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Any random person who crashes their car, if the is a blood alcohol content of .anything, the investigation stops. The individual is labeled a reckless and drunk driver, inebriation is determined to be the cause the accident. The family of the “perpetrator” does not get to make statements in their defense, and the papers color them as a monster.
This week in Albany, NY an on-duty detective crashed his car, crossed 3 lanes, and came to a final stop on the other side. The officer had a blood alcohol content at 3 am when the accident occurred. He had been on duty for several hours. Several witnesses saw him at a downtown bar until approximately 10 or 11 that night. Unfortunately the officer died.

The DA doesn’t want to jump to any conlusions and the family is publicly outraged that the paper published the story of the detectives accident. They have a spokesperson and are the news of the night. The police are conducting a full investigation into the cause of the crash, and when excactly the detective stopped drinking. It is not so much upsetting that there is an actual investigation in this case. What is upsetting, is that had it been anyone else it would have been dismissed immediately. Someone would have heard the word alcohol and called for the investigation to stop. Why is that?

When there is an accident involving Joe Shmoe citizen who had a blood alcohol content of point-anything we, as a society, are disgusted. We scorn them for getting behind the wheel, and many times claim “that is what happens” in a cold-heartless shrug. But when a police officer who is on duty crashes his car with a blood alcohol level of .03, four hours after coming on duty, (which is arguably more dispicable because he is supposed to be enforcing the law and “making our community safer”) we as a society defend him?

I don’t get it, I don’t get it at all.

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The United States has become a scary place. A man’s life hangs in the balance today due to knowledge. A jury will soon decide whether he will spend life in prison or die via lethal injection. Why? Because he knew about the 9-11 attacks. I am horrified by what happened that day, but I am also equally horrified by the reaction of the American people and of our government. Making up justification for war, allowing thousands more to die oversees, and now this. The New York Times reported:

“Mr. Moussaoui, the only person to stand trial in the United States for the Sept. 11 attacks, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy. The jury ruled last month that he was eligible for the death penalty, even though he was in jail at the time of the attacks, because he had concealed his knowledge of Qaeda plans to fly planes into buildings.”

Am I the only one who finds this absolutely vomit inducing?!

Well at least the NYT has priorities. The first headline in the US News portion of the website (complete with a large photo) was that polygamists somewhere in the middle of the country haven’t paid their taxes.

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