By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities were immediately suspicious when fire broke out inside a black church that the KKK had burned down in South Carolina 20 years ago. After all, the fire came amid a string of suspicious fires at black churches following the shooting at Charleston’s historic African Methodist Episcopal Church less than a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey met privately with Connecticut police chiefs Tuesday and encouraged them to become a part of the dialogue about policing and race, the Associated Press reports. Comey described the discussion as productive but declined to discuss specifics. “As you would expect in the Nutmeg State, it was a…
By E.J. Dionne Washington Post Last week’s speech by FBI Director James Comey at Georgetown University was remarkable on its own terms, but revolutionary in the context of his agency’s history. You wonder if the late J. Edgar Hoover would have accused Comey of subversive intent. “All of us in law enforcement must be honest…
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 No FBI director has spoken publicly and at length about the issue of race. Until today. FBI Director James B. Comey plans to discuss the strained relationship between police officers and African Americans at a speech at Georgetown University, the New York Times reports. Comey is expected to discuss how well-intended…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a disturbing discovery – a black teenage boy hanging from a swing set in a trailer park in North Carolina. Was it a suicide or a lynching? The state has determined that 17-year-old Lennon Lacy committed suicide in August. But the New York Times reports that the FBI has agreed to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to curb racial profiling, the Obama administration plans today to announce new rules for federal law enforcement, the Washington Post reports. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. wants to prevent federal officials from using gender, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity to open cases. The plan…
The FBI is worried about “likely” threats and attacks targeting law enforcement after a grand jury determines whether a Ferguson police officer will be charged with killing an unarmed Michael Brown.
