Salt City Sinner

  Roy Hazelwood and the Rise of Mind-Reading Police Wizards   Most of what people think they know about so-called “forensic science” is bullshit, and that fact leads to terrible law enforcement outcomes.

Posted on 8/25/21 by Charles R. Bernard - originally published at Madness Heart Press in two posts   With the recent release of Billy Summers, Stephen King has re-re-re-reinvented himself while pursuing his “true crime phase” – and he’s made a lot of money doing it. With Stephen once again King of the hill, I thought it might be worth sharing my review of his April 2020 quartet of novellas, collected as If It Bleeds .  

posted on 1/6/2014 by the Salt City Sinner, with significant contributions from Ørn Hansen Hey there ho there, citizen, do you have anything to fear but fear itself? NO? Think harder before you answer. Fear is an industry these days, and to refuse to buy any at all is to raise a skinny fist against Industry itself! Aren't you afraid of terrorists? Aren't you afraid of kids these days, what with their droogs and their moloko vellocet and their anti-sex leagues and their Jesus camps? One thing that you are surely concerned about is the rogue weirdo, the guy who *isn't quite right*, you know, the guy, THAT guy, the you-think possibly one-day armed maybe office shooter? Well you can look Officer Friendly in the face(plate) and ask “am I safe?” and he will grip his riot gear tighter to himself and answer “No.” Then he'll squint at you and growl "wait, you aren't 'safe,' are you?!" and kneel on your throat until he can zip-tie you until subm...

November 2, 2012 Danielle Willard was shot and killed in an incident involving two undercover Detectives with the West Valley City Police.   The following day Danielle's roommate, Krystal Harrison and her mother Melissa Kennedy both confirmed that Danielle had struggled for quite some time with an addiction to heroin.  Krystal stated that Danielle had just experienced a relapse in her addiction and believed that drugs may have played a role in her encounter with the undercover detectives that took her life.  I took a moment and looked through Danielle 's Facebook page.  I found a young woman who enjoyed the beauty of the world around her and photographing it.  She was loved by family and friends, she was creative and stunningly beautiful.  Danielle was from Vancouver, Washington and had graduated High School in Gresham, Oregon.  She liked a variety of things, including Spiderman, tattoos and piercings, and the book "Just for Today Meditati...