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From feeds.bizjournals A big thanks to the dozens of Cincinnati-based businesses that signed on to participate in our first-ever Social Madness Challenge presented by Capital One Spark Business. The nomination period is officially closed and 70 companies signed on to compete. American City Business Journals, the parent company of the Business Courier, is in the process of reviewing and approving nominations. The next phase of the competition begins on June 1. Companies will be judged based on votes on bizjournals.com,…
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Cincinnati Police Chief Says Tasers Can Kill
From blog.simplejustice James Craig, of “I’m a Phoenix fame,” heads up the 1000 member Cincinnati police department. While that number of officers is slightlymore thanthe number needed to change a New Yorklight bulb, it’s still a big city police department, which makes James Craig’s announcement matter, as he’s the first top cop to admit the obvious: Taserssometimes kill people. From Cincinnati.com: In light of a recently released scientific study that shows the electronic Taser stun guns can cause cardiac arrest and death, the leader of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentuckyas largest police force announced today that the findings concern him and changes are coming to the departmentas policy regarding the devices.
Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig said the changes should come in about a month. Those could include altering where officers direct the Taseras prongs on a suspectas body, perhaps at the back as opposed to the front, Craig said. Every silver lining has its cloud, of course, so while Craig acknowledges that non-lethal means occasionally lethal, and that there is presumptive connection between shooting people in the chest and cardiac arrest, he solution is to shoot people in the back? One might wonder if he has considered why, praytell, the back of a person who needs shooting would be facing the cop.But it’s possible that he didn’t study anatomy at the University of Phoenix, and remains confused as to which direction the person in need of Tasering is facing when his actions are so threatening as to demand the use of force against him. aI am concerned about it because, like most police chiefs, I am a big supporter of the tool. We know that the tool has saved lives,a Craig told reporters in a media briefing at Cincinnati police headquarters in the West End. aWe know itas minimizing injuries to both police officers and suspects. Based on this report we are looking at our existing policy. We will be making some revisions.a
He said he will not pull Tasers from officersa belts, and this is not the first time the deviceas policy has been revised.
aWe are not going to eliminate the use of Taser. We just want to make sure we are doing it within what this evidence-based report is suggesting,a he said. aI think that it is suggesting – the key point – is elevated heart rate and the taser coming in contact close proximity to the heart if someone has an elevated heart rate. Usually when we have contact with suspects, itas pretty clear their heart rate is elevated. That’s pretty darned likely, as is the possibility that they are using drugs or in less than perfect health, all characteristics of the sort of folks who end up on the business end of a Taser, and all characteristics of the sort of people who die when tased. While Craig’s embracing evidence-based thought is a novel approach for a police department, and one that should be (and is) applauded, there remains a question as to what, exactly, he plans to do to reduce the likelihood of people being killed by “non-lethal force” for calling cops bad names. The “tase-’em-in-the-back” policy has some inherent problems, the least of which is the laws of physics. What about the “why-tase-’em-at-all” question? Now that Chief Craig has openly acknowledged what everyone not on the Taser International payroll has long known to be the case, that Tasers aren’t always less-than-lethal, the next logical step is control their use as the tool of first resort to prevent a cop from having to spend a few minutes talking a defendant off the ledge rather than tasing anyone who backtalks, questions ordoesn’t comply fast enough (especially if they happen to be deaf, blind or intellectually ormentally impaired). At what point will a big city police chief decide that painful and potentially deadly force should not be used except to meet force and prevent injury? There is no doubt that Tasers have saved lives, both cop and non-cop, when there was justification for the use of force, and getting tased beat the hell out of a bullet from a Glock. The problem isn’t that they haven’t served as a valued tool, but that the use of Tasers as an expedient means of shutting down a recalcitrant person who poses no threat to anybody for the convenience of a police officer remains largely uncontrolled. The idea of praising James Craig for acknowledging that Tasers can kill seems incredibly banal at this point. It’s not that empirical evidence isn’t a good thing, but all those dead bodies send a message of their own, despite Taser International’s explanation that it just must have been their time, and had nothing to do with getting tased. If someone threatens a cop, or anyone else,with physical harm, their chances of surviving a Taser over a bullet, or even a half dozen cops with clubs beating them until their clubs break, suggests that the weapon should remain on the utility belt.It is a useful device, and one that benefits everyone involved when used properly. Maybe avoiding the chest is a great idea to reduce the risk of killing someone. Maybe avoiding the use of weapons, of force, altogether when there is no reason for any force to be used, is a better idea. Just because there’s a Taser on their belt doesn’t mean they have to use it whenever it’s convenient. And if they don’t use it without reason, that’s one less person who won’t die. A(c) 2012 Simple Justice NY LLC. This feed is for personal, non-commercial & Newstex use only. The use of this feed on any other website is a copyright violation. If this feed is not via RSS reader or Newstex, it infringes the copyright.
Saving the Drug War: Prosecutorial Oblige
From blog.simplejustice When Eastern District of New York Judge John Gleeson used his sentencing memo inU.S. v. Dossie to send a message to the Attorney General to stop being such a mindless tool, his purpose was to castigate the Department of Justice and its co-conspirators in abusing the power it was given just because they could. Former prosecutor turned Gibson Dunn partner, Jim Walden, didn’t quite get the message. In the National Law Journal, Walden makes sure his bona fides are clear: Glad to know that you’re available to have lunch with Andy McCarthy, though this is no doubt expressed so that other “hawks” realize you’re no “wide-eyed, liberal” who “naA-vely criticizes” the drug war. As Walden informs, however, the problem isn’t the worthiness of the war, but that it has exceeded its purpose: Is that really what Congress did, or did you just believe the press release with all your heart and soul, the stuff meant to keep the nice folks in Peoria happy and buy votes in Cincinnati. The story behind mandatory minimums was that it was to put drug kingpins in prison, but the quantities at which mandatory minimums kick in tells a different story. Take a peak inside any federal prison and tell us how many cartel drug kingpins you see in those cells? They’re filled to capacity, and not a kingpin to be found. Walden, the drug hawk, contends that the problem isn’t with the war, or the law, but the overuse of mandatory minimums by prosecutors. This is where Judge Gleeson’s Dossie decision comes into play. And where it’s artfully abused. Using Dossie as the exemplar, Walden argues that prosecutors could “cure” the lack of fairness and equity by exercising better discretion in applying the mandatory minimums. The problem, thus, isn’t that the law is horrendously wrong, imposing mandatory minimums on people who fall a bit shy of drug kingpin. No, no. No problem there. It’s merely an empowerment of the DOJ to have the weapons available for when Prosecutors, there to protect us from the ravages of crime, feel the need to impose these harsh sentences. Yet again, we’re asked to trust those in power to exercise it as they see fit. Trust them. Believe in them. Don’t worry our naive heads about it, as they will protect us from the evil people. Let them have their mandatory minimums, and smarter people than us will remind the Prosecutors should they forget Congress’ will, to exercise their vast but necessary power with mercy and discretion, fairness and equity. Except that’s neither how the law works, nor is supposed to work. The law is not meant to be a bludgeon in the hands of the government, where the powerful get to exercise it if and when they deem it necessary. That Hawkish Mr. Walden trusts the Department of Justice to tread lightly where he, in his hawkish personal opinion,believes it’s warranted is not a substitute for my vision of fairness and equity. It’s not that we disagree that street level drug dealers should not be subject to the mandatory minimums. Indeed, we are in complete agreement, to that extent. But I have no plans on handing unfettered discretion to the government to decide if and when to slam a defendant, because someone in the United States Attorneys office has decided that he’s the one who deserves it. What makes posts like Walden’s insidious is that many will applaud his take, that he argues against the application of mandatory minimums to non-kingpins. Woo hoo, they cry. He’s one of us. Do not be fooled. He is most assuredly not one of us, whoever us is. He is a purveyor of omnipotent government, with only Prosecutorial Oblige to limit its worst impulses. If you trust the government to be all-powerful, but only use that power when it’s deemed necessary, than maybe you can go to lunch with Walden and McCarthy. If you prefer that Congress enact laws that prevent the government from using the bludgeon at will, then don’t be fooled. When the government has power, it uses it. As long as there are mandatory minimums, there will be full prisons. A(c) 2012 Simple Justice NY LLC. This feed is for personal, non-commercial & Newstex use only. The use of this feed on any other website is a copyright violation. If this feed is not via RSS reader or Newstex, it infringes the copyright.
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Cincinnati bullpen falters in 9-4 loss to Mets
From seattletimes.nwsource Aroldis Chapman left the game with his 0.00 ERA intact. Yet the rocket-armed reliever and his Cincinnati bullpen pals were far from perfect.
Wright delivers again, Mets rally past Reds
From seattletimes.nwsource David Wright lined his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning that raised his major league-leading average to .411 and sent the New York Mets past the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 Thursday.
Frazier homers twice, Reds beat Mets 6-3
From seattletimes.nwsource Todd Frazier homered twice, Brandon Phillips hit a tying single off Jon Rauch in the eighth and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 6-3 Wednesday night.
Braves rock Cueto with early runs, beat Reds 6-2
From seattletimes.nwsource The Braves jumped on Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto early Tuesday night and beat the Reds 6-2, giving the right-hander his first loss of the season.
Reds score 2 runs in 8th, beat Braves 3-1
From seattletimes.nwsource Brandon Phillips drove in the go-ahead run with a double off the centerfield wall and the Cincinnati Reds scored two runs off Jonny Venters in the eighth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Monday night.
Grand slam caps three-homer game for Joey Votto | Baseball Notebook
From seattletimes.nwsource Votto hit his first home runs since April 30, and his grand slam in the ninth inning gave Cincinnati a win over the Washington Nationals.
Zimmermann, Nationals beat Reds 2-1
From seattletimes.nwsource Jordan Zimmermann extended Washington’s streak of dominant starts, and Danny Espinosa homered for the second straight game Saturday night, leading the Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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The Macyas Inc. annual meeting today was a celebration of the retaileras rebirth. Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren noted in prepared remarks that Macyas began its reorganization in 2008 and 2009 and became aan all-new company.a aFast-forward to today. The customer is voting, and theyare voting with us because our year has been quite good,a he said. Quite good, indeed. The Cincinnati-based department store chain (NYSE: M) has grown sales by more than $1 billion in each of the last…
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Bank of Kentucky CEO Bob Zapp is 60 now, but donat look for him to retire anytime soon. Zapp said in an interview that he plans to stay at the helm at least long enough to see the bank through its expansion plans on the Ohio side of Greater Cincinnati. aI enjoy what I do,a he said. aItas fun, and itas especially fun when the company is successful. I feel in good health. Iam afraid to retire, because my brain might turn to mush.a Zapp said he didnat know how long it would be until…
If youare a fan of the arts or Over-the-Rhine or even local history, you probably heard earlier this week that the group working to restore Music Hall is seeking more money from the city. The Music Hall Revitalization Co. wants the city of Cincinnati to contribute $10 million to a $165 million renovation of the historic performance space, along with a series of other terms. Thatas up from an earlier request for $5 million. I wrote about the other terms in a story on our Web site. MHRC, as itas…
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