I wrote about Denali the other day. That is the name that has been given to a mountain peak because the people who lived near it before it became part of the United States used to call it that. It had been named after a person who was a newcomer to the land. Those who…
Author: mtc9393
Give Me Some Smelling Salts: Did I Really Read This?
I did a double take at the lead of the article: “The US attorney goes way overboard.” I was reading the Boston Globe so I figured the column by Scot Lehigh was about some US attorney out in New Mexico who was prosecuting those who cross our borders illegally. Glancing at it I saw the name Tim Sullivan which did…
Boston’s Ortiz Strikes Out: How Long Can This Game Go On?
I wrote yesterday how some people just commit crime after crime and the criminal justice system in Massachusetts acts indifferently to these lifelong criminals by putting them back into the communities where they ply their evil trade. One reason that happens is that few if any of the judges live in those communities. They do…
The FBI’s Follies: Covering Up Its Wrongdoing.
The real problem is no one wants to determine why the FBI is screwing up. It won’t admit it. That would result in them being embarrassed which is the one thing it most fears. Better one thousand terrorist bombings than be embarrassed! It acts as if things are fine. Well, folk, they aren’t. The best…
Cooperate With the FBI? Do So At Your Own Peril!
Have you seen this FBI “Seeking Information” poster? It has the picture of the two men shown in this post. The wording on it is: “The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance in locating these two unknown individuals. Closed circuit television recordings indicate that these individuals allegedly located a piece of luggage on the…
Save The Rod Spoil The Criminal: From Little Crimes Do Big Crimes Grow:
Reading a 2014 well researched and written article in the Boston Globe about Jerry Remy’s son reminded me of the time I created the Repeat Felon Program (RFP) in the Norfolk District Attorney’s office. The idea behind the program was that there were some people who belonged in State Prison, at that time it was…