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Justice Department to Train Law Enforcement How to Work with Transgender People
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Transgender people are disproportionately harmed by violence – so much so that the Justice Department is training law enforcement how to handle them as crime victims. The idea is to help identify hate crimes and build more trust with law enforcement, the Associated Press reports. “It’s clear that such a training is as…
Amsterdam Residents Barely React to News of 3 U.S. Secret Service Agents Being Forced to Leave
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While new spread across the U.S. that three Secret Service agents were sent home from Amsterdam after one of them was found passed out drunk in a hallway. But the Washington Post reports that hard-partying Amsterdam residents barely registered the news. The newspapers weren’t interested either. “These are young guys. It happens,”…
Report About Deadly FBI Shooting of Ibragim Todashev in Orlando Leaves Out Information
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A long-awaited report on the FBI shooting of Ibragim Todashev revealed a lot of information but not the identity of the FBI agent who shot the Chechen man seven times. The Orlando Sentinel reports that agent has remained anonymous and wouldn’t participate in an independent investigation by the state’s attorney. Orange-Osceola State…
Secret Service Incident in Netherlands Was on Heels of Car Wreck during Obama’s Miami Trip
By Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura and Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Secret Service arrived in the Netherlands last weekend for a presidential trip, managers were already on high alert to avoid any further embarrassing incidents involving agents. The agency’s director had admonished supervisors after two counter-sniper officers suspected…
Report on FBI’s Shooting of Ibragim Todashev Draws Critics, More Questions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone is satisfied with how the FBI handled Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen man who had ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing shooters and was killed by an agent during an alleged confession. The Christian Science Monitor reports that state prosecutor Jeffrey Ashton and others, including civil rights groups, have…
Congress Introduces Bill to Increase Oversight of Border Patrol Following Deadly Confrontations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bipartisan bill in Congress is aimed at addressing questions about the use of force by Border Patrol agents. AZCentral.com reports that the bill is designed to increase oversight of CBP and the Border Patrol following widespread criticism of deadly confrontations with immigrants at the border. But political experts said the bill…
New York Murder Suspect, Gang Memer Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of killing a New York mom and her toddler execution-style in 2010 is the latest fugitive to be added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, CNN reports. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for the arrest of Juan Elias Garcia, whom the FBI refers to as an…
FBI Makes Arrests, Raids in Public Corruption Cases in North Carolina, California & New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Separate corruption investigations led to the arrests of two public officials in North Carolina and California and to the raid of the office of a New York state senator, the Washington Post reports. Hundreds of federal agents descended on offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, arresting several people including state Democratic…