The Jones family has retained a lawyer, and the lucky winner of a nice shinny new contingency case is.............
wait for it..........
It's obvious, isn't it?
The Law Dog.......KENNY LAWSON.
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Drugs Found in Jones' Car
The Coroner reports that Nathaniel Jones' car contained .36g of cocaine and:
The cigarettes, which had been dipped in a liquid substance and were slightly odorous, test positively for the presence of phencyclidine.Phencyclidine is better known as PCP or "angel dust."
Tuesday Media Roundup on Police Suspect Death
Hegemo comments on Jimmy Kimmel's show with Dick Gregory and The Great One Wayne Gretzky. Gregory brought up the death of Nathaniel Jones here in Cincinnati. Wayne seemed to be staying out of the conversation. I would have likely done the same if I was him in that situation. Why comment on something you know nothing about on national TV?
While on 1230theBuzz Oscar Robinson complained about Bill Cunningham's comments on the Hannity & Combs show on FOX. I can't find a transcript.
CNN interview with Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr.
FOX News has an AP report with a bit of recycled news.
I will try to update this later if any additional comments or news pops up. I am surprised so far that the outside of local Cincy area Bloggers, this has not hit the blogosphere much yet. If anyone has seen other blogs out there with comments on this story, let me know.
UPDATE: Wes Flinn provides a full analysis with historical context.
NY Times on Cincinnati trying to quell tension.
UPDATE #2: Post Editorial.
UPDATE: #3 From the Dallas Morning News Blog
While on 1230theBuzz Oscar Robinson complained about Bill Cunningham's comments on the Hannity & Combs show on FOX. I can't find a transcript.
CNN interview with Cincinnati Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr.
FOX News has an AP report with a bit of recycled news.
I will try to update this later if any additional comments or news pops up. I am surprised so far that the outside of local Cincy area Bloggers, this has not hit the blogosphere much yet. If anyone has seen other blogs out there with comments on this story, let me know.
UPDATE: Wes Flinn provides a full analysis with historical context.
NY Times on Cincinnati trying to quell tension.
UPDATE #2: Post Editorial.
UPDATE: #3 From the Dallas Morning News Blog
Media watch: police vs. 350-pound manYup.
Many no doubt saw the video of the police confrontation with the 350-pound man. My gripe was with the television tease to the late news last night shown repeatedly to lure you into the 10 p.m. news. It showed just the the beating with batons. Yet when more of the tape was rolled -- earlier in the episode -- we saw the 350-pound man lunging wildly at one of the officers.
Quite a different picture that at least threw total doubt on the first impressions delivered by the "tease."
The autopsy shows PCP (notorious angel dust that can cause tremendous mood swings) as well as cocaine in the dead man's body throws even more fog into the incident.
That is media irresponsibility. It made it look like Rodney King II was under way. That's ratings on the cheap.
posted by Jim Frisinger @ Dec 2, 10:52 AM
Big Local News Day
Beyond the big nationalized news story around the police suspect death we have two additional stories that would be big news if not crowded out. A 17 year old girl was reportedly abducted by her armed boyfriend. Also a rookie Bengal player from the practice squad was arrested on multiple charges after being caught urinated in public. The later incident would have been wall-to-wall coverage. The man allegedly ran from police. He was arrested on charges of fleeing police, public intoxication, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and driving on a suspended license. According to the story he fled from police in his car. I don't know why he did not get charged with DUI if he got a public intoxication charge.
UPDATE: Girl abducted now home safe.
UPDATE: Girl abducted now home safe.
Blame Canada!
Looks like I will be moving to Canada at some point. If Bush's America gains dominance over the culture, then I believe the blue and red states will be slipping into a greater conflict than civil rights era ever had.
Relevant Facts?
There are new reported facts about the Police scuffle death. The Post reports two big elements:
1. After the Fire Department called police to deal with Jones, they left.
2. Jones called the police officers "White boy, red neck."
The only point of the incident that looks like poor judgment is expressed in this passage from the article
If you have seen any national news reporters around town, chime in and share who you saw.
UPDATE: A CNN report adds another fact that was new to me, a woman was reported to be with Mr. Jones at the point of the initial call to the paramedics.
1. After the Fire Department called police to deal with Jones, they left.
2. Jones called the police officers "White boy, red neck."
The only point of the incident that looks like poor judgment is expressed in this passage from the article
After detecting a pulse but noticing that Jones was not breathing after officers rolled him over onto his back, a half dozen officers stood around the 41-year-old Northside man for about two minutes without administering CPR or other first aid.This is not untypical for police, but this is where the fire department actions are more of an issue. Race should not be an issue, but a talk radio caller said the fire department paramedics on the scene were black. If this was true, how will it affect the debate? If this story lasts as a national issue into tomorrow papers, then we truly have a circus.
If you have seen any national news reporters around town, chime in and share who you saw.
UPDATE: A CNN report adds another fact that was new to me, a woman was reported to be with Mr. Jones at the point of the initial call to the paramedics.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)