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Report: ‘The ATF Is Discriminating on the Basis of Race’ During Stings
The ATF singled out black people and Latinos while conducting controversial stings in Chicago, according to a report released by the Justice Department.
The ATF singled out black people and Latinos while conducting controversial stings in Chicago, according to a report released by the Justice Department.
A fake tattoo parlor in St. Louis set up down the street from the Boys and Girls Club, and use of a confidential informer with a troubled criminal history, help explain how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives placed some of the city’s most vulnerable residents at risk — and seriously undermined its own integrity in the process.
An undercover ATF vehicle was broken into and valuable equipment stolen in Detroit on Thursday.
Local law enforcement is asking the FBI and ATF to join the investigation into a suspicious fire early Monday morning at the Fort Pierce, Fla., mosque where the Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had worshiped.
A federal investigation into the ATF’s handling of undercover storefront operations revealed numerous problems within the agency, including the failure to follow federal law on people with disabilities.
The ATF is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of arsonists who set fire to eight Milwaukee businesses during an uprising over the weekend.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former ATF agent who faked having cancer to collect sick leave pay, has agreed to pay the federal government $40,000 to resolve the matter, the Justice Department announced this week. The Justice Department’s Civil Division alleged that Douglas daCosta of Livermore, Calif. agreed to pay $40,000 to resolve allegations that…
The ATF is helping police investigate the fatal shooting Tuesday of a Kansas City, Kansas, officer.