Even a New York Judge can’t get the Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo or the NY State Police to release what could be embarrassing numbers. Despite an order issued by New York Judge Thomas J. McNamara, and required by the SAFE Act, The state officials are dragging their feet. Release of Data Resisted Arguing that […]
READ MOREObama Restricts Police Military ear, says it can alienate
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — President Barack Obama ended long-running federal transfers of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement on Monday in an attempt to ease tensions between police and minority communities, saying equipment made for the battlefield should not be a tool of American criminal justice. Grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft […]
READ MOREThree Strikes: A Mistake That Led to Mass Incarceration
In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed an omnibus crime bill into law. The bill included a “three strikes” provision at the federal level, which imposed a mandatory life sentence for a criminal convicted of a violent felony after having two prior convictions. These two prior convictions could be for a huge variety of different crimes, […]
READ MORETwo Americas, Revisited: Perpetual Surveillance As “Reasonable” Police Activity
In today’s America, perpetual police surveillance has become the new “reasonable” status quo for certain sections of our society. Check out the lead of this weekend’s Los Angeles Times report on gang policing in L.A., for example: Saturday night, July 21, and it’s been slow in South Los Angeles, scary slow. Two Los Angeles police officers […]
READ MORE“You’re Gonna Do What I’m Gonna Say”: Further Police Follies
This video is about police response to bicyclists, not drug users. What’s astounding about it, from my point view, is simply the number of brazen lies that are told by police in their reports. The claims they make are not even remotely accurate but appear to have been, rather, an elaborate set of falsehoods generated […]
READ MORESecond Alleged Atlanta Terrorist Ehsanul Islam Sadequee Begins Trial; Representing Self
We closely followed the trial of Syed Haris Ahmed, who was convicted for providing material support to terrorism in early June–all of our posts may be found here. The trial of Ahmed’s alleged co-conspirator, Ehsanul Islam Sadequee on terrorism charges began yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Sadequee has apparently taken […]
READ MOREThe Link Between Animal Abuse and Serial Killers
Researchers, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have often found a link between animal cruelty and domestic violence, child abuse, serial killings and the killings by school age children. While some children may sometimes torture animals or be cruel to them to impress peers, serial killers have been known to torture animals purely for […]
READ MOREMost Dangerous Cities in America – Murder Rates
Here’s a review of the most dangerous cities in America based on the annual murder rates per 1000 inhabitants. Cities included in this review are incorporated municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants and the murder rates for the purpose of this review are the sum of each city’s murders and non-negligent manslaughter divided by the […]
READ MOREMissouri Governor To Outline Law Enforcement Plans For Decision On Police Shooting
Grand Jury Refuses To Indict White Officer In Shooting Of Black Teenager When Jay Nixon was told the grand jury was about to wrap -up its work, he called Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Contingency plans which had been written months ago were activated. If there were any way to stave off […]
READ MOREBrother’s DNA Leads to Charges in 1990s Two Long Island Murders
Timothy Bittrolff’s DNA lead to the arrest of his brother, John Bittroff, a 48 year old construction worker from Manorville, being held without bail in connection with two Long Island murder cases dating back to the 1990’s. John Bittrolff was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of two women whose bodies were […]
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