Category: Crime, Corrections, Law Enforcement
-
Will the Left Scrap Bail Reform After Waukesha?
by Kerry Dougherty Looks like we can add “bail reform” to “defund the police, ” “school choice” and “CRT” as issues that will fuel the 2022 red wave. It’s coming. The far left, in Virginia and elsewhere, has been pushing hard to do away with cash bail because they say it discriminates against poor defendants.…
-
Rehire Norfolk Police Lt. Kelly. Fire Chief Boone.
by Kerry Dougherty Justice prevailed in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday when a courageous jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of murder in the shooting deaths of two rioters — both felons — who were threatening or attacking him and in the wounding of another criminal who was pointing a gun at his head. Despite months…
-
A Curious Coincidence Regarding Those Price-Gouging Actions
by James A. Bacon Earlier this week, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced a successful enforcement action against a gas station under the state’s price-gouging statute. Richmond-based 7HC Inc., doing business as 7 Heaven BP in eastern Henrico County, will be required to refund $2,858 to 152 customers for jacking up the price per gallon…
-
What Is Going on in Portsmouth?
by Kerry Dougherty Are there cities that are more dysfunctional than Portsmouth, Virginia? Yes, of course there are. There’s always San Francisco where you can get an app for your phone called “SnapCrap” to allow you to report piles of human feces to city sanitation workers. There’s Chicago. The Windy City was recently designated the…
-
Miyares Seeks to Override Progressive Prosecutors
by Shaun Kenney Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares announced Thursday that he’s looking to pass legislation that will override “social justice” commonwealth’s attorneys who refuse to prosecute entire categories of crime. Miyares said his plan has the support of Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin. Fox News reports: Under current law, the AG’s office can prosecute a case on…
-
Common Sense for Virginia: Glenn Youngkin
https://twitter.com/ajzeigler/status/1454619712957075460?s=20 by Kerry Dougherty Well this is NOT a surprise: A new NBC poll shows that 71% of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. This simply proves that the true silent majority in America is made up of folks with common sense. That’s why, when a Democrat whom I like personally…
-
Another Let-Em-Out-of-Prison Campaign by the Press
by Kerry Dougherty In a news story dripping with undisguised advocacy, the Virginian-Pilot last weekend published a piece practically begging for the early release from prison of a man serving 80 years for a string of armed robberies in 1997. “His debt is paid, Portsmouth Man Fights For Pardon Of 80-Year-Sentence,” screamed the headline. Virginia…
-
COVID Did Not Cause the Spike in Richmond Murders
by Hans Bader Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) suggested a spike in murders in Richmond is due to the coronavirus. But it isn’t. VCU Medical trauma surgeon Michael Aboutanos said VCU is experiencing a 121% increase in gunshot-wound victims from across the Richmond metropolitan area. In response, Senator Warner cited the effects of COVID-19, the “frustration…
-
Virginia Likely to Reinstate Parole for Murderers
by Hans Bader Senator Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, predicts that Virginia’s senate will vote to bring back parole in 2022 — “across the board,” meaning for even the most serious crimes, such as murder. Restoring parole could increase the number of murders, rapes, and robberies in Virginia. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: A movement to reinstate parole…
-
Shootings Are Spiking? Let’s Blame COVID!
by James A. Bacon It came as a big surprise to U.S. Senator Mark Warner to hear about the spike in violence occurring in the City of Richmond. The Senator, who last lived in the city when he was governor in 2006, met with what WTVR-TV describes as a gathering of government and community leaders.…
-
Dying for a Photo Op
This post has been excerpted from a longer column published in The Republican Standard. — JAB by Shaun Kenney Two things have always bothered me about Charlottesville 2017. First, that the political Left never mentions that three people died that day. Yes, we all know the name of Heather Heyer. But you never see the…
-
A New Form of Sexual Identity Enters the Lexicon: Gender Fluid
by James A. Bacon Loudoun Now has confirmed key details of the Daily Wire expose describing the ordeal of plumber Scott Smith and his family after his daughter was sexually assaulted in a high school bathroom by a boy dressed in a skirt. Yesterday I refrained from going ballistic on this story, which was based…
-
No Need to Call in Feds, Says Virginia School Board Association
by James A. Bacon It became national news when the National School Board Association (NASB) asked the Biden administration to investigate threats and violence against school board members around the country. The Justice Department announced it would collaborate with the FBI and local law enforcement to prosecute criminal behavior. The views of the national association…
-
Bacon Bits: The Political Class in Action
Is Charlottesville governable? Charlottesville City Manager Chip Boyles has announced his resignation, making him the fifth interim or full-time city manager to leave the city since 2018, reports the Daily Progress. “The public disparagement shown by several community members and Mayor [Nikuyah] Walker has begun to negatively effect [sic] my personal health and well-being,” he…
-
Did Loudoun School Officials Cover up a Rape?
by Kerry Dougherty In the winter of 2020 I had several heated arguments about HB257, which was introduced by Newport News Democrat Mike Mullen, approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam. Here’s a news story where Mullen proudly touted his soft-on-crime bills. One of those abolished the requirement that…