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WHAT DO THESE LNP REPORTERS DO?
Posted on May 23rd, 2013 1 commentWHERE ARE THE ARRESTS?
What do these Lancaster Newspaper reporters do? They are listed on the newsroom directory as covering the police and they are, from left to right, Ryan Robinson, Jennifer Todd and Larry Alexander.
A man was shot yesterday afternoon and there has been no follow-up; there has been no description of the shooter and there have been no photos released from the surveillance cameras (click here for, “Man, 27, found wounded in Howard Avenue home”).
On May 11, I updated a post titled, “DO THE CAMERAS WORK? DO THE POLICE WORK?” (click here).
The below from that article highlights four shootings and one stabbing. In this city, with more cameras than any other city of its size, there have been no arrests made in any of these very serious crimes! What do the police do? What do these Lancaster Newspaper “police reporters” do?**********************************************
Is that a fact, Mayor Gray? Then please explain why no arrests have been made, no camera photos released and not one physical description of a perpetrator has been provided to the public for the below four crimes that all occurred in the last month-and-a-half in which four people were shot and one stabbed seven times including in the neck:
—- On Monday, April 1st, the owner of Karved Creations Barber Shop was shot in both legs in his business at 401 E. King Street (click here).
—- On Saturday, April 6th, two employees of Image Clothing were shot in the store at 713 Union Street (click here).
—- On Saturday, May 4th, a 23-year-old was stabbed multiple times outside the Village Nightclub (click here).
—- Last night, a man was shot somewhere near the 500 block of Woodward Street (click here).
So, with the cameras in place and trained, professional police officers, can you tell us why no arrests have been made in these four very serious crimes, Mayor Gray?
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* UPDATED – ARE TWO SUSPECTS STILL AT LARGE?
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 14 comments* I am simply in shock. There has not been one update to this story. It has been sitting at the top of Lancaster Online all day with absolutely no updates. It is not known if the police are still hunting for two kidnappers. It is not known if the previous descriptions they provided are still valid. There has been no information on the car she was found in and who owns it. There has been no information on how the police tracked her to the park so quickly. There has been no information on exactly where she was abducted from. There has been absolutely no additional information on the massive manhunt in which two men were arrested and then released and that closed a polling station and a park and cost tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in manpower and equipment.
Is the public safe? Should the public be looking for two men? This is simply outrageous! The Lancaster Newspapers seriously need to be run out of town and the police need to be investigated!HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE!
Three reporters – check the byline – three reporters who tell us absolutely nothing in their huge, front-page lead story! The important, obvious question they don’t answer is asked by a poster under the story (click here):Two taken into custody, two released. Does that mean two suspects are still at large?Could you answer that most basic question Ryan Robinson, Cindy Stauffer and Jennifer Todd? Do the descriptions the police released yesterday still hold or is it now two different men?And the police spent enough money to hire two new officers for a year or keep LNP’s convention center open for another three months:A few dozen police officers from area departments were searching the park, along with a state police helicopter, two city police horses, bloodhounds from Red Rose Search and Rescue and members of the county sheriff’s office, Umstead said.Is this a joke? Please see the post immediately below on this site and check back later today. Would someone hold these out-of-control, incompetent police accountable? -
* THEY HAVE HIS KILLER ON VIDEO!
Posted on May 19th, 2013 7 comments* Taking the afternoon off to watch Brenda Heist on Dr. Phil!
TWO YEARS LATER -
WHY NO ARREST?
Reverend Lawrence Houston outside City Hall on Friday discussing the 16 unsolved murders, including his brother Spencer Houston, under Mayor Gray with a passerby and signer of the petition to have the State Attorney General’s office help investigate these killings.Spencer Houston was shot multiple times and killed two years ago today in his home at 491 New Holland Avenue. The Lancaster Police have his killer on video. No, it’s not from the Lancaster County Safety Coalition Camera which is right outside his apartment. It’s from Houston’s own personal video camera he had set up aimed at his door to know who was outside.His brother, the Reverend Lawrence Houston, said he has never seen the video. He stated this Friday that the police will not let him see it and have not told him who is on the video.The police know who killed Spencer Houston. They have known for two years who killed Spencer Houston. Why has there been no arrest?
Reverend Houston and I discuss his brother’s unsolved murder on Friday.(Photos courtesy of “Must See Pics an Vids” Facebook page.)
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RACISM BEGINS AT THE LANCASTER NEWSPAPERS!
Posted on May 19th, 2013 No commentsCHANGE IS COMING! – 3
Mildred Dixon and myself in front of the Lancaster Newspapers offices yesterday. The picture was taken by a wonderful man we met named Malcolm, who was born in Lancaster, England!
I learned so much over the last four days. So much! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and signed the petitions and shared your stories!
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CHERLIE LAFLEUR IS OUT OF PRISON!
Posted on May 14th, 2013 25 comments*** BREAKING NEWS ***
& HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!
Cherlie LaFleur, the 19-year-old McCaskey student charged with one misdemenor count of concealing the death of a child and being held in jail on one million dollars bond was released today on her own recognizance after a bail hearing this morning in front of District Judge Janice Jimenez.
I can not give specifics or name names, but if you don’t think you can make a difference, then heed this story because two determined people who were outraged by LaFleur’s situation sent endless emails and made endless calls to help her. My heartfelt thanks to them and there will be much more on this story at a later date. (You can click here and here to read the two LNP stories and here for mine, “DISGUSTING GRANDSTANDING BY THE DA!”).
Please note that this Thursday, May 16th, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, I will be in front of the Lancaster Police Department protesting the 16 unsolved murders under Mayor Gray in the last six-and-one-half years and asking people to sign a petition requesting the State Attorney General’s Office step in to assist in getting justice for the victim’s families and the killers off the street. On Friday I will be in front of City Hall for those same hours and on Saturday in front of the Lancaster Newspaper’s Office at 8 W. King Street for those same hours protesting their discrimination in hiring and failure to cover these murders and hold the police accountable.
To this morning’s story – the man who was arrested has not yet been identified. I left a voicemail this afternoon with Police Spokesman Lt. Todd Umstead and I am awaiting his return call. -
WHY ISN’T THIS IN THE NEWS?
Posted on May 14th, 2013 3 commentsAN ARRESTING SCENE!
There was a major arrest yesterday morning at approximately 9:00 am at 226 W. Vine Street. This is across the street from Erma Kaylor’s home where whe was brutally slashed to death last May 16th. No one has been arrested for her murder (please see “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!” immediately below on this site).
The person arrested yesterday morning and the reason is unknown at this time. LIP News hopes to have answers by this afternoon. The pictures and video are courtesy of “Must See Pics an Vids” Facebook page.
In one other interesting development, the police suddenly are claiming the cameras helped make this arrest which also has not yet made the news.
Please check back later today.
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Posted on May 13th, 2013 No commentsA BUSY WEEK!
– On Thursday, May 16th – A protest in front of the Lancaster Police Station on the one year anniversary of the unsolved, brutal murder of 83-year-old Erma Kaylor in her West Vine Street home. I will also have a petition you can sign requesting the State Attorney General Office’s assistance in solving the sixteen unsolved murders in the last six and one-half years.
– On Friday, May 17th – A protest in front of City Hall for the sixteen unsolved murders and numerous unsolved major crimes under Mayor J. Richard Gray. I will have the same petition as above at this event that you can sign.
– On Saturday, May 18th – A protest in front of the Lancaster Newspaper Office for their blatant discrimination in hiring and a petition you can sign requesting the State Human Relations Commission investigate them. I will also be working on a petition regarding the convention center/hotel.
More details will follow.
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WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED…
Posted on May 12th, 2013 5 commentsTO YOUR MOTHER, BARBARA?
They’re curious about changes in their local newspaper. They know what they like — letters to the editor and community news. And they’re just as sure about what they don’t — articles that jump to more than one page and, as Doris puts it, any overemphasis on “bad news” and “gore.”
Barbara Hough Roda in the Sunday News column this week, “The news about town,” (click here).That is one of the most ridiculous and nasty things I have read in a long time! Overemphasis? Doris is the same age as Erma Kaylor when she was killed by having her throat brutally slashed in her home last May. Do you think it bothers Doris that her killer is still on the loose, Barbara?On this Mother’s Day, do you think Erma’s children and grandchildren think you have put an overemphasis on her unsolved murder? When was the last time her name was mentioned in your papers, Barbara? The one year anniversary of her unsolved murder is this Thursday, Barbara.Would it be alright with you if this happened to your mother, Barbara?Please check back later today. -
CALL THE EDITORS!
Posted on May 11th, 2013 9 commentsPURSE SNATCHING IN
MAYOR GRAY’S BLOCK!
Mayor Gray’s House ROBBERYLANCASTER: A 20-year-old woman told police a man grabbed a wallet from her hand shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of North Prince Street.From this Wednesday’s Police Log (click here).This is the block of North Prince Street where Mayor Gray lives. This is one block from the police station. There are cameras on both ends of this block. Did they catch this purse snatcher, Mayor Gray? Has he been arrested (please see Gray’s quote to WGAL below on this site about “purse snatchers” and the cameras).Please call the top five editors at the Lancaster Newspapers and tell them to stop lying about the cameras and crime in Lancaster (see the stories immediately below on this site):
Ernie Schreiber (left)Executive Editor717-291-8750Pete Mekeel (middle)Editor717-291-8899Barb Hough Roda (right)News editor717-481-7335
Jim Burchik (left)New Era editorial page editor717-481-6006Earle Cornelius (right)Intell editorial page editor717-291-8738 -
UPDATED 5-11-13 AM – DO THE CAMERAS WORK? DO THE POLICE WORK?
Posted on May 10th, 2013 No commentsABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE!
Lancaster is among the safest cities of its size in Pennsylvania and Mayor Rick Gray credits, among other factors, video surveillance.From today’s New Era editorial, “ Candid camera of your own,” (not currently online).The Lancaster Newspapers are lying to you, again! Please check back this afternoon for a list of phone numbers to call these lying editors and tell them what you think of them.Their blatant lies and failure to report on the unsolved murders and crimes and thus protect the public and hold the police and mayor accountable is despicable. Absolutely despicable!SOMEONE’S LYING!
“What they’re used as is an investigative tool. After a crime has been committed, police can look for blocks around, see who was in the neighborhood and who was fleeing from the crime. If the purse snatcher is taken off the street, how many crimes does he not commit because the use of the cameras identified him early on in his criminal career?” said Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray.
Mayor Gray quoted by WGAL-TV two days ago in the story, “Do surveillance cameras in Lancaster actuallly work?” (click here).
Is that a fact, Mayor Gray? Then please explain why no arrests have been made, no camera photos released and not one physical description of a perpetrator has been provided to the public for the below four crimes that all occurred in the last month-and-a-half in which four people were shot and one stabbed seven times including in the neck:—- On Monday, April 1st, the owner of Karved Creations Barber Shop was shot in both legs in his business at 401 E. King Street (click here).
—- On Saturday, April 6th, two employees of Image Clothing were shot in the store at 713 Union Street (click here).
—- On Saturday, May 4th, a 23-year-old was stabbed multiple times outside the Village Nightclub (click here).
—- Last night, a man was shot somewhere near the 500 block of Woodward Street (click here).
So, with the cameras in place and trained, professional police officers, can you tell us why no arrests have been made in these four very serious crimes, Mayor Gray?
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ERNIE GETS WORRIED!
Posted on May 9th, 2013 1 commentBLATANT DISCRIMINATION!
Apparently Lancaster Newspaper’s Executive Editor Ernie Schreiber has never seen a Black Police Officer in Lancaster (click here)! Not only that, their reporter got lucky and took a picture of the Black Officer actually doing his job! Imagine that?And note that Officer Smith had to get a “Visitor’s” Badge to enter that all-white fortress at 8 West King Street. And watch Ernie’s face change in the opening seconds of the video. Is he realizing that Officer Smith will look around the newsroom and realize there are no minorities? Does he think Officer Smith might realize it’s the Lancaster Newspapers who have lead the county in discrimination? Is he worried Officer Smith might realize Lancaster is forty years behind the times because of the Lancaster Newspapers?Officer Smith is modest and honest in this video. But as a poster said on the People of Lancaster Facebook page who noted this is the third article they are milking out of this story, “I’m embarrassed for LNP.”More on the cameras and the unsolved murder of Hector Ortiz-Fuentes will come tomorrow along with next Saturday’s (May 18th) protest in front of the LNP office for their blatant discrimination in hiring. -
SHAME ON YOU, WGAL!
Posted on May 9th, 2013 4 comments16 UNSOLVED MURDERS!
Have an extra “grand” laying around? The front-page of today’s paper! Click here to read the story.
“What they’re used as is an investigative tool. After a crime has been committed, police can look for blocks around, see who was in the neighborhood and who was fleeing from the crime. If the purse snatcher is taken off the street, how many crimes does he not commit because the use of the cameras identified him early on in his criminal career?” said Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray.
News 8 asked the mayor for any specific cases he remembers where cameras really helped and he told the story of a murder where cameras saw the suspect running into a house. Police surrounded that house in minutes and when the man tried to casually walk out, he was arrested and now he’s serving a life sentence.
From WGAL-TV, “Do surveillance cameras in Lancaster actually work?” (click here).
Shame on you, WGAL! There are sixteen unsolved murders under Mayor Gray and too many unsolved shootings and stabbings to count. Shame on you, WGAL!
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HOW’S THAT “QUALITY OF LIFE,” MAYOR GRAY?
Posted on May 8th, 2013 No commentsWHERE ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS?
WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?
LANCASTER: A woman told police that a male grabbed a $199 Nook from her around 10:15 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of South Lime Street. The suspect was with three other males. The woman said all four appeared to be ages 13-17.
LANCASTER: A woman reported to police that a man with a gun robbed her of $40 around 6:45 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of West Mifflin Street.LANCASTER: A woman said her $150 cellphone was taken by a man around 2:45 p.m. Thursday in the first block of East Orange Street.From yesterday’s Police Log (click here).Where are the descriptions of these robbers? The second two happened in broad daylight! The second one involved a gun! Where are the victim’s descriptions? Where?There are cameras right there for the second two (click here for the map of cameras in the city). Where are pictures from the cameras?Do the police think these are “isolated” events? Do they think the man with a gun won’t rob again and not shoot someone?I see incidents like this in the Police Log everyday and nothing is done about them! That’s why the police have a website and a Facebook page! Where are the descriptions so the public can help get these criminals off the street?What do the Lancaster Police do? How’s that “quality of life in Lancaster,” Mayor Gray? Where are the descriptions, Lancaster Newspapers? Where is the follow-up?This is just unbelievable! -
CRIME STOPPERS “COLD CASE”
Posted on May 8th, 2013 No commentsONE OF 16 UNSOLVED MURDERS
UNDER MAYOR GRAY
Hector Ortiz-Fuentes
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THIRTY YEARS BEHIND THE TIMES!
Posted on May 5th, 2013 No commentsFIRST COMES BABY …?
Anneliese (Bachman) Barr and Maurice Barr out and about together in Lancaster yesterday. Please see “HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE! 1 & 2″ below.
In light of everything that has happened this last week, is today’s Sunday News lead article, “First comes baby …” in extremely bad taste (click here)?
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UNCONSCIONABLE LNP!
Posted on May 1st, 2013 No commentsCHICKEN SH*T!
From today’s paper on page B-1.
The reward for the killers of the dead chicken is almost the same as the reward for the killer of 83-year-old Erma Kaylor in her West Vine Street home a year ago. And at this point, the dead chicken has gotten more press by the Lancaster Newspapers than many of the sixteen unsolved murders in the city under Mayor J. Richard Gray.
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RACISM BEGINS AT LNP! – 2
Posted on April 30th, 2013 17 commentsA LONG WAY TO GO?
Sad to say, such attempts are still necessary today — 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and 50 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
And did we say we have an African-American president?
We’ve come a long way, but clearly incidents such as this suggest we have a long way to go.
The end of today’s New Era editorial not yet on line, “Racist, anti-gay acts on campus.”How dare you, Lancaster Newspapers? How dare you?The above photo of the truck was taken yesterday in the parking lot of the Columbia Turkey Hill and is courtesy of the “Must See Pics an Vids” Facebook page. What message is this person trying to send and why?I’ll call the garage and try to find out!Please check back later today. -
IS IT FAIR, ERNIE?
Posted on April 29th, 2013 1 commentA BUSY MAY!
My initial response to Lancaster Newspaper’s Executive Editor Ernie Schreiber (see below) is simply to tell you my plans for May:
– On Thursday, May 16th – A protest in front of the Lancaster Police Station on the one year anniversary of the unsolved, brutal murder of 83-year-old Erma Kaylor in her West Vine Street home. I will also have a petition you can sign requesting the State Attorney General Office’s assistance in solving the sixteen unsolved murders in the last six and one-half years.
– On Friday, May 17th – A protest in front of City Hall for the sixteen unsolved murders and numerous unsolved major crimes under Mayor J. Richard Gray. I will have the same petition as above at this event that you can sign.
– On Saturday, May 18th – A protest in front of the Lancaster Newspaper Office for their blatant discrimination in hiring and a petition you can sign requesting the State Human Relations Commission investigate them. I will also be working on a petition regarding the convention center/hotel.
More details will follow.
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LNP & SCHREIBER: DESTROYING JOURNALISM!
Posted on April 29th, 2013 1 commentSCHREIBER: FLAT-OUT LIAR!
My conclusion: We have a way to go in convincing the community that we are striving to be fair.
That said, I am eager to hear your assessment of our efforts to improve local reporting and fairness.
Lancaster Newspaper’s Executive Editor Ernie Schreiber in yesterday’s Sunday News column, “The quest for balance,” (click here).Is this a joke? Really, is this some kind of sick joke?Please check back later today. -
CAN THEY SUE?
Posted on April 25th, 2013 No commentsBRETT SAYS “NO!”
Carl Dixon, Jr. John Freeman
Marlon Lambert Jose Solis
Since 2011, Dixon and at least three other defendants have been acquitted of charges after serving lengthy prison terms here, court records show.
None have filed civil lawsuits or sought compensation because, according to veteran attorneys here, none have a case.From the front-page, lead article two days ago by Brett Hambright, “They did the time, but were acquitted of the crime. Now can they sue?” (click here).
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SWIFT APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS?
Posted on April 25th, 2013 No commentsWHERE’S THE IMAGE?
In most cases, photographs of people fleeing from an accident or thugs involved in a crime should be immediately available to the public. Their prompt release helps, as the Boston case showed, in the swift apprehension of criminals.Yesterday’s New Era editorial, “Video cameras in public places.” (click here).When is the last time you’ve seen a photograph from the Lancaster cameras? When? There were two employees shot at the Image Clothing store on April 6th (click here). We haven’t seen an image – we haven’t even gotten a description!The week before, the owner of Karved Creations Barber Shop was shot. We haven’t seen an image – we haven’t even gotten a description of his shooter!Needless to say, no one has been arrested in either shooting! How much longer can this go on? What do these police do? Where are the images, Lancaster New Era?In fact, during Carl Dixon’s recent trial where he was acquitted, he testified that he wanted surveillance camera video to back up his story but there was none available.The editors of the Lancaster Newspapers have an absolute responsibility to tell us if these cameras work and why the public is not seeing these images! Why don’t the Lancaster Newspapers tell us? They have the nerve to write an editorial like this knowing that there have been no images released to the public from the Lancaster cameras in years!Please check back later today. -
MINORITIES NEED NOT APPLY! – 2
Posted on April 23rd, 2013 No commentsTHE NUMBERS
TELL THE STORY!
THE LANCASTER POLICE HONOR GUARD
Does discrimination remain in Lancaster County (please see this morning’s post immediately below)? Almost a year ago today, sparked by a visit to the courthouse where no minorities were visible and several visits to the Police Station, I decided to find out:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
In response to a Right-To-Know request to the City of Lancaster for the gender and racial breakdown of the Lancaster City Police Department, the following figures were received from Patrick Hopkins, the city Business Administrator:
(Click here for the results.)
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,
THE CLERK OF COURTS, PROTHONOTARY
& SHERIFF’S OFFICES
In response to a Right-To-Request for the District Attorney’s Office regarding race and gender the following figures were received this past Friday:
…Combine this with the other three offices already accounted for (click here), and there are a total of 242 Courthouse employees, of which there is not a single black male, there are two black females and 14 Hispanics. This is unconscionable.
(Click here for the DA’s office and here for the other three.)
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DISCRIMINATION BEGINS AT LNP!
Posted on April 23rd, 2013 No comments“Mildred Dixon said discrimination is inevitable when police officers don’t look like the community they serve.”
The front-page headline from today’s Intell/ New Era.Click here to read the story titled online, “Human Relations Commission gone, but minorities believe discrimination remains.”Do you think discrimination remains, Lancaster Newspapers? Have you looked at the racial and ethnic make-up of your own editorial staff, Lancaster Newspapers?Discrimination in Lancaster County begins with the Lancaster Newspapers!Please check back later today. -
RACE AGAINST RACISM!
Posted on April 22nd, 2013 No commentsREGISTER ONLINE!
I would like to register me and my son for the Race Against Racism run this Sat, April 27th- can you direct me to the correct site? Thank you.
This email in today.
Thank you! I needed that! Click here to register online on the YWCA site.
“Martin Riggs,” the Klan member from this morning, is 69 posts short of 20,000 posts on one forum in less than three years and over 5,000 on a second forum in less than two years. Every post is filled with hate. Virulent hate.
He has one purpose and one purpose only – to spread his hate. So when do you draw the line and say enough is enough? When does a “legitimate” forum put a stop to the hate?
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BAN HIM! WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?
Posted on April 22nd, 2013 No commentsWHAT ARE THE ODDS?
What are the odds the shooter/shooters are black?
This question posted on a local forum by “Martin Riggs” under the article, “Gunfire erupts at Colo. pot event, 2 wounded.”
This person has taken over the two remaining “local” forums posting non-stop hate all day long. All day long.
He claims to be Jewish and a former Law Enforcement Officer. What are the odds he’s really Jewish and a former LEO? Zero percent. What are the odds he’s a Klan member? One hundred percent.
Please check back later today.