Dennis Farina Is Facing Three Bogus Misdemeanor Counts for Simple Forgetfulness

Los Angeles--The Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney filed a three count complaint against retired Chicago police burglary detective turned actor, Dennis Farina.

Los Angeles City Prosecutor, Rocky Delgadillo wants to follow an unreasonable path of zero tolerance for gun possession rather than seeking justice.

It seems prosecutors want to somehow convince a jury that Farina Knowingly and willfully, violated the laws involved. That’s where prosecutors lost their way on this one. If Farina forgot he had that gun in his briefcase the required elements of the offense of, knowingly and willfully are just not present.

My sincere hope is that Farina does not cave in to some plea deal just to avoid the process. Farina should have no problem going to court and simply telling a jury he forgot he had that gun in the briefcase he brought in from Arizona.

Although there is a possible penalty of jail time it’s doubtful that would ever happen in this case even if Farina were to be convicted.

Farina was charged with:
Count One, possession of a weapon in a sterile area of an airport.
Count Two, carrying a concealed weapon on his person.
Count Three, carrying a loaded weapon in a vehicle.

The wild card in this case is the Supreme Court ruling due to be delivered on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the case of D.C. vs. Heller. That will happen on any Monday morning before June 23, 2008.

It may turn out that Farina was merely engaging in constitutionally protected activity if he indeed has the rights spelled out within the Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights.

The court discovery process will begin along with pre-trial motions made by the defense. These cases are never settled quickly unless the defendant chooses to simply fall on his sword.


Farina is represented by one of the finest criminal lawyers in all of California, Blair Berk. Ms. Berk keeps a low profile and carries a really big stick. I can’t think of a better lawyer for Farina. Berk is making her first appearance at The LAX Superior Court June 5, 2008 on Farina’s behalf.

Dennis Farina has never before been charged with anything more serious than a minor traffic violation in his entire life. There is no way this career lawman would have ever willfully, knowingly or intentionally brought any prohibited item on an airplane.

The complaint:

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Update: Denis Farina’s arraignment was continued until July 18, 2008. It’s expected that Farina will enter a plea of not guilty and the slow process to a trial may begin.

Of course all manner of issues may affect the progress or direction of this case. None the least of which is the Heller case that’s ready to be unloaded by the Supreme Court. Stay tuned…

Are we In Trouble Yet?

Westwood, Los Angeles—No end in sight!

Obama’s Pal And Fundraiser Convicted!

Chicago-- Antoin "Tony" Rezko, 52 was convicted of 16 felony crimes and now sits inside Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Facility after he was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs.

Barak Obama is walking through a minefield right now as more information is leaking and additional indictments are expected that might even net the Democratic Presidential Nominee.

Chicago and its politicians have their roots in organized crime. Obama can expect to face accusations throughout his entire campaign with respect to his close involvement with Chicago criminals.

Enjoying Some TV From My Childhood

There was a really exciting TV series called Sky King I eagerly watched as a kid. It was about an Arizona rancher/do-gooder with a Cessna 310 twin engine airplane called Songbird. King was a quasi-cop who with his plane did what the best of law enforcement could never do without him.

King played by Kirby Grant seemed to be retired at a young age with no visible means of support. He’d fly around with his “niece” Penny as a knight tangling with rustlers, robbers and spies. King was the good guy who never carried a gun but always had one when he needed one.

Penny, played by Gloria Winters was the spunky girl who was more like Batman’s Robin. Penny added comic relief to this show or at least I’ve found the humor as an adult. Of course I wonder today just what kind of a relationship they had both on and off screen.

The third wheel to this car was King’s nephew Clipper, played by Ron Hagerthy. Clipper was Penny's brother who was not in every episode.

You can’t just watch one of these episodes because they are addictive. This was a captivating show that’s still enjoyable 50 years later.

All 62 episodes can be found and watched at this site without charge.

Chicago Police Recruit Weapon Uniformity

Glock is the current winner of this contest. Officers are limited to using the Glock at least until they complete probation.

Superintendent J-Fed wants everyone to use the same weapon and there are valid reasons to do that for a military infantry unit. However it’s not so necessary for street cops as long as the firearms are functional and safe.

Officers will be stuck using the crap 9MM round so we can count on hearing people complain and demand to know why the cops are firing so many rounds at suspects.

My only concern is every officer knows how to use their own gun and that of any partner they may have. Chicago cops must locate and purchase their own firearms using fund from their uniform allowance.

I’m surprised Daley did not allow the local reverends decide what the officers could carry. The problem is that both Alderman Ed Burke and Daley have taxpayer funded bodyguards they don’t want to see equipped with rubber guns.

Here’s more about this story.

Imagine Being In This Mess…

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MONTERREY, Mexico --This amazing photo was taken today as an American drunken driver plowed into a bicycle race killing one and sending more than a score to the hospital. The arrested drive is believed to be 28 year-old Juan Campos, an American citizen of Brownsville Texas. I suspect Mexican justice will be swift, sure and punitive in this case.

Are The Democratic Kamikaze Attacks On Each Other Over?

It was just starting to get good. I love the idea of Mrs. Clinton standing behind Obama concentrating on that big red bull’s eye on his back. Will she call out the Arkansas sharpshooters?

I can’t imagine the excitement of any of the pathetic choices we have to run this country. By the time November comes I expect an entirely different look to both the Republic and Democratic tickets.

I predict the best excitement is yet to come including a major challenge to our fragile democracy.

I did Not Have Sex With That Man… Mr. Clinton!

So says that really hot looking actress, Gina Gershon. That’s what Gershon’s lawyer claims in a demand letter to Vanity Fair Magazine that published a different account of the Gershon/Clinton business.

If Buba had that opportunity with Gershon and missed it Hillary should be looking for giant seed pods under the bed.

Okay Gina, I must say that I’d love for you to have bragging rights to having done the nasty with me!

Gun Control In A Free Society Can’t Work Just Ask Mayor Daley!

The primary difficulties in maintaining a gun free population is that those Fourth Amendment Constitutional Rights prevent random police searches or people, property and homes hinder enforcement.

Two classes of Chicago’s population just won’t cooperate with Daley’s gun ban. First there are those gun owners that just refuse to accept government’s presumed authority to outlaw guns and legitimate self-defense. Then there are the criminals that rob, rape and murder who don’t obey any laws.

Mayor Daley hates anyone who violates his gun ban and could care less what methods police employ to get those guns away from the population.

The methods of some of Chicago officers ran roughshod over the Constitutional Rights of those gun owners. When the complaints of illegal searches came in, they were simply shelved by Daley’s administrators within the police department.

Richard M. Daley has personally suspended our sacred Bill of Rights in order to enforce Chicago’s Gun Ban.

One Chicago gun owner’s horror story

I have a long-time, close friend who was victimized by these illegal and un-American methods. He was a wealthy insurance company owner who lived in Marina City.

My friend became a gun collector who assembled one of the finest collections anywhere. He had many hundreds of fine pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns. He had a WWI solid brass antique cannon on his balcony arranged with fabulous flowers.

My friend also obtained a federal firearm collector’s that allowed him to buy and sell firearms across state lines like a dealer.

The guns in the collection were either unfired in their original boxes or as clean as the items could be found anywhere. Few of these weapons were fired as not to lower their collector’s value.

As for my friend’s collection, he was diligent in registering every weapon. I helped him in that labor intensive task. Registration was free at the time. Then the local politicians changed the law. They required re-registration of all privately owned firearms in Chicago.

With the new law came a curious exemption from registration extended to “licensed sellers of firearms”. It was curious because all the gun dealers but for one wholesaler were run out of Chicago. They could have exempted licensed dealers rather than sellers but they didn’t. Licensed collectors were in fact licensed sellers so my friend saw the exemption and did not re-register his collection and pay the thousands of dollars in new fees to the city.

My friend wanted to be able to carry a gun and in Illinois there existed no provision to be able to do so through permits. My friend quickly found a way around it by getting himself appointed as a one day a month Cook County Deputy Sheriff.

With minimal training he not only got to carry his gun but had full police powers. He liked that role and when he retired wanted to enter law enforcement.

A position became available with the Cook County Adult Probation Department and my friend sought and obtained that job. He did it for several years until some rogue cops changed his life.

The Chicago Police Department established a Gun Team to go after those people who did not re-register using previous portions of the city’s registration database. Rather than go out an interview my friend about his collection the Gun Team took the low road.

The officers found a former Chicago cop who had troubles and simply fabricated him as an informant. They also fabricated the information they claimed he gave them.

Soon the Gun Team officers falsified a search warrant application claiming their “informant” told them my friend living in his downtown, Marina City Condo apartment was selling guns to Chicago street gang members.

Of course there was not a single instance of my friend transferring any guns to anyone. He was a collector only adding to his collection and never selling anything.

The well orchestrated and publicized raids were conducted. The bulk of the seized firearms were taken from a room that was converted into an alarmed vault with special military gun vaults inside.

The gun team removed all the guns from their boxes and paraded them past the eager reporters who were painting my friend as mad, middle-aged terrorist. Soon the members of the Gun Team received Department Commendations for getting this man’s exquisite firearm collection off the street.

There were no felony charges to then, Cook County State’s Attorney, Richard M. Daley’s lament. There were instead hundreds of Quasi-Criminal charges having no more weight or penalty than parking tickets.

The case dragged its way through the Cook County Courts for no less than eight years! During that period the city adopted yet more gun prohibitions that outlawed significant portions of my friend’s collection.

One day this ordeal finally ended when the city simply agreed to return the collection and drop the bogus charges. My friend simply agreed to move his collection out of the city. The guns including now banned so-called assault rifles were returned.

My friend sold his four Marina City Condos along with the single home he owned and moved far from Chicago. Chicago will never benefits from any taxes he’d ever pay again.

Visit The UK Where Civilized Politicians Banned Guns And Knives!

Of course the law-abiding folks surrender any means of self-defense so that the local newspapers can have a front page like this!

Police Can Now See You Inside Your Home

They can if they have this little toy. I expect this to be refined and in widespread use in applications that have nothing to do with hostage or barricade situations.

Disgraced Ex-Chicago Police Officer Is Star Of CBS 60 Minutes.

Is Keith Herrera a liar or just a snitch trying to save his skin by telling the feds what they wanted to hear? Additionally the alleged ringleader, Jerome Finnegan has also cut a deal with the feds. Can Herrera and Finnegan be trusted to tell the truth? I don’t think so since their testimony is being bought by something far more valuable then gold, their freedom.

At stake are the very lives of their own brothers and teammates. Many of these officers may never live to see freedom again. Their families will be left in a shambles.

This 60 Minutes broadcast was more about a public relations publicity stunt between a Mayor and his new Superintendent of Police who is pulling strings at the Justice Department.

Herrera would never be able to talk to the media without total approval from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. As for me, I smell some real rats.

Watch the 13 minute orchestrated story.