By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an unusual move for a city, Baltimore’s mayor is asking for a full-scale civil rights investigation into alleged abuse within the police department following a riot over the police-involved death of Freddie Gray and other black suspects. “We all know that Baltimore continues to have a fractured relationship between the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A state Justice Department employee was among three people arrested for allegedly operating an underground police force in California. Brandon Kiel, 31, of South Los Angeles, was charged with seven counts of impersonating a police officer and is on administrative leave, SignalSCV.com reports. “We cannot comment on the ongoing personnel matter…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service agents have come under heavy criticism over the past few years for reports of wild sex parties, drunken driving and other seedy behavior. But that media attention often misses the positive side of the Secret Service. While preparing for former president Bill Clinton’s visit to Nairobi, Kenya, several agents…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who confronted officials at NSA and CIA headquarters has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after her bizarre encounter with federal officials, the Associated Press reports. Tunisia Davis, of Alexandria, is being held for a psychiatric evaluation after she was accused of trying to grab an…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department criticized the DEA for the lax discipline of agents who detained a San Diego college student and left him without food or water for five days, NPR reports. Daniel Chong was handcuffed and left in a dark room during the 2012 detention in which he tried to stay…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the gunmen behind the shooting at a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of Prophet Muhammad strongly hinted on Twitter that he was about to get violent about 20 minutes before opening fire, the Chicago Tribune reports. “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” or holy warriors, he tweeted. One…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF found at least two crude explosive devises in Baltimore while investigating the destructive fires during Monday’s rioting, ABC reports. The devices were assembled with a small propane tank and charcoal in a bottle, material that was looted Monday, ATF said. The devices were made to explode after being lit…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DEA agents who left a 23-year-old college student in a holding cell for five days without food or water for allegedly possessing marijuana received a slap on the wrist. The agents, who said they forgot about Daniel Chong, were reprimanded or received short suspensions, even though the illegally detained student nearly…
