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On the Street Value of Ketchup and Cocaine.

June 20, 2019 by admin

Today I want to talk to you about Ketchup. And Cocaine. This miscellaneous rambling is spurred on by this terrible tweet from the US Attorney’s office: *BREAKING NEWS* 16.5 tons of cocaine has an approximate street value of over $1 billion. @ICEgov @CBPMidAtlantic @PhillyPolice @USCG https://t.co/GoY2bz4LlE— U.S. Attorney EDPA (@USAO_EDPA) June 18, 2019 The U.S. … Read More

Videos the world doesn’t need, but videos the world deserves right now.

May 8, 2019 by admin

You don’t want to see defense lawyers watching Live Police TV clips ranting about men in sandals doing field sobriety tests but, well, maybe you deserve to. I’ve got you covered right here. What started as a bit of a not-for-public-consumption test video that The Boss decided to put on Facebook (I don’t know why) … Read More

I Believe in Causation, Not Coincidence.

April 22, 2019 by admin

In August 2015 I teamed up with two awesome lawyers (Ray Flavin and James Kelly) and filed a class-action lawsuit against the McHenry County Clerk of the Circuit court. Our beef was with the way court costs were tacked onto fines in criminal courts. Most of the “costs” the clerks added after the judge set … Read More

Here’s Why R. Kelly Is Going To Prison (And I Don’t Know Anything About His Case)

February 25, 2019 by admin

Here’s what I know about R. Kelly’s arrest: He’s charged with several sex crimes. He posted bond. I don’t really know anything beyond that. I don’t need to. Illinois law is so compromised when it comes to sex crimes that he won’t receive a fair trial. Maybe you don’t care because you watched Surviving R. … Read More

The Real Reason the Chicago Gun Ban Isn’t Working (and other secrets THEY don’t want you to know about the “Gun Free City”).

March 26, 2018 by admin

Guns aren’t banned in Chicago.

If you actually paid attention to second amendment law (or ran a google search, or did 30 seconds of fact checking) you’d know that.

Chicago isn’t a gun free city. Chicago has never been a gun free city.

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