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FBI Shuts Down Bridge in Probe of Police Shootings in 2005
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There were signs over the weekend that the FBI was still very actively probing the New Orleans police related shooting deaths six days after Katrina in 2005. The New Orleans Times Picayune reports that the FBI shut down the infamous Danziger Bridge for several hours Saturday to scour for evidence where…
Parole Denied for American Indian Activist Convicted in 1975 Killing of 2 FBI Agents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It seemed like a no brainer for the U.S. Parole Commission. American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted in the 1975 fatal shootings of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald A. Williams on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation. The agents were serving arrests warrants for robbery and assault. And after the…
FBI Investigating Inglewood, Calif. Police Shooting
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is already looking into the department. And the Los Angeles Times found last year that 5 of 11 people shot and killed by the department since 2003 were unarmed. Something needs to change there. By Ari B. Bloomekatz Los Angeles Times The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into…
FBI Was Aware of Holocaust Museum Shooter But Had No Open Investigation
FBI’s Joseph Persichin Jr./ticklethewire.com photo With economy in the dumps and the election of a first African American president, we can expect to see more of the white supremacist movement. We need to keep a closer eye on these groups and individuals who continue to spew hate. As a side note, it’s sad that an…
Nevada Man With Fascination for Va. Tech Killings Faces Fed Charges For Sending Threatening Emails
This story comes under the category of “scary people with guns”. With 13 guns and three bullet-proof vests, who knows what this guy was capable of doing. By Allison Klein Washington Post Staff Writer As the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre approaches, federal prosecutors are preparing a criminal case against a Nevada man…