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- Navel Gazing (OC Weekly)
- Pimp Guilty of Having Sold 14-Year-Old Girl For Sex In Anaheim: Update
- Santa Ana Holds Checkpoint Saturday Night
- Ashton Colby Sachs, Alleged Killer of Parents, Paralyzed Brother and Tried to Shoot Sister: DA
- Judge Orders Hearing On Alleged Prosecution Cheating In Seal Beach Salon Massacre Case
- Donna Acevedo, Mother of Man Slain by Anaheim Police, Running for Anaheim City Council
- Joseph Elija Ettima Gets 28 Years to Life for Killing Grandmother and Setting Home Ablaze
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- OC Political. Warning – Jubal sightings
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- A Bubbling Cauldron: Costa Mesa blog
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- OC Politics by Pedroza and friends
- Troy Edgar tries to run for OC Clerk-Recorder and blows it!
- Nomination period extended for three O.C. contests
- California Women’s Leadership Association endorses Ferguson for Judge
- Popular SAUSD Trustee Iglesias is challenging Daly for the 69th A.D.
- CA Senate’s Democratic leaders deny motion to expel Sen. Wright
- Will slate mailers put OC Auditor-Controller candidate Woolery over the top?
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police brutality Archive
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The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 3: Keystone Kops, Steele Smith, and remembering Danielle.
Posted on March 4, 2014 | 50 CommentsSpoiler Alert Spoiler After we published part two of this blockbuster four-part series detailing the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumph of our friend Paul Lucas, the always-hateful Dan Chmielewski of... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas pt 2: Bad Buena Park Cops and Feckless Druggies!
Posted on February 18, 2014 | 63 Comments“…Paul Lucas won’t be the last to have been left drooling and limping pathetically in an erratic loop by one too many encounters with the everlasting car wreck of the... -
The Triumph of Paul Lucas over Dirty Cops and Draconian Drug Warriors, pt 1.
Posted on February 16, 2014 | 33 CommentsWe all know Paul Lucas here – those of us who read blogs, and anyone who’s been involved in local politics over the last decade, especially in the Democratic Party.... -
Is plunging ahead with Laura’s Law the appropriate response to the Kelly Thomas verdict?
Posted on February 11, 2014 | 22 CommentsEvery now and then, over the years, in a masochistic frame of mind, I listen to Rush Limbaugh‘s radio program. There’s the legitimate “hearing the other point of view” thing,... -
Fullerton City Council Meeting Live: Repeated Calls for Police Oversight
Posted on January 21, 2014 | 1 CommentFullerton Rag The Fullerton City Council moved item twelve, an update from Chief Hughes about the trial of two former officers acquitted of charges in the death of Kelly Thomas,... -
Photos and Video: Rally after Kelly Thomas Verdict at Fullerton Police Department, 1/18/14
Posted on January 18, 2014 | 16 CommentsThere will be more to say about the killing of Kelly Thomas, about the trial, about the rally. For now, here’s an impressionistic sense of what it was like there... -
A “Peace Officer” considers the Kelly Thomas verdict.
Posted on January 15, 2014 | 27 CommentsI have written previously on the importance of communication and how words matter. The term “peace officer” is sacrosanct to me. Its meaning is lofty, an ideal to consistently strive... -
Not Guilty?
Posted on January 13, 2014 | 71 CommentsThat sound you heard in at 3:58 at the Fullerton Transportation Center? That was a pin dropping. I’m not an expert in dealing with loss. I’ve never had a crisis... -
The Kelly Thomas Verdict: “Sign Your Anger on the Dotted Line”
Posted on January 13, 2014 | 9 Comments. “Sign Your Anger on the Dotted Line.” So says one of those gathered tonight, bewildered and outraged at the news that officers on trial in the death of Kelly... -
9th Circuit deals Theresa Smith a Victory – Caesar Cruz killing will PROBABLY go to trial!
Posted on January 11, 2014 | 11 CommentsTalk about PERSERVERENCE paying off. Theresa Smith, the tireless mother of 2009 Anaheim police shooting victim Caesar Cruz, announced just this morning that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will... -
Fullerton Fails to Block DA’s Access to Police Records in Murder Trial
Posted on January 4, 2014 | 5 CommentsFullerton Rag Late last month Orange County’s District Attorney filed a motion to review the personnel records of ex-Fullerton Police Officers Manual Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, currently on trial in... -
Weekend Open Thread: Lessons I’ve Learned from 2013, by Over But Not Out
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 13 CommentsEven though I am older than dirt and should have learned a lot in my life, I learned a lot more in 2013. Here are some examples. Republicans and Democrats... -
Chmielewski and Cunningham have a bit of FUN – at the expense of Anaheim, and humanity.
Posted on December 16, 2013 | 84 CommentsFor whatever reason or none, there seems to have been some excess of Holiday Mirth in the Kleptocrat Universe these last couple days, leading the Pringle Ring’s two main Blog... -
Diane Goldstein: The Death of Kelly Thomas Was No Anomaly
Posted on December 9, 2013 | 15 CommentsWe welcome to the blog Diane Goldstein, 21-year law enforcement veteran and speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP.) This piece was first printed today in the Huffington Post, but...
