony Rezko. Rezko is famous for his fundraising for Governor Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama and others.
Rezko knows where then bones are buried and has been drawing maps for federal prosecutors and investigators that are planning to use the information to help some important Chicago politicians get extended stays at Club Fed.
Blagojevich will join Kerner, Walker, and Ryan as Illinois governors gone wrong.
My Chicago friends inside the Dirkson federal building are telling me the political landscape will be changing. They say that Blagojevich, Barack and Michelle Obama are at the top of the list. They’re gunning for Michelle Obama too. I’ve been told there is more to that sweet deal on a Hyde Park Obama palace then we could ever imagine.
Is this wishful thinking or the real deal? I’ve been told the justice department has brought in extra folks from the FBI, and IRS to handle forensic accounting along with a small army of forensic computer experts. There is even some connection to at least one violent Chicago street gang.
Why should Rezko spill his guts since the conventional wisdom is Obama would issue a pardon to Rezko for his silence if he became President? I guess that old proverb about a bird in the hand is true.
For whatever reason they are moving in a hurry, perhaps for one of those October surprises.
Rezko knows where then bones are buried and has been drawing maps for federal prosecutors and investigators that are planning to use the information to help some important Chicago politicians get extended stays at Club Fed.
Blagojevich will join Kerner, Walker, and Ryan as Illinois governors gone wrong.
My Chicago friends inside the Dirkson federal building are telling me the political landscape will be changing. They say that Blagojevich, Barack and Michelle Obama are at the top of the list. They’re gunning for Michelle Obama too. I’ve been told there is more to that sweet deal on a Hyde Park Obama palace then we could ever imagine.
Is this wishful thinking or the real deal? I’ve been told the justice department has brought in extra folks from the FBI, and IRS to handle forensic accounting along with a small army of forensic computer experts. There is even some connection to at least one violent Chicago street gang.
Why should Rezko spill his guts since the conventional wisdom is Obama would issue a pardon to Rezko for his silence if he became President? I guess that old proverb about a bird in the hand is true.
For whatever reason they are moving in a hurry, perhaps for one of those October surprises.
Obama Shock Troops Video Was a Product of a Public School
Kansas City, MO-- Kansas City charter school Urban Community Leadership Academy has gained fame. Fame came in the form its entry into the New Media of YouTube.
The display was shocking as a drill team comprised of Black, middle-school males wearing military uniforms pledged their allegiance to Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The scene is right out of Third Reich Hitler Youth Movement.
Indoctrination, brainwashing and child abuse was the real product orchestrated by a now allegedly suspended teacher. The school refused to identify the teacher or answer any media questions about this video that has been reproduced in various websites totaling nearly one-million hits.
I guess this is what we will call publicly financed advertising for the Obama Campaign.
Read more here.
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