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THE INTERCEPT: Leaked ATF Report Shows That Military, Police, FBI and Defense Department Contractors Are Members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in the US
By Elaine Magliaro Jana Winter and Jordan Smith have an interesting article over at First Look Media about a leaked ATF report obtained by The Intercept that shows the extent to which outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) “are represented in nearly … Continue reading
Posted in FBI, Government, Law Enforcement, Police, United States
Tagged Department of Defense, OMGs, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, The Intercept
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Batshit Crazy Failed Congressional Candidate Robert Doggart Pleads Guilty in Plot to Massacre Muslims in New York State
By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, WBGN in Binghamton reported that last month FBI officials had “arrested and charged former congressional candidate Robert R. Doggart in connection with a plot to kill residents and destroy the school and mosque of the Muslim … Continue reading
A Fine Example of Community Policing: South Carolina Police Officer Filmed Playing Football with Neighborhood Kids in a Housing Authority Development Area
By Elaine Magliaro A man named Lorenzo Adams was driving his car in Bennettsville, South Carolina the other day when he spotted a police officer playing football with some young kids. Adams stopped his car and decided to catch the … Continue reading
Another Update in the Tamir Rice Case: The Police Officer Who Killed Him Last November Still Hasn’t Been Interviewed by Investigators
By Elaine Magliaro Mother Jones and Daily Kos have reported that Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the two officers involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice, “still have not been interviewed by investigators from the sheriff’s department.” Loehmann is the officer who fired … Continue reading
FBI Releases Preliminary Statistics for the Number of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in 2014
By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released preliminary statistics for the number of law enforcement officers who were killed in 2014. According to the FBI, those statistics show “that 51 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in … Continue reading
Posted in FBI, Government, Law Enforcement, Police, United States
Tagged Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
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On the Subject of Freddie Gray’s Knife and Giving Police “Fair Leeway” to Make Mistakes in Their Enforcement of the Law
By Elaine Magliaro Patrik Jonsson has an interesting article over at Yahoo News that I think is worth read. Titled What Freddie Gray’s Knife Says About Police Power in America, the article touches on the legality/illegality of Freddie Gray’s knife; police … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Crime, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Police, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Freddie Gray, Stop and Frisk
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Tim Wise on What White Americans Do Not Know…and Do Not Want to Know
By Elaine Magliaro In January of 2014, I posted a video of Tim White talking about the “concept of whiteness.” (The title on his YouTube video clip reads “Tim White: On White Privilege.”) Yesterday, I came across an article that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Political Science, Racism, Society, Sociology, United States
Tagged 1998 Riot at Washington State University, 2004 Riot at Iowa State University, Ghettoization, Highway Program, Housing Discrimination, Keene NH Pumpkin Festival Riot, Lead Poisoning, Riots, Tim Wise
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From the Annals of Driving While Black: ACLU of Colorado Claims Two African-American Men Were Victims of Racial Profiling
By Elaine Magliaro The ACLU of Colorado claims that two African-American men who were pulled over by police in Colorado Springs and taken into custody were victims of racial profiling. The group is representing Ryan and Benjamin Brown, the two … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Colorado, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling
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Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Brings Gun to Church Wedding and Accidentally Shoots His Mother
By Elaine Magliaro Detective Cory Golightly, a sheriff’s deputy from western Kentucky, has been placed on paid administrative leave after accidentally shooting his mother with a personal weapon during a wedding ceremony at the Bardwell Baptist Church in Carlisle County. … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Short Video, United States
Tagged Cory Golightly, Guns in Church, Kentucky
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