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Justice Department to Announce Civil Rights Investigation of Chicago Police Department
After a disturbing dash cam video surfaced of a white police officer fatally shooting a black teen 16 times, the Justice Department is planning to launch an investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Terrorism Nearly Impossible to Stop in U.S., Says House Homeland Security Chairman
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Sunday that the U.S. cannot completely eradicate terrorism in this country, as evidenced by the attack in California last week that killed 14 people.
First Time Since 1920, New York Times Runs Editorial on Its Front Page
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York Times, which has long pushed for tougher restrictions on gun sales, used a major exclamation mark this time, putting a strongly worded editorial Saturday on its front page about tougher gun regulations. The paper noted that the last time it ran an editorial on the front page was…
FBI Raids Home of Man Who Provided Weapons to Couple in San Bernardino Shootings
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agents executed a search warrant early Saturday morning on the California home of the man who reportedly purchased some of guns for the couple who went on a shooting spree in San Bernardino, killing 14 and wounding 21. Agents raided the home of Enrique Marquez on Tomlinson Avenue in Riverside,…
Females Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS on Facebook
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The female shooter in the San Bernardino shooting rampage, Tashfeen Malik, posted a pledge of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Facebook, three U.S. officials familiar with the investigation told CNN. Malik’s post was made on an account with a different name, one U.S. official told CNN. A law…
Source on California Attacks: ‘This Is the First of Many’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Investigators are looking into the possibility that the wife in the husband-wife team that went on the rampage in San Bernardino, Calif., was a ring leader of a terrorist cell, and that she and her husband may have made and distributed bombs to other potential terrorists in America, a source familiar…
New York Times: Republicans Talk Tough about Terrorism, But Are Cowardly About Legislation
When it comes to passing legislation that is tough on terrorism, Republican balk.