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FBI Opens Civil Rights Probe into Teen Who Ran Down Black Man in Miss.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Shades of Mississippi in the 1960s? The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who Mississippi authorities say was intentionally run down and killed by a white teenager in a pickup truck in June near a Jackson hotel, the Associated Press reports. Deborah Madden,…
Statements by Bombing Suspect Tossed After FBI Delayed Reading of Miranda Rights
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The controversy over the FBI reading Miranda rights to terrorism suspects could get some added fuel. The website Talking Points Memo (TPM) reported that U.S. District Judge Jude Justin Quackenbush in Spokane, Wash., was upset that the FBI did not immediately advise white supremacist Kevin Harpham of his rights after arresting…
Calif. Heroin Dealer Pleads to 22 Years in 2 Overdose Deaths
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s off to prison for more than two decades for a California heroin dealer who authorities say was responsible for two overdose deaths. David Ryan Tejera, 23, pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles federal court in a deal that calls for him to serve 22 years, the Associated Press reported. Authorities…
Prez Jokes that Secret Service Will Protect Daughters From Boys
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service isn’t just there to protect the president from bullets. President Obama predicted Tuesday that he would get re-elected and joked that he planned to use the Secret Service agents to shield boys from his daughters, Malia, 13, and Sasha, 10. “When I’m reelected, what I’ll be getting them…
Guns from ATF Sting Linked to 11 More Violent Crime Scenes, La Times Reports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More damaging news about ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious. The Los Angeles Times reports that weapons from the troubled operation have surfaced at at least 11 violent crime scenes, and the one in which Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was killed last year. The Times reported that the Justice Department made…
Collar Bomb Victim Relieved After FBI Arrests Suspect
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FBI Stats Show Gun Sales on the Rise
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Depending on where you stand on the issue of gun sales, here’s good or bad news: Gun sales continue to rise in this country, according to the Dayton Daily News. The paper based its conclusion on FBI background checks for gun sales — a good indicator of sales — which increased…
ATF Promotes Some Key Players in Controversial Fast and Furious Project
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF has promoted some key players involved in the controversial gun project “Operation Fast and Furious” that encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell to middlemen — all with the hope of tracing the weapons to the Mexican cartel, the LA Times reports. The operation was considered a failure. Agents lost track…