Study: Chicago homicides spiked due to ACLU police decree | Power Line

Study: Chicago homicides spiked due to ACLU police decree | Power Line
"...Cassell and Fowles have studied the spike of homicides in Chicago in 2016. 
Through multiple regression analysis and other tools, they conclude that an ACLU consent decree triggered a sharp reduction in stop and frisks by the Chicago Police Department, which in turn caused homicides to spike. 

In other words, what Chicago police officers call the “ACLU effect” is real. 

That effect was more homicides and shootings.

Cassell explains:

Our article proceeds in several steps. 

It begins by describing in general terms what is quite accurately called a “spike” in homicides in Chicago in 2016. 

A 58% year-to-year change [from 480 killed in 2015 to 754 killed the next year] in America’s “Second City” is staggering, suggesting something changed dramatically to initiate the increase.

...We next explore the possibility that, as been suggested by a number of observers, a reduction in stop and frisks by the Chicago Police Department that began at the very end of 2015 was responsible for the homicide spike starting immediately thereafter. 

Good reasons exist for believing that the decline in stop and frisks caused the spike. 
Simple visual observation of the data suggests a cause-and-effect change. . . . November 2015 [is] the break point in the homicide data. 
This is precisely when stop and frisks declined in Chicago. . . "

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Noon-toon-----Wondermark » Archive » #1386; In which a Meal is enjoyed, Part 2

Wondermark » Archive » #1386; In which a Meal is enjoyed, Part 2:

What Laws Does March For Our Lives Want? | The Daily Caller

What Laws Does March For Our Lives Want? | The Daily Caller:

"The Daily Caller spent four hours at the march on Saturday asking dozens of protesters what specific legislation they wanted to see passed to end gun violence.
The answers almost exclusively involved banning certain weapons and confiscating others.
Listen to what these marchers want, right now, in their own words below:"

Florida Cops Laundered Millions For Drug Cartels, Failed To Make A Single Arrest

Florida Cops Laundered Millions For Drug Cartels, Failed To Make A Single Arrest:
"Posing as money launderers, police in Bal Harbour and Glades County, Fla. laundered a staggering $71.5 million for drug cartels in an undercover sting operation, according to an in-depth investigation by The Miami Herald.
With fake identities, undercover officers made deals to pick up cash from criminal organizations in cities across the country.
...After laundering the cash, police would skim a three percent commission fee, ultimately generating $2.4 million for themselves.
...Notably, the Tri-County Task Force never made a single arrest. 
Thanks to the commissions from money laundering, the task force could indulge in a lavish lifestyle. Officers enjoyed $1,000 dinners at restaurants in the Miami area, and spent $116,000 on airfare and first-class flights and nearly $60,000 for hotel accommodations, including stays at the Bellagio and the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and El San Juan Resort & Casino in Puerto Rico..."
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China Acknowledges Transfer of Ballistic Missile Optical Tracking System to Pakistan | The Diplomat

China Acknowledges Transfer of Ballistic Missile Optical Tracking System to Pakistan | The Diplomat
"China has acknowledged that it sold Pakistan a tracking system for use in developing new ballistic missiles capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads, according to a report published last week in the South China Morning Post. 
Chinese government authorities decided to declassify information on a Sino-Pakistani deal last week; a statement posted on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) acknowledged the sale and said that China was the first country to transfer this kind of equipment to Pakistan..."
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The Most Hypocritical Thing Happened At The March For Our Lives | The Daily Sheeple

The Most Hypocritical Thing Happened At The March For Our Lives | The Daily Sheeple

"I spent four hours at the March For Our Lives on Saturday and asked dozens of protesters what specific legislation they wanted to see passed to end gun violence.
They, to a person, wanted to see “assault weapons” banned and forcibly bought back from legal owners.
After filming, I wandered the march observing the signs and messages people were sending.
Some of the signs were profane.
Some more bizarre.
Others seemed ill-informed.
However, the most peculiar and frankly hypocritical thing I saw at the march did not happen on stage or even in the audience.
The most hypocritical thing happening at the March For Our Lives took place backstage.
Each celebrity speaker and high school activist who took the stage to give an impassioned speech condemning firearms was themselves protected by a wide arsenal of firearms.
I personally witnessed multiple celebrities go to and from their limousines under the heavily armed guard of private security members and the Capitol Police. 
I watched Katie Couric, Cher, George Clooney and the student celebrities of Parkland all get escorted to safety by police officers who were visibly carrying holstered handguns.
None of the speakers waived the protections of an armed officer.
Every major movie star, singer or student leaving the rally rushed to the protective bubble of well armed security as they traveled from the gated backstage area to idling limousines and private cars..."
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Google Searches on 'NRA Membership' Hit Record Levels During Student Gun Control March | Breitbart

Google Searches on 'NRA Membership' Hit Record Levels During Student Gun Control March | Breitbart:

"While students marched for gun control in Washington, DC, Americans were doing Google searches on “NRA membership” at a record pace."

SUNY Plattsburgh caves to demands - will fly BLM, gay pride flags to 'improve campus climate' - The College Fix

SUNY Plattsburgh caves to demands - will fly BLM, gay pride flags to 'improve campus climate' - The College Fix:
"It looks like the administration at SUNY Plattsburgh has bowed to the demands of student protesters who, over the last couple of months, got to the point where they ended up calling for the resignations of key campus officials.One of those officials, Plattsburgh President John Ettling who told by demonstrators “You don’t need this job, bro,” recently detailed ten “immediate and long-term initiatives” to improve the climate on campus, according to Cardinal Points.

Some of the plans include increasing police presence on campus, the creation of a mandatory diversity course, organization of a social justice task force, and the “the hoisting of a Black Lives Matter flag and LGBT pride flag in the Angell College Center.”...
...Other Plattsburgh “climate” efforts include the establishment of a “bias response-and-referral process,” compulsory “face-to-face diversity and inclusion training for all faculty and staff,” and creation of a multicultural “unity space” at the Angell Center."

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History for March 28

History for March 28 - On-This-Day.com
August Busch 1899, Dirk Bogarde 1921, Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")


Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer, Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor, Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician

1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.


1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.


1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.


1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.


1921 - U.S. President Warren Harding named William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.


1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.


1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to Francisco Franco.


1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.

California Violates Constitution to Protect Illegal Aliens | American Center for Law and Justice

California Violates Constitution to Protect Illegal Aliens | American Center for Law and Justice:

"The State of California recently passed laws designed to shield illegal aliens residing in California from workplace enforcement actions conducted by federal immigration agents. To stop these new laws, the Trump Administration filed a federal lawsuit, and the American Center for Law and Justice (“ACLJ”) has submitted an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief supporting the Administration’s efforts. The brief was submitted with the support of more than 65,000 people who have joined the ACLJ’s committee opposed to state actions that violate the United States Constitution."

The way we were-----Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie- 1963

Boob-tube-----1984 by George Orwell Book Movie on BBC TV from 1956, Peter Cushing Glen...

DAVID UNSWORTH: Data on mass shootings at school don’t live up to the hysteria. Since March of 19…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » DAVID UNSWORTH: Data on mass shootings at school don’t live up to the hysteria. Since March of 19…:
"DAVID UNSWORTH: Data on mass shootings at school don’t live up to the hysteria.

Since March of 1998, there have been 298 people killed in school shootings in the United States, or 14.9 deaths a year. Put another way, in a typical year in the United States in the past two decades, 35 states would not even have a single school shooting death, while the other 15 would have only one.

...Given that over the past 118 years, 4.7 people per year have died at the hands of school shootings, and 14.9 per year over the past 20, perhaps there are more serious issues that they should worry about.

Yes, but they aren’t as conducive to youth indoctrination and voter registration.--by Stephen Green

The Paris Climate Accords Are Starting to Look Like Fantasy

The Paris Climate Accords Are Starting to Look Like Fantasy
"Remember Paris?
It was not even two years ago that the celebrated climate accords were signed — defining two degrees of global warming as a must-meet target and rallying all the world’s nations to meet it — and the returns are already dispiritingly grim.
This week, the International Energy Agency announced that carbon emissions grew 1.7 percent in 2017, after an ambiguous couple of years optimists hoped represented a leveling off, or peak; instead, we’re climbing again.
Even before the new spike, not a single major industrial nation was on track to fulfill the commitments it made in the Paris treaty..."
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Trump California sanctuary lawsuit backed by more than a dozen states - Washington Times

Trump California sanctuary lawsuit backed by more than a dozen states - Washington Times:

"Texas and more than a dozen other states led by Republican governors are supporting the Trump administration in its lawsuit over California’s so-called sanctuary laws that protect people in the U.S. illegally.
In a court filing Monday, the states say the laws are designed to interfere with or block federal immigration enforcement, and California doesn’t have that authority."

Russia Routed Millions to Influence Clinton in Uranium Deal, Informant Tells Congress

Russia Routed Millions to Influence Clinton in Uranium Deal, Informant Tells Congress:
"Moscow routed millions of dollars to the U.S. expecting the funds would benefit ex-President Bill Clinton’s charitable initiative while his wife, Hillary Clinton, worked to reset relations with Russia, an FBI informant in an Obama administration-era uranium deal stated.
In a written statement to three congressional committees, informant Douglas Campbell said Russian nuclear executives told him that Moscow hired American lobbying firm APCO Worldwide to influence Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, among others in the Obama administration, The Hill reported on Wednesday.
Campbell said Russian nuclear officials expected APCO to apply its $3 million annual lobbying fee from Moscow toward the Clintons’ Global Initiative.
The contract detailed four $750,000 payments over a year’s time..."
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