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You in a heap o’ trouble, mom and dad! So much stupidity involved in this case.

We have previously noted the murder of William “Billy” Schmidt over pure stupidity, a street theft of a cell phone. It took the Philadelphia Police a few weeks to identify the killers, but once they were, one of them fled the state. The alleged killers are minors, but now the parents of one of them are in trouble:

Parents accused of driving teen charged in Penn State student’s killing to Colorado ordered to stand trial

The judge’s ruling came after prosecutors presented evidence on how they allegedly helped their son evade capture following the June killing of William “Billy” Schmidt.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass "Go," do not collect $200.

Jacolby Williams, mugshot via WKYT-TV, because the Lexington Herald-Leader wouldn’t publish it.

We have noted, dozens of times, the McClatchy Mugshot Policy. Though I have never been able to find it officially published, when it was first emailed to McClatchy reporters and editors, a couple of the recipients sent it out via Twitter, which is the source of the image to the left, with the full text being printed in the footnote.[1]McClatchy Mugshot Policy: Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean … Continue reading The policy is meant, as stated, because “The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever.”

But it seems that what my best friend used to call the Lexington Herald-Liberal extends that to those convicted of crimes, serious crimes, as well. Continue reading →

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↑1 McClatchy Mugshot Policy:

Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever. Beyond the personal impact, inappropriate publication of mugshots disproportionately harms people of color and those with mental illness. In fact, some police departments have started moving away from taking/releasing mugshots as a routine part of their procedures.

To address these concerns, McClatchy will not publish crime mugshots — online, or in print, from any newsroom or content-producing team — unless approved by an editor. To be clear, this means that in addition to photos accompanying text stories, McClatchy will not publish “Most wanted” or “Mugshot galleries” in slide-show, video or print.

Any exception to this policy must be approved by an editor. Editors considering an exception should ask:

  • Is there an urgent threat to the community?
  • Is this person a public official or the suspect in a hate crime?
  • Is this a serial killer suspect or a high-profile crime?

If an exception is made, editors will need to take an additional step with the Pub Center to confirm publication by making a note in the ‘package notes‘ field in Sluglife.
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Will Bunch believes that yes, some people should be above the law District Attorney Larry Krasner thinks the same way

We have previously noted The Philadelphia Inquirer’s far left columnist Will Bunch and his adamant support for the rule of law.

Mr Bunch even wrote that he did not “like” President Biden’s final flurry of pardons “at all,” though he claimed that “they were understandable” to protect critics of then-incoming President Trump. Clearly, Mr Bunch believed the Democrats mantra of “no one is above the law,” used when they were trying to throw Mr Trump in prison.

But now? It seems that he doesn’t like the enforcement of our laws even one little bit!

Next-door states banned ICE-cop deals. Why not Pa.? | Will Bunch Newsletter

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This morning’s rant It's very politically incorrect

In a comment on The Other McCain, Steve asked:

But then one must ask why are there so many blacks who dwell in homes without fathers?

Am I allowed to tell the truth here? It’s because black women give up pussy so easily. It’s the same reason why the white bastardy rate has risen, just not as much as it has among black families. Continue reading →

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Is any murder sentence fair if the killer can get out of jail while his victim is still dead?

We first noted Zaakir McClendon in August of 2025, when he was finally arrested for the 2022 murder of Nicolas Elizalde and 2023 murder of Nafis Betrand-Hill. I had to use the mugshot of young Mr McClendon, tweeted by Steve Keeley, because the newspaper declined to publish it. The neck tattoo means automatically guilty. It’s a bit hard to read, but it appears to be “NIMB” or “NLMB”, the first of which could possibly be a bad abbreviation for “numbskull.”

We understand: The Philadelphia Inquirer doesn’t like to publish photos of accused criminals, because to do so might prejudice the cases against them, and such photos might follow an acquitted man many years into the future. But what about when the accused criminal is actually convicted?

At 17, he killed a 14-year-old outside Roxborough High — and then killed again. He faces decades in prison.

Zaakir McClendon, 21, was sentenced Friday for his role in killing Nicolas Elizalde, 14, and Nafis Betrand-Hill, 16.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! Just how boneheadedly stupid can some people be?

Samuel Marquez, photo via Delco Times, because The Philadelphia Inquirer refuses to publish photos of criminals.

I have previously snarked that if a suspect has a neck or facial tattoo, he’s just automatically guilty, and Samuel Marquez has both. The neck tattoos are obvious, but if you look closely, you’ll see that he has two teardrop tats as well.

Teardrop tattoos have different meanings, none of them good, but we do not know what meaning Mr Marquez meant when he got them. But one thing is certain: facial and neck tattoos mean that the person who got them is just plain stupid.

A brake-check on the Blue Route led to a road-rage attack and stabbing, police say

Samuel Marquez was so upset that another driver brake-checked him, police say, he punched that man multiple times and stabbed him with a box cutter.

by Vinny Vella | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | 12:37 PM EDT | Updated: 2:10 PM EDT

The near-fatal stabbing that took place on an entrance ramp to the Blue Route in Upper Merion on Saturday occurred when a Kensington man intentionally rear-ended another driver and then used two other vehicles he was traveling with to box the man in on an exit ramp, officials said Wednesday.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! At some point it has to be asked: how stupid can people be?

Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22. Mugshot is a public record.

Bugs Bunny more than once said that he knew he should of made a right turn at ‘Albiquoikie,’ and it looks as though Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez should have done the same thing. Mr Gutierrez now has a rather serious problem, and he has this problem because he has the IQ of an enchilada.

Man shoots, kills cousin during heated argument over whose enchiladas were spicier: police

by Bob Gambert | KABB | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | 3:57 PM MDT | Updated: 4:01 PM MDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KABB) — A New Mexico man was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing his cousin during an argument over whose plate of green chile enchiladas was hotter, according to authorities.

Ervin Joaquin Gutierrez, 22, was charged with an open count of murder in the Aug. 27 killing of 25-year-old Nathaniel Cavazos. . . . . Continue reading →

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Education bureaucrats gotta education bureaucrat!

The important paragraph was the seventeenth one down.

What my sadly late best friend used to call the Lexington Herald-Liberal gave readers this September 11th morning was a glowing story on Fayette County Public Schools interim Superintendent Bill Bradford, complete with a great photo of the man, as seen in the newspaper’s tweet about the story shown to the right, handsome, broad-shouldered, looking like he came to the schools from the Police Department. The article told us all the good that he would do, and very little that he had actually done. I suppose that’s not much of a surprise.

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Hold them accountable! No one is above the law, our good friends on the left said. That should include those who break our immigration laws, and those who enable them.

We reported on Tuesday how many law enforcement agencies in Kentucky were cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and now we’re seeing some of the same in the Keystone State. The activists are, of course, thoroughly incensed:

“We don’t need our local police enforcing federal law. It is not their job and has proven time and again to harm public safety,” said Jasmine Rivera, executive director of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition. “ICE and billionaires profiting off federal contracts are making billions of dollars from kidnapping our people. They are terrorizing families and attacking our neighbors who are literally building our communities. We don’t need $240 billion of our tax dollars to go to ICE and [U.S. Customs and Border Protection]; we need that money to make education, healthcare, and housing affordable.”

It wasn’t that long ago that our good friends on the left were telling us that “no one is above the law,” during their efforts to put then-former President Donald Trump in jail. Now, returned to office, Mr Trump agrees with that statement, and is enforcing our immigration laws, and shazamm! the left are trying to say that illegal immigrants should be above the law! Continue reading →