By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department blasted the police response to the Ferguson protests and riots, saying police violated free-speech rights, antagonized and intimidated crowds with military-style tactics and protected officers from being held accountable, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The police were accused of “vague and arbitrary” orders to force protesters to move,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department will investigate the motivations and facts behind the shooting that left nine dead at a historic black church in South Carolina. Reuters reports that Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday that the department has opened a hate-crime investigation. “We will now be looking at all of the facts,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has reached an agreement with the state of Alabama to undergo monitoring and serious reforms following years of complaints about female inmates being sexually assaulted by corrections staff, the Washington Post reports. An investigation by the Justice Department found that female inmates lived in a “toxic environment” at…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has unleashed a widespread assault on suspected corruption within FIFA and other soccer organizations on Wednesday. The National Journal reports that the Justice Department unsealed a 47-count indictment that includes racketeering, corruptions and conspiracy. The indictment outlines 12 different schemes over the past 25 years. One includes a…
By Laurence Kotlikoff Forbes Contributor People of little means in our country are routinely being incarcerated for minor crimes. Meanwhile, big-time criminals engaging in major financial crimes that effectively involve the theft of billions of dollars from the public aren’t being prosecuted. Today we learned of yet another huge settlement by five of the largest banks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department’s powerful Public Integrity section, which investigates politicians and judges, has a new leader, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. U.S. Attorney Jack Smith, who has been a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, brings a wealth of background and knowledge to the position. Smith was a criminal prosecutor, for example, in…
By Ellen Glasser President, Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Throughout its history, the FBI has accepted its responsibility to serve and protect the American people. At times, this responsibility draws intense scrutiny. As former agents, we understand and accept such scrutiny because we know the public trust is earned. Last week,…
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…
