2014 – Page 49 – Tickle The Wire

Ex-Fed Prosecutor Alan M. Gershel Who Helped Convicted Detroit Police Chief is Named Head of the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission

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Alan M. Gershel Alan M. Gershel, a law school professor and ex-federal prosecutor whose high-profile cases included the prosecution of Detroit Police Chief William L. Hart, has been named grievance administrator for the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission. The commission is the investigative and prosecutorial arm of the Supreme Court for allegations of attorney misconduct. “Mr. Gershel has…

Cities with Patterns of Civil Rights Abuses Still Receive Surplus Military Equipment

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Cities nationwide that are under investigation for alleged civil rights violations are still eligible to receive surplus military equipment, the Justice Department reports, according to the Associated Press. The discovery raises questions about the controversial Pentagon program following the militarized law enforcement response in Ferguson, Mo. The Pentagon responded that it…

Border Patrol Official Says More than 4,300 New Officers Are Needed to Protect U.S.

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP needs more than 4,300 new officers to adequately protect the borders, acting Customs and Border Patrol Assistant Commissioner John P. Wagner, from the Office of Field Operations, told PJ Media. With the increased dangers of ISIS and the influx of immigrants, Wagner said a lot more manpower is needed….

Border Patrol May Get More Surveillance Balloons Because of Success of Others

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are finding success with surveillance balloons that hover high above the Rio Grande and can zoom in on a license plate from miles away, the Valley Morning Star reports. Border Patrol officials said more balloons are possible to keep more eyes in the sky. The balloons are stationed…

Secret Service Looks to Beef Up White House Security After Embarrassing Blunder

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was an embarrassment and failure of the Secret Service. An Army veteran with a pocketknife scaled the White House fence and entered the executive mansion Friday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Secret Service is reviewing ways to better protect the White House. The suspect on Friday, Omar J. Gonzalez,…

DOJ Supports Special Needs Student Who Was Used As ‘Rape Bait’

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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is supporting the family of a girl who was raped after a teacher told her to act as bait to catch a suspected sexual predator at Sparkman Middle School in Toney, Ala. The Daily Mail reports that the school had failed to discipline the suspected predator because he…

Judge Rules In Favor of Ex-ATF Agent Jay Dobyns and Slaps ATF

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge gave what former ATF agent Jay Dobyns seemed to want most: Vindication. The Arizona Republic writes that U.S. Federal Claims Judge Francis M. Allegra of D.C. ruled in a lawsuit filed by Dobyns that ATF failed to properly respond to death threats against him after he infiltrated the…

Ex-ATF Agent Jay Dobyns on His Court VIctory: ‘I Hope It Helps the Many Other Abused Employees Who Never Had a Voice’

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The following was written after ex-ATF Agent Jay Dobyns’ won his lawsuit against ATF. A federal judge awarded him $173,000 and lambasted ATF. Dobyns, who had gone undercover with the Hells Angels, claimed that the department didn’t do enough to protect his life after getting death threats and having his house catch on fire. The…