By Mary Turck Al Jazeera On March 20, the Michigan Attorney General’s Public Integrity Unit charged two U.S. Border Patrol agents with theft and misconduct while on duty. The two agents allegedly stole from a home while executing an agency-authorized search warrant. The case exemplifies the type of unchecked abuse and corruption that has become…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three FBI agents were injured after one of them shot a suspect at a CVS drug store in Forsyth, Ga. The agents are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries following the incident Saturday. Details are still murky, but the Forsyth News reports that the agents were part of a task force. At some…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who was killed after crashing a stolen SUV outside of the National Security Agency has a criminal history and has been identified. The Washington Post reports that the suspect was Ricky Shawatza Hall, 27. He is accused of smashing a police cruiser with a stolen Ford Escape. The Post…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg could be a spokesman for having a good attitude about Detroit despite being the victim of a shooting outside his home in city’s University District earlier this month during an attempted robbery. “Overall, I have such a positive feeling about Detroit and where…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An investigation is underway after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a suspected “illegal border crosser” Thursday while on patrol near the U.S.-Canada border in Washington State, CNN reports. CBP said the agent, whose identity has not been released, fired his weapon after he was assaulted by the suspect. “The agent…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida-based Muslim advocacy group is suing the FBI after an agent fatally shot Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen national who was friends with one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, The Boston Herald reports. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing for $30 million in the wrongful death lawsuit. “We are…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent opened fire on a car in Texas after the driver tried to run him over Thursday night during a surveillance sting, ValleyCentral.com reports. Border Patrol agents approached two suspects while conducting surveillance in McAllen. When the federal agents identified themselves, authorities said the car tried to run…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Agents returned fire Wednesday morning and killed a drug smuggling suspect near Roma, Texas, the Associated Press reports. The incident happened after Border Patrol agents came under fire while investigating suspected drug smugglers in the desert, the agency said. The agency, which has pledged to be more transparent about agent-involved shootings,…
