By Paul Huebl | CrimeFileNews.tv Los Angeles politicians have discovered another way to reach into motorists’ wallets. This time, they are installing 125 automated speed cameras throughout the city, handing a lucrative contract to a private corporation, and creating a computerized traffic enforcement system that can issue fines without a police officer ever witnessing the alleged violation. Naturally, City Hall is selling the program as a lifesaving public safety measure. Nobody disputes that excessive speed can kill innocent people. But invoking public safety does not give politicians a free pass to create expensive enforcement programs without answering serious questions about due process, financial incentives, government accountability, and political influence. The cameras are coming, the money is enormous, and motorists had better understand exactly what they are dealing with. FOLLOW THE MONEY The Los Angeles City Council approved a contract with American Traffic Solutions, I...

  For millions of Americans, particularly the elderly and physically disabled, the ability to defend themselves against violent criminals can mean the difference between life and death. Yet some of the very firearms that could help them survive have been turned into objects of fear through decades of political propaganda. That is not merely unfortunate. It is dangerous. Let me begin with the deliberate confusion surrounding the term “assault rifle.” Historically, an assault rifle is a military weapon capable of selective fire, both fully automatic and semiautomatic. The ordinary civilian AR-15 is not such a weapon. It fires one round with each pull of the trigger. It is a semiautomatic rifle, regardless of what its political opponents choose to call it. The term “assault weapon” has been promoted and expanded in political campaigns and legislation to include semiautomatic firearms based partly on their appearance and particular features. Gun control advocates have successfully asso...

By Paul Huebl  Where in the world is Congresswoman Ilhan Omar? More importantly, has a federal grand jury already indicted her, with the indictment safely tucked away under judicial seal? Federal agents raided Omar’s residence on October 12, reportedly removing boxes of potential evidence. Federal judges do not issue search warrants because investigators have a hunch, dislike somebody’s politics, or simply want to rummage through their underwear drawers. In a criminal evidence investigation, a search warrant requires a judge or magistrate to determine, based upon sworn facts, that probable cause exists to believe a crime has been committed and that evidence connected to that crime will probably be found at the specific location to be searched.  There must be probable cause involving criminal activity and a sufficient connection between the evidence being sought and the premises. That is a serious constitutional requirement, not some meaningless legal formality. A warrant d...