Jeffrey Sallet Becomes Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s New Orleans Division
The new special agent in charge of the New Orleans division has plenty of experience investigating public corruption and civil rights abuses.
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Border Patrol Agent Charged in 2012 Shooting Death of Mexican Teenager
A Border Patrol agent who killed a Mexican teenager in a cross-border shooting was charged with second-degree murder.
FBI Passes Up Another Opportunity to Re-Open Civil Rights Cold Case
Soon after winning a landmark legal battle to become the first black student in the University of Missouri’s law school, Lloyd Gaines vanished in 1939.
FBI Opens Investigation into Fatal Shooting of Man Carrying Air Rifle
Jermaine McBean was listening to music through earbuds and carrying an air rifle when a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot him in 2013.
Baltimore Mayor Asks for Full-Scale Civil Rights Investigation of Police Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an unusual move for a city, Baltimore’s mayor is asking for a full-scale civil rights investigation into alleged abuse within the police department following a riot over the police-involved death of Freddie Gray and other black suspects. “We all know that Baltimore continues to have a fractured relationship between the…
Los Angeles County Reaches Civil Rights Agreement with Justice Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Less than two years after prosecutors discovered a pattern of racial discrimination, the nation’s largest sheriff’s department reached a sweeping agreement Tuesday with the Justice Department to restore civil rights. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the deal 4-1 after patterns of abuse were found, including unlawful stops and…
AG Loretta Lynch Tested with Baltimore Riot, Releases Plan of Action
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Attorney General Loretta Lynch received her first big test after riots broke out in Baltimore this week. Lynch, the first black female attorney general, released a statement soon after violence broke out, examining what happened and “going beyond the criminal civil right investigations” launched last week by her predecessor Eric…
New AG Loretta Lynch to Work on Improving Relations Between Police, DOJ
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, the first black woman to take the helm, plans to improve the Justice Department’s reputation with police after her predecessor was criticized for too quickly and harshly criticizing officers over lethal force. Aides to Lynch told the New York Times that Lynch hopes to boost…