Weekend Series on Crime: The Russian Mafia
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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey delivered a candid speech Thursday about the strained relationship between police and African Americans, saying officers who work in areas with high black crime often develop a racial bias, the New York Times reports. Comey said the speech was intended to create a healthy dialogue that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the killings of three Muslims to determine whether religious or ethnic hatred motivated the shooting in North Carolina, WCNC-TV reports. The case remains under investigation by Chapel Hill police. The bureau said it “opened a parallel preliminary inquiry to determine whether any federal laws were violated.” So…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI agent John Connolly is trying to convince a Florida appeals court that he should be released from prison because he is not a murderer. The Miami Herald reports that appeals judges in Miami-Dade are revisiting the former agent’s conviction of murder with a firearm in a case connected to notorious…
By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is about to expire, and Republicans are bickering about what to do next. It’s time for a quick course in Shutdown Showdown 101. House Republicans passed a funding bill last month loaded with veto bait — riders that would block President Barack Obama’s executive…