by Jason Swindle | Jul 16, 2017 | Articles
THE SLEEPING BEAR. In 1979, an epic story about brothers, war, and life in the Montana wilderness was written that no one would hear about until 1994. Some American Indians in the Montanas believe that an encounter with a bear in the wild changes a man. The bear...
by Jason Swindle | Jul 9, 2017 | Articles
THE WEST GEORGIA AUTISM FOUNDATION. This is a true story. For the past few months, there has been a “tugging” from the inside to initiate something that I never thought of or believed would gather much interest.But the tugging persisted. I realized the...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 30, 2017 | Articles
GRATITIDE FOR CAMPUS CARRYThe University of West Georgia gave me an opportunity a few years ago to become an adjunct professor in their Criminology Department. Teaching criminal law to future police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers and...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 25, 2017 | Articles
MAKING BRENDAN DASSEY. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have seen the Netflix documentary “Making A Murderer.” This is the true story of the two criminal trials of Steve Avery in Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin. Brendan Dassey, Avery’s...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 19, 2017 | Articles
OUR TWO GREATEST PRESIDENTS. By placing my own political views aside, I have found the two men who I believe were the best presidents in U.S. history. Interestingly, the two men were different in so many ways. One was born in New York, came from a wealthy family, went...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 11, 2017 | Articles
THE GIFT OF INTUITION. This Spring, Officer Chad Taylor was the guest speaker for my criminal law class at the University of West Georgia. I had no idea how animated his presentation would be. He engaged the students with demonstrations of dangerous encounters and...
by Jason Swindle | Jun 4, 2017 | Articles
1ST AMENDMENT IS NOT FREEDOM FROM CONSEQUENCES. Some of you are aware of the stunt pulled by comedian Kathy Griffin, who desperately needed to gain exposure for her declining comedy career, recently during a photo shoot. Well, she certainly got exposure. But, it was...
by Jason Swindle | May 27, 2017 | Articles
GUN CASE IN THE JAYHAWK STATE Mac Pilgrim runs across some of the most interesting information. This week, he texted me a column from a newspaper in Kansas. The issue in the column is not well known today; but I expect it will receive widespread attention soon. Most...
by Jason Swindle | May 21, 2017 | Articles
WHY TRUMP WILL NOT BE IMPEACHED. As the allegations of misconduct by President Trump are constantly in the news, the word “impeachment” gets tossed around, implying that he is on the verge of being removed from office. While some congressmen know that...
by Jason Swindle | May 20, 2017 | Articles
Nevada likely to become second state to require police body camerasBy Tom James “Police officers in the state of Nevada may soon be required to wear body cameras under a measure that was sent on Thursday to Governor Brian Sandoval for his signature.The proposal,...
