Under a Gibbous Moon

This handsome gentleman was arrested for assaulting his landlord.

Beelzebub was unavailable for comment.

I was reading this article (sorry I couldn’t seem to access the original). It’s about two off duty police officers shooting a man who had a pellet gun (to be fair, the man was running around and shooting it) that they thought was a rifle.

The police officers were working as private security for a bar at the time and in the middle of the article there is something that seemed strange.

What is known, he said, is that Messerschmidt and Palermo were approached by a woman who said two men in a car double-parked on south 33rd Street were causing problems and might be armed.

The officers approached the men, placed them in handcuffs and began to search the car for weapons. None were found.

So, while off duty, the walk up to somebody’s car, handcuff them, and then search them. I’m not sure that would have been legal if they were on duty. They seem to be on really shaky PC detaining and searching people on the say so of someone at a bar.

This video has to be seen to be believed.

So this state trooper, who appears to be off duty, cuts in front of Anthony Graber, approaches him with a drawn pistol and screaming at him. Several seconds into the confrontation he finally identifies himself (though he just says he’s the police, he doesn’t actually produce a badge).

The police try to claim that he was on duty and just plain clothes, though I doubt it simply because why wasn’t his badge at hand and why didn’t he use his lights instead of just cutting the motorcycle off.

Since all this conduct is caught on film, they decide to charge Grabder with “wiretapping” for recording the confrontation. They claim that a police officer, a public servant in the performance of his duties (supposedly), is entitled to privacy when has contact with the people he is supposed to be serving.

This just strikes me as a massive case of district attorney CYA. The big giveaway is when the anchor reports that the DA is speculating that Graber had a camera on his helmet to incite a police officer. Nothing quite like releasing a completely unfounded statement to the press that could prejudice the jury pool.

I can’t wait to hear the reason for this one.

A man is putting up signs along the highway when a naked woman pulls up next to him and steals his car. So he takes her car and chases her. The police get involved and chase her into a field where she ditches the car. A foot chase ensues but is ended when she steals one of the squad cars…

A second car chase begins and ends when the woman misses a turn hits a berm and goes flying some fifty feet through the air. Durable and naked, she flees the totaled car starting the second foot chase, which involved crawling through barbed wire, and was only ended when the police tazed her.

Oh yes they call her…

No really.

Apparently, it was developed by a South African doctor as a way to combat rape (which is rampant in the country). It’s also a great new incentive not to cheat on your significant other.