TN ACLU Sues ICE for Warrantless Raid: Agent Allegedly Said “The Warrant is Coming Out of My Balls”

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the heat of the moment, fed agents can say the darnest things. The website Talking Points Memo reports that the Tennessee chapter of the ACLU is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement over an alleged warrantless raid on an apartment complex in Nashville in which an agent allegedly shouted, “we don’t…

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Gangs Expanding and Some Activity Now Includes Mortgage Fraud and Human Trafficking

  By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gangs across the U.S. are continuing to expand, with some even moving into white collar crimes like mortgage fraud and counterfeiting, alien smuggling and human trafficking, according to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), the FBI said. “Gangs continue to expand, evolve,…

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FBI Reports that 56 Law Enforcement Officers Were “Feloniously Killed” in 2010; Up From Previous Year

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fifty-six law enforcement officers in 22 states and Puerto Rico were “feloniously killed” in 2010, up from 48 the year before, the FBI reported. The annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report released Monday also showed more than 53,000 officers were assaulted in 2010. An FBI press release summed up…

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