Loretta Lynch sat down for an interview with Lester Holt and he asked some very good questions.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lester-holt-presses-loretta-lynch-on-calling-clinton-email-probe-a-matter-what-did-you-mean/

Holt:

“He said it made him feel — I’m paraphrasing — that it made him feel strange,” “What did you mean when you called it a matter instead of an investigation?”

Lynch:

“I heard about that testimony,” And my first response was…what is the issue here? I remember specifically talking with him, as we talked about sensitive things on a number of occasions.”

“And this was a very sensitive investigation, everyone knew. And the issue when he and I sat down at that time, which I think was early in the fall of 2015, was whether or not we were ready as a department to confirm an investigation going on. When we typically do not confirm or deny investigations into anything, with rare exceptions.”

Holt:

“To the extent though that he noted it, that it bothered him,” “did he go to you and question your credibility with regard to the Clinton case?”

Lynch:

“We had a full and open discussion about it,” “And concerns were not raised.”

This is further evidence of a circular firing squad developing.  Since Comey testified about this, under oath, he will be accused of lying.  Yet if you read this transcript carefully, it is a non-denial denial.  Although most of the current members of the MSM are liberals too blinded by bias to notice, the true professionals will not miss the significance of this.

Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia Investigation because he is a man of honor and he didn’t want even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Loretta Lynch and Andrew McCabe had serious conflicts of interests regarding the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal.  Loretta Lynch never recused herself at all; she just “agreed” to let the FBI make the decision whether or not to recommend prosecution.  If Comey had recommended Lynch prosecute Hillary Clinton she would have gone ballistic.  Andrew McCabe didn’t recuse himself until a week before the election when the stench of his bias was too overpowering to ignore.

Lynch is admitting that she talked to Comey about this on a number of occasions.  That alone demonstrates a conflict of interest. It is exactly why Loretta Lynch should have recused herself from this investigation from day one.

We may be seeing a significant sea change here.  Some very serious people in the MSM are finally realizing they are sitting on a major political scandal.  While they have been chasing their tails looking for the mythical unicorn of collusion with Russia by the Trump campaign, they have been ignoring absolute bombshells regarding all things Clinton.

Yesterday Attorney General Jeff Session appointed the U.S. attorney in Chicago to oversee the Justice Department’s response to congressional requests for documents.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-us-attorney-documents-congress-20180408-story,amp.html

Even the Washington Post noticed.  This means one of two things will happen.  Either those documents will be delivered to congress, sooner rather than later, or those documents are being used in a criminal investigation.  Either outcome is likely to be very embarrassing for the MSM who has ignored this for so long.

All we know at this point is that Holt, at least, is on the case and odds are other people are also going to start asking some very serious questions.

TDM

In 1807, congress passed United States Federal Law (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255) governing the ability of the President of the United States to deploy military troops within the United States. The Posse Comitatus Act amended in 1956 reads as follows:
“Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both“.

These provisions were the reason George W. Bush hesitated to send in the National Guard after Hurricane Katrina. He waited for approval from Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. She insisted that the National Guard report to her and that the guard not assist in law enforcement. She waited until a week after the storm, when Mayor Ray Nagin was begging for help, before she changed her mind.

As a result of this situation, on September 30, 2006, congress modified Sec 333 of the “Insurrection Act” and widened the president’s ability to deploy troops within the United States. Among other things this gave the President authority to order the dispersal of either insurgents or “those obstructing the enforcement of the laws.” The name of the chapter was changed from “Insurrection” to “Enforcement of the Laws to Restore Public Order.”

It is clear that this act was designed to give the President more power to respond in the event of a natural disaster. However, it does more than that. One could argue that it gives President Trump the authority to send in troops to enforce the law in the event of anyone “obstructing the enforcement of the laws.” How else, exactly, would one describe the actions taken by California?

Trump has ordered the National Guard to assist with border security. Since both Obama and Bush did the same thing, it is impossible to argue he lacks the authority to do that. However, under normal circumstances the President cannot deploy the National Guard without the approval of the Governor.

If Trump deploys National Guard troops everywhere but California, the results are predictable and disastrous. Those people seeking to enter the United States will all swerve toward the California border. That is particularly true if they believe California is a sanctuary state and they can come here without risk of getting deported.

Trump knows this, which is why he wrote the following in February:
“Frankly, it’s a disgrace, the sanctuary city situation,” Trump said at the White House. If the administration were to remove Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from California, the state would be “begging” for them to come back, he said. “I’m thinking about doing it.”

If Trump even hints at reducing Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California the results could well be an unprecedented fiasco where thousands of illegal immigrants literally rush the California border. Yet if Brown authorizes the National Guard to help patrol the border, his sanctuary state policy is exposed as a total fraud. Trump has called Governor Brown’s bluff. My prediction is that Brown will defer the decision to MG Lawrence A. Haskins, the commander of the California National Guard which is unlikely to fool anyone.

TDM

Ohio GOP Rep Jim Jordan reported that Andrew McCabe was fired for lying to Jim Comey, lying to the Office of Professional Responsibility and lying under oath to the inspector general.   Andrew McCabe responded by saying he has e-mails from October 2016 to and from Jim Comey proving it is Comey who is lying.

It is very important to understand what happened. In late October 2016 there was a leak to the press that a senior DOJ official contacted FDI deputy director, Andrew McCabe to voice displeasure that the New York field offices were continuing to investigation the Clinton foundation. The leak quoted McCabe as saying: “Are you telling me that I need to shut down a validly predicated investigation?”

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/30/report-doj-tried-repeatedly-to-kill-fbis-clinton-foundation-investigation/

McCabe says he told Jim Comey about this and he has emails that prove this. Comey says he did not know about his. Both are conveniently missing the point. If this quote is accurate, and McCabe seems to confirm that it is accurate, then there was obstruction of justice by senior members of the DOJ. McCabe apparently felt the ethical choice was to leak a self-righteous, self-serving version of events to the main stream media.

McCabe was admitting that, in his opinion,  the Clinton Foundation investigation was “a validly predicated investigation.”

To put this in historical perspective, the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal broke on March 2, 2015. Five days later, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe met with the McCabes to recruit Jill McCabe to run for the Virginia Senate. McAuliffe aligned political groups donated nearly $700,000 to that campaign. At the time Andrew McCabe was running the FBI’s field office that was charged with investigating the Hillary Clinton e-mail server. Coincidence?

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-not-recuse-clinton-email-scandal-investigation-week-presidential-election/

The conflict of interest was obvious.

“Prior to Dr. McCabe’s official announcement, the (assistant director – Andrew McCabe) consulting with individuals within the (Washington Field Office) and (FBI) headquarters to identify limitations on his participation in her campaign and to identify areas where Dr. McCabe’s campaign may present conflicts of interest for the ADIC (Assistant Director In Charge) in WFO (Washington Field Office) investigations and operations.”

In another remarkable coincidence, after Dr. Jill McCabe failed to win a state senate seat, Andrew McCabe was promoted to deputy director of the FBI in February 2016. He was responsible to oversee the Clinton e-mail investigation.  I have seen no evidence McCabe spent any time or effort investigating the Clinton Foundation.

McCabe did not recuse himself from the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server until November 1, 2016, one week prior to the election:

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-not-recuse-clinton-email-scandal-investigation-week-presidential-election/

If McCabe really wanted to continue investigating the Clinton Foundation, that is an earthshattering development. There were contemporary reports that it was McCabe who was slow walking the investigation. The only thing consistent is inconsistency.

It is increasingly hard to believe either McCabe or Comey. The only thing certain, at this point, is that McCabe appears determined to go down fighting. Jim Comey is not likely to respond well to McCabe calling him a liar. We may be on the verge of witnessing an unprecedented circular firing squad with each participant so blinded by self-righteous they are oblivious to the mutual destruction.

TDM

Sometimes events that seem non-related are extremely significant.  For example, the Boss Tweed machine in New York City was exposed by a horse carriage accident when the bookkeeper was kicked in the head.  He was replaced by someone who helped dismantle the entire Tammany Hall machine.

We may have seen this happen again with the jury decision to acquit Noor Salman of aiding and abetting her husband’s slaughter at the Pulse nightclub.  The Orlando Sentinel published a statement by the jury foreman:

www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-noor-salman-jury-foreman-pulse-trial-20180330-story.html

I wish that the FBI had recorded their interviews with Ms. Salman as there were several significant inconsistencies with the written summaries of her statements.

I previous wrote about the problems with the FBI 302 interview memo documentation:

https://scotshonor.com/?p=3897

If it is true that the FBI deliberately filed false information to get a Title 1 FISA Warrant and they may have deliberately redacted a 302, this could have a significant impact on a lot of cases.

I do not know if that jury in Orlando was familiar with the Title 1 FISA Warrant concerns, but it obviously was reluctant to accept an FBI 302 as irrefutable evidence.  Incredibly the jury thought Ms. Salman was probably guilty, but the failure of the FBI to conduct a proper investigation resulted in a decision to vote for acquittal.

A verdict of not guilty did NOT mean that we thought Noor Salman was unaware of what Omar Mateen was planning to do. On the contrary we were convinced she did know. She may not have known what day, or what location, but she knew. However, we were not tasked with deciding if she was aware of a potential attack. The charges were aiding and abetting and obstruction of justice.

This has significant implications for the entire Russia Collusion investigation and the Robert Mueller Special Counsel operation.  The FBI is famous for indicting people for lying to the FBI, based on a FBI 302 interview memo.  Michael Flynn is the most recent casualty.  His attorneys and the Judge now presiding over that case will probably pay very close attention to what this jury foreman said.

Nearly the entire senior staff of the FBI has been removed from position because of concerns over bias.  One of the text messages between Strzok and Page hinted that a 302 was deliberately redacted to avoid infuriating congress.  The sad reality is that there is good reason to question the integrity of the FBI.  The jury in Orlando understood that and that is why they voted to acquit someone they thought was guilty.

It is increasingly obvious that the entire Russian Collusion investigation and the Robert Mueller Special Counsel operations are also hopelessly compromised.  The jury of the American people is likely to be very consistent with that of the Orlando Jury. Sorry, but we just can’t trust you to tell the truth.

TDM

It turns out that Jeff Sessions has been working overtime to drain the DOJ swamp.  The following letter is almost certain to result in a whole lot of people lawyering up:

https://www.scribd.com/document/375121590/AG-Jeff-Sessions-Letter-to-Congress-RE-Huber-as-Prosecutor-With-IG-Horowitz#fullscreen&from_embed

Sessions didn’t appoint a Special Counsel because he didn’t want to politicize this and because a Special Counsel would operate in D.C.  Instead, several months ago, Sessions appointed an experienced DOJ prosecutor in Utah to investigate.  Does anyone need help in understanding the difference between a grand jury in Utah and one in Washington, D.C.?  This prosecutor has been working for months with the assistance of the IG.  There have been no leaks of any kind from this operation, in fact no one even leaked the name of the prosecutor in charge.  Hysterically the MSM thought this investigation was being run of out Little Rock, Arkansas.  The fact that Sessions is revealing that name now is indicative that much of the investigation is already complete.

Has anyone notice that the MSM has become “Schiff less” for quite a while.  Adam Schiff, who used to be on the air spouting nonsense with his wild-eyed appearances appears to have been gone silent.  The last time he was on the air he meekly admitted that the termination of Andrew McCabe may have been substantiated.  Eric Holder, by the way, said the same thing.  What both were upset about is that “they” didn’t know the facts.  Now we know why they didn’t know the facts.  There is and was a serious investigation by someone who has access to all the underlying documentation and access to a secret grand jury in the most conservative state in the Union.  Utah is as far away from Washington, D.C. as one can get and remain in the United States of American.

At some point, sooner than you think, Mr. Huber and Mr. Horowitz are going to go public and unless all the known facts are wrong, this will be beyond explosive.  It will also be nearly impossible for the Democratic spin machine to distract from the findings because Sessions deliberately kept congress out of the loop:

“We view Congress as partners in this effort.  However, the law requires that much of the work we are doing to accomplish these goals remain confidential to ensure full and fair process and just outcomes.  In that regard, as you know, the Department of Justice cannot provide continuous updates on ongoing investigations, or confirm or deny the existence thereof.  This is integral to our duty to adhere to the highest ethical standards, and to ensure that prosecutorial and investigative decisions are made without political bias or favoritism-in either direction.”

We will soon know the significance of this by how people respond.  Odds are that both Devin Nunes and Trey Gowdy will express approval for this development.  People like Adam Schiff and Eric Holder are likely to say absolutely nothing, which will speak volumes.

TDM

Donald Trump fired Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin.  The stated reason was a European trip Shulkin took, at Taxpayer expense that apparently included Wimbledon tickets.  Shur, the attorney for Shulkin, says the European trip was “immensely valuable to the VA.”  Only a skilled attorney could say that with a straight face.

Shulkin was the last hold-over from the Obama administration and his public comments today show that the decision to fire him was long overdue.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fired-shulkin-warns-of-privatizing-va-rips-toxic-culture/ar-AAveE70?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Shulkin was committed to maintaining the current model where the VA builds massive facilities and handles everything in-house with VA unionized employees.  To him the worst case scenario would be a successful privatization program that results in decisions to close or downsize existing VA hospitals or clinics.  Bingo. This has nothing to do with taking care of veterans; it has everything to do with taking care of the massive VA infrastructure and bureaucracy.

My only question is:  “President Trump, what took you so long?”

Mr. Shulkin failed to understand something really important.  He reports to the President of the United States, not vice versa.  While he can and should give his opinion, it is his duty to implement the Presidents’ agenda.  It is the President, not the Director of the VA or any other agency that was elected to do the people’s will.  It is long past time we removed these entrenched bureaucrats who think they and they alone are entitled to make decisions for the rest of us.

The good news is that Trump is a quick learner, he is bringing in his own team and he is working diligently to drain the swamp.  Whenever one drains a swamp the result is always uncovering some really ugly things and the overwhelming stench of corruption.  But compared to the status quote, that stench is a beautiful thing.

TDM

Michael Flynn was charged with perjury for allegedly lying to the FBI.  Robert Mueller indicted him, and Flynn plead guilty.  But that is not the end of the story.  In December the Judge who handled the Flynn indictment was recused from the case:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-criminal-case-is-recused-court-idUSKBN1E202V

He was replaced by Judge Emmet Sullivan.  That would be the same Judge Sullivan who held federal prosecutors in contempt and overturned the unjust indictment against Senator Ted Stevens.  Sadly, this happened after Stevens had been beat in an election because of this politically motivated prosecution.  The Democratic Senator who replaced Stevens cast the deciding vote on Obama Care.

In December Judge Sullivan demanded that Robert Mueller turn over all documents regarding the indictment of Michael Flynn, and he specifically included documents that Mueller did not believe to be material.  Now it is being reported that those documents have been turned over to Sullivan.

www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/after-mueller-transfers-all-evidence-on-gen-flynn-to-judge-sara-carter-asks-whats-next/

There are numerous reports that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe he lied to them.  When an FBI agent interviews a witness, they must complete a FD-302.  If the FD-302 on Michael Flynn indicates that agents did not believe Flynn lied, then one would question why he would ever plead guilty.  The obvious answer is that his attorneys were never informed of this.  There are reports that James Comey testified before congress in March 2017 stating that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe Flynn had lied to them or that any inaccuracies in his answers were intentional. It doesn’t appear that anyone told Flynn’s attorneys about that either.

If the FD-302 documents say that Flynn lied, then their validity is in doubt.  If they don’t say he lied, then the indictment is in doubt.  These documents are now being reviewed by a judge who hates this kind of crap.  There are two possibilities here.  One is that all the reports say Flynn lied and the judge will just deliver his sentence. Then we would potentially have perjury under oath by Saint Comey. The other is that the Judge will believe the indictment was unjust and will rescind the plea deal based on prosecutorial misconduct.  If he does that, the Mueller Investigation is done.

The documents have apparently been delivered.  Based on history, it will not take long for Judge Sullivan to make a decision.  He has a reputation for sticking to the law and the facts.  This could be the ultimate bombshell regarding regard to the entire Russian Collusion investigation, yet the main stream media is ignoring this story.  It is far more important for Anderson Cooper to ask Stormy Daniels for specific details on Donald Trump’s sex life.

Incredibly, the reporters who are looking at evidence rather than chasing rainbows, like Sara Carter, are the ones reporting this.  If they got this wrong, it will be the first thing they got wrong.  Only one News personality, Sean Hannity, is reporting on this story.  If he is right, he has scooped the universe.

TDM

It is easy to become depressed when we are forced to endure things like the obsession with Stormy Daniels by the main stream media.  So I thought it was time to write about something good and uplifting.

Yesterday my wife and I went to see “I Can Only Imagine.”   My previous experience with faith based films was pretty disappointing. The acting was predictably mediocre and none of the characters seemed very real. These films appealed to Christians but probably not to anyone else.

This is remarkably different. The plot, based on the personal history of Bart Millard, the lead singer for Mercy Me, is very real. The acting is incredible. The role of Bart Millard is played by J. Michael Finley, star of Les Miserables, and he combines a powerful voice with highly skilled acting. Dennis Quaid plays the father and he knocks it out of the park. These are two of the best acting performance I have ever seen in any film. Both characters are very real and the impact is astonishing.

Unlike a lot of faith based films this one doesn’t try and turn the movie into a sermon. The result is that the message is delivered with even more impact. It reminds me of the quote from St. Francis of Assisi who was the founder of the Franciscan order of monks: “Preach the gospel always, if necessary use words.” He probably never said this, but the point is that sometimes actions speak a lot louder than words. That is definitely true about this movie.

TDM

I did not watch Anderson Cooper interview Stormy Daniels. Frankly, I probably wouldn’t watch Anderson Cooper interview anyone. A few years ago, I liked him. He seemed to do a good job and he at least pretended to be fair. Those days are long gone. He is now so full of bitterness and bile that he has become unwatchable. He is very possibly the most obnoxious self-righteous hypocrite in the history of modern television. This may be unfair to Mr. Cooper because sadly there are several others who are just as bad.

The media is hyperventilating because Ms. Daniels says she was threatened, maybe, by someone. Hillary Clinton literally ran a war room to intimidate all the women she considered a threat to her husband. Unlike this incident, which was never reported and is totally undocumented, there is ample documentation of what Hillary Clinton did to females unfortunate enough to encounter Bill Clinton.

The media also ignored the numerous allegedly consensual affairs by Bill Clinton. The following names all have one thing in common: Monica Lewinsky, Gennifer Flowers, Maria Furtwangler, Belinda Stronach, Naomi Robson, Markie Post, Patria Duff, Elizabeth Gracen, Sally Perdue, and Dolly Kyle Browning. They all reputedly had a sexual relationship with Bill Clinton.

https://www.ranker.com/list/bill-clinton_s-loves-and-hookups/celebrityhookups?var=7&utm_expid=16418821-388.8yjUEguUSkGHvlaagyulMg.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F

Hillary Clinton is on the list, but only because she was married to Bill Clinton.

It gets worse, much worse. Flight logs show that Bill Clinton flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s “Lolita Express” at least a dozen times. Fox News reported that Clinton declined Secret Service protection on at least five flights and may have taken as many as 26 trips. Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in 2005 and signed a plea agreement in 2007 with the U.S. Attorney’s office. He received a 30-month sentence and registered as a “Tier 1” sex offender. He was ordered to pay compensation to victims of child sex abuse. Neither Bill Clinton nor his spokesperson has ever responded to these allegations. They have never been denied or disputed, they were just ignored. Anderson Cooper never attempted to interview any of the participants.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/14/bill-clinton-ditched-secret-service-on-multiple-lo/

This why Trump supporters don’t really care what Stormy Daniels or anyone else has to say about Donald Trump’s personal sex life. They are disgusted by it but are not naïve enough to think that Trump’s accusers have any moral standing on the subject. Liberals have tried everything else to get rid of Trump, starting with the fake Russia Collusion scandal. Now they are trying to embarrass him out of office. This is world class hypocrisy. It is beyond obvious and looks increasingly desperate. Like all the other remove Trump at any cost conspiracies, this too is doomed to failure.

Meanwhile the noose appears to be tightening around those who illegally conspired to remove Trump from office. Unlike the folks at CNN who lurch from one poorly sourced and easily discredited accusation to another, there appears to have been a serious investigation by professionals and criminal indictments are increasingly likely. In addition, I think we are about to experience what I call the Chappaquiddick effect. A major movie about this called Chappaquiddick will be released on April 6, 2018. I believe it will force a lot of people to finally understand the willingness of the liberal left to cover-up and ignore the misdeeds of liberal Democrats. So far, no one is disputing the facts depicted in this movie. If you have the stomach to watch this, keep in mind that liberals still idolize Ted Kennedy as the “Lion of the Senate.”

Ultimately, I believe the unrestrained campaign to remove Trump from office will backfire on Democrats to an extent that is almost unimaginable. Trump is no saint, but the liberal left has covered up far worse by their heroes since forever. It is quite simple. If the Stormy Daniels story is so important, at some point someone is going to start telling the truth about Bill Clinton and a cast of thousands. A one-night stand with and over-the-hill porn star is pathetic. Enabling and participating in the fruits of human trafficking with under-age girls is far worse. Any honest investigation of Clinton will quickly turn up a mountain of inconvenient facts. That is likely to make Harvey Weinstein look like a choir boy in comparison.

Sadly, once again we are seeing prime times news discuss the sex life of a President. It is further evidence that the liberal media will stoop to any level in their hate filled and insane mission to destroy Donald Trump. If they win, everyone else loses.

TDM

The French Revolution was remarkably different than the American revolution because it was led by out of control mobs. On September 3, 1791 France adopted its first written constitution. The Legislative Assembly was replaced in August 1792 by the National Convention when radicals took control. The result was an absolute bloodbath in 1793. The National Convention adopted several things including the eradication of Christianity. It was fueled by hatred of the aristocracy and the Catholic Church. During a ten-month period, thousands of people were killed under the orders of Robespierre who dominated the Committee of Public Safely. He was executed on July 28, 1794. While reforms in France were long overdue and many of the participants had good intentions, France paid a terrible price for yielding to mob rule. Within a short period of time Napoleon Bonaparte seized power and became a dictator.

https://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution

Today we are watching another attempt to seize power by mob rule. Most of those students and the other people participating in the protest this week have only minimal understanding of the issues. Nothing being proposed will make our schools safer. I question whether the people directing this chaos have any interest in making our schools safe. They certainly are not interested in a reasoned debate. They are solely interested in seizing power and these protests show the same lack of restraint that resulted in the French revolution. Anyone who disagrees with them is demonized. If you do not support gun control legislation it is because you hate children. Opposition is not only silenced in many cases there is violent opposition.

If these mobs succeed we will soon see mobs decide every public issue. One of the first missions will be to further eradicate Christianity. When you combine this with increased pressure on the police to avoid confrontation, violence is inevitable. There is a lot more than a naïve ban on the AR15 at stake. What is at stake is the balance of power that has kept us free for over 250 years. Our revolution was different because our founding fathers wrote a constitution that protected all of us. Wise men knew that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The constitution granted enough power to govern but not enough power to implement dictatorship.

The mob thinks they are the ones in control, but the opposite is true. History teaches us that evil dictators often ride to power on the backs of the unsuspecting who naively think they are engaged in a righteous cause. Lynch mobs, while exciting, are the polar opposite of justice.

This week we saw more mobs in Sacramento. An unarmed man was shot by police. No one wants that to happen, but there is more to the story. This man was shown on police helicopter video running through back yards and possibly breaking the windows on a neighbor’s house. The police were there because the neighbors asked for help. In a dark backyard, two police officers made a tragic mistake. They thought a cell phone was a gun and they shot someone who was no threat to them.

The most likely response is that police will become more hesitant to respond to requests for help. The only real solution to preventing this tragic event would have been if police didn’t respond at all. However history teaches us that if police only respond to crimes like rape, robbery and murder, the results are often catastrophic.

The broken window theory, developed by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling in 1982 argues that ignoring disorder and incivility in a community inevitably results in occurrence of serious and violent crime.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/broken-windows-theory

New York City Police Commission William Bratton adopted this theory and the aggressive order-maintenance practices of the NYP resulted in a dramatic decrease in crime. By the time Bratton resigned in 1996 felonies were down 40% and the homicide rate had been cut in half.

There are still those who dispute the broken windows theory. They run places like Stockton, Baltimore and Chicago. Does anyone want to move to any of these cities?

These mobs, so adored by CNN and the rest of the main stream media are extremely dangerous. The problem is made worse when politicians, who should know better, surrender common sense at the first sign of public protest.  The owner of the Sacramento Kings talked about his support for the protestors.  He failed to mention supporting the police who were at that very moment protecting his stadium from an angry mob.

We ignore broken windows to our peril.

TDM