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Decomposed Body Discovered Behind Abandoned Party Store, Detroit’s East Side.

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Grover Market @ 12351 Grover Street on Detroit’s east side

Detroit’s East Side: Another decomposed body was discovered in Detroit today, an all too common occurrence these days. A DPD Scout from the 9th Precinct discovered the decomposed body of a male early Saturday morning, at around 10:00am, behind the east side’s Grover Market/Party Store at 12351 Grover Street.

DPD’s 9th Precinct unit 930 reported he was investigating the address, requested a supervisor on the scene and soon afterward, Detroit Police evidence tech 4711 was ordered by homicide to process the scene.

It’s unknown how long the body has been there, who the body belongs to or the cause of death. DPD’s homicide and the medical examiner is investigating.

Detroit Police Dispatch Audio

If you have any information on who the body belongs to, how it got there or any information that might aid in the identification of the deceased, give a call to 1-800-SpeakUp where you can remain anonymous if you wish.

Should You Need To Pass A Social Media Check To Get A Gun?

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Should hateful tweets keep you from getting a gun?

That’s a question many have asked after suspects in several horrific mass shootings were found only later to have left social media hints of violence that went unheeded for years. Now a New York lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require police to scrutinize the social media and online searches of handgun license applicants, and disqualify those who publish violent or hate-filled posts.

“We certainly want to make sure we’re putting weapons in the hands of the right people and keeping them out of the hands of the wrong people,” said state Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat who added he was inspired to act after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect left social media rants that Jews were “children of Satan.”

Free-speech watchdogs and even some gun-control advocates have already raised concerns about the bill, which would require handgun applicants to turn over login information to allow investigators to look at three years’ worth of Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram posts. Google, Yahoo and Bing searches over the previous year also would be checked.

Licenses could be denied if investigators uncover threats of violence or terrorism or the use of racial or ethnic slurs.

Parker’s bill comes as people are increasingly wary about their online lives being tracked. But social postings are commonly checked by everyone from human resource workers to police officers. A survey of more than 550 police departments several years ago by the International Association of Chiefs of Police found more than half use social media for listening or monitoring and three-quarters of them use it for intelligence.

While the prospects of Parker’s bill passing are uncertain, he has already succeeded at one of his goals of creating “fodder for discussion,” including pushback.

Tom King, president of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the state’s NRA affiliate, said the bill would be the beginning of “the slippery slope of taking away your First Amendment” free speech rights.

At the American Tactical Systems gun range, a short drive from New York’s Capitol, gun owners called the proposal unnecessary and intrusive.

“I don’t think the government should have access to anybody’s history, especially for pistol permits,” Steve Wohlleber, who works at the range. “And the state police have enough to worry about besides checking everyone’s social media.”

David Pucino, a staff attorney at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said that while he shared the legislator’s goals, he thought there were better alternatives, such as another bill that would create a court order of protection to bar people considered dangerous from possessing or buying guns.

Civil rights attorney Norman Siegel said he believes bill language directing police to consider “commonly known profane slurs or biased language” is too broad to pass constitutional muster.

“A person could be prejudiced,” Siegel said. “That doesn’t mean he’s not entitled to his Second Amendment right.”

On a practical level, the measure would mean more work for police in New York who already check the criminal and mental health histories of handgun license applicants.

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, whose department processes a few hundred applications every year, said “it’s definitely going to bog things down a bit” in a licensing process that already can take from 120 days to a year to complete.

Parker countered that states have the authority to limit hand gun use for public safety.

“If you’re afraid of your personal privacy,” he said. “Don’t apply for a handgun license.”

And wham, we’re back in 1938.

How To Cook A Turkey In Montana

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How To Cook A Turkey In Montana, the Welker Way

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Here’s how Nick & Scott Welker of Welker Farms in Montana cook a turkey….You’re welcome.

If you’re a farmer or just like farming stuff, I highly recommend subscribing to their YouTube channel. They’re the best in the business.

Personal Responsibility And Bad Choices

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Why do we always want to punish people over the bad choices others make in life?

Let’s look at a recent case in Detroit.

A gaggle of teens find a gun in their grandmothers bedroom; supposedly unloaded according to reports in the media, and use it to scare another teen to death…literally.

So the teens find the weapon, one of them loads it and giggling with anticipation they present the weapon to the dead teen in an attempt to “scare him”, the gun discharges striking the 13 year old in the chest, another promising young man in Detroit dead.

Why they loaded it if it was in fact unloaded, I don’t know, but let’s keep going here.

So I’m going with the lack of criminal intent, if only for this blog post. I’m sure the Detroit Police will determine intent during the investigation, but for now I’m going with the whole accidental shooting thing.

So, the teens in question, 3 of them ranging in age from 13-15 years old make a terrible choice and end up killing another.

The intent to kill wasn’t there in this scenario, just to scare the crap out of the dead teen if you’re to believe all the reports. I’m going to break all the rules and do just that right now.

They made a choice by removing the weapon and playing with it.

So now the police, Detroit in this case, are holding a hard working woman in custody because the gun she owns was insecure, unsecured…whatever.

This isn’t the first time that’s happened in Detroit, just the latest.

Choices

So we have 3 teens who made a bad choice and tossed personal responsibility out the window, a dead teen who’s only mistake was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a grandmother now facing a criminal record over those bad choices made by the 3 teens.

There are no laws in Michigan requiring owners of firearms to secure those firearms with gunlocks or safes.

There are laws on the books for control of firearms: (Page 156)

752.861 Careless, reckless or negligent use of firearms; penalty.

Sec. 1. Any person who, because of carelessness, recklessness or negligence, but not wilfully or wantonly, shall cause or allow any firearm under his immediate control, to be discharged so as to kill or injure another person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 2 years, or by a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year, in the discretion of the court.

Personal Responsibility

Does it make sense to have a weapon secured with a gunlock? Of course it does, especially when you have young children in the home.

In this case, I’d argue that teens ranging in age between 13-15 aren’t kids, though.

If the weapon is there for self defense, no. There are no weapons here that are secured by gunlocks. That would defeat the purpose of having the weapon ready for use in the case it was needed.

Example: Bad guy enters home, bad guy shouldn’t be in home, bad guy needs to be sent screaming to Hell for making a bad choice.

There are also no children present in our home. Zero, grandchildren or otherwise. None. Would those weapons be secured if there was, of course.

If our home is left unattended, yes, they’re secured behind a moat filled with Nile crocodiles.

If we make laws punishing people for the poor choices of others, what would stop our lawmakers from drafting a law punishing my wife if I went outside in slippers during a period of ice and snow, then fell on my fat ass when I slipped on a patch of ice? (This just happened, leave her alone, I made a bad choice)

We cannot legislate stupid, irresponsibility, carelessness. If there’s intent to harm, injure or maim, then yes, but there are laws on the books for that.

The Police Response

Police said they believe the shooting is a result of a gun owner failing to properly secure her weapon.

My Response

The Detroit Scanner believes the shooting is a result of stupid teens making stupid choices.

Update: Autopsy reports state the teen was shot in the back, not the chest. A game changer?

Triple Shooting In Northeast Detroit-Peerless and Casino

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Triple Shooting In Northeast Detroit

Detroit December 4 2016: Detroit Police responded to Henry Ford Hospital on reports that multiple people with gunshot wounds had arrived at Henry Ford Hospital.

Detroit Police scouts from the 9th Precinct reported they had 3 victims, 2 listed as critical and 1 listed as temporary serious.

The victims were privately conveyed to the hospital and the vehicle that conveyed them, described as a black Ford Focus, license DHC 6940, had left the hospital.

The vehicle was described as having numerous “gunshots” to in the rear and side.

Michigan State Police arrived on Peerless and quickly secured the shooting scene just north of Casino on Peerless.

The Michigan State Trooper said there were numerous bullet holes in vehicles at the scene, window glass on the ground and 12 shell casings in the immediate area.

UPDATE December 4th 2016 8:00PM: A 29 year old woman and a 31 year old man were shot multiple times and are in critical condition. The third victim, a 28 year old woman was shot once and is in stable condition.

An unknown person approached the vehicle they were sitting in and opened fire, striking the 3 victims.

Developing Story.