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 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 Two powerful U.S. senators are getting impatient with a long overdue Justice Department report that is supposed to examine the effectiveness of the FBI’s whistleblower protections for bureau employees. The Oregonian reports that Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, expressed frustration that the report has not yet been released, even…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than a dozen Pulitzer Prize winners urged the Justice Department on Monday to stop trying to force New York Times reporter and author James Risen to identify a confidential source, the US News reports. Risen has said he’d go to jail before testifying at the trial of former CIA employee Jeffrey…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New York City’s juvenile jails are rife with abuse, and the constitutional rights of teenagers are often trampled by guards, according to a newly released Justice Department report. The Associated Press reports that the federal investigation revealed “rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force” at Rikers Island juvenile jail facilities for teenagers…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent has been extradited to the U.S., Reuters reports. Ivan Soto-Barraza is accused of killing Agent Brian Terry in 2010 during a gun battle near the Mexican border in Arizona. Soto-Barraza and five others have been charged in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department have found serious problems at the bureau’s lab that raise serious questions about the guilt or innocence of several thousand people who have been convicted, the Washington Post reports. The investigation began after the Washington Post exposed flawed evidence two years involving microscopic hair matches. “I don’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department used questionable tactics to identify and prosecute terrorism suspects, a new human rights report offers, the Washington Post reports. Human Rights Watch offered a scathing assessment of the FBI and Justice Department, which are accused of injecting fear into some Muslim communities because of the use of surveillance and…
