And then there is the OTHER side.

I was shocked and appalled when i ran across this article.
I guess that's one bad apple out of the bunch before it can totally spoil it.

Anchorage officer accused of rape while on duty

RACHEL D'ORO

The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A decorated Anchorage police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while he was on duty.

Anthony Rollins, a 13-year veteran and former department spokesman, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday. He's being held on a $100,000 bond.

"Let me stress that Rollins' alleged actions are aberrant and detestable," Police Chief Rob Heun said at a press conference. "Officers are compelled to function independently within the confines of the laws they are sworn to uphold and have the authority to enforce. They are and should be trusted to protect life, to protect property and maintain order."

Rollins, 41, is charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of second-degree sexual assault, four counts of criminal use of a computer and six counts of official misconduct.

A local group that supports victims of sexual assault , Standing Together Against Rape , brought one woman's allegations to the police department's attention in April.

Authorities said that police, with assistance from the FBI, then began an investigation into Rollins' past contact with women, and found five more alleged victims as far back as March 2006. Heun would not elaborate on how Rollins met the women, saying only that Rollins encountered them during field interviews.

Details of the assaults were sketchy in the indictment documents. Police and prosecutors also gave few details, saying the investigation is ongoing.

Rollins, who is married, has been honored by police several times. Last year, he received the department's Medal of Valor for rescuing a man from a burning building. In 2004, he received the department's Meritorious Conduct award for his role in an anti-bullying program in local schools.

Nancy Haag, executive director of Standing Together Against Rape, said the group does not comment on specific individuals or cases.

"Any sexual assault is traumatic and I'm sure an authority figure only compounds that trauma, fear and hopelessness," she said. "In general, the issues that need to be recognized here are those who perpetrate these crimes need to be held accountable and the survivors need deserve to be heard, believed and offered support."

Rollins is set for a court appearance on Friday.

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This undated photo released by the Anchorage Police Department shows Anthony Rollins, a 13-year Anchorage police officer and former department spokesman. Rollins was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday July 15, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska for sexually assaulting multiple women while he was on duty. He's been charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of second-degree assault, four counts of criminal use of a computer, and six counts of official misconduct. (AP Photo/Anchorage Police Dept.)

The Snowball Effect

My future hubby's favorite line at a motor vehicle stop is "this is what we call the snowball effect" and it's quite catchy.

The first time I ever heard him use this line was when i was on the phone with him during a traffic stop (he had me on speaker in his shirt pocket lol). The car he pulled over was initially stopped because he was driving without his lights on (how one does that at night and does not realize it is beyond me). While getting his credentials it was determined he was a provisional driver, no insurance, expired registration, but it was Mom's car so not too too bad.

Kyle let him call Mommy instead of towing the car, and gave her and him the appropriate summonses based on his discretion. While mom was there Kyle used his popular snowball line on her and him simultaneously, "This is what I call the snowball effect, had you had your lights on i never would have stopped you, you wouldn't be ticketed and most likely would be home by now. Now you not only have fines to pay but also you, or rather your mom, has to take time from work to go to court to answer these tickets. Bottom line, keep your paperwork and policies up to date, and follow the law and this won't happen again. When it's dark? put your lights on. Have a great evening."

This brings me to the next topic:

Two nights ago, i was on the phone with Kyle and calls were coming in left and right for an officer down in another town. All local police to that area were headed there in droves. For nearly 12 hours you heard nothing about it on the news, and what i did find on the internet was a 2 sentence article about the incident. Again, our media is a joke, but anyway.

This morning i finally found a detailed article about the incident. Again, the snowball effect took place.

http://leadernewspapers.net/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=10769


Police officer dragged by car near new SONIC on Route 17
Date: Wednesday, July 15 @ 20:06:51 UTC
Topic: Breaking News

By John Soltes
Editor-in-Chief

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS (July 15, 2009, 4 p.m.) — A Hasbrouck Heights police officer was struck and dragged by a car last night, July 14, right near the newly-opened SONIC Drive-in on Route 17 just north of the Wood-Ridge border.

Because of the accident, police have arrested 23-year-old Daniel Yi, of Hackensack, and charged him with second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree eluding in a motor vehicle and a fourth-degree driving without a driver's license offense.

Click the READ MORE link below for the complete story.

Top photo, BCPO Bottom by John Soltes

By John Soltes
Editor-in-Chief

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS (July 15, 2009, 4 p.m.) — A Hasbrouck Heights police officer was struck and dragged by a car last night, July 14, right near the newly-opened SONIC Drive-in on Route 17 just north of the Wood-Ridge border. Because of the accident, police have arrested 23-year-old Daniel Yi, of Hackensack, and charged him with second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree eluding in a motor vehicle and a fourth-degree driving without a driver's license offense.

Yi was also issued summonses for reckless driving, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and unlawful u-turn.

At approximately 10 p.m., police first received a call to respond to the scene. Eye witnesses claim that Yi attempted to enter the busy SONIC parking lot, but was denied by the Hasbrouck Heights police officer, who was wearing a reflective vest and uniform and conducting traffic.

Yi refused the officer's direction, police later said, and still attempted to enter the SONIC Drive-in. While he was attempting to obtain a driver's license, registration and insurance card, Yi sped off with the officer still hanging off Yi's black Acura MDX, authorities added.

Yi's car was then struck by another vehicle, as it was crossing the lanes of Route 17 northbound, police said. From the accident, the officer — later identified as Corey Lange — sustained a broken leg, lacerations and a serious fracture to his ankle requiring surgery. Yi, who is a waiter at a restaurant in Wayne, was not injured.

Yi was remanded to Bergen County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail with no 10 percent option.

The incident is being investigated by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit and the Bergen County Police Department.

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This is a 2-fold snow ball:
1. Had Mr. Yi not been driving, (since he didn't have a license), he wouldn't have been at the Sonic to hit Officer Lange in the first place (and being that the other Sonic on Rt. 46 is Totowa IS currently open and in the neighboring town to where Mr. Yi lives, there was no reason for him to be all the way in Hasbrouck Heights anyway, but it is America and he's entitled to go wherever he wants.

2. Had Mr. Yi just had more self control and less anger issues (like his picture depicts of his shitty attitude) he wouldn't have flown off of the handle and would have not hit Officer Lange.

Do you see Mr. Yi how your actions have created this excellent situation you are in? You might be looking at jail time kiddo, and hopefully you do. You selfish son-of-a-bitch. Oh and they don't have Sonic in jail either, so enjoy the freedom you have right now, maybe eat yourself sick of those Sonic burgers.




http://leadernewspapers.net/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=10769

It's all about Sunday Morning

This past Sunday, my future hubby and I, were eating breakfast watching Sunday Morning on CBS. There was a story rolling that caught our attention, and immediately after the story Charles Osgood began the all-to-familiar MJ story line. I wanted to throw my coffee at the TV, until the footage rolled...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/12/sunday/main5153229.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea

I went from anger to tears in about 3 seconds flat. Ruined my breakfast for a moment, but that's OK. My plight was heard, either directly or indirectly, or simply because i am not the only person in America tired of hearing the MJ bullshit.

I am so happy that Sunday Morning ran this story and in the manner that they did. I just wish the nightly news would follow suit.

Look, I understand War is scary and depressing, and most of the tree hugging Americans don't want to hear about violence and bloodshed, but it doesn't take away from the fact that there are soldiers from all countries, not just ours, dying everyday to fight for the freedoms of normal people all across the world!

Everyone trashed GWB for the war in Iraq, but yet we are still there under the new Messiah's administration, and now we are moving on to other countries as well. Is it right? God only knows, but what isn't right is the fact that our media chooses to only air bad things about the war (if anything at all these days).

I have had friends come and go from Iraq, as many people have in the last 9 years. I have one headed back for his 3rd tour. For those of them that were able to have PC access when not running convoy missions, they posted about their experiences and even posted pictures. It's not all bad! We are doing great things in those countries for the law abiding citizens and children. We aren't just walking in there guns blazing and maliciously killing innocents! but you hear nothing of that.

That's because of the media's malicious hatred for our former Commander in Chief. So much so that they can't even put their tails between their legs and report the good things we are doing, or maybe taking 1 day out of the week, at the least, to celebrate the lives of those lost in combat. It's a sad state of affairs when people rather hear about some celebrity, or sports figure, than to hear about a fellow tax paying citizen that has the balls to go and put his/her life in harms way. To take a member of the family unit out and leave their loved ones with the possibility every single day that they may not return home. How sad is that!!!!?

Then there's the analysts, gotta love them, posting polls and surveys on the news about how the racial component comes into play for the entire MJ circus. Blacks are more celebratory of MJ's life and mourning his passing blah blah blah, and whites are angry about the coverage. This came from a black female analyst, which based on her ramblings, is a racist herself. That is why racism will never die, but i can give this woman a clear - street value- explanation. The ghettofabs do nothing but live to be sports players or entertainers. It's what they know and what they follow. It gives them something to focus on other than getting a job and not living off of the feds. One of their HUGE entertainers died.. omg it's a travesty. You took their Elvis away. If he was white? well he kind of was, but that's neither here nor there, they wouldn't have been paying any attention at all. It's their culture. Doesn't make them bad people, it's just their choice.

My choice is to want to hear about the war, the soldiers, etc. One or two days of coverage for MJ would have been enough. Then a nice broadcast on his history and blah blah.. The media made a circus out of someone whom already was living the circus lifestyle. I don't even think former entertainer and President Ronald Reagan had this much coverage. So sorry if my hatred portrays me as a racist, but there are more important things in life.

Now that the circus has moved on, and LA is left to pay for Jacko's funeral with money they DON'T have, maybe just maybe the news will hear all of our bitching and run some stories about our soldiers. Well, we can only hope and pray.

Going Wacko over Jacko

Enough is Enough already!!!
How many days of ridiculous coverage of Michael Jackson can we really take?? When is it considered overkill?

After day 2 i was sick of it, and my overkill hit yesterday when i heard the shit-stirrer Al Sharpton call for a National Day of Mourning in regards to his death. I've heard enough.

9/11 isn't even a NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING! Pearl Harbor got it's day on the calendar and we celebrate that for what it's worth, but 9/11 the day in which thousands of CIVILIANS and POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS people lost their lives.. yet.. we still do not celebrate that as a NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING.

Hey AL! your got your priorities in a tangle as usual! oh wait.. sorry.. my bad.. MJ is black.. umm err he was black. Now he's some freakishly white color. Now if for some reason a good Samaritan would do us the great favor of taking you out we will certainly add you to the "day of mourning" list.. happily.

The media coverage of this circus is utterly ridiculous. Day in and Day out-none stop coverage of a drug addicted pedophile when a couple of days ago "7" of our great soldiers died in Afghanistan. Do you know where i "read" that story? when i opened my e-mail on yahoo. The story was a 1 line headline so-to-speak. No TV coverage, or radio coverage. NOTHING. Our soldiers are dying in vain! so some Stupid crackpot mediocre singer at best can have a circus funeral. I'm done with it, and something needs to change.

I'm going to start by writing every single news station in my metro area. I am going to tell them how disgusted i am with their poor judgment. Their lack of news coverage and celebration of the lives of our soldiers that have passed, the cops that die in the street everyday protecting us, the fire fighters that die frequently saving us, and all other Emergency service personnel that put their lives at risk so that we can be safe and alive and to see our families at the end of our day.

As for MJ? appropriately called Jacko the Wacko.. so what if everyone loved him.. and FYI not everyone DID. I didn't! i never did! I think Thriller was the only song i liked as a child and it was only when i was able to see the video on MTV. My family didn't, most of my friends didn't either.
And apparently a political figure in NY doesn't either. Here is what he had to say and i agree 100%:
(Story taken from Rolling Stone Magazine and the Telegraph. UK)

Congressman Peter T. King, a U.S. Congressman from New York’s Long Island, has come under fire from Michael Jackson fans after making some scathing statements about the King of Pop in a video this past weekend. Talking directly to the camera outside of the American Legion in Wantagh, New York, King said, “This low-life, Michael Jackson — his name, his face, his picture — is all over the newspaper, television, radio… Let’s knock out the psychobabble. He was a pervert, a child molester, he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country?” Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005. King said "more thought should be given to Americans dying in Afghanistan and people doing difficult jobs like fire fighters and teachers".

“I just think we’re too politically correct, no one wants to stand up and say, ‘We don’t need Michael Jackson,’ ” King added. “You know, he died, he had some talent. Fine. There’s people dying every day.” King, a Republican serving his seventh term as representative for Nassau County, was upset with the media’s coverage focused on Jackson’s death and not more pertinent world issues like the Iraq War.

A rep for the Jackson family wouldn’t “dignify King’s statement with a comment,” the AP writes.

“There’s nothing good about this guy. He may have been a good singer, did some dancing… But the bottom line is, would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room as Michael Jackson? What are we glorifying him for,” King asks in the video. King later defended his statements in an interview with CNN, saying that even though Jackson was never convicted on child molestation charges, the fact that Jackson reached a monetary settlement with his accusers was evidence enough to support King’s statements.

I couldn't have said it better myself.. and if i could vote for him i would just for having balls enough to say what us little people can't because we won't be heard.

Thank you congressman Peter King!

Disturbing

I might have blogged once before about certain things happening; errr.. rather NOT happening on my friend's squad.

There was a light at the end of that tunnel at the end of the year when promotions were handed out. The hope was that the good leaders that were promoted would put an end to the sloth. It couldn't have been farther from the occurrences now happening.

The former Sgt. is now the Lt. he pretty much finds a place to hide and disappears. If a call does come in to which he is needed it takes him forever to get there. The new Sgt., which tested up through the ranks, was a well rounded, very intelligent, ambitious guy that everyone was excited for. He turned out to be the "go home and sleep" guy.

That's just great.. the 2 top tiered guys and they are nowhere to be found on calls.. REAL GOOD POLICE WORK!

Now there's the rest of the squad. 2 guys go home and sleep (besides the Sgt.) They ACTUALLY CALL dispatch and tell them that they are not available until whatever hour. One guy works at a snail's pace, and the other just calls out every other night. This places my friend and one other guy in a very bad position should something go wrong; and it almost has a few times.

What does one do in a situation like this? You can't nark on anyone because forget it.. that's blacklisting yourself, yet the only other option is putting your life even more at risk for keeping your trap shut!

So here's my 2 cents.
If you cops out there want to sleep at night.. go get a security job and leave the dirty work for the guys and gals that actually WANT TO WORK. OR, here's the other option.. you can't stay awake at night, get a day shift.. You selfish jerks.. you are putting your brothers and sisters at risk should a real emergency happen. Think of their families and friends as well.. and not only that but think of how shitty you would feel God forbid something were to happen as a direct cause of your laziness and inability to get to the scene in a timely fashion because you wanted to go home and sleep.