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February 17, 2015

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Texas Judge Blocks President Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s immigration plans have been placed on hold by a federal judge in Texas so that states have time to argue their case against the president’s controversial executive action. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen blocked the plan with a preliminary injunction, ABC News reports. The judge said the injunction was…

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FBI Investigates 7-Decade-Old Lynching of 2 Black Couples in Georgia

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a brutal lynching even by Georgia’s standards. On July 25, 1946, a white mob tied up a black couple in their 20s and shot them 60 times. The notorious incident became known as the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching. No one has been prosecuted in the case. But The Guardian…

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Border Patrol Agents Advised They May Let Drunken Drivers Loose

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been advised they are under no obligation to arrest drunken drivers and will face no consequences for letting the suspects go, CBS5 reports. A training memo that has been circulating among agents reminded them that they have no legal authority to arrest someone for breaking…

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: FBI Director’s Speech on Race Is Two-Way Street

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By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Editorial Board  During a widely lauded speech at Georgetown University last week, FBI Director James B. Comey proved that he’s no J. Edgar Hoover. Instead of glossing over unpleasant truths about the relationship between minority communities and the police, Mr. Comey seized on the opportunity to acknowledge the reality of racial bias…

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Secret Service Agents Spent Average of Just 25 Minutes Training in 2014

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One reason the Secret Service is making so many embarrassing blunders may have something to do with the lack of training. The Fiscal Times reports that the Secret Service’s uniformed officers trained for an average of just 25 minutes in fiscal 2013, a significant decline over previous years The Secret Service…

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