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The Daily Caller – Derek Hunter
A traffic stop turned violent in Alabama when it is alleged Janard Shamar Cunningham attacked the officer who pulled him over, pistol-whipping him unconscious before fleeing the scene.
Cunningham, who has a long rap sheet with six convictions dating back to 1999, was later arrested and charged in the crime. But the real story here is the social media reaction. Continue reading “Cop Pistol Whipped Unconscious, People Post Photos On Facebook And Mock”
A man was gravely wounded in a gun battle with police in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday night after a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago.
Several volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse demonstrators blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of last year’s unrest in the St. Louis suburb after Michael Brown, 18, was slain. Continue reading “Peaceful rallies in Ferguson give way to violence, gunfire”
(TFC) Washington, DC – Recently, the discussion of people being more hostile to law enforcement has arisen. The overriding question for those in the law enforcement community is: why? Why have people become more hostile and more willing to use violence against law enforcement? It’s a question that has a clear answer, but sometimes when a person is inside of a system, they fail to see what is happening outside of that system. Law enforcement officers exist inside an insulated culture. They don’t typically have the opportunity to openly discuss why a trend is occurring with the average citizen. No, the people who show up to the citizen’s meet and greet are not average citizens. Continue reading “9 Reasons Why People Kill Cops”
Benchmark Reporter – by Steve Smith
The Bureau of Land Management in the US has rescinded a request it had earlier made for VIP accommodations during the Burning Man festival & has granted the permit required to hold this event in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada on the 30th of August.
The agency announced on Friday that it had scrapped this request for organizers of the festival to build a Blue Pit Compound which costs $ 1 million. The living quarters on-site for BLM law enforcement as well as officials from Washington D.C. may have included hot water, flushing toilets, vanity mirrors, couches, refrigerators, laundry washers & dryers, air conditioning, etc. Continue reading “BLM gets rid of their lavish requests and grants permit to Burning Man”
The Navy is preparing to arm sailors at its reserve centers across the country in the aftermath of the attack last month at a Navy Reserve Center in Chattanooga that resulted in the deaths of 4 Marines and 1 sailor, officials said late Friday.
The Navy has authorized arming personnel at reserve centers that are not on military installations, such as the Chattanooga center, a Navy spokesman told Fox News.
Cmdr. William Marks said armed guards will be posted at the centers as “a matter of prudent and necessary action toward protecting our personnel.” Continue reading “Navy to arm sailors at reserve centers after Chattanooga shootings”
Virginia is targeting 1,691 license plates bearing the Confederate battle flag in a statewide recall that will replace the existing tags with new ones without the controversial image.
The Virginian-Pilot reported that it’s unclear how quickly the flag tags will disappear from state highways now that the plates are being recalled and replaced following a federal judge’s ruling Thursday lifting a 2001 injunction that allowed the image.
“We’re working as quickly as possible to get this done,” Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Brandy Brubaker told the paper. Continue reading “Rebel recall: Virginians told to turn in Confederate-themed license plates”
The Dallas Morning News – by Elise Schmelzer
A 49-year-old police trainee killed an unarmed teen burglary suspect who drove an SUV into the showroom of an Arlington car dealership early Friday.
Officer Brad Miller shot 19-year-old Christian Taylor about 1 a.m. after officers responded to a burglar alarm at Classic Buick GMC near Interstate 20 and Collins Street, police said.
Taylor, a football star and 2014 graduate of Mansfield Summit, was unarmed, police said. Continue reading “Arlington police officer in training fatally shoots unarmed teen at car dealership”
The Obama administration decision to release over $100 billion in sanctions relief as part of the Iran nuclear deal is being challenged by a group of American victims of Iranian terror, who have more than a billion dollars in court judgments against the Islamic regime.
The US has promised to unfreeze funds largely held in overseas bank accounts back to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). However, the families are enjoining against the sanctions relief, arguing that unfreezing the funds will prevent them from ever being able to collect on the judgments in their cases against Iran. Continue reading “Terror Victims Sue to Block Iran Sanction Lifting”
Reuters – by LOUIS CHARBONNEAU
The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution asking U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and the head of the global anti-chemical weapons watchdog to prepare a plan to set up an inquiry to identify those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria’s civil war.
Attributing responsibility for poison gas attacks in Syria’s four-year conflict could pave the way for action by the 15-member Security Council. The body has already threatened consequences for such attacks, which could include sanctions. Continue reading “U.N. council urges inquiry to identify those behind Syria gas attacks”
The Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler
Washington, D.C. – Updating America’s behemoth nuclear arsenal could cost nearly one trillion dollars, according to a new report from independent researchers at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Though previous Pentagon assessments claimed that updating the United States’ nuclear weapons could cost $270 billion, the price now appears to be much higher. This week’s daunting projections coincide with the 70th anniversary of the United States deadly detonation of two atomic bombs over Japanese civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Continue reading “United States to Spend Nearly $1 Trillion Updating Nuclear Arsenal”
GOP Presidential hopefuls expressed plenty of distaste for the Iran nuclear deal during last night’s debate, but it was the voice of a Democrat that mattered most on Thursday evening as Chuck Schumer, the influential Jewish Senator from New York, came out in opposition to the accord.
As Congress heads into the summer recess, President Obama made one last push to secure support for the deal, delivering a fiery speech on Wednesday and warning of dire consequences if the agreement isn’t secured. Continue reading “In Blow To Obama’s Iran Deal Hopes, Key Democrat Defects”
Authorities said Thursday they are investigating whether a group of armed bounty hunters who mistakenly swarmed the Phoenix police chief’s home were the victims of a prank.
It will take time to probe the social media tip that led 11 people to believe a fugitive was hiding in Chief Joe Yahner’s house, Phoenix police spokesman Trent Crump said. The police are waiting to serve subpoenas, and the investigation could take weeks, Crump said. Continue reading “Phoenix Police Not Saying If Raid of Chief’s Home Was a Hoax”
The gunman who has been on the run since killing a young Louisiana police officer who confronted him while on duty was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to Louisiana State Police.
Grover Deandre Cannon, 27, who was arrested after he allegedly shot four-year police veteran Thomas LaValley, was already wanted in connection with a July 15 shooting when LaValley confronted him while responding to a report of a suspicious person. LaValley, 24, was shot multiple times and died later at a local hospital. Continue reading “Suspect arrested in killing of Louisiana police officer, state police say”
The world was stunned to learn that India has now tested nuclear weapons. For many years, all nations have been concerned about the proliferation of atomic explosives. Even in their distress, no one seems to be interested in the historic or the psychological record of why these weapons were developed, and what special breed of mankind devoted themselves to this diabolical goal. Continue reading “The Secret History Of The Atomic Bomb – Why Hiroshima Was Destroyed”
The Hill – by Timothy Cama and Devin Henry
A Senate committee voted Wednesday to block implementation of the administration’s climate rule for power plants.
The bill passed by voice vote at a hastily organized meeting of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee just across the hall from the Senate chamber in the Capitol, because the panel’s 11 Republicans wanted to pass the bill before August recess starts later Wednesday. Continue reading “Senate panel votes to block Obama’s climate rule”
A frantic manhunt for a gunman was underway Thursday after a Shreveport, La. police officer died Wednesday after being shot on duty.
Shreveport Police Cpt. Marcus Hines told a press conference late Wednesday that the officer, whose name has not been released, was shot at around 9:15 p.m. local time while responding to a report of a suspicious person inside a home. Hines says an armed man was apparently inside the residence, threatening to harm people. Continue reading “Louisiana police officer dies in shooting, manhunt underway for suspect”
When Alfred Baria, 61, allegedly drove past soldiers at Camp Shelby on Wednesday afternoon and “made his truck backfire,” he had what looked like a pipe bomb in the floor of his truck.
That’s after gunshots were reported two days in a row just outside of the training base on Peret Tower Road and Highway 29.
Soldiers reported to authorities on both Tuesday and Wednesday that a maroon truck had driven by and it sounded like shots had been fired at them as they manned a traffic checkpoint in place to let the public know about the training exercise going on at Camp Shelby. Continue reading “Suspect facing multiple charges related to Camp Shelby shooting”
Washington Post – by Sean Sullivan and Matea Gold
Jesse Benton, a longtime ally of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) who is heading up a super PAC supporting his presidential campaign, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges that he concealed payments to a former Iowa state senator during the 2012 presidential campaign in order to win his support.
The indictment marks a new complication for Paul, whose political future is on the line in 2016. He is hoping to hold onto his U.S. Senate seat, which is up for reelection, if he does not win the GOP White House nomination. Continue reading “Rand Paul super PAC head indicted over alleged 2012 campaign finance violations”