By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is starting to show its face in the New Orleans police department as part of a wide-scale assessment of the troubled police force. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that on Friday “a handful of representatives from the Department of Justice’s Special Litigation Section sat silently, taking in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nearly five years after Katrina, New Orleans, the city of jazz, Cajun cooking and legendary partying, still bears the scars. So does the tarnished police department. The latest reminder of the troubles the police department still faces came Friday when a federal grand jury indicted three current cops and two former…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gun charges have been added to four members of the Hutaree, a Michigan-based Christian militia, which is accused of plotting to kill police officers and cause a revolt against the government, the Detroit Free Press reported. A federal grand jury added the charges Wednesday.. The charges include possession of a machine…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. commented Thursday on the deadly effort to extradite Jamaican kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke, and offered condolences to the Jamaican people for “the loss of the citizens and law enforcement officials who have been killed.” “As the Jamaican government seeks to uphold the rule of…
While the U.S. fights battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, another war far closer threatens the safety of people in the U.S. — the drug war in Mexico where murder of police is common place. Now the war there is spreading. The money is too good for it to simply die off. More needs to be…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Baltimore police detective on a DEA Task Force pleaded guilty Tuesday in Baltimore federal court to stealing Baltimore police funds, submitting a false claims to DEA for an informant and stealing a seized diamond watch, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities alleged that detective Mark J. Lunsford, 40, …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities in Los Angeles have indicted one current police officer and a former one with the Desert Hot Springs Police Department with civil rights violations for allegedly using Taser guns to stun three victims, two of whom were in handcuffs. Police Officer Anthony Sclafani, 40,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A major probe by the FBI and Justice Department into the New Orleans Police department’s behavior in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is continuing to show signs of life. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Police Superintendent Warren Riley, his predecessor Eddie Compass and other top police brass testified Friday before…
