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,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fed up former FBI assistant director yelled at Baltimore protesters and city officials, saying “enough is enough” during an on-camera interview, the Baze.com reports. Tom Fuentes, who also was a police officer, accused the protesters of a warped view of the world. “For the last two hours I have listened…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Islamic State supporters are calling on lone-wolf attacks in areas where law enforcement is distracted by unrest in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision, HSToday.com reports. The supporters are using social media to spread the message. In one tweet, Al Nusra Al Maqdisiyya, a popular group of pro-ISIS activists,…
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 Protesters crawled under a Border Patrol vehicle to stop agents from transporting a driver who was taken into custody for being in the U.S. without documentation, the Tuscon News Now reports. The incident happened at 2:45 p.m. when Tucson police pulled over a driver for making an improper turn. Saying the driver…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi may not have happened as described by the Obama administration, Fox News reports. The FBI interviewed survivors for three days and none reported a demonstration. Obama initially said the attack occurred after a protest of an anti-Islam film got out of…
