Makes ya feel good. Oops, watchit there, just step over the bodies and the civil rights!
Thus spaketh Lou Ponsi who seems to be doing his level best to avoid real news and even to parrot the nonsense peddled by the anti-recall crowd.
Ponsi seems really impressed with banners stating how much folks love Fullerton. Ponsi doesn’t seem interested that the operation is the brainchild of downtown businesses who have profited off of the City Council’s crazy wild west show; nor in the irony that these essentially anti-recall messages are hung on public property. No, that would take independence and intelligence, traits that Ponsi simply doesn’t possess.
Of course Ponsi echoes the notion that the one and only problem is the minor altercation last summer that left Kelly Thomas’ brains in a Transportation Center gutter, and of course he ignores the reality a phone call made by – a downtown business, that may very well have an I Love Fullerton banner in front of it.
Really? I don't know anything about that stuff. Wow!
Lou must have a short or self-serving memory if he can’t remember:
FPD cop Todd Major – convicted of fraud, 2011.
FPD cop Kelly Mejia – plead guilty to grand larceny, 2011
FPD cop Albert Rincon – accused of a dozen sexual batteries while in uniform causing a rebuke from a federal judge and a $350,000 settlement (so far), but actually “separated” for something else (jeez how bad could that have been), 2006-2011.
FPD cop Vincent Mater – “separated” after destroying evidence in a Fullerton jail suicide, identified as an untrustworthy “Brady cop” and suspected of a roll in the false identification in the Emanuel Martinez case. Charged by the District Attorney,2011.
FPD cop “Sonny” Saliceo who through laziness or malice, permitted or encouraged the mis-identification of Emanuel Martinez who subsequently spent five months in jail.
FPD employee April Baughman who was recently arrested on charges of theft from the FPD property room over a period of two years. 2012.
A lawsuit by Veth Mam against the police department and FPD cop Kenton Hampton for a laundry list of civil rights violations and false prosecution. 2011.
A lawsuit by Andrew Trevor Clarke against FPD cop Cary Tong and half the FPD for a laundry list of civil rights violations. 2012.
A lawsuit by Edward Miguel Quinonez against the FPD and Kenton Hampton for even more civil rights violations. 2011
And let’s not forget the eventual civil and civil rights suits against the balance of the FPD Six (including our old friends Kenton Hampton and Joe Wolfe). 2011.
Then in non-police matters there’s the little problem of the City Council giving away land worth millions for free to campaign contributors; and giving away huge subsidies to the bag man who runs the anti-recall campaign. 1996-2012.
And finally let us recall the biggest scam of all – the perpetuation of the illegal water tax for fifteen long years that went, in part, to pay the salaries and pensions of the very city council that looked the other way year after year. 1996-2012.
Hey, Lou? Any of this ring a bell? What a punk.
#1 by Christian on March 26, 2012
Maybe I’ll sponsor a banner or two with each FPD crook. That way as they arrive to court on the jail bus they can get the proper recognition that each crook so richly deserves.
#2 by Tracy on March 27, 2012
DO IT!!! I will totally help distribute and hang them!
#3 by The Fullerton Savage on March 26, 2012
Some sponsors of the banners are businesses that chose to picture their own storefronts. Isn’t this just an advertisement? Can anyone place an ad on a busy Fullerton artery for $300?
#4 by Anonymous on March 26, 2012
I think the Kelly Thomas Memorial Fund should purchase a banner with a picture of Mr. Thomas on it.
#5 by Go South on March 26, 2012
That’s what I love about this site, Tony, Travis Kiger The college drop out and Chris Thompson.
Everything in the City of Fullerton sucks except for some piece of shit old shack Tony and George slapped together to pack in some more wetbacks.
#6 by just a guy on March 26, 2012
FPD racists strike again. Big surprise from Fullerton’s Finest.
#7 by Fred Alcazar on March 27, 2012
A little sensitive aintcha porky? How a about a “we support the crooked police union” in front of FPD.
Oh, wait…
#8 by Hilarious on March 27, 2012
Your posts are all a festering stink pile of crap logic written by someone who sounds like he actually managed to fail his GED multiple times.
Thankfully the cops in my city aren’t sad dropouts with permanent inferiority complexes cuddled by their union gangster boss.
Grab a sense of morality at church or at least some place besides the TV you rot your overpaid ass watching between your desperate internet equivocations.
#9 by Bony Tushala on March 26, 2012
These are totally anti recall messages! Tommy Lasorda is going down with the 3 dinosaurs now!
I hate the love fullerton signs, therefore I love Fullerton more than anybody! Duhz!
#10 by Way too little, way too late... on March 27, 2012
Yeah, really. What in the hell does Tommy Lasorda have to do with Fullerton? He owned some bedrooms here for awhile.So what?
An obvious diversion tactic. And I agree with Mr. Savage. Some of this crap is just advertisement for businesses.
I wonder how many Jack Franklyn and the douchebag Jeremy Popoff bought.
#11 by Anonymous on March 26, 2012
With the banners selling for $300 a sign with 100 sold, I wouldn’t be surprised if the profits were actually being used for the anti recall campaign.
#12 by Anonymous on March 26, 2012
I would like to know who is the real brainchild of this feel good about Fullerton campaign.
#13 by Christian on March 27, 2012
If I had $5, I would put in on Keller. This is her MO.
#14 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
Madame Mayor Quicksilver.
She spoke and raved about it at the last council meeting, I believe.
#15 by Vernon Dozier on March 26, 2012
Another symbolic gesture that accomplishes NOTHING. Fantastic.
#16 by Who cares on March 26, 2012
Who cares if someone wants to sponsor some decorations.
Musta been a slow news day… next.
#17 by Vernon Dozier on March 27, 2012
The banners are nothing short of fantasy and manipulation that gloss over the darkest years in Fullerton’s history.
Somebody, somewhere, is hoping these happy images will help us forget all that is wrong and corrupt with this city. This is the perfect storm that invites voter apathy in the wake of a very important recall election.
By the way, wasn’t Sharon Quirk one of the masterminds behind this stupid idea?
#18 by Who cares on March 27, 2012
Common Vernon… Is the City to suspend all promotional activities? Lame.
I agree with Joe that Ponsi is milk toast when it comes to being critical of the RINOs or LE. But I don’t think these banners will have any affect on the recall. It is being done by local businesses to beautify their area. It has been done in the past as well. It’s nothing new… move along….
Vote YES on the recall! Kiger for CC!
#19 by OFFICE of SADISTIC INTELLIGENT REVIEW on March 27, 2012
Its one of the last gasps in a toppled, crumbling Regime. It just might make them a little collectible.
Recall the 3 MIDDLE FINGERS and their Crew, Regime Change YES?
#20 by andy anderson on March 27, 2012
I think you guys are missing the point here. Me and some friends bought one to put up and were really excited about the idea. I don’t think it’s in any way tied to the anti-recall, I think it was a way to let everyone know that the citizens of this wonderful city love where they live. I would have loved to see more private parties get involved but it seems only businesses took them up on the offer. Just my two cents, but I really do love Fullerton – and I think everyone here does too or else we wouldn’t be fighting so hard to fix it. If anyone sees our banner “The Super Best Friends” let me know where it is because I haven’t found it yet…….
#21 by Joe Sipowicz on March 27, 2012
Hello Andy.
No, the motivation of the banner campaign or even its content weren’t the main point of the post. The main point (and I do have to admit, it hardly needs reiteration at this juncture) is that Lou Ponsi dedicates his “journalistic” efforts to advertise an obvious feel-good campaign and relates it to a single incident – the Thomas murder.
In fact, Ponsi (and his editors, too, I presume) can only be described as willfully negligent in failing to report, follow up on, and stitch together the serial crimes of the FPD, the Redevelopment scams, and the illegal water tax as the sclerotic tissue of incompetence, corruption, and unaccountability that it is.
P.S. Ponsi also swiped the original Kelly Mejia story from FFFF and put it under his own name without attribution.
And, yes: vote recall!
#22 by Jane H on March 27, 2012
Ponsi is a lightweight suck-up.
#23 by john doe on March 27, 2012
Andy I think what you said is absolutely correct. If I had the money I will buy one. Let the citizens of “Fullerton” take their city back.
“NO RECALL”
#24 by john doe on March 27, 2012
“WOULD”
#25 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
It’s nice to see you are finally correcting your own spelling errors, John Doe.
Glad we could teach you something here.
#26 by john doe on March 27, 2012
The only thing you teach me here is to hate…NO thank you. If I catch it I correct it, if not..oh well. The big deal.
#27 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
We didn’t teach you to hate homeless people. You did that all by yourself. That’s why your brothers in blue murdered Kelly Thomas in cold blood.
#28 by Just Asking on March 27, 2012
Would you buy a banner with the image of 6 bloated FPD swine beating Kelly Thomas?
We Love Fullerton! Booyah!
#29 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Yes, he WOULD!
#30 by john doe on March 27, 2012
No I would buy one of a Manson looking smelly homeless guy. Being an idiot.
#31 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
The Manson family murdered 9 people and they are still alive.
Kelly Thomas murdered 0 people and he is dead.
Here’s a little Sesame Street game for you……Which of these cases is NOT the same?
#32 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
Manson dead people didn’t run and fight? But Kelly did? But in both cases no one would have died?
#33 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Kelly didn’t run and fight. He was legally defending himself from illegal intimidation and aggression. Kelly did not strike the first blow. He was a defenseless person who was trying to get away from threats, and he was MURDERED by six overweight cops who didn’t know how to arrest someone without killing them.
#34 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
Of course. I forgot you were there.
#35 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
While you were there did you actually see that all six cops were overnight? I’m surprised they caught him since they were ALL so fat. Hmmmmmm
#36 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
That’s why they used their batons and tasers. And, that’s why they ganged up on Kelly, crushed him, collapsed his lung, and then bludgeoned him to death AFTER he was already unconscious. They were SO AFRAID of an unconcious man.
#37 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
In Reality, who cares what diploma mill they got their GED or degree from. The Reality Is, they FAILED as cops, they FAILED as human beings and they MURDERED an innocent man.
#38 by Joe Sipowicz on March 27, 2012
Incorrect. Kelly was moving away from Ramos when Wolfe hit him with the stick and then the two fat fucks piled on to him.
He wasn’t even defending himself.
#39 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Not only are you a GED cop, but you also FAILED Sesame Street!
#40 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
LOL GED. That’s dumb. That’s all you have after a year? How about this. Tell me how many of the fat 6 cops had only GEDs?
#41 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I see that “John Doe 1-10″ went off duty, and your shift has begun…quick, grab some donuts and Starbucks and begin blogging!
#42 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
So…if it works so well for you…maybe you should just go back to being quiet???
#43 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
I’m at Starbucks right now..and joe. The 2 fat fucks couldn’t restrain the crazy smelly dude cause of his smell.
#44 by John Doe on March 27, 2012
No I’m at Starbucks now..And Joe two fat fucks couldnt control a crazy smelly dude. They probably couldnt stand the smell.
#45 by andy anderson on March 28, 2012
What I meant was, let the citizens take the city back from corporate interests and unadulterated greed. I say Yes on the Recall….remember, Fullerton isn’t for sale for people like Ackerman, Bennett, and Ellis
#46 by andy anderson on March 27, 2012
Forgot to add, please vote yes on the recall
#47 by Van get it da artiste on March 27, 2012
Intended to be all inclusive, the “we” on the Fullerton banners. “We love Fullerton” actually is the majestic plural. The “we” that sponsors these banners are our corrupt city council. their banners are nothing more than propaganda intended to buy the majestic plural and their cronies who feed on the crumbs thrown to them by Bankhead,McKinley and Jones positive spin. Those who truly love Fullerton fight on for the recall,of the evil triad from our town’s government, Jones,Bankhead and Jones.
#48 by Fullerton Lover on March 27, 2012
Would FFFF mind sponsoring a banner with Albert Rincon’s picture on it?
That would be true community service.
#49 by Fullerton Lover on March 27, 2012
Can someone tell me if these banners were installed at taxpayer expense?
#50 by 4 Generations in Fullerton on March 27, 2012
No, the banners are not being installed with taxpayer money. The $300 cost includes putting them up and taking them down. The city council has nothing to do with them. You can have any (tasteful) Fullerton image on the banner.
#51 by The Fullerton Harpoon on March 27, 2012
“The city council has nothing to do with them”
Incorrect. They are hanging from city property for which a city permit must have been approved. No getting around it.
#52 by 4 Generations in Fullerton on March 27, 2012
You think the city council issues permits???
#53 by AntiCorruptionUnit on March 27, 2012
LOL, Lou says Fullerton’s “reputation” was bruised.
Lou, what are you getting for trying to be Fullerton’s PR man?
#54 by The Fullerton Harpoon on March 27, 2012
Actually it was deeply wounded. But rather than clean and dress the wound the old guard and their lackeys would prefer to slap some makeup on it and call it healthy tissue.
But I do wish FFFF had gotten a banner for somewhere on Harbor: We love Fullerton. Elect real leaders.
#55 by Christian on March 27, 2012
LIKE button.
#56 by Peaches on March 27, 2012
Maybe he is auditioning for Ms. Mud Rick Palm’s position?
#57 by The Fullerton Harpoon on March 27, 2012
This Ponsi character is obviously just a shill for the established (dis)order. But that’s the way it’s always been.
Remember Babs Giasone and Jackie Brown (shudder).
#58 by merijoe on March 27, 2012
IMO, If the banners are exclusively for the edification of Fullerton, then Kelly Thomas wouldn’t have even been mentioned so detailed in the article, evidenced by this Lou Ponsi quote which links you to other OC Register articles about Kelly not of “cool” articles regarding Fullerton-of Kelly Thomas,
“The campaign aims to remind the public about the endearing qualities of Fullerton, which has had its reputation somewhat bruised following last summer’s death of a homeless man, Kelly Thomas, after being detained by police. Two officers face trial and have pleaded not guilty.”
Im just sayin.
And, BTW, what IS the connection of Tommy Lasorda to Fullerton?
#59 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
Merijoe,
Tommy Lasorda has lived in Fullerton since around late 70′s when he became the Dodger manager. Other ex-Dodgers are or used to be Fullerton residents like Mickey Hatcher (the current Angels hitting coach) and at one time Kirk Gibson.
But really, BFD to the whole thing!
#60 by merijoe on March 27, 2012
Well, I agree, this is a community thing isn’t it? Shouldn’t it be in a community type paper? Nothing new, but, I wonder real hard about this Lou Ponsi and his connections to certain Fullerton members now.
#61 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
Agreed.
I just noticed this from ACU above:
Lou, what are you getting for trying to be Fullerton’s PR man?
Bingo! His bank account could very well be where some of Fullerton’s residents overpaid water bills sit; which is probably why he never discusses the water tax issue.
#62 by AntiCorruptionUnit on March 27, 2012
Or Lou’s boss is in bed with the corrupt ones, and Lou is being told what he will and will not print, what questions he will and will not ask.
We see that up here with our biggest paper, selective reporting at it’s finest. Or next largest paper NEVER prints any scathing articles of government corruption.
The question begs to be asked when you see some of this stuff being ignored by the OC register. Their follow up to most of this just SUCKS!!!
When Lou did his first major article on FPD or one of them, it was the pictures and story with Hughes and the inside of the station.
That seem to set the stage from that point forward, and we have seen little since.
When you see people’s civil rights being violated, people dying, being incarcerated without just cause, and all you get is pictures of the Chief and his police station. LAUGHABLE!!!!
#63 by merijoe on March 27, 2012
If that’s the scenario, I don’t care who’s pulling strings and making demands…Lou is a grown ass man, somethings are more important than a job, for those who have any ethics, morals and character, that is.
Culture of Corruption
#64 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
Banner Contest!
#65 by admin on March 27, 2012
Guess what?
We bought a 4F banner, that’s what.
Now let’s see where they’re going to put it. Any guesses?
#66 by The Fullerton Savage on March 27, 2012
Can’t wait to see what’s on it.
#67 by merijoe on March 27, 2012
They actually sold you one? gadz-did they gag?
Who did you pick for the picture?
Oh, they choose where it goes? My guess, it will be scheduled for placement at the Circle K in Big Bear
#68 by Christian on March 27, 2012
Over the train tracks behind the closed up Hunt Branch library.
#69 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
It should go right over Kelly’s Corner.
#70 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
Best suggestion yet!
Kelly’s Corner…
#71 by streets of fullerton on March 27, 2012
Place the banner Under the Fullerton Train Days banner at the train station.
“May 5 & 6 Railroad Days”
” May 7 Kelly Thomas trial”
#72 by john doe on March 27, 2012
Put on the pole in front of the Ice House…
#73 by Erin on March 27, 2012
In front of Florentines?
#74 by Erin on March 27, 2012
or the Slimbar.
#75 by lucky on March 27, 2012
I used to love Fullerton. Now I am embarrassed to tell people where I live. They usually ask if that’s where the cops killed “that guy “? And then I have to say “yes”.
#76 by The Sandman on March 27, 2012
Ask the resident of any city if the cops killed someone there. The answer would be YES. Although they usually shoot them, it is not on tape, there aren’t any credible witness’s and it is not a slow news …..
#77 by Tuco Ramirez on March 27, 2012
Sandman, I live in OC and in my city there have been no cop killings other than one by LA County Sheriff chasing a suspect. You are a troll!
#78 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
And I’d bet that LA County Sheriff’s deputy said he thought he saw the suspect reach for his ‘waist area’.
Always a justifiable shooting for any cop in anytown USA…
#79 by Hilarious on March 27, 2012
Apparently by “any city” The Sandman means every city he doesn’t live in as he imagines it to be in his head.
He has a very persistent imagination.
#80 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
“Mr. Sandman bring me a dream bom,bom,bom,bom…….”
#81 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
The name “Mr. Sandman” means he is approving, the wanton killing, and murder of Citizens innocent or not.
#82 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
A lot of the troll names suggest of killing.
#83 by truthseeker on March 27, 2012
This is what is done in communist countries pounding the diversionary propaganda. It wont work here. Too many people are awake for different reasons. Ask Hee Haw deep wounds don’t heal unless they are debrided, cleansed and treated. They have done none of the aforementioned up to this point. They have just hidden the wound behind a thin sheen of phony concern. June is approaching fast.
#84 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
“Band-Aid Banners” to hide the wounds.
#85 by We Are All One on March 27, 2012
Instead of buying and waving banners boasting how wonderful the city is, put the money and effort into actually improving the city. They can start with repaving roads with http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Tires/Grants/Pavement/default.htm.
#86 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
Roads? Don’t get me started! F-town’s roads are the worst in OC. Ask anyone.
#87 by buttonh00k on March 27, 2012
I want to buy one. But can I have it say, “If we love Fullerton, vote yes on the recall.”?
#88 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
Lou doesn’t have a “real” boss, the inmates are running that asylum at the OCR. They have long gotten rid of any intelligent writers/editors that might have existed years ago.
#89 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
Public Labor Unions and Violence and Lou Ponsi!!
Morgan O. Reynolds
Unions and Violence
February 1983 •
The economist’s special insight into union violence rests on the theory of monopoly, more properly, cartel theory, as well as the general notion that people respond to incentives. In economic terms, a trade union is a combination of sellers of labor services who individually have little or no control over the labor market but who seek to control the market through collective action. Unionists have never concealed their ambitions because they often have announced that their purpose was to “take competition out of wages” or to “take wages out of competition.”
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/unions-and-violence/
#90 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
Same link as above
Violence also shows the incomplete power of unions because other organized producer groups like the American Medical Association, tree-pruners, cosmeticians, and so on, do not have to rely on strikes and private intimidation. Instead, they have licensing laws. In the event of encroachments on their market, they merely telephone the government for a policeman to restrain new entrants. If unions relied more directly on the public police force to restrain trade on behalf of worker cartels, the hoodlums and other specialists in violence would be less valuable to union officials. Unions then would look somewhat more respectable and less dependent on “undesirable” elements.
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/unions-and-violence/
#91 by Ms. White/Not Betty on March 27, 2012
Will not be a “banner year” in Fullerton until there is “Justice For Kelly Thomas.”
#92 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I’d like to see your comment put onto a banner!! Beautifully said!
#93 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
“July 6th 2011, Fullerton CA”
#94 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Perfect!
#95 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
“That’s the night that the lights with out” in Fullerton.
#96 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
sorry, “went” out
#97 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
Did you mean to type July 5th?
#98 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
No the 6th, The Darkening leads to the Enlightening. (Just like the Renaissance)
When someone shines a light, the cockroaches scatter, but there is some stupid or old ones, that just sit there. Thats when you take action or call the exterminator. FPD Station use to be a Hotel. (@Tuco)
#99 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
FPD station used to be a hotel?
What was the name of the hotel?
When?
Where were they located prior to that location?
#100 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
KKK HQ
#101 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
I heard all Fullerton cops have tattoos that say KKK Toker.
#102 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
Ha ha ha
#103 by Jane H on March 27, 2012
That’s great!
#104 by Albey Al on March 27, 2012
Put a lifesize picture of me…with my Abs….boooyaaaa
#105 by Wrong Guy on March 27, 2012
Perfect for target practice. Yeah!
#106 by Disgusted on March 27, 2012
Douche mode activated!
#107 by Tuco Ramirez on March 27, 2012
Lou Ponsi scheme. That is the OC Register system of kissing the butt of law enforcement for the past 50 years. Show me otherwise!
You can support the good things law enforcement does, but you never, never fail to report the not so good things too. That type of balanced coverage keeps everyone on their toes, not everyones fingers in the cookie jar!
#108 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
How Powerful Are Public Unions?
February 28, 2011
The facts suggest that the force is neither small nor countervailing, but large and prevailing. At the state and local levels, unions run the show. They run it financially, and run it by turning out at the polls.
Now, public unions have the strongest (but by no means sole) interest in their own compensation. It’s true that you don’t have businesses sitting across from the bargaining table with the public unions. But that doesn’t mean those unions lack an opposing force. Paying public employees more requires raising taxes. The cost of taxes is apparent and immediate for voters. The cost of a less effective public workforce plays out over long time horizons and is harder to demonstrate.
http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/84330/how-powerful-are-public-unions
#109 by FULLERTON on March 27, 2012
Crime stats: From July through February, Fullerton police have responded to 29,702 calls for service, taken 9,838 crime reports, made 3,300 arrests and issued 10,812 traffic citations. Officer-initiated contacts during that time frame number 17,340.
Lou Ponsi
http://www.ocregister.com/news/-164117-ocprint–.html
#110 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
“Either mistaken or misinformed and lied too”
#111 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
oink!!
#112 by andy anderson on March 27, 2012
man, I’ve been driving around for the last two days trying to find my banner. If anyones seen it, please let me know where it is! It says “The Super Best Friends” and has me, Jesse La Tour, Becky Holt, Matt Rowe…..et al.
#113 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
In your eyes cops fail every time they put a uniform on.
Jury will decide for the others in this world if they failed, or if someone else failed.
#114 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
No, they fail when they are corrupt and abuse and murder innocent victims. Unfortunately, there are a lot of FPD cops who are giving the good cops a very bad reputation.
#115 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
True. No more at Fullerton than at any other PD in the USA. That won’t ever change. Humans are swayed by temptation and that will only get worse in this economy. Getting the bad ones out is and always will be a challenge.
#116 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I don’t settle for lame excuses like you do.
#117 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
It’s our way or the highway even if facts dictate otherwise. Dictator JFA.
#118 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Reality Is, your “facts” are a thick blue line of FICTION.
#119 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
And yours is the red line? Or the green line?
#120 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I don’t understand your reference.
#121 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
Oops “your”
#122 by mala sangre on March 27, 2012
“the economy” has zero to do with murder, sexual assault etc. if you thin k the sow making 87G a year that stole an i=Pad did it because of the economy, how does that compute?
#123 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Wolfe hit Kelly with the baton to the thigh- BEFORE he started running.
#124 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
You are so full of it.
#125 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I know. Full of the TRUTH.
#126 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
So in trial the video will show Wolfe whacking Kelly while he sat on the curb. Interesting. But he wasn’t charged? Are you sober toniight or just grumpy?
#127 by Justice for ALL on March 28, 2012
Kelly Thomas was NOT sitting on the curb at the time that he was struck with the first baton blow to his thigh; Kelly was backing away from Ramos after being threatened. Please go back and listen again to the D.A.’s detailed description of the events that took place the night that Kelly Thomas was murdered.
Regardless of what your true motives might possibly be for constantly posting your DIS-information on this blog, the majority of your posts are aimed at making excuses for the criminal behavior of FPD.
You project an extremely tolerant and defeatist attitude towards corruption, crime, abuse and murder within the ranks of LE. You don’t seem to be very motivated to try to root out the culture of corruption, at ALL levels. I think you prefer the status quo far too much; it seems to suit you just fine.
I believe, that if you were a professional in LE, who had any morals or integrity, your true purpose on this blog would be to RESTORE (not destroy) public confidence in the motives, integrity and mission of LE and especially in FPD.
I believe that someone such as yourself, particularly in management??, would be trying their very hardest to project an image, attitude and a culture of ZERO tolerance towards corruption, abuse and murder of ANYONE, no matter how “smelly” or mentally ill, or destitute they might be!!
Your comments on this blog are extremely Unprofessional, and particularly unseemly, for any member of LE, and even MUCH less acceptable for a member of the management. You are doing FPD personnel a great DISservice by posting your hateful comments on this blog. You are CONSTANTLY creating an even GREATER distrust of the true motives of FPD personnel and of the culture within FPD. Perhaps that is your intent.
You are either just a PROVOCATEUR, or you are REALLY STUPID.
#128 by Fullerton Lover on March 31, 2012
I have to first give props to your post, and I’d like to add that I know and have spoken to two eyewitnesses to the murder of Kelly Thomas, and your description of events is spot on to what they’ve related to me.
This is one of the reasons that I have a hard time with Officer Wolfe not facing criminal charges of any sort, and have wondered if the DA plans on using Wolfe’s testimony to convict Ramos and Ciccinelli?
#129 by Fred Alcazar on March 31, 2012
I used to think that, too but now I’m convinced our do-nothing DA is doing as little as possible to prosecute the case. Wolfe was very much an instigator, who according to the DA delivered the first blow.
I do not believe the fairy tale that Wolfe was unaware Kelly was being provoked. I think he was watching and waiting.
#130 by Anonymous on March 27, 2012
RI do you know anything about this prior use as a Hotel?
#131 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
I believe it is now a Cockroach Hotel.
#132 by Reality Is on March 27, 2012
The building is very old. Tons of cockroaches pop up daily. A ton of kok around there too.
#133 by Justice for ALL on March 27, 2012
Yes, we all know about the cockroaches in blue who who make a ton of “kok” in Fullerton.
#134 by Lifesaving Service on March 27, 2012
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#135 by AntiCorruptionUnit on March 27, 2012
I am not sure how Pomona PD Sergeant Patrick O’Malley got labeled as Reality Is. But RI is NOT Patrick O’Malley.
I first thought Sellers, but he is to much of a coward to come back and spend all this time defending FPD, when he ran the second things got to hot.
It’s taken some time to make the connection, but what I know about Patrick O’Malley, he has NO HORSE in this race and WOULD NOT spend day in and day out on this blog at all hours, attempting to defend a department he doesn’t even work for.
O’Malley could not answer or comment in the manner RI has. Wild ass guesses day in and day out become obvious.
But even then, WAY too many hours on the blog if he is a working Sergeant, which he is, and works 9a-5p as a PIO for Pomona. So VERY difficult for him to blog ALL day and still work. Info I obtained from google.
The only one who would put in this much effort is someone who has something to LOSE at the end of the day. O’Malley sure doesn’t.
I can’t recall anyone laying down any foundation or information supporting O’Malley as RI.
Only those who know about the inner workings of a PD would pick up on what RI has said, and be able to finally come up with someone other than O’Malley.
RI has made so many subtle comments on issues that clearly suggest an internal knowing of FPD.
Several comments on his rank and past experience that CLEARLY suggest someone within. Like his teachings at Golden West, which of course turned out to be bogus.
O’Malley seems like he might be on the rowdy side in real life. I don’t think he would hesitate to meet me either. He seems like a guy who can and will take care of business.
We have noticed the last couple weeks when RI is on the net, so is John Doe. Albey Al too, since the last Rincon thread.
The comments on this blog move pretty fast, so I am sure I have missed some other clues as to RI.
RI has said at least once he is an old man. That he is in REALITY.
Everyone welcome RI, AKA Don Bankhead backed up by Pat McKinley from time to time. BOTH have something to lose.
Don Bankhead City Councilman, Navy Vet from the Korean War. Policeman who started his career in 1962 rose through the ranks to Captain and retired in 1988. Been a City Councilman for many more years.
YOU have something to lose Bankhead, along with you sidekick Pat McKinley. And you both know what’s going on at FPD too.
Dang straight Bankhead your an old man. What are you 75-77. The only battle you can fight and be safe at these days is behind the keyboard or at the council meeting with plenty of blue standing around you.
ONLY someone like you, who has all day and into the night if necessary, to comment on this blog, give your opinion on the Kelly Thomas matter, law enforcement matters, attempting to explain somethings to the readers, and throw darts at others like myself.
So Bankhead this is your fun and games on the blog, because it doesn’t seem like you have much to say at meeting you so often talk about here, because your nodding off.
But here you can play games and speak your mind if someone pisses you off. The council meeting you wear a different hat.
A half a century of being in Fullerton Bankhead, over 30 years of having your finger in the pie in some form or fashion.
This is the tuffest and longest fight you have had to deal with, that’s WHY your here at FFFF. YOU and your 2 partners have a lot to lose.
Now I know why you didn’t argue with me on a good number of things, you have been out of the BIG LOOP in LE since 1988.
Your dabbling in certain commentary on political issues outside the scandals at FPD also suggest your not Patrick O’Malley.
Yes Bankhead, that’s why you wouldn’t meet me. Your butt would be in deep doo after some of the comments you have made about Kelly alone.
If your so much in the know about Kelly’s case then you should be calling BS on DA Rack RIGHT NOW. But you have NO BALLS in real life.
Yep Bankhead your elitist comments about being a nobody because they did not elevate in rank also shows you know little about what a REAL cop knows or experienced.
Continue on Bankhead, there is a method to my madness.
But YOUR one sickass person to play these games on this blog and think there is no recourse for YOUR conduct.
#136 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
Bankhead has cognitive impairment. How could he be on here when he’s asleep most of the time?
#137 by AntiCorruptionUnit on March 28, 2012
How can O’Malley be on here all the time when he should be working? I have paid attention to the times.
I just want someone to tell me how this O’Malley guy fits into the picture?????
I think someone came up with a name and ran with it.
Someone tell me the motive for O’Malley to be here please?
#138 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
“Someone tell me the motive for O’Malley to be here please?”
Only he can tell you.
Maybe Claremont Resident can tell us. That’s who told us.
#139 by Claremont Resident on March 28, 2012
Yep. It’s him. Not a doubt.
#140 by Justice for ALL on March 28, 2012
I suddenly feel very sorry for Pomona.
#141 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
Thank you. See? We know who you are.
#142 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
RI aka P. B. O’Malley is a thrill seeker, and we will find out soon enough his connection to Fullerton, if there even is one.
#143 by Anonymous on March 28, 2012
Claremont resident has been saying so since August yet no one would listen, I finally did my own research (as can everyone) and I am convinced it is RI= PO It was very enlightening what I found. The well is deep.
#144 by Reality Is on March 28, 2012
Lol
#145 by Jane H on March 28, 2012
Lol right back at ya
#146 by Justice for ALL on March 28, 2012
RI=the Devil incarnate He changes into any form he chooses. Beware. The evil manifestation of RI is everywhere! You will often recognize him by the donut crumbs on his face and shirt.
#147 by Friendly Neighbor on March 28, 2012
Bankhead can’t hear you. He turned off his hearing aid.
#148 by The Fullerton Harpoon on March 27, 2012
All of them? I think Wolfe was a guard at a high school.
#149 by cg on March 27, 2012
I always pictured RI, as the old fat naked man, eating cheetos in his bean bag chair. With his laptop warming his privates.
#150 by merijoe on March 27, 2012
eww-you always come up with some great visuals to share
#151 by Friendly Neighbor on March 28, 2012
That was not a great visual. Now I must gouge my eyes with sissors.
#152 by Citizen M on March 28, 2012
Please tell me you didnt where that black north face jacket? Tell me one of those red headed girls you pal with told you….not to wear it… the real question…Jesse in green pants – fnger crossed.
#153 by andy anderson on March 28, 2012
I always wear my black north face jacket. Helps people recognize me. After all, I’m not afraid to show my face around Fullerton or this blog…how about you Citizen M?
#154 by Citizen M on March 28, 2012
Andy I adore you, lets get that straight…I love that jacket, I just gove you a hard time, you know who Iam….I have always been Citizen M…I didnt mean to upset you …I like that jacket, just wondering, never seen you with out it, even in 100 degree …..
#155 by andy anderson on March 28, 2012
oh, by all means then, forgiveness to you my friend!
#156 by Lifesaving Service on March 31, 2012
Test #154
#157 by BMR on April 3, 2012
As an interested and concerned citizen, I have a different take on banners that popped up recently. Literally having some right outside my front door, my advertising background kicked in and my first thought was to wonder “Did they get permission to use that licensed image by Norman Rockwell?’ You know the one, with the cop and the kid that appeared on the front cover of the Saturday Evening Post back in the 50s? I thought it humorous that they might be required to yank those banners because they simply forgot to get permission.
#158 by Peaches on April 3, 2012
Excellent point!