Friday, September 11, 2015

I take it James Blake survived because he could still breath. That is an improvement over past performance for the NYPD.

September 10, 2015
By Bill Dwyer

...The James Blake story (click here) had the kind of stench that has been floating over U.S. law enforcement for all too long now. And it floated out to the tennis center, where there were lots of furrowed brows and shrugs of why?

Blake is a former U.S. tennis star, once No. 4 in the world. He was often a big attraction for his dynamic personality and similar play, especially during this tournament's famed night sessions. Ten years ago, he took Andre Agassi to five sets and into the wee hours of the morning....

There is a court ordered police commission in Cleveland now:

September 8, 2015
By Eric Heisig

Here are the appointees (Their applications, where available, can be found at the links.): (click here)
  • Anthony Body, good neighbor ambassador supervisor for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
  • Craig Boise, dean of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
  • The Rev. Yvonne Conner, a retired Methodist pastor.
  • Kathleen Clegg, director of community and public psychiatry and the public academic liaison program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center.
  • Mario Clopton, a teacher in Shaker Heights and a former political organizer.
  • Lee Fisher, a former Ohio lieutenant governor and president of CEOs for Cities.
  • Lynn Hampton, president of the Black Shield and a Cleveland police detective.
  • Timothy Higgins, a Cleveland police sergeant.
  • Amanda King, a law student at Case Western Reserve University.
  • Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association and a city police detective.
  • The Rev. Max Rodas, the CEO of Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center.
  • Dylan Sellers, activist project director at Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools.
  • Rhonda Williams, an activist and director of the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University.
The 13-member commission will make policy recommendations to the police chief on policies and practices that can help strengthen relations between officers and the communities they protect. It will also consider recommendations from the public and make reports to the city and community about changes in practices and policies.
All of the commission members are to serve four-year terms....