Two followups

1.) Officer Jeffrey Gort, the cop from the Woodbury, Minnesota Police Department who experienced a negligent discharge in a St. Cloud, Minnesota hotel room on August 2, 2006, has been scheduled for a pretrial hearing on November 26, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in Stearns County Court.

Since he had previously been scheduled for a settlement conference, it seems likely that any suspected backroom games-playing is now off the table, and Gort will now have to appear in public to answer for his screwup, just like any other peasant would have to do.

We plan on being there to document what happens, in the assumption that this case will finally be resolved sometime this decade.



2.) The Hoboken, New Jersey SWAT team that was caught on video drinking and partying in official gear, and allowing Hooters waitresses to handle their duty weapons in an unsafe manner, has been officially disbanded, and their fearless leader, Lt. Angelo Andriani, has been placed on desk duty, at least until the Federal lawsuit filed against the city by five Hispanic officers accusing him of racism runs its course. He sounds like a charming fellow, doesn't he?