Posted by Clint at 10:38 PM on 3/1/2007
(4 Comments)Last Thursday I took my sister Ivy to see my favorite band, Lamb of God. They played for almost two hours and it was fucking amazing. Lamb of God has definitely picked up where Pantera left off. The opening band Gojira was impressive and Trivium was amazing.
Below is some LoG concert footage of something called the
Wall of Death. Thankfully, we saw nothing at the show that remotely resembled the video below.
Posted by Clint at 10:23 AM on 12/29/2006
(3 Comments)LONG BEACH – Oscar Gabriel Gallegos, the fugitive wanted in the shooting of two Long Beach police officers during a traffic stop last week, died in a hail of bullets Wednesday, shooting on his hands and knees at three police officers outside a crowded Santa Ana taco stand.
In his pockets, he had two fully loaded magazines. His handgun, a .40-caliber Glock, had a laser sight. He was shot 15 times, Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters said.
"He was either going to kill the officers or be killed," Walters said. "Fortunately, the right person got killed."
The gunfight was brief, but it brought a dramatic and abrupt end to a manhunt for Gallegos, the man police had been seeking since officers Abram Yap and Roy Wade Jr. were shot as they sat in their squad car Dec. 22. The officers had pulled over Gallegos for running a red light in downtown Long Beach.
At a news conference Thursday, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley confirmed the dead gunman was Gallegos, an illegal immigrant. He has been deported to Mexico three times, the last time in 1996, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
During the past 16 years, Gallegos has been charged with weapons and drug violations, the Long Beach Police Department said. A year after he was last deported, he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
"Mr. Gallegos was an evil man," Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts said. "We never slowed down. We never stopped."
Yap, a Fountain Valley High School graduate, was hit once in the face. Wade, a rookie who graduated from the police academy less than a month ago, was shot several times in the chest and neck. The officers never got out of the car and didn't shoot back. They remain in critical condition.
On Thursday, Yap's family issued a statement thanking the officers who worked to find Gallegos and the community for their support.
"To all the relatives, friends, public officials and citizens who have helped us get through this with your well wishes, prayers and love, thank you."
Within a day of the shooting, local and federal authorities had tracked Gallegos to Santa Ana. Batts repeatedly warned friends and relatives of Gallegos not to hide him or help him escape and tried to persuade Gallegos to turn himself in.
About 5 p.m. Wednesday, undercover Long Beach detectives tailed Gallegos to a strip mall in the 200 block of East Warner Avenue. They called in Santa Ana police for help.
Walking back from the taco shop, Gallegos saw a white police sedan pull up. He saw three uniformed officers and began shooting before the officers got out of the car, Walters said.
The officers – members of Santa Ana's Strikeforce, a heavily armed SWAT unit – took cover and fired back, Walters said.
"He kept shooting and shooting. Even after he was wounded, he kept shooting on his hands and knees. It was obviously his intention to kill or injure our police officers," Walters said.
The officers, whose names have not been released, were uninjured, Walters said.
Batts was in the middle of a news conference Wednesday to announce a $75,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of Gallegos when a police official whispered the news of the Santa Ana shooting.
article linkPosted by Clint at 6:15 PM on 10/5/2006
(3 Comments)The other day I downloaded a fascinating documentary called
The Conspiracy of Silence that was supposed to air on the Discovery channel on May 3rd, 1994. The documentary is inspired by the book
The Franklin Coverup by John DeCamp. Due to political pressure the rights to the film were purchased and all copies were destroyed. Except one.
The lead
investigator for the Franklin coverup died in a suspicious plane crash. There were also a handful of suicides and other deaths as well. Yeah, I know it sounds like Prison Break!
There is a particulary ironic scene with former CIA director
William Colby. It's ironic because he mysteriously died two years later.
This documentary is especially relevant in the wake of the
Mark Foley scandal and how it relates to the Whitehouse and the Republican party.
Conspiracy of Silence - Torrent
Conspiracy of Silence - Google Video
The fun doesn't stop there. Some people believe that the late
Hunter Thompson may be
implicated as well.
Posted by Clint at 1:52 AM on 10/1/2006
(4 Comments)Man, I love my neighborhood. So, my friend Kim and I were walking to 7-11 from my house tonight and she sees a candle vigil on the corner as we are crossing the street. As we get closer and I see the picture of Omar, I realize that I heard about this on KFI. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop laughing...
GARDEN GROVE
A man was decapitated Tuesday night when he ran into oncoming traffic, authorities said.
Witnesses reported seeing Omar Flores, 29, of Santa Ana running west on Chapman Avenue toward Haster Street into eastbound traffic. A vehicle traveling east struck Flores, who was naked, just before 11:30 p.m., police Lt. Travis Whitman said.
The driver stopped and stayed at the scene. Authorities said neither speed nor intoxication appeared to be a factor in the incident.
This looks like a suicide, based on the actions of the decedent," Garden Grove Lt. Mike Handfield said.
