ALTON, IL – The Alton Police Department is investigating an incident recorded on video where a patrol officer maces two handcuffed teenagers sitting in a holding cell. The event came to light after a video of the incident was anonymously mailed to the president of the Alton NAACP, James Gray. The video shows two teenagers…
By Ethan Barton Published: May 12, 2015 Transportation Security Administration officers allegedly sexually assaulted commercial airline passengers at three major U.S. international airports, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group. Judicial Watch received 58 pages of sexual assault allegations following a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security after the agency failed to…
Cuomo Looks To Raise Fast Food Wages In Spite Of Legislature By Connor D. Wolf New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans Wednesday to bypass the state legislature and raise the minimum wage for fast food workers. “While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did once guarantee opportunity,” Cuomo wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times. “But…
By Josh Fatzick The District of Columbia’s police chief told a city council panel Thursday she would support Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal to shield all body camera footage from Freedom of Information Act requests. Police chief Cathy Lanier cited privacy concerns and logistical problems with redacting sensitive information from body camera footage as her main reasons for backing the…
Effects of the War on Terror on U.S. citizens, such as surveillance, secret interrogations, and being detained without charges, are becoming increasingly visible. by Aly Basley [dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]e are told by hawkish politicians and their intelligence agency apparatus cheerleaders that increased homeland security measures are for catching terrorists. But Amir Meshal found out first hand how rampantly…
By R. Brownell Georgia teacher Mary Katherine Pursley caused major uproar in her Cobb County school district earlier this week when several special education faculty members witnessed Pursley forcibly putting a child with autism inside of a nearby trashcan. According to the police report, a small incident caused the boy to seek guidance from his teacher, where…
Drawing a firearm is a very serious decision. Choosing to use that firearm is an even more serious decision with life changing consequences. This list highlights instances where the police chose to draw and use their firearms in four very different circumstances. 1. Wyckoff Cop Kills Dog A Wyckoff township police offer responding to a…
By Josh Fatzick This newly released video from San Francisco obtained by ABC News shows transit cops in the area brutally slamming a drunk woman face-first into the ground, which knocked her out and left her with several broken teeth, multiple face fractures and a pool of blood on the ground. WATCH [start at 2:03]: It…
By R. Brownell Days following the riots and destruction in Baltimore as a result of death of Baltimore teen and known criminal, Freddie Grey, hundreds gathered in New York City to protest police abuse, an issue that African-Americans feel put them at a disadvantage, compared to white Americans. The protest based in Times Square was…
Make-Believe 73-Year-Old Cop Mistakenly Guns Down Real Suspect By Blake Neff Published: April 13, 2015 A video released yesterday shows police in Tulsa, Okla., causing the death of Eric Harris after an officer claims he mistakenly shot him instead of using his taser. The video is already shocking, as an officer is heard saying “Fuck…