Tag: Brickbats

Brickbat: Partners in Crime

In California, former Rohnert Park police officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Tatum will be sentenced together in May after a judge denied Huffaker's request for a new trial. The case involves a scheme where the…

Brickbat: Hard at Work

A federal judge sentenced former Baltimore City Schools Police Officer Lawrence Smith to one year and one day in jail. Smith admitted stealing $215,000 in overtime pay and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.…

Brickbat: Lightening the Mood

Mike Forbess, a 911 dispatcher in Watauga, Texas, was formally reprimanded after making an inappropriate joke during an emergency call. A mother called for help because her daughters were fighting and one had kicked a hole in…

Brickbat: Won't You Stay

In Germany, officials stress that military service remains voluntary. But an update to its military service law, which quietly took effect in January, bars men between ages 17 and 45 from leaving the country for more than…

Brickbat: Coming Back Clean

A local TV news investigation found that hundreds of people in Georgia who were arrested for DUI in 2025 were later shown to be sober, based on blood tests from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The records show that 701…

Brickbat: Cash Is King

The Russian government caused a major disruption to the country's online financial services while attempting to tighten internet censorship. In an effort to stop citizens from using VPNs to access blocked platforms like…

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