An isolated incident – Part III
It was several hours after the stop had been called in before the first investigative unit arrived at the scene. All radio attempts to raise Bladen and McGee had been met with only silence. The Waze app had marked the police unit for the last couple of hours, after traffic had resumed when the utility vans had re-opened the highway. Within minutes more units came screaming in and the highway was shut down again, this time by law enforcement.
The scene was crawling with responding agencies, and the senior leadership of the state agency. Initial reports indicated a probable need for federal support as well, and leadership was all too happy to pass the buck to them.
Special Agent Frank Regan was on a flight the very same day. He was the fourth generation of Boston law enforcement but the first to be a federal agent. He had planned to skip police work, getting his J.D. from Northeastern, but his grandfather had a favor to call in with one of Massachusetts’ Congressional representatives and that led to the FBI. It wasn’t terribly overt, but there was a thumb placed on a scale in his favor; and after all, that is how things get done in DC and Boston for that matter. Frank was smart enough to show respect to the Congressman for the favor, also without being overt, and his party in general.
He had been schooled by his father, an Army veteran and veteran cop with the maxim that once is happenstance and twice coincidence, three times is deliberate action. This wasn’t an isolated incident, though that had been kept quite quiet even in law enforcement circles (who usually gossiped like old villagers over tea). The previous incidents having occurred in entirely different states had helped, and the deliberate masking of the cases, particularly the second, had worked to keep even LEOs ignorant of it. Beside the bare pattern itself, officers working asset forfeiture, clues were accumulating – the perpetrators making a point of offering more information at each killing. The basic pattern was: officers seated in the patrol vehicle immobilized, and hands cut off. Body cams and dash cams gone. This was the work of a team, not a single person. In this case, there was also the grisly matter of the police dog, a severed head sitting between the officers with rolled up hundred dollar bills stuffed in its nostrils. And there was the note taped to the dash of the squad:
the wages of sin
lead to corruption and death
Corrector Novus Occidentis
The first note had only included the first line, the second note added a line, both times with no attribution. Regan understood this represented a methodical approach, one with real thinking behind it equal to the sheer malice. He couldn’t yet understand how quickly it must happen, and in utterly public places with not a witness, not even a hint of anyone seeing anything and no surveillance. The scenes varied, but the results were similar, and given the geographic and temporal distances, though it was a pattern it gave no indication of where or when the next strike would happen. Regan caught himself – the next strike. Yes, there was no denying, this wasn’t ending any time soon. It would be important to get the proper narrative into the media, but was this the right time? There was still so little known and it certainly appeared the killers would reveal more information next time around. Mind you, Frank thought to himself, that’s an expensive way to learn. Even though he had attended parochial schools through high school, his Latin (and Roman history) needed a little help.
In this case, there was also the grisly matter of the police dog, a severed head sitting between the officers with rolled up hundred dollar bills stuffed in its nostrils.
Channeling horse’s heads in beds?
That was a private message, this one is meant to be more public.
This publication was perfectly timed for the end of my nap.
Bravo.
A good thought experiment. If such a thing were to occur, with whom would the majority of Americans side?
Support your
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=blue+money%2C+fats+domino%2C+youtube&atb=v198-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFy5WM1xYbGo
Is this a serious question when we all know the answer?
*thinks about the truck I see in the work parking lot that has a Molon Labe sticker, a Thin Blue Line flag sticker, and a Don’t Tread On Me sticker*
Dude, who do you think is going to be doing the taking and the treading?
Exactly. Even now the Nat Guard is playing back up for the locals
Sheepdogs don’t protect sheep. They protect their master’s property.
I read once that the Russian collapse occurred not because of the people, who had been ready for years, but because the military pivoted.
And China’s… Did not.
Broken next/previous article buttons serve a purpose on days like this. I get to enjoy the front page gif.
Well written juris. I will ponder while I sip my fruity pink dring.
I thing maybe you’ve had enough.
I had enough when I say I had enough
Uh oh, the punctuation is falling away. I know what that means.
OBE is pregnant? Missed a period?
+1 Grease defective typewriter
I am, it’s your wife’s
The only time I ever said no to a drink was when someone asked if I’d had enough
That Gif is a gift from heaven.
True dat
You’ve got me hooked, JI. Now for another long wait
Yeah, it may be a bit of a wait – not sure I’ll have the next chapter up by this time next week. I got these first 3 done in almost a setting – other than the polishing. Next one is very drafty still.
The UPS dude dropped a couple of rocks off today.
Sounds suspicious, K. Building something?
Something I didn’t know I needed until a friend posted something on facebook.
Granite surface plate. Basically a flat surface. Very flat surface.
Very flat surface
That wasn’t a pic of my Jr High girlfriend!
One of those is on my list.
I went down the rabbit hole of watching YouTube videos of how to make flat surfaces. Basically, it is like grinding telescope mirrors. Fascinating stuff.
I’m going to try a test with some apple seeds that I just saved. Maybe they need a little longer in the fridge but they were probably in cold storage for a few weeks anyway. Already getting antsy.
Good luck with them.
You can always get the trees started and then graft branches to dwarfing rootstock. Then you get apples a couple of years after that even though the source trees will take a decade to get there.
Great story JI
It has drawn me in but holy shit that faded to black right quick.
Right?!
*resists urge to link… fails*
Better to fade to grey.
*it is such a favorite*
Je m’en doutais. 😉
Je ne comprends pas.
Did Madonna steal her look?
Is there any synth band you don’t know?
No.
I believe you.
My first act after winning the lottery is to hire rhywun to assemble a music library for me. It will be gloriously synthy.
Enjoying it, JI. I do love me some wish-fulfillment fiction.
Everything except the doggo.
Poor pup is just a tool of the government and industry too.
This was my reference point. Enh, close enough.
Dang it! https://youtu.be/iiCQcEW98OY
Have you seen us, uncle Fest-ussss.
Gonna take a drive through Beverly Hills, just before dawn…
Can dogs be untrained? Asking for a dog
Yeah, it’s getting dark.
That was actually hard for me. I can’t really imagine doing something like that. But the story demanded a message be sent, and though [some] cops are way too uncaring about dogs – at least civilian dogs – the ones that work with them really do think of them as partners. Well, partners in crime…
I’ve seen stories of police dogs getting human-like burials with whatever honors cops get when they die.
We’re still the same humans from the stone age, just with fancier toys.
Partners in crime.
Partners in Crime
When the revolution is successful, the dog-murderers will be made to pay.
A good excuse for killing.
It saddens me to think that you and Ozy will be convicted and imprisoned for inciting violence against the holy state/thought crimes in a not too unrealistic future for submitting fictional short stories on a backwater website, yet here I am…
We’ll trade cigarettes, stories and favors in the camp, Comrade.
Cigarettes and contact with other ungoodthinkful persons will be banned formyour own good, citizen.
“favors”
Special favors come in 31 flavors,
We’re out of mint so pass the lifesavers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADhriWpLn9M
Only one of you will be in the cafeteria selling smokes the other is going to be getting loved from dawn to dusk.
I don’t plan on going peacefully. I’m too old to put up with the bullshit.
+1
I dig these.
Thanks, JI!
+1
Just had two knackwursts, a fried potato, the wife’s homemade kraut, and a local cider (all that was in the fridge.)
Spent the day drywalling, and adding a new outlet for said wife’s new vacuum.
#tardlife
Gsuffa!
Lecker!
Multnomah Co DA (Portland) goes after another participant in Portland cosplay violence:
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/01/proud-boy-tusitala-tiny-toese-faces-felony-charges-in-clash-near-abandoned-portland-kmart.html
Another sloppily written smear by the sad sack hacks of the local rag that ignores that the antifa participants intentionally sought out the location after it was moved at the last minute. And then they got their asses kicked. So of course their friends in the “justice” system make up for that.
Those poor anti-fascist heroes.
*convulses from repeated orgasms*
Seems like a blatant admission that the indictments are politically motivated.
I’m hooked.
and crooked.
I am not a number! I am a free Man!
I assumed the poll questions suggested the answer. They don’t. These people have joined a quasi religious movement but don’t recognize it.
Good stuff, JI (but poor doggo).
I appreciate the call out of my alma mater.
Funny how we both only felt sympathy for the dog.
They’re just tools, doing their trick to get their award.
The cops have agency.
This is like Seven but with one deadly sin being repeatedly punished. If you enforce a tyranny, you are the tyrant.
Had to do some paper work for work, between my job and my side gig my gross income this last year is a lot more than I would have thought. I think I might be middle class now. Wow. I’m RICH BITCH!
Wait til April 15th and then say that.
What happens on April 15th? Is that when I get my official Middle Class White Man Ring?
It definitely involves your Man Ring.
It’s when I curse my mom for not releasing me fifteen minutes earlier.
The IRS is gonna show you where the wild goose goes.
https://youtu.be/KpdLdWqWyiY
Unpossible! I’m now part of The Club! I should get my decoder ring and a manual on how to keep the darkies down! That’s what I’ve been taught!
If he acquired a few more orphans with his extra gelt, he can take them as dependents and maybe break even on taxes?
OMG Chappelle in whiteface… I just can’t even… stop laughing.
That show was so great.
Gone before its time.
https://youtu.be/gUhRKVIjJtw
The Nazis killed a bunch of severely retarded people, but you don’t hear them bitching and whining for decades about “Never again!”
https://content.leenks.com/smut/gal_2019/16.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/jtOln/02cb089db47e281f976a895d6f963bc1d6676f59.jpg
NSFW.
https://content.leenks.com/smut/gal_2198/carlibanks2-004.jpg
NSFW.
https://content.leenks.com/smut/gal_2389/carli_banks8.jpg
NSFW.
I’m get error messages for the first, third, and fourth links.
First works…3rd and 4th are a bust
Try this:
https://archive.md/DcJBp/50c719771ae369c89c6dcec049c81a4101f21b2d.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/kgz8c/315de1e3499adcb6836f746f6cf9be8e5f2093a6.jpg
NSFW.
https://archive.md/9evSy/e25ad65a17b092fb55bb51863675c322aed0e009.jpg
NSFW.
Just going to leave that one out there, are ya?
You are more reliable than USPS. *salute emoji*
Google not helping. What does the title mean?
Corrector Of The New West
Oh, Pig Latin.
Don’t you mean Igpay Natinle? I don’t know, I failed Pig Latin.
You were in the police academy?
Well, I’m going to see if seasoning mild steel like cast iron works. I’ve got my texas nose pick and the spoon in the oven with an oil coat right now.
This is how UCS burned his house down.
Not yet.
In fact, it just came out of the oven. Both turned cast iron black (as expected).
Take a look at the last paragraph. The program is causing the problem.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/minnesota-school-district-partners-with-org-offering-pride-resources-for-toddlers/
I knew something was up a couple years ago when the NYC subway announcers replaced “ladies and gentleman” with the much more mellifluous “hello, everyone”.
“Hi Subway Driver Nick!”
The author of When Aiden Became a Brother.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Me_%2B_Jasmine.jpg/640px-Me_%2B_Jasmine.jpg
Looks like an expert on how a young black transgendered girl would feel.
It’s like a fly on my wall minus the moment two seconds later when Maggie’s hind claws have punctured my balls.
I was going to ask why he is nursing his cat, but then I realized the bigger question might be how? Is he lactating?
I knew that I was a Firster from my earliest memories. I was born that way. I’d imagine little Timmy knows that he locks cock and little Abigail knows she wants to scissor her best friend lubricated only by their own fluids, too.
Though, the idea that 1/6 of all students are going to end up identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual is pretty laughable.
“It’s perfectly normal to vomit profusely while giving head, junior.”
Exactly
What the hell does this even mean? In the early 20th century pink was the color for boys, and blue for girls. Does that mean the genders switched sides like Republicans and Democrats at some point? What the hell does it mean to feel like a boy other than it fucking hurts when you get hit in the nuts and when you turn 12 your hand is glued to your penis for 6 years?
I was supposed to stop after 6 years?
This generation’s high school boys went through a pink phase in elementary and middle school. It was the cool color for a couple of years.
Pink was cool back in the early 80s too… Preppy look featured pink izod shirts and plaid with pinks.
Liking unicorns doesn’t mean you are gay. Nobody has a sexuality until puberty starts to hit. A 7 year old having a crush is not an indicator. When hormones kick in, you will know for sure. Until then… Don’t worry about it. Sex should not be on their radar. All you are gonna do is screw them up and give them some weirdo fetish.
Changed my Twitter handle to Vanilla Rice but then found out it’s being used by some chick in New York that likes vanilla rice pudding.
Rice, Rice Baby.
Yes, that’s the pun.
First time I was in Ft Lauderdale for a several hour layover, I left the airport, caught a cab, and “proceeded to A1A, Beachfront Ave!”
I live 20 minutes from there, and only go one or two times a year…. Funny how that works.
https://youtu.be/dSUuyUR_pPE
Do an image search: アヘ顔
That’s the face you make right after you swallow at the glory hole, right?
Someday you’ll see a gal make that face in real life. You’ll be in the closet watching, but you’ll see it.
Now I’m on another list.
I spent way too much time on that search
Chafed, I know one semi-famous person read your glib-fit on Sunday. Because I paid him…the full story coming next month.
You’ve piqued my curiosity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cX61oNsRQ
I remember driving my boss’s Mitsubishi Diamante (back when Mitsubishi cared about making nice cars) down I-35 in South Minneapolis at a rather high rate of speed while I had this song playing.
/good times, innocent times
Question from an “Am I transgender?” quiz.
https://quizondo.com/personality-question/you-see-a-parking-space-but-you-have-to-drive-backwards-and-the-parking-space-is-quite-narrow-what-would-you-do/
I love my backup camera so much. It’s the best (newish) feature on my car, I think.
Something like this? (H/T Sean)
Turns out I’m not Trans.
One question was actually “Do you back into parking spaces?”
https://www.phillyvoice.com/fanta-bility-shooting-police-officers-charged-sharon-hill-delaware-county/
As they should be.
https://www.nj.com/business/2022/01/walmart-to-launch-cryptocurrency-and-nfts-report-says.html
Wut?
I don’t understand any of this.
Get off my lawn.
Crypto is a scam. Change my mind.
USD is a scam.
#metoo
virtual electronics, home decorations, toys, sporting goods and personal care products
Virtual personal care products? WTF?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cop-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-was-cleared-criminal-wrongdoing-without-interview
There was something I’d previously missed here:
Good morning, limey, CPAss, and Sean!
I DDGed the attorney whose name you bolded, limey. What I can’t figure out is why he has a bio on IMDb.
Mornin’
Early for me (couldn’t sleep)
What time zone are you in (if you don’t mind my asking)?
Eastern. I was awake at 4 and just laying there before eventually rolling out.
Mornin’, fellow reprobates!
JI – this is getting good.
Special Agent Frank Regan was on a flight the very same day. He was the fourth generation of Boston law enforcement but the first to be a federal agent
Trying to get Tom Selleck for the film adaptation, are you?
FBI, keeping you safe
Although his account was banned, the FBI says they found footage from Gross’s TikTok from “citizen sleuths” who preserved Jan. 6 videos and posted them on Twitter.
These heroes deserve a medal. Preferably one made of lead.
He was found to be violating the federal Anti-Cosplay statutes. Lock him up.
https://littlediddle.net/
They probably should have picked a better name for a preschool.
What did the child molester say when he was released from prison ?
“I feel like a kid again!”
PA has some weird naming conventions. Surprised that school is not located in Intercourse, PA.
suh’ fam
whats goody
TALL CANS!
TALL COVFEFE!
Good to see you’ve recovered 🙂