Three of the jurors in the Gosnell trial, including the jury foreman, spoke to the media Wednesday.

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J.D. Mullane has covered this from the start, when the media sneered it off as a "local crime story," and would not get this wrong, I don't think.

J.D. Mullane is a columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times. He's been at the Gosnell trial for the past few weeks and has done some great reporting on the trial itself but also on the behind the scenes activity in the courthouse. Today he tweeted this tidbit:

Source: Sheriff deps call #Gosnell "Kermit." He demands: "You will address me as Dr. Gosnell." They say "You're just an inmate now, Kermit."

— jdmullane (@jdmullane) May 2, 2013

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The Seattle PD has published its account of what took place last night. They indicate that the march earlier in the day ended without incident. But the 2nd, unpermitted march by anti-capitalists quickly escalated into chaos:

According to a flyer, this march was advertised as the Anti-Capitalist/Anti-State May Day 2013 Rally and March...

The behavior of the group during the evening demonstration steadily escalated into violence. Just after 7 p.m., protestors began spraying the costumed Rain City Superheroes with silly string. Shortly after that, the window at Sun Liquor was smashed.

The march then wound its way downtown on Pike Street towards the Downtown Retail Core, where demonstrators began shoving and attacking reporters as they provided live on-air reports from the event.

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Two high profile incidents over the weekend kept law enforcement on their toes as Congressman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer became the latest targets in the potentially deadly tactic known as SWATting.

Rogers, who is Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a former FBI Agent, was not at home at the time of the incident.

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The FBI announced Thursday that an indictment has been unsealed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging a former US federal employee with conspiracy to commit espionage for Cuba.  The indictment had remained under seal since February of 2004 until now.

Marta Rita Velazquez, 55,  was born in Puerto Rico but later resided in the US and worked in federal government agencies.  An individual she helped to obtain a position in the US Defense Intelligence Agency was convicted in 2002 of conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of Cuba and is currently serving time in prison.

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A protester from the St. Paul's Occupy camp in the UK has accused a member of the Anonymous hacker collective of raping her on two occasions in the camp.

45 year old Malcolm Blackman, described as a member of Anonymous UK and a strong character within the camp, is currently facing trial for the allegations, made by an unnamed South London woman.

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Floyd Corkins II, the man charged with planning to shoot and kill Family Research Center (FRC) staffers at their Washington D.C. headquarters, could face up to 45 years in prison, the Associated Press is reporting. On August 15 of last year, Corkins shot the security guard at the conservative Christian organization's office. 

[Floyd] Corkins II pleaded guilty to three charges in February: interstate transportation of a firearm, assault with intent to kill while armed and committing an act of terrorism while armed.

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I was tempted to write about the violence in Chicago and once again call out all the hypocrites watching as we lose an entire generation of Americans.

It's gotten to the point we don't even read the names anymore.  We just add up the body count and at the end of the year, we calculate the statistics.  These aren't lives, they become talking points to use against our enemies; by the left and the right. 

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Fox News reports that a suspicious package en route to Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Phoenix headquarters was intercepted by authorities in Flagstaff Thursday.

Authorities in Flagstaff, a city in Northern Arizona, x-rayed the box and determined it contained an explosive device. A bomb squad was deployed and neutralized it.

Flagstaff Police, the FBI and U.S. Postal inspectors are working the case and authorities there say they already have investigative leads. 

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Radio personality and TV host Ryan Seacrest is the latest victim today in the seemingly never-ending string of SWATtings.

Let's revisit, for a moment, shall we?

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Obviously our first thoughts should be with the victims and our first hopes should be with the police to find and arrest this second attacker, if he exists.

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In response to Black Teens Shoot Baby in the Head, Mother in Leg During Robbery:

Thanks for pointing that out, David. I wasn't aware that I'd left that important detail out of the headline until you mentioned it. I haven't considered it media malpractice to leave race out of the headline as long as the race of the perpetrators wasn't ignored in the reporting of the story.  Unfortunately, that happens all too often in the reporting of black on white crimes. 

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In response to Black Teens Shoot Baby in the Head, Mother in Leg During Robbery:

And Black Democrat James Henry Brooks Sr. was arrested for obstructing law enforcement when they tried to question suspects.

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In response to Horror: Teen Robbers in GA Shoot Baby in Stroller In Cold Blood:

Debra, your headline is wrong. Crime reports should have the descriptive in the headline. It is also a way to alert the populace about the perpetrators as alleged by the victim. The first paragraph of these stories should recap the mother's allegations. 

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In response to Eric Holder Considers Himself The President's 'Wingman':

 “I’m still enjoying what I’m doing, there’s still work to be done.  I’m still the President’s wing-man, so I’m there with my boy.  So we’ll see,” Holder said in an interview on the Tom Joyner radio show.

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Funny - a lot of us do, too.

In a a radio interview, today,  Attorney General Eric Holder refused to answer a question about when he might leave the administration.

Instead, the top lawman professed his allegiance to President Barack Obama.

 “I’m still enjoying what I’m doing, there’s still work to be done.  I’m still the President’s wing-man, so I’m there with my boy.  So we’ll see,” Holder said in an interview on the Tom Joyner radio show.

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According to a state report in 2011, more than 150 teachers and administrators from 44 public schools across Atlanta were caught cheating on standardized tests used to judge student performance and rank schools.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal predicted that "many of those cases could lead to criminal prosecutions."

 Eighty-two of the teachers flat-out confessed. The 800-page report said the cheating has been going on for nearly a decade. It first came to light when the state noticed an alarming number of erasure marks on the answer sheets.

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A Wisconsin man was charged on Tuesday for his involvement in the 2011 cyberattack on Koch Industries, in which the hacker collective Anonymous launched a series of distributed denial of service attacks on several websites associated with the company. 

Eric J. Rosol, 37, of Black Creek, Wisconsin, is charged with one count of conspiracy to damage a protected computer and one count of damaging a protected computer, according to U.S. Attorney for the district of Kansas, Barry Grissom. (Koch Industries headquarters is located in Wichita, Kansas).

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Amanda Knox, the American student in Italy, who in 2009, was convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, and later acquitted, has been ordered to return to Italy to face a retrial.

In a stunning development, the Court of Cassation, Italy's final court of appeal, has overturned her acquittal of the 2007 murder.

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If you remember your Shakespeare, you'll recall that Mark Antony does a masterful job of turning his audience against Caesar's killers even as he praises them as "honorable men." In a similar vein, an author at Live Action comes not to bury Kermit Gosnell but to praise him as the best abortionist ever:

Today, I want to tell you about a hero. A crusader. A revolutionary. His name is Kermit Gosnell.

It’s a difficult time to be a woman. Women are marginalized and abused all over the globe. Here in America, things are no better. Last time I checked, birth control pills were almost not free. What kind of a country is this?

Thank goodness we have Dr. Kermit Gosnell.

When a “viable fetus” - I guess the right-wingers would call that a “baby” - is accidentally not aborted hard enough to be dead when it comes out, Dr. Kermit has the strength and, you know what, the love for women everywhere to finish killing it with scissors.

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A 17 year old and a 14 year old shot a woman in the leg, and her sleeping baby boy in the head during an unsuccessful robbery attempt in Brunswick, GA.The robbery was unsuccessful because the woman didn't have any money on her. She was just out for a stroll in her own neighborhood with her baby.

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In response to Do Gosnell's Victims Matter, Mr. President?:

Since we're talking about how the media shapes public perception with the stories it chooses not to tell, (which not coincidentally happen to be the same stories Obama chooses not to talk about), I was reminded of U.S. Navy SEAL Christopher Kyle, who was shot down by a disturbed fellow veteran on February 2.

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In response to Do Gosnell's Victims Matter, Mr. President?:

I think it might be useful to compare the media's interest in the Gosnell trial to the media's interest in Girls, which John pointed out garnered a meager 866,000 viewers for its season finale.

In response to The media shapes public perception with the stories it chooses not to tell:

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In response to Violence a Small Problem in Chicago?:

Hey, lookie here!  More news from the pastoral gun-free concrete meadows of Chicago!

Seven people were injured in an overnight shooting at a record release party at a nightclub in Chicago's South Side Gresham neighborhood.

Police said three men opened fire inside Mr. G's Supperclub on the 1500 block of West 87th Street around 1:15 a.m. A fight had started at the release party for a local rapper, police said, and three men pulled out handguns and fired into the crowd.

Six men and one woman were struck. The 19-year-old woman was taken to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, while the others -- men mostly in their 20s -- transported themselves in stable condition.

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In response to Violence a Small Problem in Chicago?:

This aspect of the gun-control debate fascinates me, Sonnie.  It's a powerful example of how the media shapes public perception with both what it says, and what it does not say; the stories it hypes, and the stories it chooses not to tell.  How on Earth can anyone think it's not relevant to check in on the gun-control utopias flourishing in our inner cities, particularly the one our current White House crew hails from, and see how things are going?

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In response to While Karl Marx is UNKNOWN in Chicago...the Violence Will Continue:

Dr. Peter St. Jean posted an article on Ebony.com entitled: [ENOUGH] Guns and Murders in Chicago.

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War on Drugs. War on Poverty. Fight for Civil Rights.  All of them sound good.  The black community is savaged by drug addicted, poor, and oppressed people. (stereotype)

This is ususally the part where I quote Karl Marx but the black community doesn't know Karl Marx. The Democrats teach the tenants of Marx but never give him credit for his ideology.  They would rather mask Marx with the teachings of Jesus to create Black Liberation Theology.

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In response to Kermit Gosnell's Lawyer Plays the Race Card:

Hey, why not? Some of us thought that the Race Card had  maxed out and become a pathetic joke by the 2012 election, but how wrong we were. Sadly, Obama's media toadies had spectacular success deploying the Race Card in 2008 and in 2012. By impugning the motives of his detractors, they helped him limp past the finish line.... because who wants to be seen as a racist, right?

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As his trial opened today, Jack McMahon, defense lawyer for Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, claimed his client was the victim of "an elitist, racist prosecution." He also accused the prosecutors of turning the trial into a "lynching."

Gosnell is on trial for the murder of one adult woman and seven infants all of whom were born alive and then killed by severing their spinal cord with scissors. If convicted, Gosnell could face the death penalty.

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Six month old Jonylah Watkins shot and killed while her father was changing her diaper in the front seat of his car.  He was a gang member and the shooter was seeking revenge for a previous murder.  The father lived....

HOW MANY HAVE TO DIE, CHICAGO?  HOW MANY?

UPDATE 3/12/2013 3:40pm EST:  Credit reporting agencies Equifax and TransUnion Corp have confirmed that at least some of the credit reports in question have been improperly accessed.  Equifax specifically states that it "can confirm that fraudulent and unauthorized access to four consumer credit reports has occurred."

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In response to Bloods gang member had 100 bags of heroin in anus:

If the legal punishment for smuggling or dealing illegal narcotics was to have the State shove 100 bags of heroin up the criminal's backside, the public wouldn't stand for it.  And yet, these smugglers are willing to do to themselves what would be considered cruel and usual were the State to do it to them.

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Bloods gang member Rasoul Speight, 32 years old had 100 bags of heroin in anus. This appears to be a new record according to police.

Maybe this is the drug dealer version of Kopi Luwak coffee which is poop based.

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I can't imagine what television is going to be like without the incessant airing of those commercials with the nice, friendly scooter customer service representative who says, "your power chair has been paid in full!"

The SCOOTER Store power wheelchair company raided in federal probe 

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If your girlfriend asks you to leave her apartment in the midst of an argument, it's probably a good idea to do so, rather than try to kiss and make up.

Woman allegedly bites off piece of boyfriend's tongue after Valentine's dispute 

"He told her they should stop fighting and went to kiss her," Assistant State's Attorney Eve Reilly told the Chicago Sun-Times, "and she bit off a large portion of his tongue." 

Reilly said Cook's boyfriend ran to the sink bleeding. Cook followed him and threw the tongue on the counter. He put the piece into a bag of ice, and then he and Cook's roommate called 911.

The boyfriend was rushed to Evanston Hospital, Reilly said, but doctors could not reattach the tongue because of inadequate blood supply, the Sun-Times reported.

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In response to Is Social Media Breeding Monsters?:

Another thought: there's a passage in Mark Steyn's most recent book where he muses that H.G. Wells' Time Traveler, jumping forward from the latter days of the 19th century, would have been astounded at the changes the coming half-century held in store... but then rather non-plussed about the relatively modest practical improvements of the half-century after that.  One of Steyn's hypothetical observations is that the Time Traveler would be puzzled at the sight of adults walking around dressed like children, only a few decades after it was commonplace for men to wear suit and tie on short airplane flights.  

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In response to Is Social Media Breeding Monsters?:

Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites really unleash the id.  The combination of distance, anonymity, and attention is intoxicating, and some people are mean drunks.  The Internet finally lets the rest of the world hear all the stuff people used to scream behind the privacy of their steering wheels.

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Is anyone else noticing a pattern these days?

Facebook Postings Prompted Stabbing, Accused’s Sister Says
Facebook argument escalates into real-world crime when boy grabs gun
Facebook gangbanger turns himself in after threatening Brooklyn's cyber crime-fighting captain
Briton charged over Facebook threats to kill 200 US children
Police investigating Facebook predator
Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting underage girls he met on Facebook
Tulsa Man Arrested For Using Facebook To Solicit Sex From 12-Year-Old Girl
Facebook Sting Nets Illinois Perv On Federal Rap
FACEBOOK MURDER CASE: Defendant concocted “sinister plot,” prosecutor says

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In response to It's Enough Already:

One reason for the popularity of a creature like Chris Dorner among the Left is that those who control the culture in modern America still love to think of themselves as the counter-culture.  Nothing pumps up this fantasy like a heroic "rebel" myth, starring someone who actively went to war against The Man.  Some of the less energetic liberals will create a modest buffer of separation, as in the case of Marc Lamont Hill: "Oh, of course I don't actually condone Dorner's murders, but I can sympathize with the people who do, and he was such an interesting man with such a thoughtful manifesto, and shouldn't we pay more attention to the issues he was concerned with..."

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In response to Deb:

I think Rosie Gray was fairly clear that the mainstreaming of Dorner support was on the left. However, she and others have fuzzed up the lines just enough that, if it's not corrected, it will come back to haunt the right.

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In response to About that Bipartisan Dorner Fan Club:

 The article attempts to make the case that the #teamDorner phenomenon is spread across the aisle, "Dorner is now hailed as a kind of folk hero by some on the Chomsky-esque left and the Ron Paul right, who view the killer's manifesto as an articulate indictment of the "police state" they have always opposed. "

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Last week Rosie Gray wrote a post at Buzzfeed titled "The Christopher Dorner Fan Club Is More Mainstream Than You'd Think." Mainstream, yes. Bipartisan, not so much.

The article attempts to make the case that the #teamDorner phenomenon is spread across the aisle, "Dorner is now hailed as a kind of folk hero by some on the Chomsky-esque left and the Ron Paul right, who view the killer's manifesto as an articulate indictment of the "police state" they have always opposed. " But the rest of the article is devoted to recounting the liberal outlets and individuals who have expressed admiration for Dorner. Gray opens with Marc Lamont Hill who said with apparent enthusiasm on CNN "It's almost like watching Django Unchained in real life, it's kind of exciting." There's also a story at Alternet which argues that Dorner was a "bad man" but may become an enduring black folk hero. Additionally Gray points to stories at Salon which she describes as "sympathetic" and one at Vice about Anonymous' sympathy for Dorner's views on police.

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An interesting press release from the Philadelphia office of the FBI came across my emails today.

"Former Philadelphia City employee John D. McDaniel, 39, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for allegedly stealing $100,000 from a campaign/political committee." ...

"Between 2010 and 2011, McDaniel used several methods to routinely and, at times, without authorization, withdraw funds from the committee account, which funds he then used for his own purposes and other purposes. At times, McDaniel wrote and cashed checks to himself and wrote checks to Progressive Agenda, a political action committee which he controlled, from which he then took stolen funds. McDaniel concealed the theft by filing false and incomplete campaign finance reports."

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If you're going to jump a turnstile, it's recommended that you leave your illegal Smith & Wesson, extra bullets and holster behind.  Better yet, don't own an illegal Smith & Wesson.

Turnstile jumper arrested on gun charges gets seven years in prison

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In response to Priorities, priorities:

Yes it would be terrible if the country missed Obama's 16th pivot to the economy. And I'm sure we're all excited to hear about his "balanced approach" for the 27th time. Personally I'm looking for a "Look..." or perhaps a "let me be clear" or two. Actually, no, I'm not that excited about it.

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