Finally, Some Good News In Virginia Beach

No, we're not an independent republic... YET! However, we are one step closer to removing Constitutional incompetence and strictly politically-motivated decision making from the city police force.

Police Chief Jake Jacocks stunned his staff and city officials on Monday by announcing that he would retire on June 1.

Setting a New Precedent In Fairfax?

The Fairfax County police officer who shot an unarmed man to death in January will not be charged with a crime, the county's chief prosecutor announced yesterday, and the man's family angrily responded by claiming that a civilian in the same situation would have been arrested.

From the start, Fairfax police declared that the killing of Salvatore J. Culosi, 37, was an accident and that the SWAT officer who fired had done so unintentionally. Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan Jr. said that when a person fires a gun without malice and unintentionally kills someone, "they do not commit a crime."

Read that last part again. The Commonwealth's Attorney says that "when a person fires a gun without malice and unintentionally kills someone, they do not commit a crime."

I wonder how well that argument would hold up as a defense for someone who is not a member of the enforcer class?

(note: this article is from March, 2006)