By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two FBI agents were shot while helping police execute a search warrant near Ferguson early Wednesday, Reuters reports. The FBI said the shooting was unrelated to the unrest in Ferguson, where protesters have been gathering for months after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen. “The incident is not…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a Missouri police officer’s use of a stun gun to subdue a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. The Associated Press reports that the stun gun left Bryce Masters in critical condition. The incident happened in the suburban Kansas City community of Independence. Police said the officer resorted…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating what appears to be an attempted fire-bombing of the Kansas, Mo., offices of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the Los Angeles Times reports. An intrusion alarm alerted police to the incident at 2:52 a.m. Thursday at the one-story building at 101 W. 31 St. “Upon arrival, they observed a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What are the chances of the Justice Department landing a criminal prosecution in the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson? It won’t be easy, the Associated Press reports. Dozens of FBI agents are in Ferguson, interviewing potential witnesses. The Justice Department must meet a difficult standard of proof. To…
By William Yeomans Reuters The tragic killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson has brought to the surface long-simmering tensions between the Ferguson Police Department and the Missouri community it serves. In the shooting’s immediate aftermath, the focus has been on whether Wilson will be prosecuted criminally and convicted for the shooting. In the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As violence erupted in Ferguson during protests overnight, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon deployed the National Guard in hopes of avoiding more looting and shootings, the USA Today reports. The order comes after another clash between police and protesters. Police reported dodging bullets and Molotov cocktails Sunday night and early Monday morning. No…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has warned that the New Black Panther Party may be advocating violence in Ferguson, Missouri where an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by police, KTVI reports. Among the members of the NBPP who were in town to respond to the shooting was Chawn Kweli, national chief of staff for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who works on a task force to combat child porn in Missouri has been charged with assault for allegedly choking a 13-year-old boy until he became unconscious, the Riverfront Times reports. Special Agent Scott Armstrong, 37, is due back in court Tuesday after pleading not guilty to misdemeanor third-degree…
