Archive for May 4th, 2020

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 35

Monday, May 4th, 2020

You know, the police do have things other than cars and guns.

For example, tear gas. (Sorry: this is a bit on the longer side.)

As best as I can tell, the Lake Erie Chemical Company (a good Cleveland firm) eventually merged with/was acquired by Bangor Punta. Bangor Punta also owned Smith and Wesson during this period, and was trying to become a one-stop shop conglomerate for everything the well equipped police department needed: guns, tear gas, holsters, handcuffs, helmets…

Bonus video: here’s a slice of 1970s cheese for you. “Anything Can Happen”, a 1973 police recruiting film…

…a British police recruiting film. Those fashions! That music!

I especially appreciate the fact that this is subtitled.

Posted in Cops, History, Law | Comments Closed

Obit watch: May 4, 2020.

Monday, May 4th, 2020

Maj Sjöwall, co-author (with Per Wahlöö) of the Martin Beck series of Swedish police procedurals.

With their first novel, “Roseanna” (1965), about the strangling death of a young tourist, Ms. Sjowall and Per Wahloo, her writing and domestic partner, introduced Martin Beck, an indefatigable, taciturn homicide detective in Stockholm.
“He is not a heroic person,” Ms. Sjowall (pronounced SHO-vall) told the British newspaper The Telegraph in 2015. “He is like James Stewart in some American films, just a nice guy trying to do his job.”
In terse, fast-moving prose, the couple wrote nine more Beck books, including “The Laughing Policeman,” which won the Edgar Award in 1971 for best mystery novel and was made into a film in 1973 starring Walter Matthau, with its setting moved from Stockholm to San Francisco. Several Swedish movies and a TV series, “Beck,” have been made based on the novels.

Don Shula. NYT. ESPN.

Shula won an NFL-record 347 games, including including playoff games. He coached the Dolphins to the league’s only undefeated season (17-0) in 1972, culminating in a 14-7 victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
The Dolphins repeated as champions the next season, beating the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII, the third straight title game Miami had played in; the Dolphins lost 24-3 to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI.
In all, Shula guided the Dolphins to five Super Bowls, including losses to the Redskins (27-17 in Super Bowl XVII) and San Francisco 49ers (38-16 in Super Bowl XIX).

Posted in Books, NFL, Obits, Sports | 2 Comments »