Fed Jury Convicts Cop in Fatal Beating of Man Whose Last Words Were “All I wanted was a Snickers”

 By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Call it one of the low points in policing in Spokane, Wash. A federal jury on Wednesday  convicted a Spokane, Wash., police officer  on civil rights and obstruction charges in the beating death of an unarmed man, the Justice Department announced. Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., 64, was convicted on charges…

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Dems Demand Explanation on TSA Missed Deadline on Screening Packages on Planes

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Transportation Security Administration is still not scanning 100 percent of  the parcels on inbound international flights, and Congress wants to know why. The website NextGov.com reports that it appears TSA will miss a deadline to scan all parcels on overseas planes for the second time, and House Democrats have sent a…

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Feinstein, Breuer: ATF Needs Improved Gun Laws

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) defended the ATF at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, reports the website Main Justice, saying the real problem is lax gun laws. “The number of deaths caused by American guns are up in the tens of thousands,” she said, claiming that 70 percent of guns…

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