tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47911780388037752362024-03-13T22:56:41.589-05:00Judges and Lawyers Hall of ShameNews and commentary about the Texas criminal justice system, Texas true crime stories, infamous crimes. rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.comBlogger506125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-53999197062996363072023-05-08T20:16:00.002-05:002023-05-08T20:16:50.413-05:00Why I would never be a public school teacher <p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">From the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/tennessee-teen-pepper-sprays-teacher-after-he-takes-her-phone/">New York Post:</a> </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">A Tennessee high school teacher was pepper-sprayed twice by an unruly student who became incensed after he confiscated her phone during class, new video shows.</p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Dramatic cellphone footage taken during class Friday at Antioch High School captured the <b>rambunctious student </b>confronting her teacher after her phone was taken away as a disciplinary action.</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">The disobedient student had been “texting and Googling answers for her school work,” </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/138zvwa/girl_pepper_sprays_teacher_because_he_took_her/#" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span class="s1">according to Reddit user @Lazy_Mouse3803, who shared the now-viral clip.</span></a> </p><p>I didn't even have to see the pictures of the "rambunctious student" and the teacher to know what race each would be. This is not a harmless prank - try getting sprayed in the eyes with pepper spray or mace and tell me it doesn't hurt. </p><p>This was at least a Class A misdemeanor, with up to one year in jail and a $10,000 fine. Want to bet that the 'student' is never charged and will be back in class this week? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>https://nypost.com/2023/05/08/tennessee-teen-pepper-sprays-teacher-after-he-takes-her-phone/</p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-39606826816550623262023-05-07T10:02:00.000-05:002023-05-07T10:02:14.267-05:00YOU'RE GOING TO BOW DOWN TO THE TRANSGENDER MOB LIKE IT OR NOT<p> I flew from Minneapolis/St Paul to Austin yesterday on Delta Airlines. The flight attendant who welcomed us aboard was a man in a dress. He was chirping 'good mornings' as we boarded and asked me how I was doing. He seemed somewhat disappointed when I just mumbled "great" with a look on my face that showed what I really thought. I was told years ago that I have an "affidavit face." </p><p>Of course Delta made him - and it was a him, even with his dress and makeup - the lead attendandant. When he made announcements it was with what I think was probably his drag queen impersonation of Scarlett O'Harra, an exagerated drawl but spoken with a deep masculine voice. </p><p>So, here I was, with a couple hundred other paying customers, confined in a little glass and alumininum tube, forced to play along with this mentally ill man's fantasy that he is a she. </p><p>The night before I had dinner at a trendy restaurant in Minneapolis. There were men in wigs makeup and sequined dresses sitting at the bar next to us. </p><p>What does this have to do with the law? Everything - the transgender movement seemingly came out of nowhere maybe five years ago. Mediocre male athletes switch to compete against girls in swimming, track, weightlifting, etc. and crush the girls who have worked and sacrificed all their lives in dedication to their sports. A mentally ill trannie murders children and teachers at a Christian church and the 'leaders' - Biden, Harris, AOC, et al - say not a word about the victims, but worry about how the murders may harm the "trans-community." </p><p>I am so glad to be back in the Texas Hill Country. </p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-19543513512694249982022-12-01T07:00:00.002-06:002022-12-01T07:00:34.659-06:00Austin - Crazed Lawyer Attempts Murder of ex-girlfriend, shoots up bar - Judge release on 40k surety bond<p> <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A crazed attorney from Austin, Texas was caught on camera allegedly trying to shoot his ex-girlfriend at the bar she worked at on Saturday, police said. <a href="Https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/texas-attorney-gavin-rush-caught-on-camera-trying-to-kill-ex-girlfriend-at-austin-bar" target="_blank">Read article at </a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); letter-spacing: -0.13333334028720856px;"><a href="Https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/texas-attorney-gavin-rush-caught-on-camera-trying-to-kill-ex-girlfriend-at-austin-bar" target="_blank">New York Post</a></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 1.25rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Gavin Rush, 41, is out on bond after he allegedly stormed into the Anderson Mill Pub with a gun around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and approached his ex, who was behind the bar, according to arrest records<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/austin-police-man-arrested-pulling-gun-bar/269-c8d7e6e6-939d-4d85-9c36-e6882d1b909a" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #954f72;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #c60800; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">obtained by KVUE</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 1.25rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">He put a small leather satchel on the table and asked if he could speak with her. When she said “no,” he drew the gun and pointed it at her, with the laser sight aimed at her chest, according to the affidavit and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/mkelly007/status/1597367337958912001?s=20&t=t7qLObkpZSOLokm3ru32vg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #954f72;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #c60800; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">dramatic surveillance footage</span></a>of the incident shared by Austin City Councilwoman Mackenzie Kelly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">A judge released him the next day on a $40,000 surety bond. A crazed gunman can attempt to murder his ex-girlfriend and shoot up a bar and get out the next day for $4000 in Austin!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p>The State Bar of Texas shows Rush is employed by Pfeiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise LLP</o:p></p><h5><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/texas-attorney-gavin-rush-caught-on-camera-trying-to-kill-ex-girlfriend-at-austin-bar/</span></h5><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-84197514642398786782022-04-06T21:17:00.001-05:002022-04-06T21:17:27.797-05:00State judge whose home was raided by investigators found dead<p> <b style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 50px;">State judge whose home was raided by investigators found dead</b></p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">A veteran New York state judge <a href="https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/investigations/the-judge-the-strip-club-owner-and-the-ex-wife/71-c5c6b9d3-87ba-43ee-9adf-d3c23d176e75"><span style="color: #355ca9;">entangled in a law enforcement investigation</span></a> whose property was raided by federal agents two weeks ago was found dead Tuesday morning in his home near Buffalo, his lawyer said.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">John Michalski, an acting justice on the Erie County Supreme Court, died of an apparent suicide, according to attorney Terry Connors. Michalski was 61.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Police in Amherst, where Michalski lived, declined to comment.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Connors said he last spoke with Michalski on Saturday for a meeting that lasted several hours. He appeared "to be doing well. He was strong and was participating in the meeting," Connors added.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Michalski, appointed to the bench in 2006, had returned to his duties in January after going on medical leave in the wake of an apparent suicide attempt in February 2021, Connors said.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">At the time, local news reports and <a href="https://www.wivb.com/news/exclusive-new-video-shows-moments-before-judge-michalski-was-hit-by-train/"><span style="color: #355ca9;">video obtained by the CBS affiliate WIVB-TV</span></a> found that Michalski had stepped into the path of a slow-moving tanker train. He was hospitalized with a serious leg injury.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Connors said Michalski had to satisfy conditions set by the State Court system before he could be reinstated.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">He was subject to "a battery of tests and evaluations by the Office of Court Administration," Connors said, and "performed well on all of those."</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">His apparent suicide attempt last year came on the same day that a former client and family friend, <a href="https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/crime/federal-agents-arrest-wny-man-in-fort-lauderdale-on-drug-charges-peter-gerace-jr/71-7b014a5b-9eb9-4681-b921-d868a8f93189"><span style="color: #355ca9;">Peter Gerace Jr., was arrested</span></a> by federal agents in Florida. Gerace, the owner of a strip club near Buffalo and the nephew of an <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/is-the-mob-back-feds-probe-buffalo-mafia-after-calling-it-all-but-dead/article_0a77da5e-72db-11eb-bc36-e7e3b5ffe74b.html"><span style="color: #355ca9;">alleged Buffalo mob boss</span></a>, was indicted on charges related to drug and sex trafficking and bribery of a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">According to an indictment obtained by NBC affiliate WGRZ, bribes were paid to the agent, Joseph Bongiovanni, "to protect (the strip club) from federal narcotics investigations."</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Indictments were filed last month by federal prosecutors against Gerace and Bongiovanni for conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Both men are awaiting trial and have denied the allegations.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">While federal agents were in contact with Michalski about his friendship with Gerace, no charges had been filed against the judge, Connors said.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Michalski had also been under investigation by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct in connection with how much he was paid for performing Gerace's wedding, <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/feds-search-home-of-state-supreme-court-justice-john-michalski-who-was-hit-by-train/article_566a67f2-ab82-11ec-8254-ab64dd8b3b22.html"><span style="color: #355ca9;">according to The Buffalo News</span></a>.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">It's unclear why state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, New York State Police and state Attorney General's Office, executed a search warrant at Michalski's home last month. A Department of Justice spokeswoman said in an email Wednesday that the agency does not confirm or deny investigations.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">Connors said there had been a groundswell of support for Michalski upon news of his death. Colleagues and friends in their legal circles considered him a well-respected jurist, also known for his infectious laugh and love for his wife and four children, Connors said.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">He once told a mother addicted to gambling who was facing four years in prison for stealing from her son that he would instead give her probation because "you do deserve a chance for redemption," <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/gambling-mother-is-given-a-chance-for-redemption-placed-of-5-years-probation-in-theft/article_ae2b5a7e-372d-5ec6-8c48-eb1e25f65a2a.html"><span style="color: #355ca9;">The Buffalo News reported</span></a> in 2012.</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;">"He treated everyone with respect," Connors said. "He was just the type of judge who you'd be thankful for was overseeing your case."</p>
<p style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 27px;"><i>If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the </i><a href="https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/"><span style="color: #355ca9;"><i>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline </i></span></a><i>at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit </i><a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources"><span style="color: #355ca9;"><i>SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</i></span></a><i> for additional resources.</i></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-90762856798837270212022-03-31T18:28:00.003-05:002022-03-31T18:28:43.106-05:00<p> <span face="Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 30, 32); color: #001e20; font-size: 16px;">A Supreme Court justice in Sweden has been fined for shoplifting a Christmas ham and meatballs among other items, the prosecutor in the case said Thursday.</span></p><p><span face="Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 30, 32); color: #001e20; font-size: 16px;">https://www.barrons.com/news/swedish-supreme-court-justice-fined-for-shoplifting-01648738207</span></p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 30, 32); color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 67-year-old woman was caught by staff at a grocery store in central Stockholm a week before Christmas.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 30, 32); color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I have issued a fine regarding the crime petty theft, previously known as shoplifting," chief public prosecutor Per Nichols told AFP.</p><div class="paywall" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 30, 32); color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The judge resigned from her post in February -- when reports emerged that she was being investigated -- after having served two decades on the bench.</p></div>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-30336473662706480982022-02-22T06:57:00.000-06:002022-02-22T06:57:32.816-06:00Cross-Dressing Men Shouldn't Catfish College Linebackers<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maryland-judge-jonathan-newell-kills-himself-moments-before-arrest-for-child-sex-abuse?ref=home">Maryland Judge Kills Himself Moments Before Arrest for Child Sex Abuse</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Judge Jonathan Newell was about to be arrested following accusations he’d planted a hidden camera that captured naked images of young boys in his bathroom.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24pt;">Virginia Tech linebacker accused of beating man to death over Tinder catfishing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24pt;">https://nypost.com/2021/06/10/virginia-tech-linebacker-isimemen-etute-accused-of-fatally-beating-man/<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a;">A freshman Virginia Tech linebacker<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/02/virginia-tech-football-player-isimemen-etute-charged-with-murder/" style="color: #954f72;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3333; text-decoration: none;">charged with murder</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>told police he fatally beat a man — breaking every bone in his face — for catfishing him on Tinder, prosecutors said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 1.25rem;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2a2a2a;">Ismemen David Etute, 18, told cops he went to the Blacksburg apartment of 40-year-old Jerry Smith in April for oral sex after matching up with someone named “Angie” on Tinder,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/virginia-tech-football-player-isi-etute-told-police-he-punched-victim-after-meeting-for-sexual/article_e9510cfc-c932-11eb-bf9b-f3dfffc5098e.html" style="color: #954f72;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3333; text-decoration: none;">the Roanoke Times reported</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;">Etute told investigators he punched Smith five times in the face and “stomped” on him, but didn’t call police despite hearing “bubbling and gurgling” from the victim as he left the apartment. Cops found the badly beaten man’s body one day later, the newspaper reported.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><b>I'd defend this young man pro bono!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-14655880975821039352021-05-10T19:09:00.003-05:002021-05-10T19:09:32.759-05:00Another Reason Mainstream Churches Are Hemmoraging Members; When MSM Doesn't ID Race of Killers and Criminals You Can Guess Why<p> </p><div><div class="css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="css-rsa88z e1h9rw200" data-test-id="headline" id="link-705af2e" style="border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 3rem; margin: 0px auto 1rem calc((100% - 600px) / 2); max-width: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 660px;">More proof that the USA is on the road to hell:</h1><h1 class="css-rsa88z e1h9rw200" data-test-id="headline" id="link-705af2e" style="border: 0px; color: #121212; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 2.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 3rem; margin: 0px auto 1rem calc((100% - 600px) / 2); max-width: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 660px;"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/us/megan-rohrer-transgender-bishop.html">U.S. Lutheran Church Elects its First Openly Transgender Bishop - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</a></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bm6T8er3M_A/YJnKb0HyEjI/AAAAAAAAB98/qM8-jMF4egsfukh2Q5daetWlnMxTbkuwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10xp-bishop-03-superJumbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bm6T8er3M_A/YJnKb0HyEjI/AAAAAAAAB98/qM8-jMF4egsfukh2Q5daetWlnMxTbkuwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10xp-bishop-03-superJumbo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><p class="css-w6ymp8 e1wiw3jv0" id="article-summary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.4375rem; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px auto 1.875rem; max-width: 600px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">The Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected to lead a synod that includes about 200 Lutheran congregations in Northern and Central California. <span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Pastor Rohrer, who uses the pronouns “they” and “them,” currently serves as the pastor of </span><a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="http://sfgrace.blogspot.com/p/pastor_2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #326891; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(50, 104, 145); text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church</a><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px;"> in San Francisco. They earned a Master of Divinity and completed postgraduate course work in Christian education at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., according to their profile on the </span><a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="http://sfgrace.blogspot.com/p/pastor_2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #326891; font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(50, 104, 145); text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">church’s website</a><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 20px;">.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rl7_uJ6tgtk/YJnK4lF3UcI/AAAAAAAAB-E/pVTxSJjs0vko9eP3JWNLRo1pVTmkTm8awCLcBGAsYHQ/s717/IMG_1114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rl7_uJ6tgtk/YJnK4lF3UcI/AAAAAAAAB-E/pVTxSJjs0vko9eP3JWNLRo1pVTmkTm8awCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_1114.jpg" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="postid-18192570" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; font-size: 2.625rem; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><h1 class="postid-18192570" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; font-size: 2.625rem; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Innocent bystanders shot during argument in Times Square: police</h1><div>https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/4-year-old-mother-among-multiple-people-shot-in-times-square/</div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; margin-top: 0px;">Three innocent bystanders — including a 4-year-old girl who was toy shopping with her family — were shot Saturday in Times Square when a man arguing with three other people wildly fired into the late afternoon crowd, according to police and sources.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; margin-top: 0px;">The bullets flew at 4:55 p.m. outside of 1515 Broadway, along West 44th Street, when the dispute turned the Crossroads of the World into a shooting gallery and shocked even hardened members of New York’s Finest.</p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-48013825857985946712021-05-08T22:55:00.002-05:002021-05-08T22:55:30.125-05:00The House of Fragile Things<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pEoqoyxpw4Q/YJdap1lfVeI/AAAAAAAAB90/HcBF7EDqjBUMmPHFPFJzmWXPrn3wg7z6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1067/Deportation%2Bof%2BJews%2BMarseille.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1067" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pEoqoyxpw4Q/YJdap1lfVeI/AAAAAAAAB90/HcBF7EDqjBUMmPHFPFJzmWXPrn3wg7z6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Deportation%2Bof%2BJews%2BMarseille.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />This is one of the most disturbing and depressing pictures I've ever seen. It's from a new book:<p></p><h4 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Retina, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px 0px 10px 1px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">THE HOUSE OF FRAGILE THINGS</h4><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Retina, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 17px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By James McAuley<br /><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yale, 301 pages, $30</em></p><p> The picture is in World War II in Marseille and shows Jews getting out of trucks or paddy wagons and being herded onto railroad cars that will take them to concentration camps. The book that shows how many of the French were enthusiatic participants with the Nazis. Some of the victims were from affluent families that had lived in France for generations. They collected art and rare books, and some gifted their beautiful homes to the French government. It wasn't enough - the Nazis and their anti-Semite French collaborators stole everything else they had, including their lives. </p><p>France and Germany were two of the most advanced, cultured societies in the world. If you think it can't happen in the USA, think again. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-82460977500907651532021-03-19T13:04:00.001-05:002021-03-19T13:04:29.491-05:00Will Biden fly to Milwaukee to Show Solidarity with Korean Woman Brutally Raped and Murdered by Gang of Black "Teenagers" ?<p>I heard about this from Ben Shapiro or Michael Knowles. A nut job murdered eight people in massage parlors owned by Asians in Atlanta. The killer was white, most of the victims were Koreans. The woke mob immediately makes it a story about 'white privilege' or white supremecists, not withstanding that the killer told police that he was a sex addict who was trying to eliminate the temptation, and it had nothing to do with race. </p><p>Meanwhile, in that hellhole Milwaukee, the reporters refuse to state the race of the criminals - they were black - and calls them 'teens.' That's a weasel term for when they don't want to report that the thugs are black. </p><p>When Biden gets through stumbling through Atlanta will he fly to Milwaukee ? Dont hold your breath. </p><h1 data-test-locator="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #232a31; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></h1><h1 data-test-locator="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #232a31; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></h1><h1 data-test-locator="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #232a31; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Teens Charged Over Rape and Murder of Milwaukee Woman</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: small;">https://news.yahoo.com/teens-charged-over-rape-murder-182539117.html</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="caas-attr" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 20px;"><div class="caas-attr-meta" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 1.385em; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; vertical-align: middle;">Ryan General<div class="caas-attr-time-style" style="color: #828c93; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; padding-top: 5px;"><time class="" datetime="2021-02-10T18:25:39.000Z">February 10, 2021</time><span class="caas-attr-meta-separator" style="padding: 0px 8px;">·</span>2 min read</div></div></div><div class="caas-content-contain-share"><div class="caas-attr-separator" style="height: 8px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 20px; width: 300px;"><div class="separator" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) transparent transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 8px 3px 0px 0px; display: inline-block; width: 231px;"></div><div class="separator-ext" style="border-color: transparent transparent rgb(255, 211, 51); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 9px 3px; display: inline-block; margin-left: 10px; width: 30px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="caas-body" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding-right: 69.7px;"><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the rape and death of Ee Lee in Washington Park, Milwaukee in September 2020.</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">Violent crime: </span>Lee, 36, was found unconscious, still breathing but with severe injuries and undressed below the waist in Washington Park by "bystanders" on Sept. 16, 2020. She died three days later, <a class="link rapid-noclick-resp" data-rapid_p="6" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:NextShark" href="https://nextshark.com/milwaukee-warrant-woman-dead-washington-park/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #188fff; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NextShark</a> previously reported.</span></p><ul class="caas-list caas-list-bullet" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 1.538em;"><li style="line-height: 1.8; list-style-type: disc;"><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Lee was sexually assaulted and identified blunt force trauma to her head as the cause of her death.</span></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.8; list-style-type: disc;"><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Footage obtained from the Washington Park Library showed two groups of people leaving the park.</span></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.8; list-style-type: disc;"><p style="line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One group had six riding bicycles and another had five individuals, some of whom were on bikes and others on foot.</span></p></li></ul></div></div>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-5210901890815328282021-03-19T07:17:00.000-05:002021-03-19T07:17:30.268-05:00Milwaukee - the New Sodom and Gommorah ?<p> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #111111; font-family: BebasNeueRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0.9em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Children’s Court Judge Who Led Drag Queen Story Hour Foundation Arrested on Child Porn Charges</h1><div>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/18/childrens-court-judge-led-queen-story-hour-foundation-arrested-drag-child-porn-charges/</div><div><p class="subheading" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 10px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Milwaukee County children’s court judge who served as CEO of a foundation <a class="x5l" href="https://creamcityfoundation.org/dqsh/" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">promoting</a> Drag Queen Story Hours has been arrested on tentative charges of possession of child pornography.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) <a class="x5l" href="https://www.doj.state.wi.us/news-releases/child-pornography-charges-filed-against-milwaukee-county-judge" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">announced</a> Wednesday that Brett Blomme, 38, was charged with seven counts of possession of child pornography.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The complaint includes explicit descriptions of adult sexual acts with minors, including “toddler” age.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Based upon records linking those uploads to the defendant, DOJ investigators obtained search warrants for the defendant, his chambers, his vehicle, and his residences in Milwaukee and Dane Counties,” the DOJ’s statement said.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em> <a class="x5l" href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/03/16/milwaukee-judge-brett-blomme-arrested-child-pornography-charges/4721766001/" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">reported</a> prior to his election to the court in 2020, Blomme, a longtime LGBTQ activist, served as president and CEO of the Cream City Foundation, which distributes grants to LGBTQ groups in the Milwaukee area.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The foundation’s <a class="x5l" href="https://creamcityfoundation.org/dqsh/" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">website</a> removed their Drag Queen Story Hours page. The web archive of the page <a class="x5l" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210318154340/https://creamcityfoundation.org/dqsh/" rel="noopener external" style="color: #00749e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">states</a> the children’s event “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The mission of Drag Queen Story Hours, according to the Cream City Foundation, is to provide “a fun and entertaining way to educate all ages about progressive social justice & human growth and development issues through literature and reading.”</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0.75em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The <em style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentinel</em> reports Blomme is married to his male partner. They have two children and own two homes, one in Milwaukee and the other in the Madison area.</p></div>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-29242268633188119162021-02-16T16:21:00.003-06:002021-02-16T16:21:52.249-06:00Prominent San Antonio Lawyer Charged With Harassment<p> Reprinted from ABA Journal</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lawyer charged with phone harassment after his jet was
repossessed and his partner tweeted resignation<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-charged-with-phone-harassment-his-jet-has-been-repossessed-and-his-partner-tweeted-his-resignation<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BY <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/authors/4/" title="View this author's information">DEBRA CASSENS WEISS</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FEBRUARY 10, 2021, 12:16 PM CST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Prominent San Antonio lawyer Martin Phipps is facing a
criminal misdemeanor charge and complaints by a former law partner who resigned
on Twitter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phipps, 51, was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor charge of
telephone harassment. He was accused of sending more than 40 electronic
messages to a woman who fled to Mexico, allegedly because she feared for her
life, according to an arrest warrant and sources cited by <a href="https://www.kens5.com/article/news/investigations/eyewitness-wants-to-know/bexar-county-chief-attorney-on-opioid-litigation-arrested/273-c64f49c5-342a-43a8-9a62-6374d6d20771">KENS5</a>,
the <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Martin-Phipps-a-prominent-local-attorney-and-15934332.php">San
Antonio Express-News</a>, <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/02/08/attorney-leading-bexar-county-opioid-litigation-arrested-charged-with-harassment/">KSAT</a> and <a href="https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1353688/texas-atty-arrested-on-telephone-harassment-charge">Law360</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phipps owns a swanky rooftop bar above his law office, the
San Antonio Express-News reports. His firm is one of two firms representing
Bexar County in a lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioid
drugs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The woman who fled to Mexico returned to San Antonio to seek
an annulment, the warrant says. The San Antonio Express-News examined marriage
records and discovered that Phipps married his then-legal assistant Brenda Vega
on Dec. 19. She received an annulment 34 days later after filing a petition
that was amended to include Phipps as a petitioner. Vega alleged that she
entered into the marriage under duress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phipps’ former partner T.J. Mayes tweeted his resignation in
late January, <a href="https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1350068/partner-exits-firm-over-abuse-allegations-facing-colleague-">Law360</a> reported
last month. Mayes resigned after filing complaints against Phipps with the Texas
Bar, the Texas attorney general’s office and the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, according to Law360.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the ethics complaint, Mayes alleged improper use of
funds, “psychological abuse” of Vega, and possible “mental illness and substance
use disorder.” Mayes said he waited to report the alleged misconduct “until I
could take a series of steps to protect the physical safety of my family and my
former colleagues, including speaking to multiple law enforcement agencies.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another story, by the <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/02/02/bank-repossesses-san-antonio-lawyers-private-jet/">San
Antonio Business Journal</a>, reported that a subsidiary of PNC Bank
repossessed Phipps’ private jet after he allegedly defaulted on the loan, resulting
in a legal fight over how much money the bank gets to keep from the sale.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gabe Ortiz, an attorney at Phipps’ law firm, told Law360
that he didn’t see the kind of behavior alleged by Mayes. But Ortiz told the
publication that “high stakes litigation like that can be stressful, and it’s
not necessarily meant for everybody. And if this is your first exposure to
litigation, it can be an eye-opener.”’<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a statement to KENS5, Ortiz said the firm “denies the
unsubstantiated allegations” by Mayes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-40583531834116255332020-10-25T09:20:00.000-05:002020-10-25T09:20:57.544-05:00Untouchable’ attorney arrested, charged with human trafficking after USA TODAY Network investigation<p><span style="background-color: white;">CINCINATTI - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;">In voices both strained with emotion and seemingly hardened with trauma, they stepped forward – cautiously, with trepidation – to level their allegations: that Mearan, a former Portsmouth, Ohio, city councilman and still-practicing attorney, trapped them in a cycle of drug abuse and sexual servitude. </span></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 14px 0px;">They told their stories to agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. To FBI investigators. To journalists with <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a" href="https://www.cincinnati.com/in-depth/news/2019/03/21/sex-trafficking-trapped-and-trafficked-portsmouth-ohio/2839816002/" rel="noopener" style="color: #303030; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254);" target="_blank">The (Cincinnati) Enquirer</a>, part of the USA TODAY Network. The worst that came of it were the convictions of eight defendants who pleaded guilty to drug charges – and none of those eight were Mearan.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 14px 0px;">On Friday, everything changed. After decades of rumors and investigations, Mearan was arrested on human trafficking, racketeering and related charges. He’s expected to be arraigned in Scioto County Common Pleas Court on Monday. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 14px 0px;">Mearan, 74, has previously denied having anything to do with trafficking, prostitution or drugs.</p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-25977057959191819112020-09-23T07:18:00.002-05:002020-09-23T07:18:29.937-05:00FORMER HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT; AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CASE DISMISSED<p> </p><h1 class="header-title" itemprop="headline" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.45px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; font-family: "Lora Light"; font-size: 3.125rem; font-weight: 300; grid-column: 1 / 2; grid-row-start: 2; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.16; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Former Harris County judge pleads guilty to embezzling campaign funds; is sentenced</h1><div><p data-words="52" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.45px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Lora Regular"; line-height: 1.78; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.45px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alexandra Smoots-Thomas, a former Harris County civil judge, a </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.45px; font-size: 18px;">44-year-old pleaded guilty to using campaign funds to pay personal expenses, capping off a turbulent year that included chemotherapy, remission, a failed bid to reclaim her former bench and criminal charges last month alleging she fired a shotgun at her husband’s girlfriend. The government dropped six remaining counts of wire fraud.</span></p><p data-words="62" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.45px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Lora Regular"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.78; margin: 0px 0px 30px;">Her plea agreement details how she siphoned off campaign money to purchase a Zales engagement ring and two Prada handbags, and to make two mortgage payments and cover private school tuition for her two sons. As a convicted felon, she will no longer be permitted to practice law, the only career she’s ever known, according to her lawyer in the assault case.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.45px;">Federal Judge Lynn Hughes sentenced her to time served - 37 days - and ordered restitution of about $28,000. </span></p><p data-words="62" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 0.45px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Lora Regular"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.78; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0.45px;">The aggravated assault case arose out of her going to her husband's girlfriend's house and discharging a shotgun. That case was dropped (presumably in another court).</span></p></div>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-54912316719858914172020-09-15T19:30:00.001-05:002020-09-15T19:30:53.916-05:00State Bar Directors Drop Attempt to Depose President Larry McDougal, TCDLA Looks Like Fools, Lose a Thousand Members<p> </p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Open Sans, HelveticaNeue, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Texas Lawyer reports that t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", HelveticaNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">he State Bar of Texas’ board of directors will no longer consider restricting the bar president from serving as a spokesman over critical comments he made about Black Lives Matter, after the director behind the proposal withdrew the measure Thursday. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Open Sans, HelveticaNeue, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">Some of the 'woke' directors wanted to fire Larry McDougal. His sin - he tweeted that Black Lives Matter are a bunch of thugs. I wonder what the leftists at the Bar would have to say about the two deputies who were ambushed by a 'person of color' in Compton CA this week? Some BLM types then tried to block the entrance to the hospital, and incredibly tried to get into the hospital to harass two officers fighting for their lives. BLM supporters were dancing in the streets with joy that two 'pigs' got shot and might die. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Open Sans, HelveticaNeue, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">A majority of the directors of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc (TCDLA) authorized its president to write a letter joining the lynch mob howling to have McDougal fired. The president, Grant Schreiner, said he didn't need to poll the membership because like Obama, he had a pen and could do what he wanted. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Open Sans, HelveticaNeue, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">Well, guess what ? I've been informed by credible sources that TCDLA haI ws lost a third of its membership a thousand of the 3,000 members either got out at once (like I did) or didn't renew their memberships that came due August 31. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Open Sans, HelveticaNeue, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">I was vocal about my opinions that McDougal was right, that BLM are a bunch of thugs. I was reprimanded for being a racist. Well, f'--- the TCDLA and I hope they lose another thousand members. I don't know how any lawyer whose not a Marxist or anarchist can stay in such a radical group. I wonder if they've posted anything on their website about what happened in Compton. </span></span></p>rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-15353224328587677882020-07-29T10:23:00.000-05:002020-07-29T10:23:03.494-05:00Texas State Bar and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc. Side with the Marxists and Anarchists<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Directors and officers of the Texas State Bar have demanded that new president Larry McDougal resign. His offense - he told the truth - he said on social media that Black Lives Matter are thugs.<br />
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Now the inner clique at the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association have piled on. They published an open letter demanding McDougal's ouster. When I and other members objected that the TCDLA officers did not speak for us and should not have piled on there was a backlash.<br />
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One prominent member, a tenured law professor at Texas Tech wrote - 'White people - STFU.'<br />
I responded - why isn't that just as racist as saying 'black people STFYU."<br />
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To which the list server moderator, Jeep Darnell wrote to me: "you took it too far. Do not ever post something about 'blacks' again or you will be removed.'<br />
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So, I asked: I want to make sure I understand -<br />
it's okay for a member to tell 'white people' to STFU<br />
but I can't even use the word black<br />
Can I say Black Lives Matter?<br />
Can I say that I agree that blacks have been discriminated against?<br />
Can I say that your policies discriminate against whites and other races?<br />
I just want to be sure I fully understand the rules here.<br />
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Mr. Darnell told me, don't be silly.<br />
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I briefly considered sending the law professor's comment white people STFU to the dean of the law school - I have seen tenured professors get fired for less than that if they comment was about a minority.<br />
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These fools need to understand something. We can play this game too. How many lawyers can say that in the last ten years they never made a racist, sexist, or homophobic joke on social media? The gotcha game can work both ways.<br />
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If you love this country and don't want it destroyed you have to fight back!!<br />
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-29159908323142730222020-07-14T21:19:00.001-05:002020-07-14T21:19:57.069-05:00State Bar Pooh-bahs endorse Marxist Black Lives Matter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If you have any doubt that State Bar President Larry McDougal was right when he called Black Lives Matter a bunch of thugs, then consider how BLM’s founders describe themselves as Marxists - that means communists for those of you who have forgotten. You know, the people who brought the world the Bolshevik Revolution, Stalin’s gulags, Mao’s communist revolution and untold millions of murdered and starved people, down to Pol Pot and the Castros. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said in a newly surfaced video from 2015 that she and her fellow organizers are “trained Marxists” – making clear their movement’s ideological foundation, according to a report.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Cullors, 36, was the protégé of Eric Mann, former agitator of the Weather Underground domestic terror organization, and spent years absorbing the Marxist-Leninist ideology that shaped her worldview, Breitbart News reported.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">She described how she became a trained organizer with the Labor/Community Strategy Center, which she called her “first political home” under the mentorship of Mann, its director, Breitbart reported.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The center, which describes its philosophy as “an urban experiment,” uses grassroots organization to “focus on Black and Latino communities with deep historical ties to the long history of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, <b>pro-communist resistance to the US empire</b>,” according to the outlet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It also expresses its <b>appreciation for the work of the US Communist Party</b>, “especially Black communists,” as well as its support for “the great work of the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, Young Lords, Brown Berets, and the great revolutionary rainbow experiments of the 1970s,” Breitbart reported.</span></div>
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Former SBOT president Trey Apffel and most of the upper leadership of the Bar think a communist insurgency is a good thing. Are the patriotic lawyers in this State, who I think are probably the majority, going to stand for this?</div>
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-66211159626064458522020-07-13T19:42:00.001-05:002020-07-13T19:51:43.877-05:00Black Lives Matter Are Thugs No Matter What the Texas Bar says<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven’t posted anything on this blog in a long time. Partly I think, because I fell into the rabbit hole of wasting time on Facebook. I closed my account about 10 days ago. FB makes it hard to quit - you’re not really out until you go 30 days without logging in. Anyway, when the Corona virus and shutdown started, followed by the Antifa and BLM riots, I began pissing away probably two hours a day on FB. The fools, or useful idiots as Lenin called them, angered me with their smugness and condescension. I know lawyers who live in million dollar homes and on multi-million dollar ranches in the Hill Country who think what the anarchists are doing - tearing down monuments of Washington, Jefferson, and even Grant and black soldiers who fought for the Union, is a wonderful thing. I wonder how they’ll feel when the mob shows up at their gate. Oh yeah - we already saw that with the two plaintiff’s lawyers in St. Louis who pointed guns at the BLM protestors.<br />
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The ignorance of so many supposedly educated people is astounding. It’s as if they’ve never read anything about the Bolsheviks in Russia, or Maoists in China and so many other benighted countries. Or what happened in South Africa and Rhodesian, which were both first world countries.<br />
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Which brings me to the main point - the current president of the State Bar of Texas, Larry P. McDougal, is being savaged by the other officers and directors because he told them truth when he called Black Lives Matter a bunch of thugs. They say he is a racist and some are demanding that he resign immediately. They ignore the truth - BLM was started by self described Marxists. They do not was racial equality, they want blacks superior and privileged over whites. They and their friends in Antifa have burned and looted cities all across this country. They want to erase American history. They want whites to get down on their knees and beg forgiveness for their ‘white privilege.’ They have murdered cops, both black and white, and business owners trying to protect their property<br />
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I know my comments are not politically correct and that most people will say who cares what Ellison thinks. So be it - but I believe most Americans are afraid to tell the truth because they don’t want to be the next victims of the mob. </div>
rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-80287508422343145362020-05-06T07:54:00.000-05:002020-05-06T07:54:26.993-05:00Big Firm Lawyer Shakes His Booty in Mediation, Escapes Sanctions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal noted that the facts are in dispute about what happened and who is to blame. In any event, she said in her <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/files/NoButtShakeSanctions.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;">May 4 order</a>, lawyer Dennis Duffy’s reputation has already taken a hit, and that made sanctions unnecessary.</div>
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Duffy was a partner at BakerHostetler when the sanctions motion <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sanctions-motion-says-biglaw-partner-shook-his-behind-in-front-of-opposing-lawyer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;">was filed</a> in February. He now works at Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, <a href="https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1270106/atty-accused-of-shaking-butt-at-adversary-dodges-sanctions" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;">Law360</a> reports. He <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/chevron-replaces-bakerhostetler-partner-accused-of-shaking-his-behind-at-adversary" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;">no longer represents</a> the Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. in the discrimination case filed against it.</div>
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Rosenthal began her opinion this way: “One of the sentences a judge does not imagine—much less welcome—writing includes the words ‘butt shaking’ in describing a lawyer’s alleged actions at a mediation. Sadly, those words fit here.</div>
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You can read the <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-biglaw-partner-accused-of-shaking-his-behind-at-opposing-counsel-escapes-sanction" target="_blank">whole story online in the ABA Journal</a></div>
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-54828150905947452252020-04-24T11:46:00.002-05:002020-04-24T11:46:27.229-05:00Attorney Lawyer arrested over social media threats against Kentucky governor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Louisville, Kentucky, attorney has been arrested for allegedly writing social
media posts deemed threats against Gov. Andy Beshear's life, police said. </span><br />
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Gregory Troutman, 53, was charged by state police with one count of
third-degree terroristic threatening on Tuesday for posts made April 16 and
April 20 in which he alluded to the idea of Beshear getting shot. </span><br />
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-72312902107685613302020-04-03T17:05:00.000-05:002020-04-03T17:05:02.677-05:00Pervy New York Judge Busted Stealing Former Intern's panties and Burgling her House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A Long Island judge who <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/09/15/long-island-judge-pleads-guilty-to-raiding-neighbors-dirty-panties/">copped to stealing dirty undies</a> from the home of a female neighbor has resigned from the bench and has been stripped of his law license.<br />
Suffolk County NY judge Robert Cicale got caught by neighbors coming out of the woman's house with his pockets stuffed with her dirty panties. The perv lost his position, lost his bar license, and has to register as a sex offender. The victim was a much younger woman who had interned with the creep. </div>
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-64503877176771689942020-01-17T15:32:00.002-06:002020-04-03T17:05:16.647-05:00New Trend in Drug Abuse - Smoking Embalming Fluid??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SHERMAN, Texas</strong> – A local criminal defense attorney known as <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/cops-to-use-new-technology-to-stop-drunk-drivers" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0474e8; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 900; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"The DWI Dude"</a> was convicted Tuesday in federal court for defrauding his Colombian cocaine trafficking clients, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.</div>
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James Morris Balagia, who is also known as Jamie Balagia, was found guilty of five criminal charges after a two-week trial, according to the news release. The jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, violation of the Kingpin Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.</div>
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Balagia was accused of conspiring with a Florida private investigator and a Colombian attorney to defraud the accused drug traffickers.</div>
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The group would tell clients that they can bribe government officials to dismiss or significantly reduce their charges. But there were no bribe or government officials they were in contact with, according to the news release.</div>
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“This defendant-and his group-were running a scam on drug dealers – some of the biggest drug dealers in the world,” said U.S. Attorney Joe Brown. “Fortunately for him, these drug dealers chose to turn him into the FBI rather than handle it any other way. It is important for the American justice system that we prosecute those who represent that the justice system is for sale. The Colombians, and criminals in every other country that we deal with, need to understand things don’t work that way in the United States. When we have lawyers representing that officials can be bought, we take that very seriously.”</div>
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Balagia made hundreds of thousands of dollars in the scheme, according to the news release. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison.</div>
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-50759384546565279832019-12-07T09:01:00.000-06:002019-12-07T09:01:16.670-06:00Pervert Preacher and Judge in Kentucky; Why I'm Thankful to Practice in the Hill Country<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've tried changing this blog's name because the current one, Judges and Lawyers Hall of Shame, might be misinterpreted to mean that I don't respect the judiciary or think that all lawyers are somehow corrupt. On the contrary, I think the legal profession is like any other - most of its members are honest, hardworking and try to do the right thing. There a few bad apples that are the exception. I've tried changing this blog's name but it dropped off the map. It's been online for over 10 years and Google and other search engines recognize it so I guess I'm stuck with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Thanksgiving I was thinking about things I'm thankful for and one of them was that it is a pleasure to be a lawyer in Kerrville and work with Judges Williams, Emerson and Harris, the prosecutors Lucy Wilke and Scott Monroe and Heather Stebbins and their staffs. Our defense bar sticks together and I can always ask someone for help and advice. So, thank you to the Kerr County legal community. </span></div>
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A South Texas jury on Thursday found 13th Court of Appeals Justice Rudy Delgado guilty of eight federal charges related to judicial bribery allegations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas found Delgado guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, obstruction of justice, three counts of federal program bribery and three counts of Travel Act violations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Delgado’s attorney, Michael McCrum, owner of McCrum Law Office in San Antonio, confirmed the guilty verdict. He said Delgado plans to appeal, and declined to comment further. Angela Dodge, a spokeswoman of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, also confirmed the verdict.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“The bribery of a judge may be the worst break of the public’s trust in government,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick of the Southern District of Texas, in a statement. “Rudy Delgado used his position to enrich himself. He didn’t just tip the scales of justice, he knocked it over with a wad of cash and didn’t look back. Delgado’s actions unfairly tarnish all his former colleagues.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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rellison@richellison.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515577298624464361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791178038803775236.post-1270281613054894482019-09-10T17:46:00.001-05:002019-09-10T17:46:43.982-05:00Officer Involved Shooting in Kerrville<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Last week a Kerrville police
officer fatally shot a 17 year old man named Tommy Hranicky who refused to drop
a knife. Details are sketchy but based on the news reports I think it was a
justifiable shooting. If the decedent’s survivors are thinking about filing a
law suit they will have an uphill battle. Just looking at a picture in the Kerrville Daily Times, Tommy looks like a nut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hranicky approached the officer while threatening him with the knife. After
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the specifics of each case, including whether the suspect posed an immediate
threat, and that <u>the reasonableness of a use of force must be judged from
the officer’s perspective</u>. Officers were entitled to qualified immunity as
long as no similar precedent existed showing a specific use of force was
unlawful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In Graham v. Connor, 490 U.
S. 386, 396 (1989), the Court held that the question whether an officer has
used excessive force “requires careful attention to the facts and circumstances
of each particular case, including the severity of the crime at issue, whether
the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others,
and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by
flight.” “<u>The ‘reasonableness’ of a particular use of force must be judged
from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with 20/20
vision of hindsight</u>.” Ibid. And “[t]he calculus of reasonableness must
embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make
split-second judgments—in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly
evolving—about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular
situation.” Id., at 396–397. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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