No this wasn’t a hate crime, by any stretch of imagination, and any cop worth his salt wouldn’t bother wasting time and valuable FBI resources in investigating it as such. Why? The news report plainly says the two individuals involved were ‘friends.’ Friends don’t ‘hate. End of story.
The torture rape, and murder of Shannon [...]
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A federal judge has struck down a Florida law prohibiting the publication of a police officer’s name, phone number or address, calling the statute an unconstitutional restraint on speech.
The decision leaves Arizona, Colorado and Washington state with similar laws on the books. Florida authorities said Wednesday they were mulling whether to appeal.
Robert Brayshaw, [...]
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The cop had no choice? How did law enforcement get children under control prior to the use of tasers??? The father is right. If the cop can’t handle a child then he shouldn’t be a cop. The mother should be flogged.
Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help [...]
A politically monopolized security industry works for the politically powerful. You’re not the customer. Since police lack competitors that could hold them accountable, you become a mostly defenseless means to responding to political incentives (in order to achieve the satisfaction of their own economic desires). Pending the dissolution of that monopoly, your best defense against predatory [...]
A government watchdog says federal officials weren’t entirely honest with the public about the health of the first 9 financial firms that got federal bailouts, according to a report released Monday.
Bailout special inspector general Neil Barofsky says in an audit that Treasury Department officials painted an overly rosy picture, creating “unrealistic expectations,” when they called the [...]
