Justice Department Suspends Assets Forfeiture Program for Local Police
A controversial program that allows local police to seize and keep cash and property from people who were never charged or convicted of a crime is ending.
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Florida Police Officers Claims He Was Disciplined for Speaking to FBI
A Boynton Beach police officer who was placed on administrative leave after speaking to FBI agents is suing the Florida city.
Justice Department Blasts Police for Violating Rights During Ferguson Protests
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,…
Former Police Chief Found Dead Hours After FBI Alleges Theft
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just hours after the FBI accused a former police chief in New Mexico of stealing federal money, the suspect was found dead, possibly of a suicide. The Associated Press reports that former Rio Grande City Police Chief Byron Piper, who retired in December, was found dead at his home with a…
Local Police Help FBI Keep Tabs on Growing Number of Terrorism Suspects
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is struggling to keep track of what appears to be a growing network of ISIS supporters who blend in until the time comes to attack. CNN reports that then NYPD and other local law enforcement agencies are pitching in to search for and investigate ISIS supporters. The most recent…
FBI Director Comey Tells Police How to Join Dialogue about Race
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey met privately with Connecticut police chiefs Tuesday and encouraged them to become a part of the dialogue about policing and race, the Associated Press reports. Comey described the discussion as productive but declined to discuss specifics. “As you would expect in the Nutmeg State, it was a…
Why South Carolina Cop Got Caught Killing Unarmed Walter Scott
By Scott Lemieux The Week He probably would have gotten away with it. That’s the sobering reality of the video of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager shooting Walter L. Scott as he ran away, not posing the slightest threat to the officer. The utter indifference to human life evident in the video, shot by…
Justice Department Lacks Evidence to Warrant Civil Rights Charges Against Ferguson Cop
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not enough evidence exists to bring civil rights charges against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, investigators for the Justice Department said. The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department is reluctant to acknowledge the lack of evidence because of high tensions in the…