Ex-DEA Administrator Peter Bensinger For New York Daily News The announcement by Mayor de Blasio that the NYPD would not be making arrests for small amounts of marijuana is in defiance of federal law and the laws of almost every country around the world. Possession of small amounts of marijuana is still a violation of New…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Britain’s Winston Churchill urged the U.S. to drop a nuclear bomb on the Soviet Union in 1947, fearing the Kremlin would spread Communism and eventually have atomic weapons, according to FBI archives. International Business Times reports that the revelation is in a new book, “When Lions Road: The Churchills and The…
By The Times-Tribune Editorial Board Democracy works only with an independent press that is not controlled by the government. The nation’s Founding Fathers knew that. That’s why, right there in the First Amendment, it says that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, of the press.” It doesn’t include a specific…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested and suspended after being accused of fatally shooting a 27-year-old Moreno Valley man in the southern California town of East Hemet, the Press Enterprise reports. Authorities arrested John Demery, 40, who is assigned to the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector Newton-Azrak Station in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Secret Service officer shot a man outside a Wal-Mart after he allegedly stole from the big-box store in Woodbridge, Va., the Associated Press reports. Authorities said the 21-year-old man who was shot Thursday had broken jewelry cases using a hammer at a Wal-Mart. The man who was shot, Mohamed…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some U.S. Border Patrol agents are being forced to share their rifles while on patrol near Tucson because the agency is inspecting the quality of the M4 carbines, KVOA reports. “There’s a lot of agents that are pretty upset over it,” said Art del Cueto, president of the Border Patrol’s Tucson…
This article is published with permission of Gang Land News, which is a paid-subscription website. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Joseph Colombo Jr., whose arrest back on April 30, 1970 spurred his Mafia boss father to dramatically turn the tables on the FBI, picketing the agency’s East Side offices and staging huge civil rights rallies, died…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama has nominated Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, 55, to replace Eric Holder as attorney general. She would be the first black woman to head up the department. Attorney General Eric Holder released a statement Saturday: “Loretta Lynch is an extraordinarily talented attorney, a dedicated public servant, and a leader…
