Follow the Chicken, Dramatized
Drop whatever you’re doing and spend 5:40 watching this NYT re-enactment of a classic deposition transcript.
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Danny Trejo Does a Lawyer Ad
For “Sweet James” Bergener, a pretty funny guy in his own right.
S.F. Cops Arrest Public Defender for Publicly Defending
The officer's explanation to the lawyer at the time was that if she didn't stop objecting to what he wanted to do, "I will arrest you for resisting arrest." That either made sense to him or he just didn't care….
NOTE: Trying to Blow Up an ATM Could Backfire
Literally.
Mom Calls C-SPAN Show to Tell Her Sons to Get Along
Connection to the law: tenuous. But too good not to mention. The set-up: two brothers, one Republican, one Democrat, were on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" show yesterday, talking (and of course arguing) about bipartisanship. This show allows people to call in…
Coma-Faker Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Doesn't seem like it should have taken two years to establish this, but it turns out Alan Knight was lying when he claimed to be quadriplegic and/or comatose in order to avoid court appearances and delay his prosecution. He even…
John Oliver on Civil Forfeiture
Everyone should watch this, or at least everyone who cares about the issue of police officers (and some attorneys) stealing money and property and claiming they are doing it legally through the concept of "civil forfeiture." That really should include…
Okay, Somebody Did Survive Being Sucked Into a Jet Engine
Folks, I am sticking by my conclusion that the medical profession really does not need a billing code to indicate a second office visit by a patient whose complaint is that he was sucked into a jet engine. See “Injury Code V97.33XD:…
BREAKING: Officers Do Not Kill Suspect
Okay, it's not "breaking," but it does seem worth commenting on two recent cases in which officers did not open fire on a suspect. Of course most police-citizen interactions do not end in death, but lately it has at least started…
Severe Chelyabinsk Disney
That's how Google (mis)translated the title of this YouTube post, but I actually liked it a lot. It's very likely staged, because (1) it's too good to be true and (2) if the guys with the dash cam weren't in…