Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/17

[SVPete]

Nevada Sheriff Defies Judge to Keep 35-Arrest Violent Offender Behind Bars

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/16/nevada-sheriff-defies-judge-to-keep-35-arrest-violent-offender-behind-bars-n4950712

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill's decision has sparked a national debate about public safety and the limits of judicial authority. McMahill refused to release Joshua Sanchez-Lopez from jail despite an order from Justice Court Judge Eric Goodman.

Sanchez-Lopez faces charges for battery causing substantial bodily harm, another entry in a long criminal record of 35 prior arrests, including violent offenses.

Judge Goodman authorized release with electric monitoring and a $5,000 bail, an order rejected by McMahill to keep Sanchez-Lopez in custody, arguing that the risk to the community outweighed the court's directive.

Sanchez-Lopez's record stretches across years of encounters with law enforcement. Charges have included robbery, assault, theft, and drug crimes. Police reports tied the most recent arrest to a violent attack that left a victim with serious injuries requiring hospital treatment and charges for battery with substantial bodily harm. Despite his history and the latest charges, Judge Goodman still permitted release under electronic monitoring conditions.

This could get reeeeeeally messy! Obviously, the judge's order is legally binding. Equally or more obviously releasing a guy with a record of violent and felonious offenses longer than the judge's robe is moronic and endangers the public.

Hypothetically, the "proper" way to address this would have been to appeal the decision, BUT during the time for the appeal to be heard and decided, the dude would be out on the streets doing whatever other crimes appealed to him. The sheriff set up a train of possible events in which the judge would find him in contempt of court ... but the law enforcement agency that would be ordered to jail him and release the thug is commanded by the sheriff.

What would the judge do if the whole sheriffs department defied him? The judge, AFAIK, does not have authority over state-level law enforcement.

[Rick]

What if the Sheriff arrested the Judge as an "unindicted Coconspirator".

[SVPete]

The New York Times Hires Editor Who Reportedly Covered Up His Pal’s Child Porn Scandal

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/the-new-york-times-hires-editor-who-reportedly-covered-up-his-pals-child-porn-scandal/

Noah Shachtman, the former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast, has been hired by The New York Times as a contributing writer to its opinion section despite his well-documented effort to cover up a pal’s child porn scandal.

In October 2022, Rolling Stone was the first to report that ABC News national security producer James Gordon Meek’s home had been raided by the FBI that April. But its story about the matter bore little resemblance to reality.

That wasn’t the fault of reporter Tatiana Siegel, who had learned and wished to note that the raid was in connection with a federal investigation into images depicting child sex abuse. Shachtman, then serving as the top editor at the publication, reportedly instructed Siegel not to turn in a story with the words “child pornography” in it; and then took advantage of Siegel leaving work to tend to her dying mother by going back on an agreement to note that the FBI raid pertained to “possible criminal behavior outside the scope of Meek’s work” in her article, according to an NPR investigation.

The MSM has levels of "One of Us": Dem pols toeing the party live are second; fellow media Progs are first and unless impossible, will be protected/tolerated.