http://www.readthehook.com/ The latest comments from the Hook's main site, newsroom, and culture sites Sat, 21 Nov 09 05:28:02 -0500 http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/15/concerned-witnesses-before-hitching-morgan-harrington-caused-worry/ concerned 21 November 2009, 3:28 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/15/concerned-witnesses-before-hitching-morgan-harrington-caused-worry/ concerned 21 November 2009, 3:23 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/15/concerned-witnesses-before-hitching-morgan-harrington-caused-worry/ becca 21 November 2009, 2:12 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/17/wachovia-bank-robbery-today/ Gasbag Self Ordained Expert 21 November 2009, 12:54 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ Gasbag Self Ordained Expert 21 November 2009, 12:44 am quote: "Former Deputy Gasbag got canned a few years back for sleeping on the job in the courthouse, and the experience left him with a sizeable chip on his shoulder." Wrong again. The chip on my shoulder comes from being subjected to a long series of false arrests for the last decade. 7 false arrests between 1997 and 2005. SEVEN!!!! And my having to file lawsuit after lawsuit to clear my good name. None of them could issue a public apology and admit they had made a mistake. It's not fun filing lawsuit after lawsuit, and it's something I could never have imagined myself doing after being a sworn deputy sheriff for almost three decades. Maybe they thought I would roll over, play dead and go to jail if they kept issuing one false arrest warrant after another? I also have a chip on my shoulder over the technique used in serving the last of the 7 false arrest warrants. They parked their cop shoppe cars a few blocks out of sight and proceeded to circle my home on foot. Total darkness, peeping in my windows like common thugs. My dogs alerted me to somebody trespassing on my property. My outside dog would not shut up and was waking up the entire neighborhood, so I had to rush it up in getting dressed to go outside and see who was trespassing and WTF was going on. Had I walked outside with a weapon in my hand to defend my family and property I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now submitting this reply. My wife and daughter would have been attending my funeral. Maybe this is what the now former cop sitting in the background orchestrating this assault on my home and person wanted? Maybe he wanted me dead? If so, it would be the third documented attempt on my life. Dayum right I have a chip on my shoulder. They could have picked up the phone and asked me to report to the Magistrate's Office and meet them. They knew who I was. They could have found my phone number in the phone book or on the 911 CAD system. They had no trouble calling me on the phone 2 nights later and asking me to meet them on West Main Street to discuss a related matter. But everything had to be done Rambo style in the dark of the night. Just like they raided Bob Archer's sons home one night on a simple moped violation. I might add the moped charge didn't even exist in the books. It too was another infamous false arrest in this area. Cop shoppe tactics are very dangerous to the average citizen nowadays. ]]> http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/17/wachovia-bank-robbery-today/ CC 21 November 2009, 12:35 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ Gasbag Self Ordained Expert 21 November 2009, 12:20 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ name (required) 21 November 2009, 12:02 am http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ Gasbag Self Ordained Expert 20 November 2009, 11:55 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/booze-in-the-blender-jimmy-buffett-rocks-charlottesvill/ listener7 20 November 2009, 11:38 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ Sick of the Local Gasbag 20 November 2009, 11:33 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/18/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/ Gasbag Self Ordained Expert 20 November 2009, 11:18 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/20/familiar-strangers-now-on-dvd-and-download/ Norm Saffe 20 November 2009, 11:10 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/20/familiar-strangers-now-on-dvd-and-download/ Jenny 20 November 2009, 11:07 pm http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/lawsuits-galore-minor-v-danielson-hearing-friday/ Jeff 20 November 2009, 10:48 pm