Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
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At UVA, One Pro-Palestinian Protest Disperses, a Second Persists
๏ปฟ by James A. Bacon One of two pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Virginia wound down around 5 p.m. yesterday without incident. Although the rally was marked by all-too-familiar anti-Israel chants and sloganeering, protesters dispersed at the scheduled time. A parallel demonstration, a tent-free “encampment,” continues this morning. University officials set clear expectations from…
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Greedy Cities and Speeding Ticket Chicanery
by Kerry Doughertyย Hire more traffic cops. At the very least hire Virginia companies to fleece Virginia drivers. Thatโs the advice I have for Chesapeake and Suffolk, where instead of sending cops with radar guns out to catch speeders, theyโve hired out-of-state vendors with cameras. Worse, according to attorney and former Del. Tim Anderson, whoโs…
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Jason Miyares–Judicial Activist?
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Jason Miyares has struck out again. Miyares, Virginia’s Attorney General, keeps asking the Virginia Supreme Courtย to interpret a statute, based not on how it is actually written, but based on what the General Assembly โintended.โ The courtโs response is that its function is to ask โnot what the legislature intended to…
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Yes, MSNBC Morons, Virginia IS a Border State.
by Kerry Doughertyย Remember back on the night of Super Tuesday when MSNBCโs far-left host Rachel Maddow and former Biden mouthpiece Jen Psaki convulsed in laughter as they reported that the number one issue for Republican voters was the border? โWell Virginia does have a border with West Virginia,โ Maddow cackled, sending the panel of…
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Prison Population Down, Crime Up in 2022. Coincidence?
The population of Virginia’s state and federal prisons posted a 10.5% decline between 2021 and 2022 — the largest drop of any state, according to new Department of Justice data. Oregon saw the second largest decline at 5.2%. Many states saw increases in their prison populations, as reported by WRIC news. The total prison population…
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Correction: SMR Bills Cover Both Utilities
Fridayโs report that the General Assembly voted to allow early cost recovery on small modular reactors only for Appalachian Power Company was in error.ย The Senate version of the bill approved March 7 was language applicable solely to Dominion Energy Virginia. A substitute that removed Dominion from the bill was rejected. The error was entirely…
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Which Side Are You On?
by Joe Fitzgeraldย Dartmouthโs basketball team voted this week to unionize. Itโs a shame Harrisonburgโs police officers canโt. The basketball players will join the SEIU, Service Employees International Union, a kind of super union for people who donโt qualify for other unions. SEIU strongly supports health care and a higher minimum wage, making it a…
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Democrats Proposal to Cut Sentences Would Undermine Public Safety, AG Says
by Hans Bader On February 27, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter to Virginia state legislators about a Democratic proposal to allow some violent offenders to receive sentence reductions previously available only to non-violent offenders. Miyares asked legislators to prevent the proposal, passed by the House of Delegates on February 22, from going…
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Virginia Budget Amendment Could Lead to Lawsuits Seeking Many Inmatesโ Release
from Liberty Unyielding On February 22, Virginiaโs progressive House of Delegates removed language from the stateโs proposed budget that limited early releases of inmates who committed both violent and non-violent offenses. It removed that language in a 53-to-44 vote, then passed the Houseโs version of the state budget by a 75-to-24 vote. If the final…
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What Is It with Democrats and Criminals?
by Kerry Dougherty Elections have consequences. And when Virginia voted last November to give Democrats a slim majority in the General Assembly they also voted to give almost 8,000 violent criminals a shot at getting back on the streets. This ill-conceived measure – SB427 – is the evil brainchild of Sen. Creigh Deeds, who believes…
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Partisan Poison: Va Dems Quash a Bill to Protect School Kids
by Kerry Doughertyย How exactly is Virginiaโs General Assembly celebrating Black History Month? By killing a bill to protect children in public school lavatories, introduced by Del. A.C. Cordoza of Hampton. Cordoza is an African-American. And a Republican. He was famously denied membership in the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus when he was elected in 2022.…
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Progressive Legislators Declare “Profound Solidarity” with Criminals
from the Liberty Unyielding blog Killings and violence have risen in the U.S. over the last decade, as some government officials have come to sympathize more with criminals than their victims. The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus recently said it is โin profound solidarityโ with Virginiaโs prison population, and that its members โwork to dismantle the…
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Judge Uses Crude Statistics to Find Racial Profiling by Richmond Police
by Hans Bader A judge recently found that the City of Richmond racially profiles black motorists, dismissing the indictment of a black convicted felon accused of illegally possessing a gun. The judge did not find that defendant Keith Moore had been treated differently than a similarly situated white motorist. Instead, he ruled that Richmond police…
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General Assembly Committees Approve Bill That Would Allow Even Serial Killers to Seek Release
from Liberty Unyielding When Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021, Virginians were assured it wasn’t needed, because the worst killers could be given life sentences without the possibility of parole. But now, even the worst killers could eventually be released. Committees in Virginia’s Democratic-controlled legislature have approved bills to allow all inmates serving long…
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Stay Calm: Police Finally Release Make and Model of the Va. Beach Pier Car
by Kerry Dougherty Everyone try to maintain your composure. Letโs all stay calm. Perhaps a few moments of meditation are in order. Deep breath. Ready? We finally know the make and model of the car that drove off the 14th Street pier more than a week ago. The police had that information but withheld it…