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Washington Post: Data Shows Drop in High-Capacity Magazines During Federal Gun Ban
By David S. Fallis, Washington Post WASHINGTON — During the 10-year federal ban on assault weapons, the percentage of firearms equipped with high-capacity magazines seized by police agencies in Virginia dropped, only to rise sharply once the restrictions were lifted in 2004, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. The White House is leading…
Pistol Found at Mexican Murder Scene Tied to ATF Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Another firearm traced to the botched gun-running investigation Operation Fast and Furious has turned up at a shooting, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports The Tribune wrote today that a semi-automatic pistol found at a bloody scene where five people, including a Mexican beauty queen, were killed in Sinaloa in November was…
In an Asian Restaurant Bathroom, Aide Delivered $10,000 Payoff to Detroit Mayor
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Thursday, Derrick Miller finally talked about the much anticipated payoff in the bathroom — something out of an episdoe of “The Sopranos.” Miller, a former close friend who was in Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s administration, testified at Kilpatrick’s federal trial that the then-mayor asked him to get…
American Football Coaches Asscociation Gives FBI’s Robert Mueller Top Award
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Tuesday night received the Tuss McLaughry Award from the American Football Coaches Association in Nashville. The award, established in 1964, is the organization’s highest honor and is presented to distinguished Americans in recognition of outstanding service to others. “Coaches are parental figures,” Mueller said…
Justice Department: One in Four Women in Jail Have Serious Mental Health Issues
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Justice Department study has found that one in four women in jail have serious mental illnesses. The Justice Department announced the findings Wednesday in what is certain to spark more debates about access to mental health care in prison. The study also found that half of incarcerated women had received treatment for…
Miami Cops Accused of Providing Protection to Gambling Ring
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least nine Miami police officers are the target of an FBI investigation into a scheme to protect an illegal sports-betting operation, the Miami Herald reports. The officers are accused of protecting a Liberty City gambling ring that operated out of a barber shop. The Miami Herald wrote that six of…
FBI Investigates Cyber Attacks Targeting Police Accused of Mishandling Rape Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local police in Ohio who are accused of mishandling a rape case involving high school football players have been bombarded with cyber attacks, the Associated Press reports. Now the FBI is trying to determine who posted a death threat to the local sheriff on Facebook and an email that shut down the…
Column: Simply Put, the Death Penalty Cost Too Much
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. Second…