Dear Gainesville, The City I Call Home
Dear Gainesville Florida, By this point, we have spent more time apart than we have together. However, you are the town in which I was...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 19, 2017
- 8 min
Outside The Matrix Innocence Is Lost
“Again, the date is July 8, 2013. This concludes my interview with Lieutenant Tim McMillan of the Garden City Police Department. At this...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 18, 2017
- 16 min
"I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."
By religious characterization, I indeed classify myself as Jewish. However, I have always been fascinated with the study of all of the...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 16, 2017
- 8 min
Don’t you ever f***ing question a fellow cop
With deliberate melodrama, I tossed the keys in the air so they would come down with a commanding clank on the front table of our police...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 15, 2017
- 10 min
Knowing When To Tap-Out
The dark hotel room begins to come into focus, as the blurriness of sleep fades from my eyes. My vision quickly darts all around the...
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Lt. Tim McMillan (Ret.)
- Oct 14, 2017
- 7 min
Suffocated By Crimes Without Punishment
He admits to being at the party, and he admits that he was intoxicated. He even acknowledges to having sex with you. However, he says...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 13, 2017
- 7 min
Do We Really Want To Be American Psychos?
I remember being fascinated when I read psychologist Kevin Dutton’s 2013 book, “The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 12, 2017
- 13 min
Shots Fired! Piecing Together The Vegas Attack.
Now, in light of the fact that I’ve spent my whole life in the Deep South, personally, I am not a fan of country music. My wife and...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 12, 2017
- 3 min
Salt Lake City Detective Fired Over Arrest Of Nurse.
On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City Police Department fired Detective Jeff Payne for his actions regarding the arrest of University of Utah...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 11, 2017
- 9 min
The Burning Desire To Serve and Protect
"I'm a 19-year-old Canadian criminal justice student. I've wanted to be a police officer for a long time, but I've always wanted to help...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 10, 2017
- 7 min
Why Columbus Day Pisses Me Off!
Now, I get it. There’s a large segment of the American population that feels like many of the fundamental aspects of their lives are...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 9, 2017
- 9 min
A Quantum Leap Towards Good?
The other night I posed to some good friends a rather seemingly depressing philosophical question. I discussed that fundamentally all...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 7, 2017
- 9 min
We MUST Call This Man A Terrorist
By accepted definition, a terrorist is a person who uses violence and intimidation against civilians to facilitate a political agenda....
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 6, 2017
- 9 min
You Don't Know How It Feels...
Standing on my tip-toes, my eyebrows lower as I squint looking out my bedroom window. “Petty had a rough life growing up living in...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 5, 2017
- 10 min
A Simple Solution For Both Sides.
On Sunday, October 1, 2017, at 10:05 pm PST, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock committed the single deadliest mass shooting in modern American...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 4, 2017
- 5 min
Don't See A Problem With Our Gun Laws? Ok, Read This...
Let me make something abundantly clear up front. I support American’s right to bear arms. Additionally, I do not support blanket...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 4, 2017
- 11 min
Dispelling Some Myths About The Vegas Mass Shooting.
When I was in graduate school I conducted a research project examining homeostasis in how people perceive their environment and future...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 3, 2017
- 8 min
Killing In The Name Of None
When I first heard the news of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, my heart became an elevator of sinking emotion. As with most people, I was...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 1, 2017
- 2 min
Stop Saying Not My President.
I don't like the saying, "Not my President." Under the democratic principles of America, a citizen absolutely has the right to be...
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By Lt. Tim McMillan
- Oct 1, 2017
- 10 min
I Pulled A Car Over A Year Ago Last Night.
At 9:04 am on October 1, 2016, exactly one year ago today, I published this very status on my personal Facebook page. When I posted that...
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