Rodney Warner - Freelance Writer

January 6 might’ve been the worst outbreak of political violence since the Democratic convention in 1968. More than a hundred police officers were beaten and injured. One died of a stroke the following day.

I wish we loved our kids more than we love our guns.

Live updates: Two students, two teachers killed in Georgia school shooting; teen suspect in custody Multiple casualties have been reported after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta. Follow for live updates.

Is that too much to ask?

Making fun of someone who’s disabled is weird.

“Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D-PA) has announced that the state has accepted a $12.8- billion binding bid to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private interests for 75 years, the latest development in a long-standing debate over the appropriateness of privatizing infrastructure.“

- Fleet Owner 6/2/08

Not only do we pay for maintenance and improvements but for the return investors demand. What’s our return?

Weird

Technology has no rules, morals, or ethics. We get into trouble when those using it don't have them either.

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/us/basketball-coaches-murder-imani-bell.html

High School Coaches Charged With Murder in Teen’s Heat-Related Death According to a lawyer for the family of Imani Bell, 16, the murder charges are the first ever brought against coaches accused of negligence.

"The case was dismissed in April, but Neureiter ruled that the attorneys had violated their ethical obligations by lodging it in the first place and by peppering their motions with wild allegations that they had made little effort to substantiate. Legal rules prohibit attorneys from clogging the court systems with frivolous motions or from filing information that is not true."

‘The stuff of which violent insurrections are made:’ Federal judge punishes Colorado lawyers for 2020 election lawsuit Two lawyers were ordered to pay opponents’ legal fees as the judicial system grapples with holding attorneys accountable for frivolous election challenges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-guns-us-lawsuit/2021/08/04/181fdbaa-f52d-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html

Mexico to sue U.S.-based gunmakers over flow of arms across border Mexico charges that lax controls over weapons sales are fueling arms-trafficking and violence.

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new-jersey-man-gets-prison-time-for-posting-federal-judges-home-address-on-facebook-and-twitter

New Jersey man gets prison time for posting federal judge's home address on Twitter and Facebook A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for posting online the home address of a federal judge he deemed to be moving too slowly on his case.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-drivers-receive-less-respect-police-officers-study-says-n1275452?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

'Cars into caskets': New study confirms police bias towards Black drivers Black drivers were 61 percent more likely to hear words such as “dude” and “bro” and “hands on the wheel” during traffic stops.