Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent pursuing two men suspected of entering the country illegally was assaulted by one of them carrying a 45-inch wooden stake in the San Diego community of Otay Mesa, the U-T San Diego reports. Agents spotted two men leap out of bushes and run. While one surrendered, the suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three hours of mob violence in downtown Louisville last month was perpetuated by a gang of middle school students who call themselves “Young ‘N Off that,” or YNO. Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the students are “armed in a major way” and belong to several different schools after it started at Frost Middle…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent opened fire, shooting two U.S. citizens, after a truck tried to ram him, KVOA.com reports. The incident happened shortly after 12:15 a.m. Monday at the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation in Arizona. According to the agency, the agent was standing near his marked car when the driver of a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU is urging CBP to require its agents to wear body cameras to improve accountability and transparency, Valley Central reports. In the past four years, CBP agents have killed about 19 people. “We know there is a lack of oversight, accountability and training at the same time and that should be…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent accused of killing a man for allegedly having an affair with his wife has been indicted in the fatal shooting in Texas, the Associated Press reports. Adam Garibay was lodged in the Medina County Jail on Wednesday on charges of murder, assault and evading arrest. He is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who says he was abused by police when they responded to a report that he was threatening to kill himself is suing the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and five deputies, the Palm Beach Post reports. Luis Rodriguez, 56, said law enforcement unlawfully arrested him and used…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s a disturbing game – abruptly punch a stranger in the face in an attempt to knock him out with a single blow. A white Texas man is accused of doing exactly that, knocking a 79-year-old black man to the concrete, breaking his jaw and sending him to the hospital for several days,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Alabama man who assaulted Border Patrol agents in Texas and then caused a crash that killed two people and severely injured another, will spend 20 years in prison, Al.com reports. David Steiner, 39, charged at three Border Patrol agents with a stolen car while trying to flee from a traffic stop…
