By St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board A few numbers indicate a civil rights investigation of the Ferguson Police Department is long overdue. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Department of Justice will begin such an inquiry. This is an important and positive step forward, but we suspect when he gets into the numbers,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder understands why many black Americans distrust police , he said in Ferguson where protesters have been rallying since an officer shot an unarmed black teen, Fox News reports. Holder met with about 50 community members to talk about law enforcement issues. Holder said his trip was meant to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The extremist from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will be held accountable for beheading American journalist James Foley, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, CBS DC reports. “Those who would perpetrate such acts need to understand something,” Holder said. “We have long memories and our reach is very wide and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that more than 40 FBI agent are investigating the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed white teen who was shot by an officer in Ferguson. Holder issued the following statement Monday after President Obama held a briefing. “As I informed the President this afternoon, the full…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Calling the Syrian conflict a “global crisis in need of a global solution,” Attorney General Eric Holder urged U.S. allies to use tactics employed by the FBI to root out extremists before they strike, Huffington Post reports. Speaking to Norwegian officials in Oslo, Holder suggested that other countries adopt pre-emptive counterterrorism tactics…
By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
