By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent was justified when he fatally shot a 20-year-old Canadian who crossed the border illegally in March and sprayed the agent with bear spray, the Associated Press reports. Whatcom County Prosecutor Dave McEachran said the agent did everything he could to avoid a fatal encounter with Jamison Edward…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the second time in Texas in one week, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed man. The Associated Press reports that agents fatally shot the man after he drove through the inspection checkpoint at 5 p.m. Thursday. According to authorities, the motorist was in the inspection lane on Interstate 10…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents won’t be charged after opening fire on a suspected gang member in Baltimore, according to a report on the fatal shooting, the Baltimore Sun reports. The decision was made by the Baltimore County state’s attorney’s office, which decided that the agents were acting in self-defense. Agents fired 19 rounds, striking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent is about to find out what it’s like to be a defendant in a criminal trial. Arthur “Art” Bernard Gonzales, 43, is charged with second-degree murder in the April shooting death of his estranged wife in Virginia. Jury selection in his trial begins today, Fredericksburg.com reports. Gonzales told a…
By L.A. Times Editorial Now we have an idea why the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service was keeping secret an independent report of its encounters at the Mexican border. Because it has something to hide. As The Times’ Brian Bennett reported last week, an independent report by the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum sharply…
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