Brickbats: January 2021
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to ban homeschooling as part of a draft law to combat radical Islam and religious separatism. Under his proposal, starting with the 2021 school year, all children over age 3 will have to attend a school registered with the government unless the child has a medical exemption.
Six officers of the Los Angeles Police Department have been charged with falsifying information they placed into a state database. Prosecutors accuse the defendants of claiming that people admitted to being gang members "even though body-worn camera video showed the defendants either never asked the individuals about their gang membership or the individuals denied gang membership if they were asked."
When Harris County, Texas, sheriff's deputies arrived at his home seeking a man named Curtis Rogers, Louis Rodriguez told them they had the wrong house. Rodriguez, a retired police officer, then asked for their warrant. Instead of producing one, they knocked in his door and forced him and his family outside. The cops soon realized they were, as Rodriguez had told them, at the wrong house.
The Berkeley, California, City Council has unanimously voted to bar junk food from the checkout lanes of local supermarkets. The new law applies to anything with over 5 grams of added sugar or 250 milligrams of sodium as well as drinks with high levels of sugar or artificial -sweeteners.
Pineville, Louisiana, police officer John Goulart Jr. claimed he'd been shot in the leg in an ambush. But officials say he accidentally shot himself and made up the story to cover it up. Goulart has been charged with criminal mischief and malfeasance in office.
Australian Border Force Officials seized a woman's AU$26,000 (about $19,000) legally purchased alligator-skin purse and destroyed it because she had not purchased a AU$70 ($50) import license. Officials say she also could have been fined for trying to bring it into the country without a permit.
A sharia court in Nigeria has sentenced Omar Farouq, 13, to a decade in prison for blasphemy. He was accused of using foul language about Allah in conversation with a friend. The same court recently sentenced singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death for blaspheming Mohammed.
San Francisco officials have kept private gyms closed for months to reduce the spread of coronavirus. But some city-owned gyms have remained open, allowing police officers and other municipal employees to work out.
Former Bridgeport, Connecticut, police chief Armando "A.J." Perez and David Dunn, the city's acting personnel director, are facing federal charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and making false statements to investigators. Prosecutors say the two men rigged the police chief's exam two years ago to make sure Perez got the post.
One Mason, Michigan, resident decided to express skepticism of absentee voting by placing a toilet on the front lawn with a sign reading, "Place Mail In Ballots Here." Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum then filed a complaint with the police over the installation, saying it's illegal. "It's solicitation of absentee ballots into a container," Byrum said. "Our election integrity is not a game. I expect everyone to act appropriately, and this is unacceptable."
The British government has banned plastic straws, cutlery, and stirrers, as well as cotton swabs, in what officials say is an effort to reduce pollution. People with certain medical conditions will still be able to ask for plastic straws in restaurants and buy them at pharmacies.
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A sharia (Social Justice) court in Nigeria (the USA) has sentenced Omar Farouq, 13, to a decade in prison for blasphemy (hate speech). He was accused of using foul language about Allah (somebody black, brown, gay, and/or trans) in conversation with a friend. The same court recently sentenced singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death for blaspheming Mohammed (the government).
Put a spoiler alert on that shit! Some of us are still pretending it can’t happen here.
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Seem to recall a NC case where someone gave the cops the finger. Had to go up to the supreme court of NC before someone realized that it was protected speech.
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French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to ban homeschooling as part of a draft law to combat radical Islam and religious separatism. Under his proposal, starting with the 2021 school year, all children over age 3 will have to attend a school registered with the government unless the child has a medical exemption.
I’m pretty sure schools in the US have to be registered with the government as well, and the government is going to want to know where the hell your kids are if they’re not in the public schools.
Six officers of the Los Angeles Police Department have been charged with falsifying information they placed into a state database. Prosecutors accuse the defendants of claiming that people admitted to being gang members “even though body-worn camera video showed the defendants either never asked the individuals about their gang membership or the individuals denied gang membership if they were asked.”
But I’m sure that all other state and federal databases are completely 100% accurate and trustworthy and authoritative.
When Harris County, Texas, sheriff’s deputies arrived at his home seeking a man named Curtis Rogers, Louis Rodriguez told them they had the wrong house. Rodriguez, a retired police officer, then asked for their warrant. Instead of producing one, they knocked in his door and forced him and his family outside. The cops soon realized they were, as Rodriguez had told them, at the wrong house.
And what would have happened if Rodriguez hadn’t himself been a former member of the King’s Men? In fact, what did happen to these guys violating the law? Nothing? That’s what I thought.
The Berkeley, California, City Council has unanimously voted to bar junk food from the checkout lanes of local supermarkets. The new law applies to anything with over 5 grams of added sugar or 250 milligrams of sodium as well as drinks with high levels of sugar or artificial -sweeteners.
Be grateful for their benevolence in not banning it altogether.
San Francisco officials have kept private gyms closed for months to reduce the spread of coronavirus. But some city-owned gyms have remained open, allowing police officers and other municipal employees to work out.
So? Are you claiming that our lords and masters don’t deserve to be treated better than the peasantry? What’s the point of being a lord and master if you don’t enjoy privileges denied to the lumpenproletariat?
Former Bridgeport, Connecticut, police chief Armando “A.J.” Perez and David Dunn, the city’s acting personnel director, are facing federal charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and making false statements to investigators. Prosecutors say the two men rigged the police chief’s exam two years ago to make sure Perez got the post.
It was my understanding that these sorts of things were impossible to rig and that questioning the integrity of the process was tantamount to treason.
It was my understanding that these sorts of things were impossible to rig and that questioning the integrity of the process was tantamount to treason.
There’s a gulf of reality between that and the those throwing temper tantrums until their guy is declared wiener.
Too much to react to
Excellent Brickbats, great graphics! But the toilet should’ve read: “place looter votes in here”
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