Randles, we salute you!

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

What a trooper Signal journalist Jonathan Randles is.

I totally missed a really neat (and very appropos) story in the Daily News (hat tip: Jim Farley) about a new Sheriff’s Department device that is meant to control crowd and prison disturbances by making their guts unbearably hot. It’s a truly frightening non-lethal weapon.

And wouldn’t you know that we had a huge prison disturbance just last weekend?

Well intrepid Signal reporter Jonathan Randles -who’s been targeted by Roger Gitlin’s fanatical goons in the past yet still survived- totally took one for Team SCV and for journalism in general by volunteering to be subjected to the device before the prison riot happened. Here’s the picture of him in PAIN:

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For his courage in taking an LASD shock/prisoner device in the interests of journalism, Signal journo Jonathan Randles wins SCVTalk’s coveted Kick Ass Journalist of the Year Award, equal in respect and dignity to my own Forty under 40 Award.

We salute you Randles!

Comments (3)

JboyyyyyyAugust 24, 2010 at 9:27 am

With any luck he might just be the next rick sanchez…

tiredAugust 24, 2010 at 9:57 am

It’s worth noting he wrote a column about the experience: http://www.the-signal.com/section/115/article/32603/

navigatorAugust 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm

Now that’s making sure you have all the facts before reporting.

JboyyyyyyAugust 24, 2010 at 9:27 am
With any luck he might just be the next rick sanchez…
tiredAugust 24, 2010 at 9:57 am
It’s worth noting he wrote a column about the experience: http://www.the-signal.com/section/115/article/32603/
navigatorAugust 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Now that’s making sure you have all the facts before reporting.