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Thank you for exposing this issue, Indy Weekly.

While the article focused on the environmental problems with this prison for animals destined for UNC's vivisection laboratories, the public should know what happens behind the walls of these laboratories in the name of "science."

Here are some links to let the light shine in...

Two investigations, visually documenting cruelty and abuse:
- http://www.peta.org/feat/unc/
- http://www.peta.org/feat/unc/unc2-update.html
- http://www.stopanimaltests.com/f-worstlabs_09.asp

Inspection reports provided by UNC to the USDA
- http://www.serat-nc.org/publicrecords.htm
- http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/nc/res-fr-nc-unc.html

Information on UNC's vivisection experiments on nonhuman primates:
- http://www.primatelabs.com/labsearch.php?cat= &name=University +of +North +Carolina +Chapel +Hill

Your situation is echoed across the country. We need to break out of the circle law enforcement and local government is making run in. We only bump into ourselves. This is a problem we can only control when we understand that we invented the police, we pay the police, so we call the shots. Start telling every political candidate running for any and every office that they must support a CRB with power, and authority, and with significant, decision making ability that sticks. Otherwise, we are just getting a meaningless, money-wasting dismissal from the local government and laughter from the police departments.

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www.bigbaldwin.blogspot.com

I also listened to Rusted Root ... But it was in my car, and I was alone. Does that count?

My point was not to condone the behavior of violent cops. If you felt that your son was mishandled. you should have filed a complaint through the PD, which could handle it better than a citizen's review board. If your son is bipolar and at-risk, why didn't you do a better job of parenting? I agree with the Durham officer, if the cop needed to act as such, your son must have been out of control. You should have stepped in and made him take his meds, instead of making society deal with your messed up kid. Be accountable, because instead of the victim, it sounds more like your son is the problem.

Knowing John Valentine, I think the phrase "abdominal snowman" was a joke. If not, we'll run a correction.

*Abdominal* Snowman? Seriously? Where is your copyeditor?! That's appalling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti

It always makes me wonder what people think when they say the cop should have used their taser insead of doing something else. If your son was unruly and intoxicated and it went as far as the Officer going hands on, then your son got what he had coming to him. Too many people want to judge what we do in Law Enforcement after the fact. Come do a ride-a-long in Durham sometime. See what the Officers that do a selfless job have to put up with. We deal with the most un-pleasant people at the most inopportune time. Were ridiculed, cursed at, occasionally spit on, ran from, and generally dealt with as if were the bad guys. Dont second guess what we do. Come see the filth and meet the degenerate people we have to work with on a daily basis before complaining that I may have had a tone in my voice that you did not like. If I have a nature about myself that gives off an "Im pissed leave me alone" attitude instead of bending over backwards for all of your wines and complaints, its so I can go home to my family at the end of the day. I do not give off any sign of weakness, because the day I seem week to those I deal with, it could be my last. So instead of second guessing what I do, how bout a thanks for going into parts of town you would not drive through without locking your doors!

While I agree with the previous comment that police officers are under compensated, that does not address the problem of police who overstep their authority or behave inappropriately.

My 24 year old bipolar son who was admittedly unruly and intoxicated, had his face smashed into a car by a Chapel Hill police officer who chose to permanently scare his face rather than use his taser to subdue him. This violence was unnecessary and needlessly caused damage to a car that just happened to be parked at the bar on a New Years Eve.

While we took no action against the police officer, I can't help but wonder how often he resorts to violence. Bad working conditions don't strike me as a good excuse for unnecessary violence and destruction.

Is there anything more predictable than the contrarian "I do something un-PC & I *like* it" confessional in the left-leaning weekly paper?

Back when I lived out in the woods, I had an electric leaf *vacuum* (a B &D, I think it was) which, in addition to not blowing blue smoke everywhere, had the additional feature of mulching & bagging the leaves rather than just blowing them into the road or the neighbor's yard.

It was still powerful enough to wreak a certain amount of pleasurable havoc on the surroundings, though one probably couldn't have used it to inflate one of those indoor tennis domes, which is what I assume John does with his blower during the off-season.

Compared to the massive amount of thefts, rapes, and deaths that the Durham and Chapel Hill police prevent, relatively few mistakes or complaints are negligible. Everyday police officers risk their lives and health to keep innocent people safe. They don't even have good benefits. Did you know that if they get hurt on duty, they only get part of their already paltry pay as part of worker's comp? They are not even offered short term disability benefits. Combined with extra scrutiny from so called "citizen review boards", what incentive do cops have to step up and risk life and limb for you, the next time you face a rapist or gang member who is going to kill you for street cred? What if they chose the "safe route" to wait to pursue the man who is raping your babies, to avoid undue criticism instead of going forward as trained to stop the heinous act? Handcuffing the police will ultimately affect your safety. And if you think these things do not happen in Chapel Hill, think again. Cops do what they do because they have the desire to protect and serve. They sacrifice more than most of us would to uphold their oaths to public safety. Let the internal affairs department do it's job, and let the cops do theirs.

“Qui custodiet ipsos custodes?” Who watches the watchmen? Who polices the police? Who takes the custodians into custody? Night watchmen (custodians) / security guards were sometimes expected to perform some janitorial duties. Janus (the source of the word janitor) was the 2-faced Roman god guarding the gates – the gate-keeper, one face welcoming, for ‘us’ – one face hostile, for ‘them’ & here, now: treating ‘us’ & ‘them’ differently … unequal just us under law. The division of society into “us” & “them” and 2-faced cops keeping “them” “in their place” (“Ah don’ lahk you; you don’t b’long here, boy” “gonna kick yer a$$” “a$$-hole” or, from the college-educated: “Our job isn’t law enforcement; it’s social control” “home-owners pay us to patrol the inner-city, & keep ‘them’ in their place”) helps explain why those whose social status is higher than ordinary street cops are usually apathetic or even defensive about “their” social custodians picking up what they consider sub-human “trash” – ‘concerned’ (to quote the Durham Civilian Police Complaint Review Board) about bureaucratic details, but not about substantive matters. “Who’s watching the cops” being people who have not had the experience of a cop slashing a knife across their throat to tell them not to report police misconduct or telling someone after a still painful beating reported both BEFORE & after the fact ( & not investigated) that “Yeah there’s cops selling drugs, but it’s none of your business; keep your nose out of it; next time, you won’t just be beaten; we’ll shoot you down like a dog in the street; ( & telling others as well as me:) we know where you live.” (Cops who operate outside the law are outlaws.) Nor have they the personal experience of a 2-faced cop responding to such a complaint in the privacy of his office by sticking out his tongue, sticking his thumbs in his ears, wiggling his fingers, rolling his eyes, & saying: “Oooh! There’s a conspiracy against you!” & and then ushering me of his office, and then, (with witnesses present), opening the door to the lobby of the police department and saying “sir” Nor have they the experience of a desk officer in the lobby say you should “take yer complaint to the CIA” (as if civil rights violations are in the same category as X-files.) Nor have they heard cops (“Durham’s finest”) call people “n!ggers” and “sp!cs” and “animals” (sic, sic, sic) Nor have they had cops call them “a$$-hole” “bubba” or “cracker” Nor have they been dragged out backwards and slugged by a cop for attempting to submit a complaint to the police chief (who refused to accept the typewritten complaint, signed by witnesses) after an internal affairs captain officer (who destroyed other complaint documents) had also refused to accept that same complaint, and had the department then refuse to even acknowledge a formal complaint about that bizarre incident, involving the police chief. Even this chief is willfully ignorant. As the indy pointed out, institutional amnesia includes both the department & its tepid civilian overseers. Those charged with ‘watching the police’ are selected from strata of society unfamiliar with contempt & hostility from cops who take drugs & money from drug-dealers in their neighborhoods, or criminal cops who tell drug-dealers in their neighborhoods: “There’s a ‘secret’ Grand-Jury indictment against you; there’s gonna be a raid on your apartment tomorrow.” Felony misconduct, followed by a sham raid. The responses at headquarters to THAT complaint including refusal to give me a complaint form and refusal to allow me up to Internal Affairs, but saying: “Yeah, well, we know we got leaks.” Shrug it off. The response I got from the Durham Civilian Police Complaint Review Board to a complaint about a cop silencing another complainant (my boss, who paid me, one of many outraged witnesses, I having had similar but FAR more vicious responses to my complaints, to write the letter) by physically preventing her free-speech rights to “petition for redress of grievances” concerning misappropriation of fund$, was that they were “concerned” about a witness writing the complaint, but not “concerned” about how complaints are silenced – this from those charged with reviewing a defective complaint process! – willful ignorance & apathy from those not personally affected by police misconduct ranging from insults to death threats. (Complaining can be dangerous in other ways, too; they also go to landlords & employers.)

Billy,

I really enjoyed listening to "Marching Band" on your Evil Wiener CD. It would make a good closer on the field. In addition to the Michelin t-shirts, I also remember the season the percussion section wore fatigues. I'm glad that your stint in high school band didn't scar you for life! Best of luck with your continued success in music.

Chris S., former SCHS Band Director

I suppose I get the old lady award for liking Rusted Root back in the 90's (by the way I have a mere 21 years). And I still haven't retired my copy of Clapton Unplugged.

Boycott "2012": http://yesbuthowever.com/islam-rules-hollywood-8136237/

Great article about some awesome music....wish I was closer so I could be there!

The Volt's range--how far it can go on a charge--is planned for 40 miles. GM claims more than 200MPG for the gas mileage, but it's not clear to me what that means, since you would normally use no gas unless you drove more than 40 miles. With my car, the electric motor works in tandem with the gas engine, giving it gas mileage approaching 100 MPG for about 30 miles, after which it gets the normal 50 MPG that is the EPA rating for the car. That 30 mile boost is due to a lithium battery that takes 5 hours to charge.

Anyone who'd like to ask me any questions as I'm the victim feel free to email me. The city was very negligent and I know there are more victims out there where this sort of situation might have happened to them. I'm on a mission to make sure this type of abuse is put to an end.

Since performing at Saturday's skatepark opening, my band has been trying to get in touch with a member of Troika in order to thank them and exchange information. We spoke with Mark? at the event, but did not have any info to give him.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and would undoubtedly help us in preparation for next year.

Thanks,
LiLa

They reminded me why I enjoy the experience of live music. The fun and energy comes very naturally to this group. I also admire their gorilla approach. Thanks for inspiring the community.

I would have loved to see the game clip included on this. That would be awesome. I can't believe you won! This was a show I constantly watched at home, so your description was picture-perfect...down to Soupy looking you right in the eyes and repeating "eggs bacon chicken"...