Tom O’Connell

Thomas M. O’Connell is the former Senior Litigation Counsel and Chief of the Narcotics and Violent Crimes Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to his 13 years in the Las Vegas U.S. Attorneys Office, he served for 8 years in the Northern District of California. Tom retired in 2013 and relocated back to Las Vegas. Since then, he has helped trained Las Vegas Metro, North Las Vegas and Henderson police, and U.S. Probation. He’s addressed inmates at High Desert State Prison and guest lectured at both UNLV and Boyd School of Law.

DOJ/Ferguson/Holder

Exactly as I predicted.  No charges – there was no probable cause. So put the entire Department under a microscope (no statute of limitations) and “indict” it with a scathing report to appease the “community”. (Maybe it is merited, who knows – after Zimmerman, I don’t know which side to disbelieve.) I love and support …

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More on Steve Carell and Colbert - and David Letterman!

More on Steve Carell and Colbert – and David Letterman!

A few weeks ago I wrote about my co-counsel in the horrific Las Vegas DuPont Murder case (not the one portrayed in “Foxcatcher”.) “As it turns out, the mutli-talented Peter Ko, then a student, contributed his considerable wit and writing skills to a blog called “teepee,” where he critiqued movies and television shows. In 1997 …

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On the du Pont family, murder... and Steve Carell!

On the du Pont family, murder… and Steve Carell!

There has been considerable buzz about the new movie “Foxcatcher”.  It stars Steve Carell as John du Pont, one of many heirs to the du Pont chemical fortune, who gained infamy by murdering Dave Shultz, an all-time great amateur wrestler.  A man whose personality was beyond “eccentric”, du Pont developed an extremely unhealthy interest in college wrestling, which grew into the establishment of Foxcatcher …

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Forced “Respect”

A picture speaks a thousand words. Note: a quick look at the headgear demonstrates these were not only NYPD members. So Bratton coerced the cops to salute today, and the media loved it. Congrats, Commish.  A once proud leader, Bratton is now a disgrace.

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