Category Archives: Law
In Retrospect, Perhaps A Bake Sale Would Have Been A Better Way To Go
As most folks know by now, over the past week anti-abortion and pro-crazy forces were showing off their Internetz skillz by organizing an eBay auction of items in order to fund the defense of Scott Roeder, Hit Man of the … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, In the News, Law, Religion, Strange news, Uncategorized
Star Gets Weekly Letter From Constitutionally Illiterate Conservative
Sheesh. This is getting to be a near-weekly occurrence: some metro area supporter of John Sidney McCain III, fed up with the government takeover orchestrated by that socialist Kenyan, pens a poorly reasoned and logically unsound letter to the editor … Continue reading
Looking To Get A Lighter Sentence In Leavenworth? Hey, Just Be Friends With The Mayor!
“Operation Stonewalled”: no, it’s not just a joke about gay rights or famous generals. Turns out it was the name of a huge drug bust up in ol’ Leavenworth, that haven of crime and mullets north of town. Among those … Continue reading
Filed under City Government, Crime, Law, Politics
Raymore Felicide Leads To Odd Questions, Awkward Family Poses
Some uncomfortable news out of Raymore this morning, as the Star details in the scandalous story o’ the day. Seems there’s been a bit of police brutality — directed at a 19-year-old housecat — and the incident is leading to … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, City Government, Crime, Family Life, Law
Constitutional Debate Erupts In Totally Appropriate Venue Of Star Letters Section
When the framers sat down to form our founding document in 1787, surely they could not have predicted that someday, somewhere, the best legal minds in the country would gather to debate the finer points of what our guiding compact … Continue reading
Kansas City Dating Scene Officially Hits Rock Bottom, Fake-Arrests Self
It’s long been said around these parts that KC is just a terrible place for young singles — barring the hookup-heavy primordial ooze of Power & Light, the fratty Plaza bar scene, and the hipster epicenter of Westport — but … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Law, Oddities, Power & Light District, Social Life
Heartless Star Reader Boldly Predicts Thing That Happened Six Years Ago
Empathy rarely finds a home in the Star‘s Unfettered Letters blog, where reason and understanding go to die. Such is the case again today with a letter from Lexington MO’s Hannah Ratliff, who responds to a story about a woman’s … Continue reading
In Which A Rambling, Defensive Alonzo Washington Denounces Us As ‘Blogger Haters’
Well, we probably should have known this was coming. Just hours after we gently poked fun at his be-undershirted hostage interrogation interview on KMBC, local crimefighter and prolific MySpace user Alonzo Washington has declared the humble staff of this site … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, In the News, Law, Media
KMBC Kidnaps Alonzo Washington, Forces Him To Recite Sharptonian Rhymes
If we are to believe this photo on KMBC’s web site, then local activist and professional friend of the camera Alonzo Washington is being held captive by the dastardly Larry Moore and Co. (The picture looks to be webcam-esque, but … Continue reading
Filed under City Government, Crime, Law, Media
