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Percentage of Black FBI Agents Declined Over Past Two Decades
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While FBI Director James Comey offered a sobering critique of law enforcement’s handling of African Americans, his agency isn’t exactly a beacon of diversity. Politico reports that the percentage of black FBI agents has declined over the past two decades. African Americans only represent 4.7% of the FBI’s special agents, a…
Former FBI Agent Who Became VP of New York Yankees Dies
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Phil McNiff, a former FBI agent and executive vice president of the New York Yankees, died Sunday, The Tampa Tribune reports. McNiff died following “a long, difficult battle with an illness that sapped his memory and his remarkable spirit of caring for people.” McNiff, whose older brother also worked for the…
House Speaker Boehner ‘Certainly’ Prepared to Let Homeland Security Shut Down
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com House Speaker John A. Boehner said he’s “certainly” willing to let Homeland Security shut down at the end of the month. The New York Times reports that Boehner said he won’t budge on a spending bill that would remove funding for President Obama’s immigration policy. “The House has done its job;…
Army Sniper Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Murder DEA Agent, Informant
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Army sniper has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a DEA agent and an informant. Joseph Hunter, 49, and five others were arrested in September 2013 after they were recorded plotting to kill a DEA agent and informant in Liberia for $800,000, International Business Times reports. Hunter was…
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FBI Director Comey Delivers Candid Speech about Racial Biases in Law Enforcement
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey delivered a candid speech Thursday about the strained relationship between police and African Americans, saying officers who work in areas with high black crime often develop a racial bias, the New York Times reports. Comey said the speech was intended to create a healthy dialogue that…
FBI to Determine Whether Religious Hatred Motivated Shooting of 3 Muslims
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the killings of three Muslims to determine whether religious or ethnic hatred motivated the shooting in North Carolina, WCNC-TV reports. The case remains under investigation by Chapel Hill police. The bureau said it “opened a parallel preliminary inquiry to determine whether any federal laws were violated.” So…
Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Appeals 40-Year Prison Sentence, Says He’s Not Guilty
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent John Connolly is trying to convince a Florida appeals court that he should be released from prison because he is not a murderer. The Miami Herald reports that appeals judges in Miami-Dade are revisiting the former agent’s conviction of murder with a firearm in a case connected to notorious…