FBI Pleads with Public to Help Identify Provocateurs Inciting Violence at Protests
The FBI is asking for the public’s help identifying people who are inciting riots at anti-police brutality protests across the country.
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FBI Asked to Investigative Fatal Police Shooting of Black Man from Behind
A Utah prosecutor is urging the FBI to investigate a white police officer who shot and killed a black man who was stopped on his bicycle for crossing traffic without the required rear light.
Attorney General Eric Holder Expresses Sympathy for Black Americans Who Distrust Law Enforcement
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…
FBI to Analyze Cell Phones After Video Evidence of Deadly Police Beating Disappeared
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Witnesses said they saw police ruthlessly beat a California man to death with a baton. Problem is, one the videos confiscated from witnesses has been erased, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood is asking the FBI to investigate whether authorities tampered with the video to hide evidence of…
FBI Probes Shooting Death of Handcuffed Man in Arkansas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the surface, it looks pretty suspicious. It’s “definitely bizarre and defies logic at first glance,” Jonesboro, Ark. Police Chief Michale Yates said, reports Huffington Post. Chavis Carter, 21, was shot in the head while handcuffed in the rear of a police car in Arkansas. Police said Carter committed suicide with a…
Hackers Obtain, Publish Personal Info of Police Officers
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous that obtained the personal information of some West Virginia police officers and posted the information online, in what the hackers called a warning against police brutality, reports ABC. The group of hackers, referred to as the CabinCr3w by the West Virginia…
Fed Jury Convicts Cop in Fatal Beating of Man Whose Last Words Were “All I wanted was a Snickers”
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Call it one of the low points in policing in Spokane, Wash. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Spokane, Wash., police officer on civil rights and obstruction charges in the beating death of an unarmed man, the Justice Department announced. Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., 64, was convicted on charges…