Border Patrol Agent Killed in Likely ‘Ambush,’ Beaten to Death by Rocks
A Border Patrol agent who was killed in southwest Texas was likely “ambushed” and beaten to death by rocks, according to the president of the National Border Patrol Council.
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Justice Delayed? Four U.S. Security Contractors Charged in 2007 Baghdad Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four years after a judge dismissed the case, four former Blackwater security contractors were charged Thursday in the 2007 attack on Iraqi civilians in which 17 people were killed, Time reports. The men, who were hired to guard U.S. diplomats, are accused of using machine guns and grenades at a Baghdad Square…
Law Enforcement Killings Up in 2010, FBI Report Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Fifty six law enforcement officers were “feloniously killed” killed in 2010, including U.S. Border agent Brian Terry, up from 48 in 2009, according to preliminary statistics released Monday by the FBI. Of the 56 felonious deaths: 15 officers were killed during ambushes. 8 were investigating suspicious persons or circumstances….