"You (and the people) and the plaintiff deserve a lot more than $1000 for this refusal of McProsecutor (and Cole knowingly though his curt "final" reply) to withhold and not disclose the body cams at the arrest of O'Connel. McSO and…"
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BlackHand Betty and the Brady Breaches
"It is conceded that Prosecutor [Beth] Hand had knowledge and deliberately withheld evidence and information that was required to be produced. Our courts have held that the withholding of exculpatory evidence by the prosecutor after discovery has been requested constitutes a Brady violation...Ms. Hand's failure to bring discovery and blatant misrepresentation before the court at the preliminary examination amounts to nothing less than intolerable due process violations." " -- …See More
Local Teen's Quick Action Saves Judge
16 year old Landon Mosqueda was driving on Jebavy at 11 AM on Saturday March 29th when he noticed a motorist had drove off the road and was experiencing some kind of medical emergency. The Ludington High School wrestler and football player flagged…
Will Gotion Factory Go Forward or Just Go Away?
It has been a couple of years since our first time of looking at the proposed Gotion project in nearby Mecosta County, and had everything went according to the plan of our state leaders and that company, we would likely be looking now at a finished electric vehicle battery plant from the China-based company funded with well over one billion dollars of state and local subsidies…See More
"Great observation; I can't recall any major issue with the LPD before Mark Barnett resigned as a lesser officer down in Pontiac and came up to Ludington in 2002 to be the new chief of police. Barnett used to be so invested in keeping the…"
"Ever since Ludington was invaded by the tough guy police from SE Michigan there has been nothing but trouble. This is proof that corruption breeds corruption. When City Hall is neck deep in corruption we can expect it to spread throughout other…"
When a Guilty Verdict Goes Both Ways
One week ago, a jury went into deliberations for about three hours after hearing closing arguments that morning from a case that took two full days to try during the prior week. The Ludington Torch was there for all of the court action, so when the Mason County Press (who wasn't there for the trial) came out later that day with a canned story purely from the prosecutor's perspective, we felt there needed to be a bit more said on the story, particularly when Prosecutor Beth…See More
"Thanks for that clarification on where the call originated and I see what you meant now."
"Thanks for the roaring defense, and I apologize for making you think that Mitch called this in from his fancy Forest Hills estate. I made the point that the former city manager lived two miles away to illustrate why this wasn't a proper…"
"RKH, you may wish to review the Bill of Rights and the ACLU's publications of civil rights matters before making misguided statements like this.
Police have the same rights as you and me, that's why they should be respecting your rights…"
"Further: maybe the LE doesn't have right to enter backyard: see…"
"Thanks for your viewpoint, RK. However on the body cam I did not hear police announce themselves prowling theu his backyard, and at least one was dressed in street clothes with beach shoes on his feet. It's a tough situation when evidently Mr.…"
""How does one get around that?" Freedom Seeker, one gets around that by bringing a civil suit against the noisemaker, not by making even more unlawful noise. Mr. Oquist was told to "Stop" by uniformed officers when he was…"
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BlackHand Betty and the Brady Breaches
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"It is conceded that Prosecutor [Beth] Hand had knowledge and deliberately withheld evidence and information that was required to be produced. Our courts have held that the withholding of…Continue
Will Gotion Factory Go Forward or Just Go Away?
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It has been a couple of years since our first time of looking at the proposed Gotion…Continue
LPD's Fight Night at the Joe
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area. Last reply by XLFD on Wednesday. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Area hockey fans should be familiar with what was called "…Continue
When a Guilty Verdict Goes Both Ways
Started by XLFD in Waving the Torch Around Our Area on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
One week ago, a jury went into deliberations for about three hours after hearing closing arguments that morning from a case that took two full days to try during the prior week. The Ludington Torch…Continue
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The elves of the Ludington Torch were hopeful that we could move from our current Ning 2.0 network to the Ning 3.0 network shortly after our five year anniversary, but we have got news from them back that they are not currently doing any new migrations to the higher platform at this time. We surmise that there has been problems with the migrations of other Ning sites, because some things do not transfer very well or at all, including videos and group modules.
As they continue to…
ContinueCreated by XLFD Jan 3, 2015 at 12:38am. Last updated by XLFD Jan 3, 2015.
Spammertizing
Over the last couple of months our members have swelled due to an advertising push by those who join, post an ad, provide a link, and possibly send messages to other members advocating some product or action. While these are basically harmless if you ignore them, the Torch tech wizards cannot fully protect against the intruders. I have eradicated about two dozen of these infidels, and will make it a practice to do so in the future.
ContinueCreated by XLFD Dec 28, 2012 at 12:02pm. Last updated by XLFD Dec 28, 2012.
Downloading Videos
Want to download videos for a thread or just to add to our Videos library, but are having a hard time figuring it out? It's not hard once you know how to do it. First you will need the Video's "Embed" code; on a typical video site like Youtube they will have a "share" button you need to click, you will then see an "Embed" button you need to click. You will see the code all in blue, you need to "copy" (as in copy and paste) this code by going to your copy command.
Now go to the…
ContinueCreated by XLFD Nov 23, 2011 at 10:52am. Last updated by XLFD Nov 23, 2011.
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