tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post3268211012474556684..comments2023-05-28T09:57:01.634-04:00Comments on 3MurkyRivers: Held to a Higher Standard............. (of Proof)SteelCityMudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16171904909887127137noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-77356877847671940852013-08-16T12:23:31.460-04:002013-08-16T12:23:31.460-04:00Here is even more evidence that Diffenderfer is ga...Here is even more evidence that Diffenderfer is gaming the system in order to get judges that will go easy on corrupt cops.<br /><br />http://trueslant.com/matthewnewton/2010/03/09/as-charges-against-jordan-miles-are-dismissed-a-complicated-picture-emerges/SCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-56661484421517004712013-08-14T17:43:56.452-04:002013-08-14T17:43:56.452-04:00Check out the cozy relationship between William Di...Check out the cozy relationship between William Diffenderfer (representing city cops) in front of his friend Jeffery Manning. http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/sobering-defense/Content?oid=1341625<br /><br />This is just one example. Manning seems to get a lot of the cases where police are brought in front of him... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-47224609351086976052011-11-28T15:25:18.877-05:002011-11-28T15:25:18.877-05:00Any relationship" US Congressman Albio Sires ...Any relationship" US Congressman Albio Sires of New Jersey honors Simunovich <br /><br />www.JosephSimunovich.info<br /><br />http://www.indiemarketinggenius.com/Joseph_Simunovich/Joseph-Simunovich/Albio-Sires-Joseph-Simunovich-Congressional-Record-Volume-153.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-89448049465718812902011-09-01T21:05:20.483-04:002011-09-01T21:05:20.483-04:00It also should be noted that the police union aban...It also should be noted that the police union abandoned Swartzwelder. Turned out he was better off with the ACLU anyway. Unlike the FOP lawyers and leaders, Vic Walczak is competent.Infinonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523717432084762839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-83947662354964721982011-09-01T21:02:31.084-04:002011-09-01T21:02:31.084-04:00It seems unlikely this work was intended to be exh...It seems unlikely this work was intended to be exhaustive . . . it would have been at least three times as long.<br /><br />One case that might belong in this mix is that of Bob Schwartzwelder, whose career the Bureau of Police's leaders tried to destroy for the offenses of refusing to lie in one case and attempting to testify truthfully in others. The ACLU took the city to the cleaners in that one.<br /><br />Why is this related, or important? You can break your wife's bones, lie in police reports, conduct personal vendettas behind the badge, run interference for criminals, shoot an unarmed civilian while drunk and unhinged, beat an honor student grotesquely for no apparent reason . . . all with little or no consequence -- but try to tell the truth, and it will take a federal judge and the ACLU to save you from the police command.Infinonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523717432084762839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-45268370791039716542011-09-01T13:13:27.303-04:002011-09-01T13:13:27.303-04:00@8:16 You are right I did miss that case. However,...@8:16 You are right I did miss that case. However, it is, as noted, fairly minor when held against the background of other cases.<br /><br />But this is not to say the case is unimportant.<br /><br />Rather, it illustrates another related problem that has been ongoing in the Pittsburgh Police for some time: the poor treatment of female police. It is almost a truism that when an incident of discord in the Pittsburgh Police actually makes the papers, it usually involves the normal blue wall of silence breaking to complain about the actions of a woman. There was a case earlier this year in the City Paper which illustrated this same pattern. <br /><br />http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A94993<br /><br />Police usually don't complain about other police unless they are complaining about a woman.<br /><br />Remember that the case of Shirley Sloan made specific allegations that discrimination against women was widespread within the bureau and often jeopardized the safety of those women.<br /><br />http://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-commonwealth-court/1060697.html<br /><br />It seems the treatment of Brackney more closely fits that pattern of discrimination than it fits in with a failure to file serious charges when solid evidence warrants it.SteelCityMudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171904909887127137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-6020640908729579862011-09-01T12:45:41.699-04:002011-09-01T12:45:41.699-04:00Yeah, agreed - two thumbs up over here.Yeah, agreed - two thumbs up over here.Minutemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-17064622465112011502011-09-01T02:06:04.120-04:002011-09-01T02:06:04.120-04:00My compliments on a truly excellent work.My compliments on a truly excellent work.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-81391377896439660962011-08-31T21:52:59.126-04:002011-08-31T21:52:59.126-04:00To the commenter above. There is one case involvin...To the commenter above. There is one case involving Cmdr. Brackney allegedly helping a friend elude a drunk driving charge- http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07074/769637-53.stm<br /><br />That's nothing good to be accused of... but it's not remotely in the same ballpark as assault, assaulting fellow officers, domestic violence, vehicular assault, or running a prostitution ring.<br /><br />You spoke of "multiple cases", am I missing any?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135927766940074047.post-13203019698505363242011-08-31T20:16:09.915-04:002011-08-31T20:16:09.915-04:00You are carelessly, or perhaps intentionally, forg...You are carelessly, or perhaps intentionally, forgetting the multiple cases involving Commander Brackney. Of course, those community activists would come to her defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com