Arthur Weinreb

Texas cops refused service at restaurant because, well…

Two Texas police officers were working private security on a construction site Tuesday night when they went to a Lewisville Whataburger for dinner. When one of the officers, Michael Magovern, approached the counter the manager looked at him and said, “We don’t serve police officers.” When he didn’t say anything else, the officers left and went to a Dairy Queen to get some food. Magovern and Officer Cameron Beckham did go back to Whataburger to get the manager’s name

Phoenix officer shot during traffic stop

Incidents like this are becoming a daily occurrence in the United States. CNN is reporting a Phoenix police officer was shot early this morning while conducting a traffic stop.

Police chief retires after Black Lives Matter Facebook post

Zander Guy, the mayor of Surf City, North Carolina, called an emergency meeting after a social media post made by Police Chief Mike Halstead was made public. The meeting resulted in the chief retiring. The town agreed to pay Halstead 60 days severance.

Killer of Kentucky state trooper was an Obama, Michael Brown fan

As Canada Free Press reported yesterday,, Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was shot and killed Sunday night after the driver of a car he had stopped took off and a high speed pursuit began. The driver of the car, identified as Joseph Thompson Johnson-Shanks, 25, fired several shots into the officer’s car. Ponder was taken to hospital where he died shortly after arrival.

Kentucky state trooper shot to death

A state trooper was shot and killed Sunday, September 13 around 11:30 pm. The shooting took place on I-24 in Lyon County, Kentucky.

Thousands march in Texas for ‘Police Lives Matter’

A few police officers got together to plan a march in honor of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth who was gunned down execution-style while putting gas into his cruiser at a Houston gas station. The officers were hoping to get a few hundred people to join them.

Police officers go for lunch, waitress pays their bill

On September 3, three members of the Baton Rouge Police Department stopped at Ichibin Sushi Bar and Japanese for lunch. After asking for the bill, the waitress, Crystal Gordon, brought them a receipt instead. On the receipt she had written, “Thank you for what y’all do for us every day. Have a safe and blessed day. I thought the least I could do is buy lunch.”

‘No wonder you people get shot’

On September 9, Palm Beach, Florida Sheriff Ric Bradshaw held a press conference and released a dash cam video of an incident that took place on September 1 in Boynton Beach. A deputy pulled over 62-year-old Joy Feinberg for speeding. It is alleged the woman was doing 51 mph in a school zone where the speed limit is 20 mph.

City of Baltimore to pay millions to family of Freddie Gray

On September 8, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the city was settling outstanding civil claims brought by the Gray family against the city. Payments totalling $6.4 million will be paid to the deceased. Gray died after suffering spinal injuries while in police custody. The death of the thug caused widespread rioting in the Maryland city that included injuries and millions of dollars in damages.

Police boycott Obama’s Labor Day breakfast

On Monday, President Obama was in Boston to speak at the AFL-CIO Labor Day Breakfast. Several labor unions, including the police union, were invited to attend. The police declined the invitation. Jerry Flynn, the executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Society, issued a lengthy media release [PDF] explaining why his members would not be attending. Flynn also said his members had planned to protest the event but did not have sufficient time to organize.

Threatening call made to 911 in Aurora, Colorado

It is not unknown for people to call 911 and make some sort of threat. But one was made that police in Aurora and Denver are taking very seriously. On Sunday September 6, a person called 911 in Aurora and stated the following:

Good Samaritans come to aid of officer being beaten

Not all stories involving the “war on cops” are bad. Despite the rhetoric and the attacks on American police officers, there is no shortage of people willing to do what is right. George Cooper, an African American, was driving to get breakfast in Winter Haven, Florida on the morning of Sunday, September 6, when he saw a police officer at the side of the road, being beaten.

Teen has deputy’s back as she fills cruiser with gas

Last weekend, 16-year-old McKinley Zoellner was a passenger in his mother’s car while she filled up at a Houston gas station. The teen noticed a female deputy filling her cruiser up at another pump. Just a week before, Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth was executed while filling up his cruise at a gas station in the same Texas city. Despite it pouring rain outside, Zoellner got out of his mother’s car and approached the deputy saying “ma’am, ma’am.”

Who is really responsible for the death of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi

The picture of Alan Kurdi, nicely dressed and lying dead on a Turkish beach, went around the world and suddenly a discussion of the war in Syria that has mostly been ignored was ignited. Alan's death became bigger news in Canada because of the Canadian connection to the Kurdi family and the fact we are in the middle of a federal election campaign where those on the left, including the media, are suffering the pangs of Harper Derangement Syndrome.

Will the ‘silent majority’ speak out?

The term “silent majority” is now, according to the left, a racist term Apparently, to members of the association for the perpetually offended “silent majority’ is a code for white people wanting the world to go back to the way it was years ago. These whites want to take their country back from those who are not white.

Flora MacDonald, the ‘Flora Syndrome,’ and of course Donald Trump

Flora MacDonald, a former federal Progressive Conservative cabinet minister passed away late last month. She was 89. Although her ardent supporters would probably disagree, her most memorable accomplishment was to lend her name to what is now referred to as the “Flora Syndrome.” MacDonald worked for the PC party when she decided to run for elective office in the 1972 election. She was successful in being elected as the MP for the eastern Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands.

Where Canadian PM’s anti-terror travel ban came from

Earlier this week Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced if his Conservative Party retains power after the October 19 federal election, legislation would be introduced to ban travel to certain “designated areas.” Those who travel to these areas and cannot prove they did so for a legitimate non-terror related reason, will be subject to criminal prosecution.

The debate moderator no one is talking about

Thursday was a busy night. At 5 pm (all times Eastern) the second tier Republican debate took place. Later at 8:50 pm, the debate between the top 10 Republican presidential candidates began. And if that wasn’t enough, for Canadians in general and Torontonians in particular, the Toronto Blue Jays were home to the Minnesota Twins. The Jays have become a lot more exciting to watch after the acquisition of Troy Tulowitzki and pitcher David Price shortly before the trade deadline. For the first time in years, many baseball fans feel the team could go all the way.

Donald Trump: The new Rob Ford

Ever since Donald Trump began surging in polls in the race for the Republican nominee for president, the Toronto media has compared his rise to that of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. The comparison is allowing the Ford haters, of which are many in the media, to say that Trump's appeal is the same as Ford's. While some of them "get it," many have no idea what attracts ordinary people to Ford and Trump and using Trump as an excuse to take another shot at Ford who is no longer mayor.

Geraldo Rivera explains the position of liberal Jews toward Iran

As much as can be generalized, Jews have traditionally been liberal. This can be explained by the fact that Jews have been persecuted throughout history and they tend to identify with people and groups that are or appear to be marginalized.