Texas Man Indicted on Bomb Threat at Mosque

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas man was indicted by a federal grand jury late last week on charges he violated the civil rights of Muslims when he threatened to blow up the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Tennessee, according to DNJ.com. Javier Alan Correa, 24, is accused of leaving an expletive-laced voice mail at the…

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Florida’s Voting Restrictions Burden Minority Population, Justice Dept. Argues

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Florida unfairly burdened the state’s minorities by reducing early voting house the Justice Department lawyers argued before a three-judge District panel in Washington D.C., the Chicago Tribune reports. The new rules are intended to ward off voter fraud by requiring people who moved between counties to fie provisional ballots. Counties also are…

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Feds, Seattle Negotiate Police Reforms

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The city of Seattle and the Justice Department are engaged in intense negotiations with a mediator over how to bring about sweeping changes in the Seattle Police Department, the Seattle Times reports. Negotiations come six months after the Justice Department revealed troubled findings about a department that engages in a “pattern and…

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