Public Safety (cont’d) “A few minutes later, a truck slowly rolled down the quiet residential street. “As the vehicle approached the house, officers opened fire, unloading a barrage of bullets into the back of the truck. WHEN THE SHOOTING STOPPED, THEY QUICKLY REALIZED THEIR MISTAKE. The truck was not a Nissan Titan, but a Toyota Tacoma. The color wasn’t gray, but aqua blue. And it wasn’t Dorner inside the truck, but a woman and her mother delivering copies of the Los Angeles Times. “In an interview with The Times on Friday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck outlined the most detailed account yet of how the shooting unfolded. Margie Carranza, 47, and her mother, Emma Hernandez, 71, were the victims of “a tragic misinterpretation” . . . “. . . They declined to say how many officers were involved, what kind of weapons they used, how many bullets were fired and, perhaps most important, what kind of verbal warnings — if any — were given to the women before the shooting began. “Law enforcement sources told The Times that at least seven officers opened fire. On Friday, the street was pockmarked with bullet holes in cars, trees, garage doors and roofs. Residents said they wanted to know what happened. “. . . Glen T. Jonas, the attorney representing the women, said the POLICE OFFICERS GAVE ‘NO COMMENTS, NO INSTRUCTIONS AND NO OPPORTUNITY TO SURRENDER’ BEFORE OPENING FIRE. He described a terrifying encounter in which the pair were in the early part of their delivery route through several South Bay communities. Hernandez was in the back seat handing papers to her daughter, who was driving. Carranza would briefly slow the truck to throw papers on driveways and front walks. “As bullets tore through the cabin, the two women ‘covered their faces and huddled down,’ Jonas said. ‘They felt like it was going on forever.’ “Hernandez was shot twice in her back and is expected to recover. Her daughter escaped with only minor wounds from broken glass. . . . “JONAS ESTIMATED THAT THE OFFICERS FIRED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 ROUNDS. Photographs of the back of the truck showed at least two dozen bullet holes. Neighbors, however, suggested there were more shots fired.”

This … this is a work of art. http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=347

Public Safety. (Cont’d.) From the L.A. Times: “… Los Angeles and Torrance police were INVOLVED IN TWO SHOOTINGS in Torrance early Thursday when police came across vehicles similar to the one sought by authorities in a massive manhunt for an ex-LAPD officer suspected of shooting three other officers. . . “Chase said both incidents involved vehicles matching the description of the one sought in connection with Dorner. “‘NOW IT APPEARS THAT NEITHER OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY RELATED,’ Chase said. ‘In both of them, officers believed they were at the time.’ “Members of the public were warned to stay away from him if they spot him, and to call 911 immediately.” From a friend: “My advice would be to stay clear of the cops.” – Gail Sacco

Just found the attribution of authorship (a blurb on “A Catechism of Anarchy,” in FREE SOCIETY), which I’ve been looking for on and off for the past four months, eureka. http://fair-use.org/free-society/issue/355 p. 4, “Notes:” “Comrade Mary Hansen of Philadelphia, to whom some have attributed the authorship of ‘A Catechism of Anarchy,’ requests us to state that it is a Communistic production, belonging to the Anarchists of the Social Science Club. She wrote the original draft of it, and was then gone over by members of the club, and discussed, and revised and altered. The name of the club was not inserted on the leaflet for the reason that all the members of the club are not Anarchists.”

From Jesse Walker: “No description yet, and no cover illustration…but look, there’s a pre-order button.”

Non-Lethal Force. (Cont’d) “When Officer Stephen Mee arrived, the police entered the house. Mee ordered Ryan to drop the bat and quickly deployed his Taser. “Mee initially administered three Taser shocks, the second forcing Meyers to drop the bat, and the third stopping him from advancing toward the officers. “Once Meyers was down, however, Mee used his Taser AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN TIMES, ultimately killing the 40-year-old Ryan Meyers . . .”