By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI team handling the civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man killed by a white NYPD officer, has plenty of experience with long-term probes and public corruption cases. CNN reports that the New York-based agents are taking a “free look” into the July death…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI bulletin about ISIS encouraging attacks on law enforcement prompted the New York City Police Department to take extra steps to protect its officers, Fox News reports. “Strike their police, security and intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents,” the video, released on Twitter by ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Speaking at the memorial service of slain New York City Police Officer Wenjian Liu on Sunday, FBI Director James Comey said he was perplexed by the increase in police officer deaths in 2014, Fox News reports. “One hundred and fifteen were killed last year,” Comey said at the service in Brooklyn….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities have arrested at least seven people for allegedly threatening police after a man shot two NYPD officers in the head Saturday in retaliation for the recent deaths of black men at the hands of white cops, CNN reports. Police have been encouraging the public to report all threats so law…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Soon after a grand jury declined to indict a white New York City cop in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who was selling cigarettes, the Justice Department will conduct its own civil rights investigation. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference today that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who attacked an NYPD officer last month with a hatchet was inspired by terrorists and black separatism, NBC4 New York reports. “There is no doubt it was terrorism,” Comey said during a news conference at the Newark FBI offices. Comey said the suspect, Zale Thompson, was politically motivated and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is mulling whether to investigate NYPD’s use of the controversial crime fighting strategy known as “broken windows,” the New York Daily News reports. The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is considering a request from six members of Congress to investigate whether black people and Hispanics are disproportionately affected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is considering launching its own investigation into the death of a Staten Island man who died after he was placed in a chokehold by police, The New York Post reports. The bureau also is “monitoring” the investigation by the New York Police Department. George Venizelos, the chief of the FBI’s…
