Police
-
Dozens of Police Departments Losing Military-Grade Weaponry
Close to 200 state and local police departments in the United States have been suspended for losing military-level equipment transferred to them by the Pentagon, a new investigation found. According to the media outlet Fusion, its independent investigation into the Pentagon’s “1033 program,” which equips state and local police departments across the US with excess military…
-
Thousands Attend Funeral For Deceased #MikeBrown
It comes as no surprise that the biggest racists and race-baiters in America were present at the funeral for the deceased #MikeBrown. The teen was fatally shot after attacking and severely injuring a #Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. Rioting and looting soon followed by many in #Ferguson and the surrounding communities, proving that…
-
Father of #MikeBrown: ‘All I Want is Peace’, as Hundreds Rally Against Police Violence
The father of #MikeBrown, the teen who was fatally shot after severely injuring officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson, MO, police department is asking for “peace” during the funeral for his son. Hundreds have gathered in St. Louis for the annual Peace Festival, which this year took on a special theme following the slaying of…
-
Thousands in New York Protest Police Violence, Call For Justice in Choke-hold Death
Thousands of people gathered on New York’s Staten Island on Saturday as they protested against police violence and called for justice in the case of an unarmed man killed by an officer via an illegal choke-hold. Organized by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network advocacy group, the #WeWillNotGoBack march attracted close to 3,000 people from…
-
Cop Suspended For Posting ‘Ferguson Protesters Should Be Killed Like Rabid Dogs’ on Facebook
A police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been suspended over a series of Facebook posts, insulting Ferguson protesters, who have been rallying in condemnation of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Crowdfunding campaign for officer who shot unarmed teenager spurs controversy The police department in Glendale, Missouri,…
-
REPORT: NYC ‘stop-and-frisk’ policy proves ineffective at preventing murders, recovering illegal guns
Data on New York City’s stop-and-frisk policing program during the reign of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg show the policy, which disproportionately targeted minorities, was not effective in reducing shootings and murders, according to a new report. Officials in the Big Apple have long justified the punitive law enforcement tactic as a needed tool for reducing…
-
Police Lobbies Pressuring Congress to Keep Military Equipment
As lawmakers in Washington, DC, consider ways to stem the flow of military equipment to local law enforcement agencies, police lobbies and organizations are firing back at the possibility. In fact, the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) – which lobbies for 1,600 different SWAT teams in the United States – has already sent emails to…
-
National Guard Withdraws From #Ferguson
Ferguson, Missouri remained relatively calm for the second night in a row. With only isolated arrests Wednesday and Thursday nights, a drawdown of the National Guard troops assigned with keeping the peace began Friday. “[A] sense of normalcy” returned to the area along West Florissant Avenue ‒ the epicenter of continued protests against the police ‒ on Thursday. “People…
-
Officer Who Threatened to Kill #Ferguson Protesters and Journalists, Now Suspended
A suburban St. Louis police officer has been suspended indefinitely for threatening to kill protesters and journalists in Ferguson, Missouri while he pointed a rifle in the crowd’s direction during a demonstration this week. Lt. Ray Albers, 46, a 20-year police veteran, was caught on film by livestreamers yelling at protesters and journalists, “I will fucking…
-
[GRAPHIC] Questions Being Raised After Video Surfaces of Powell Shooting
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has released mobile phone footage that seems to be at odds with parts of its story surrounding the officer-involved shooting of Kajieme Powell in the weeks after Michael Brown’s death. According to St. Louis Public Radio, the police released the video Wednesday evening as part of an effort to be more…
-
REPORT: #Ferguson Officer Who Fatally Shot #MikeBrown was ‘Beaten Very Severely’
“The Assistant (Police) Chief took him to the hospital, his face all swollen on one side,” said the insider. “He was beaten very severely.” Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week of demonstrations, suffered severe facial injuries including a bone fracture near…
-
Missouri Gov. Nixon: “A vigorous prosecution must now be pursued”
So much for ‘innocent until proven guilty’. The pathetic Missouri governor is throwing gasoline on the fire before the investigation is complete, further stoking tensions in the community of #Ferguson. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon drew criticism from his own Lt. Governor Tuesday when he said “a vigorous prosecution must now be pursued” in the shooting…
-
47 arrested in #Ferguson on eve on Eric Holder’s visit
A relatively calm evening gave way to the arrest of 47 protesters early Wednesday morning in Ferguson, Missouri, marking the eleventh night of demonstrations touched off by the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a local police officer. Attorney General Eric Holder is due to visit the majority-black St. Louis suburb at 11 a.m. local time…
-
Ammunition Manufacturers Cashing In On Unrest
So-called less-than-lethal munitions used on protesters in Ferguson have become not only a symbol of a militarized mindset among law enforcement in the US, but have galvanized bonds between struggles against state aggression, from Missouri to Palestine. Protests over the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on August 9 by a police officer continued into…
-
Michael Brown not exactly the church-going boy scout some liberals have made him out to be.
Governor Nixon and other liberals become indignant as Ferguson police release evidence supporting their version of events. Michael Brown: A Criminal and a Thug by Matthew Vadum, FRONTPAGE MAG Matthew Vadum is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of the book, “Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off…
-
DOJ, communists, New Black Panthers hijack Ferguson protests.
Leader of militant group pictured coordinating with police by Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars A combination of the Department of Justice, Communist agitators and members of the radical New Black Panther party have descended on Ferguson, Missouri to hijack what were largely peaceful protests that have turned increasingly violent in recent days. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwJrG2AMghw?rel=0] Black Panther Leader…
-
So long, First Amendment. It was nice knowing ya’. Two journalists arrested in Ferguson, MO for no reason.
by Thomas Madison Journalists Wesley Lowery, of The Washington Post, and Ryan Reilly, of The Huffington Post, were arrested Wednesday in a Ferguson, Missouri McDonald’s, which they were using as an operating base because of its WiFi and recharging outlets. There was no reason given for the arrests, no charges were placed, and the two…
-
Looters storm store of robbery as police, protesters clash in Ferguson
Anger spurred by the death of a black teenager at the hands of white police officer boiled over again early Saturday morning in Ferguson, Missouri, when protesters stormed into a convenience store — the same store that Michael Brown was accused of robbing. Police and about 200 protesters began clashing late Friday after another…
-
Ferguson PD: #MikeBrown Fit Description of Armed Robbery Suspect
POLICE SAY MICHAEL BROWN, far left, who was unarmed when he was fatally shot by a Ferguson police officer, fit the description of a suspect in a store robbery, near left, which was called in minutes before the shooting. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a…
-
Missouri Highway Patrol takes over Ferguson security
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take over supervising security in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb that has been the scene of violent protests since a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, the state’s governor announced Thursday. Gov. Jay Nixon announced that security will be overseen…
-
Anonymous: ‘We’ve identified the cop who killed #MikeBrown in Ferguson’
Hacktivists say they’ve identified the Ferguson, Missouri law enforcement officer responsible for the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager killed on Saturday following an alleged altercation with the police. A Twitter account associated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous said on Thursday that they’ve named the officer who killed Brown, 18, over the weekend,…
