[Parley Baer]

“How long before Clevleand PD officers sprop being proactive and only respond to calls, similar to Baltimore?”

Exactly. I wonder how far they have to go to catch up with Baltimore? Baltimore is not to far behind Chicago for top honors.

[scooby321]

The 129-page order, which details the misbehavior of the Louisiana DOJ lawyers and the Civil Rights Division’s Dobinski, is appalling reading. And it isn’t just that Dobinski was a high-level Justice Department lawyer who was posting anonymous blogs about the trial. She also encouraged other anonymous bloggers, who “repeatedly posted vigorous pro-prosecution statements strongly condemning the defendants, their witnesses, and their entire defense.”

Trying to figure out what the prosecutors had done sent the court “on a legal odyssey unlike any other.” But that legal odyssey led the judge on September 17 to grant a new trial to the New Orleans police officers. It is the first time, according to Judge Engelhardt, that federal “prosecutors acting with anonymity used social media to circumvent ethical obligations, professional responsibilities, and even to commit violations of the Code of Federal Regulations.”

[matt04]

If only Chicago and Baltimore were in states with strict gun control laws, none of this would have happened. /s