The official Crimefile Review of, “THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY”

Los Angeles, CA—Former Chicago police, Area-6 Burglary dick Dennis Farina took on a great role and has knocked it out of the park. Farina has been a successful actor ever since he consulted with movie director Michael Mann on the film Thief. Farina got a bit part in the film and former Area-6 Robbery sergeant Chuck Adamson wound up a somewhat meatier role as a corrupt Chicago police sergeant (a big stretch-not!)

Adamson went on to be a screenwriter until he passed away a couple of years ago in Oregon where he retired.

Farina never forgot where he came from and still attends copper’s retirement parties and funerals.

I was lucky enough to see a screening of the film and have a chat with Farina after the film. At 68, Farina is still in rare form and seems ready to take on the world.

As for the film associated with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater it was a dream vehicle for Farina. The story was penned and directed by Joe Maggio. The film was shot in an incredible 19 days. Needless to say it was all Chicago through and through.

Farina’s character Joe May was an ageing small time hustler who returns from an extended Cook County Hospital stay after surviving a bout with pneumonia. May is a man with few friends and an estranged son. There are of course his acquaintances and a former partner who retired in an assisted living home.

May returns to his low rent apartment of 40 years, only to learn it was rented out to a young single mother, Jenny (Jamie Allman), and her adorable pre-teen daughter, Angelina (Meredith Droeger). May’s property was sent out to the trash by the land lord and he suddenly finds himself homeless and too proud to ask for help.

Jenny is involved in an abusive relationship with a control freak thug who just happens to be a cop and a collision course is set in motion.

May is in the struggle of his life to re-establish some kind of relevancy and to maintain his dignity. May’s search for work is aggravated by his age but he puts one foot in front of the other and moves forward. His search takes him to a sleazy and nasty underworld boss played by Gary Cole. Enough spoiling of the plot here so I will move on.

The real muscle of this film is that is about real people with real problems and emotions that must be faced. There are no special effects, expensive sets with the usual Hollywood eye candy. There is just a great script, wonderful actors that makes seeing this film compelling. It will make you want to be a little nicer to the Joe Mays in your life.

I don’t write reviews on films I don’t like. I love this film, cast and crew. Spend the money and see it in the theater. It’s definitely a date film so bring that special someone.

Pretender, Mitt Romney is More Liberal than McCain

There is one thing for sure that Democrats know. If a liberal weenie like Mitt Romney heads the GOP ticket the Conservative voters will boycott the polling places. Liberal weenies have headed up the GOP tickets for both Clinton terms and McCain did a great job of keeping Conservatives far from the polling places when he ran against Obama.

Somehow I expect that Romney’s Primary campaign is being funded by Obama supporters. A GOP Primary pitting Romney against that other pretender Rick Perry is the Democrat's, dream come true.

Romney has proven to be a big spending, gun rights hating, entitlement loving politician who will say anything at all to get elected. Romney’s stellar record as a Massachusetts Ted Kennedy style Liberal won’t be endangered if he somehow gets into the Whitehouse. That will never happen because disenfranchised Conservatives hate pretenders and will sit out another election rather than vote for a total fraud.

The closest candidate to a Conservative in my lifetime was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ronald Reagan was a genuine moderate that appealed to nearly everyone. Reagan was limited by a Liberal Congress but our nation was headed in the right direction with economic growth facilitated through lower taxes.

George H.W. Bush was a pretender that got us into a war and set us up for permanent oil dependence on his Arab friends. Clinton could do little to reverse the good fortunes Reagan brought. George W. Bush was really destructive to our economy in every possible way and all but made us property of the Chinese Communists.

Obama is a genuine traitor and has set about the total destruction of our Constitution and way of life. He has done all he can to divide this once great nation and start a Civil War as a vehicle to install a Communist/Socialist government. He is not finished yet trying to capitalize on every crisis that he creates.

It looks like Obama won’t be reelected even if he somehow survives this first term. The Impeachment knives are out looking to draw some blood over rampant corruption. Frankly I don’t rule out a prosecution for treason or even murder for his part in the killing of Brian Terry. The Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal was and is part of a Whitehouse conspiracy. Obama is a stain on America that must be removed.

My Take On Conrad Murray and the Trial Evidence.

Los Angeles, CA—As the trial of Conrad Murray winds down I will give you my take on this case. Michael Jackson died because of Murray’s negligence and deviation from an acceptable standard of care we expect from physicians.

Saying he was negligent does not suggest he was grossly or criminally negligent.

Murray failed when he left dangerous drugs unattended nearby his patient Michael Jackson that he knew was a tortured drug addict. Jackson would do what’s expected of any addict and that is to recklessly self-administer drugs.

The jury here has to guess who administered the fatal drug dose. We must assume that Jackson wanted the drug that killed him and used an opportunity created by Murray’s negligence to consume what became his poison.

Murray should be disciplined by his peers on the medical boards where he practices medicine. Murray should have deal with the allegations of negligence and medical malpractice in a civil court.

From a purely technical point of view Conrad Murray should be found Not Guilty of any crime.

On a side note this case should not have been televised and the jury should have been sequestered.

What I think does not count, the jury will do what juries do.

Accused L.A.P.D Cop Burglar, a Profile in Paradox

Los Angeles, CA—L.A.P.D sergeant Lucien “Lou” Daigle, 44 was a well-respected cop whose world has crashed over a really frightening and despicable act. He was arrested for residential burglary at an upscale Mentone, CA home where he was nabbed, literally red-handed.

During the evening of Oct .23rd, Daigle was reportedly caught in the act by a homeowner while clinging to her camera equipment and other poroperty. When he pursued her, she was fortunate enough to have some powerful bear repellant spray she emptied on the home invader.

The off duty cop fled in his car only to be involved in a nearby collision. I can’t imagine what might have happened had the quick thinking victim not used the spray. At least Daigle did not try to involve or present a gun in this encounter.

I have done some preliminary examination of Daigle in an attempt to determine his need to commit such a desperate crime. When cops go bad it usually involves crimes related to police corruption. Residential burglary is really too lowbrow and repugnant even for a criminal with a badge.

Daigle pictured above is married to an attractive African-American woman and has six apparently well-adjusted children. Daigle, his wife and children live in a spacious home and they seem to have found the American dream.

Like nearly every cop Daigle has some secondary employment. He is a licensed real estate salesman and he operates a business related to buying and selling gold. We know the real estate market has tanked. Raising a large middle-class family is a financial challenge for any cop.

Daigle enjoys photography and has encouraged his children to compete in the entertainment and modeling world. He and his family are members of and regularly attend a local church.

Outwardly at least Daigle casts an image of a happy and decent family man with huge responsibilities. Perhaps like many Americans he is upside-down in his mortgage and his kids are growing into the age of needing cars and looking for college funding. Has this cop turned to burglary to make ends meet?

Today the question of Daigle’s involvement in additional burglaries and crimes are heavy on the minds of investigators. Just how dark is this newly discovered side of Lou Daigle? Just how dangerous is this man?

The homeowner that surprised Daigle in this reprehensible act is understandably frightened and refuses to stay at her home. The psychological trauma caused to this woman is beyond the pale.

We will have to wait and see what investigators uncover before we can guess what the penalties will be. Lou Daigle’s future is grim since legitimate job opportunities for convicted burglars are nearly non-existent. Despite seemingly overwhelming evidence, Daigle is still only a suspect right now and has the absolute presumption of innocence. We will have to see how this plays out in court.

Cell Phone Privacy Invasion Threatens You and Your Family

Los Angeles, CA—Cell phones have been a reality for nearly 30 years. The convenience and benefits of these wireless devices are enormous. Of all the people I know only one does not have one and he is considered strange.

There is a large segment of the population that is unaware that prior to cell phones, the phone companies kept only long distance call records. Today records are kept of every call or text message sent or received. This is beyond troubling.

The records kept have been bought, sold, used and abused at an unimaginable rate. I have seen thousands of records that were gotten through illicit means by private citizens, private investigators and cops. Then there are the legal governmental channels that lawfully obtain the records and even make public the records of innocent people in court cases.

During the ongoing trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray, records were even broadcast internationally revealing calls and the private phone numbers of scores of people. This was a major privacy invasion.

Even records that have been obtained through warrants and subpoenas have been illicitly sold by government officials.

Rupert Murdock’s, News Corporation was caught with their pants down when it was discovered reporters were internationally stalking newsmakers using their private phone records.

There is a cure that’s really quite simple and that’s by forcing the cell phone companies to delete and destroy records after each bill is paid or to simply clock the phones’ usage for billing purposes.

If there are no records they can’t be abused. Cops can still get wiretap warrants so why do we need this kind of a privacy nightmare.

How many divorces have been brought on by spouses checking each other phone bills?

The GPS issues of cell phones are yet another Orwellian disaster. The abuse of those records is also rampant.

The cell phone companies and our government of course, continue with that disingenuous refrain, “Were only doing this for your safety.” That’s the same old line handed out by Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels during the rein of the Third Reich.

We need to kill this monster before it kills us.

See Accused Burglar and LAPD Sergeant Lucien “Lou” Daigle in a Documentary Film

Los Angeles, CA—Before his recent arrest for residential burglary LAPD sergeant Lucien Daigle was a respected drug recognition expert for the LAPD. Daigle can be seen in the film called, American Drug War: The Last White Hope.

Hulu TV has the film and Daigle gives a rolling interview while patrolling on his beat in Skid Row. I can’t imagine this guy invading a woman’s home and confronting her while he is looting her property.

There will by a lot more information flowing about Daigle as this strange story unfolds during his prosecution. Again I hurt for Daigle’s six children and what they are facing.

The film can be seen for free on Hulu TV.

Police Service Perfection, the H&K .45 Pistol Rocks!

Chicago, IL—In most police agencies the service pistols of our cops is restricted to department-approved firearms. What gets approved is based on many things but too often common sense is not one of them. There is a lot to be said about all officers using the same caliber of ammunition but only if the department plans to replenish the officer’s supply in the field should there be a major insurrection. I have never experienced that happening nor do I know anyone who has.

Most cops can remember the Bank of America shootout in North Hollywood where poorly armed officers were threatened and actually shot by two felons armed with Russian fully automatic AK-47s and more. To end the firefight cops had to borrow heavier weapons from local gun shops. Today there is still not a single gun shop in Chicago.

No police officer should ever be endangered by being outgunned like today’s Chicago cops. This should be a major scandal but will never be addressed until some fine cops perish at the inaction or pleasure of bureaucrats.

I am no fan of the .40 caliber cartridges that were adopted to cater to female officers deemed to dainty to handle the .45 ACP. I take exception because I know some petite women that handle the .45 better then most men. Cops are somewhat stuck with what they are permitted to carry. Training and practice is the only key to accurate shooting and survival.

I favor the Sig Sauer 220 in .45 ACP as a terrific and reliable pistol. The Glock 21 is also wonderful but I am too concerned about the trigger configuration and fear an unintentional discharge particularly during an altercation. But I’m a perfectionist and demand the very best.

The H&K .45 has been around for a couple of years and has proven it to be the winner. This pistol is not to be confused with the USP pistols that I considered to be cumbersome boat anchors. The H&K .45 is sleek, sexy and smooth. It has the accessory rail, night sights and wonderful magazine releases. The cost of the H&K .45 is steep especially in today’s economy.

I’m not a fan of the double action only configurations sought by the risk management sissies hired by most government agencies. I prefer what was originally intended, double action on the first shot only. The H&K .45 can be easily configured both ways like a bi-sexual.

Have a look at the H&K .45 in my video below.

LAPD Sergeant Nabbed For Residential Burglary is a Tragedy of Epic Proportions.

Los Angeles, CA—I’m still reeling from the arrest of LAPD sergeant Lucien Daigle for a residential burglary at an upscale and gated home. He has the presumption of innocence but being caught covered in pepper spray with the proceeds of the crime contemporaneous with the nearby burglary is beyond ugly.

For now the San Bernardino Sheriff is refusing to release a booking photo of Sgt. Daigle. He will soon be ambushed by news photographers, at his home or when he appears in a courtroom.

KTLA-TV tracked down the victim of the crime who is a physician for a telephone interview. She related that the suspect pursued her aggressively in her own home until she courageously and successfully deployed the pepper spray she had obtained for protection from bears that roam this rural community. The victim is truly grateful to be alive today.

The victim is understandably shaken, frightened and has felt the need to avoid staying in her own home because the suspected burglar has been released on bail. We can all imagine what this violation of her privacy, life and wellbeing could be like.

Cops are not immune from the temptations to engage in crime. The sad truth is cops do succumb to corruption from time to time. Even corrupt cops however do have line they won’t cross. The cop that would extort or steal from a drug dealer would be absolutely appalled at the thought of invading some innocent person’s home.

I’m trying to learn why the suspect targeted this woman’s home. Was there more to this than stealing valuables? Were there some serious mitigating factors that would cause a father of six children to commit such a reprehensible crime? Sgt. Daigle apparently had an unblemished record of 18 years of honorable service with department awards he had earned.

On the other hand is this the story of a prolific burglar who has used his police expertise to escape detection? I’m sure investigators have served search warrants and are painstakingly looking at that possibility right now.

I can’t help but feel pain for Sgt. Daigle’s family. How does his children cope with this disaster? How will they attend college without their father’s hard earned police pension? I’m sure these kids were so proud of having a role model father.

I feel for the victim who can’t face living in the dream home she worked so hard to buy. I want her to be safe, protected and somehow made whole after such an experience. Personally I’d replace the pepper spray with training and a suitable firearm.

I don’t want to see the life of any 44 year-old career cop flushed down the toilet for such a single foolish and evil act.

We can’t turn back the clock and undo all the damage. The reality is lives were changed forever and the trust in the men and woman trusted to wear the badge of honor as a cop has been sadly tarnished.

The best thing for this cop is to face his demons in a very public way. He needs to seek treatment for himself and family. Normally fellow cops would shun and ignore a peer in this kind of a predicament. They need to step up and help Daigle’s family more then ever.

Daigle needs to find a new career perhaps helping others that may be on such a self-destructive path. Daigle needs to save his own life today.

LAPD Sergeant Pepper Sprayed By Home Owner When Caught Committing a Residential Burglary.

Mentone, CA-- San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officers stopped off-duty LAPD sergeant Lucien Archie Daigle, 44 after a collision early in the evening of Oct. 23. The sergeant reeked of pepper spray and there were burglary proceeds in his car that were in plain view.

It was moments earlier a yet to be identified woman came home to burglary in progress. The woman went on the offensive and used some very potent pepper spray on the burglar who fled the scene.

Daigle was detained just a few miles from the crime scene. There is no know connection between the burglary victim and Daigle.

Deputies transported Daigle to a local hospital for minor injuries sustained in the collision and brought him in for routine booking. It was during the booking process that they learned that Daigle was a LAPD sergeant.

Daigle was released on $125,000.00 bail. The LAPD placed the veteran officer on administrative leave pending investigation from his position. Daigle worked in the Wilshire, Central and Olympic Divisions of the department.

Inmate Booking Information:
Booking #: 1110342615 Sex: MALE
Name: DAIGLE, LUCIAN A Alias: DAIGLE, LUCIEN ARCHIE
DOB: 10/04/1967 Age: 44 Height: 5'09"
Weight: 160 lbs Eyes: BROWN Hair: BROWN
Arrest Information
Arrest Date: 10/23/2011 21:02 Bail: INELIGIBLE
Arrest Location: LLUMC LOMA LINDA Arrest Agency: YUCAIPA CITY
Current Housing Information
Housing Facility: NO LONGER IN CUSTODY
Release Date: 10/24/2011 17:35
Released To: SELF
Charges
Case # Charge Court Date Status/Bail
PC459
BURGLARY

Occupy Wall Street a Disappointment for Obama

Photos courtesy of actress and comedian Noemi Schlosser

New York, NY—The Occupy Wall Street protest has not been a boost to either Obama and the Socialists that funded the publicity fiasco.

The OWS gatherings have simply turned into encampments that have attracted freeloaders, partygoers and perverts. There are no coherent clear voices being heard with any pro-Obama messages.

The OWS is falling out of favor in the Leftist run city official where they were welcomed. Now the same officials are red-faced as they deal with ways to discourage and remove these useless squatters.

The squalid mess the OWS attendees are leaving behind stands as a scandalous monument to the Global Warming and recycling agendas of the Left. The damage to the landscaping at the Los Angeles site stands at well over $400,000.00. The cost for police overtime along with portable toilets, rain ponchos handed out by the city to the squatters has not been addressed.

The whole point of the OWS movement seems lost on some vague anarchy message. This movement did not spark the Socialist revolution that Obama had hoped to see.

Pretty Noemi Schlosser and her friend have taken to the streets to help lend diversity to this group! Noemi has even gotten me interested in joining OWS too! Power to the 1%!!!

Obama’s Huge Libya Victory and What it Means to US

Barack Obama brought us into yet another Mideast squabble, this time in Libya. His mission was to help Muslim rebels remove their dictator, Muammar Gaddafi from office. Okay what did we get? Are we safer? Are we wealthier? Did this somehow produce needed jobs for idle Americans? The answer is obvious we got absolutely nothing.

Obama essentially conspired with Muslim criminals and facilitated the cold-blooded murder of the surrendered dictator. Are Obama’s new Libyan pals going to somehow bring democracy to this country? Are they going to become new and trusted allies in the region? I’m much more concerned with how many planes loaded with innocent people Obama’s new pals will blow out the sky just because they can.

Are the new Libyan leaders going to become drunk with absolute power and the treasury they are already spending? How many scores are they going to settle by filling more mass graves than Gaddafi? We know the answer because it is redundantly written in Middle Eastern history.

Just what did Obama accomplish? Had he bombed Libya into the Stone Age that might have accomplished something. The Middle Eastern Muslim nations are filled with savages that murder, bomb and torture each other as a form of entertainment. They will never become civilized because of any influence from us.

The massive wealth we have unloaded on these oil-rich savages has given us only minimum control over their aggression against the Western nations they hate so much.

I blame the father-son Bush team for doing the same thing in Iraq. Afghanistan could not be tamed by the Soviets and our effort there has been nothing but a waste of our treasury and far too many American lives.

We need to use the oil under our own nation and let the Muslims kill each other all they want. The way Muslims murder their own women in the name of honor makes it abundantly clear to me that Middle Eastern Muslims are not fit to live according to Darwin’s law.

Barack Obama is by far the poorest excuse of an American leader that ever was. He’s a product of America’s new Groupthink. Most voting Americans have demonstrated that are barely smart enough to find their local polling place.

Immigration Amnesty Supporters Simply Want America’s Educated Voters Neutralized, Paving the Way for Socialism

Washington, DC—Make no bones about it we have an overload of disloyal Communists and Socialists within our own government. They are trying constantly to overthrow our Constitution and way of life.

The nations governed by Socialists all have desperately ignorant populations that seem to only survive on the promise of guaranteed food, lodging and medical care. In reality the entitlement driven population always becomes enslaved because they are tricked out of any rewards for productivity and excellence.

Socialism can never survive in a population of educated and self-sufficient citizens.

A reasonable immigration policy would give absolute preference to those immigrants who are educated, speak English, have talent along with something to offer the nation they want to make their home. Above all they must display loyalty to our nation.

America cannot afford to allow the importation of drugs, crime and poverty under the guise of “humane” immigration policy. We must use all necessary force and violence to prevent this deadly invasion to our soil.

Additionally there is absolutely no place for immigrants that insist on changing our government to accommodate the very policies and tyranny they have fled from in their home countries.

Millions of immigrants have brought this nation their talent, skills and culture. They have worked very hard to make this nation great. So many brave immigrants have fought and died for the American way of life in our military along the way. Of course I’m talking about those immigrants who respected and followed our laws.

Well educated people reject Socialism and the ignorant embrace and demand this failed and corrupt form of despotism. Of course our teacher’s unions have propagandized our entire educational system through effective brainwashing. Generation of Americans have been intentionally misled in our own tax supported schools.

Unfortunately we have millions of Americans that were taught to hate what our founding father’s sacrificed so much to give us. They never learned the importance of documents like the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence and our cherished Bill of Rights.

Today too many “educated” Americans don’t understand the benefits of a society where excellence is rewarded and failure is not. They don’t understand just how damaging and degrading the Socialist handout programs are to the human spirit. This is especially true of Americans that grew up never experiencing poverty or deprivation.

Is it just a coincidence that the Leftists are the ones demanding open borders and the end to enforcement of immigration laws?

These Leftists don’t demand freedom or human rights be respected in Mexico and Central America. Mexico has all of the wonderful natural resources that the United State’s has. The corrupt Mexican government refuses any effort at emulating the kind of government their citizens have fled to by the millions.

The only goal of the open border proponents is nothing less then the destruction of the American way of life and to create a one world Communist government.

In a perfect Socialist world there can be no place to escape. The citizens must totally conform and live under the iron fist or be liquidated.

In the 1950’s there was a saying, “Better dead than red!” It was and is so true. Freedom, liberty and the American dream are really worth fighting for and that fight is a never-ending battle. Cemeteries are filled with American patriots that have given all and we must continue this fight until the blight of Socialism no longer threatens us.

We must deport every last trespasser from our land.