We're the Only Ones Protected Enough

More importantly, however, Yocher had a history of domestic violence. He lived in Naugatuck, the town next to Waterbury, and his neighbors there had reportedly called police about disturbances at the home where Yocher lived with his wife and children. Yet it appears that Yocher’s status as a policeman protected him from being arrested. And under a Connecticut law, passed just two months before the murder of Tommy Stuart, police were required to seize any firearms in the possession of a domestic abuse suspect. Yocher still had his guns, however, including the semiautomatic pistol he used to kill Tommy Stuart before killing himself. [More]

I guess I'm perplexed as to why the author finds the Hartford Courant being police state apologist punks "startling."  Winning the Pulitzer is hardly the final word on integrity.  Just ask Stalin's PR flack or WaPo's award-winning plagiarist.

[Via Michael G]