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The Cold War aerial games of chicken portrayed in the movie “Top Gun” are happening in real life again nearly 30 years later.
A U.S. Air Force spy plane evaded an encounter with the Russian military on July 18, just a day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed by a suspected surface-to-air missile that Ukraine and the West allege was fired by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading “U.S. official: Spy plane flees Russian jet, radar; ends up over Sweden”
A Brooklyn grandmother who had just taken a shower was dragged from her apartment by about 12 cops who then stood by for more than two minutes while she was naked in the hallway, according to video that emerged Friday.
Denise Stewart was in her Brownsville apartment on July 13 when police — responding to a domestic disturbance call at the building — pounded on her door at 11:45 p.m. and demanded entry.
Stewart, 48, cracked the door wearing only a towel wrapped around her body and underpants — and was yanked into the hallway by cops over the screams of her family and neighbors. Continue reading “Naked Brooklyn woman dragged from apartment, left topless in hallway for minutes by NYPD officers who say she beat 12-year-old daughter”
Daily Finance – by Fara Warner
Ken Griffey has saved this Alabama knife factory from shutting down, not once, but twice. In the process he’s proved that believing in people is as important as making a profit.
The first time he stepped in, it was 1991. The Pennsylvania-based cutlery company W.R. Case had decided to close down a factory it had built in Jacksonville, Alabama, just five years before. Continue reading “Bear & Son: Honing a Knife-Making Tradition in Alabama”
After a long fought battle, the Second Amendment Foundation has won its case in Palmer vs. District of Columbia!
The city will now be forced to allow residents from D.C and other states to conceal carry firearms within its boundaries!
Federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr ruled, “…there is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny.”
We applaud Judge Scullin’s ruling, because the time is long overdue for the city to realize that it is the capitol of the United States, not a police state. Continue reading “Second Amendment Foundation’s Biggest Victory Yet”
It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America’s working poor in front of the cameras — while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors.
Privileged Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and others have taken to Twitter, posting photos of themselves eating tuna sandwiches and buying Ramen noodles to show how much they empathize with minimum-wage workers.
On the other side of the aisle, GOP Rep. Paul Ryan has wrapped himself in a cloak of compassion, putting a cheesy Taylor Swift hand heart around conservatism by proposing government “life coaches” for those in poverty. Continue reading “Want a Real Anti-Poverty Plan? Stop Amnesty!”
New York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
It took seven years, but Herminio Pizarro finally has some measure of justice after being beaten senseless by a gang of cops in a stationhouse bathroom.
That measure would be $3 million.
A Bronx jury Thursday granted the multimillion-dollar award to the former state correction officer who says he still hasn’t fully recovered from the Aug. 4, 2007, beatdown at the 40th Precinct stationhouse after a confrontation at a street fair. Continue reading “Bronx jury awards $3M to man who was beaten by cops in stationhouse bathroom in 2007”
New York Daily News – by BARBARA ROSS, CORKY SIEMASZKO
The NYPD has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a Brooklyn family that claims cops bullied a diabetic teen who was denied insulin while falsely locked up on attempted murder charges.
Richard Gonzalez’s family said the only evidence cops had to tie the 14-year-old special-ed student to an April shooting at Foot Locker in Bushwick were eyewitnesses who told them the gunman was named “Richie.” Continue reading “Diabetic Brooklyn teen denied insulin after being falsely arrested on attempted murder charges: suit”
New York Daily News – by Erin Durkin
A massive anthrax attack will hit the city Friday — or at least that’s what 1,500 staffers from a dozen city agencies will hear first thing in the morning, setting off the biggest surprise emergency response drill the city has ever attempted.
Preparing for the possibility of a biological attack, the workers — aware they’re participating in a drill — will respond to calls starting at 5:30 a.m. and scramble to set up 30 sites around the five boroughs, handing out drugs to combat the deadly agent. Continue reading “City will participate in massive drill Friday to prepare against possible anthrax attack”
The city medical examiner has ruled the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old father whose death in police custody sparked national outrage, a homicide, saying a chokehold killed him.
The medical examiner said compression of the neck and chest, along with Garner’s positioning on the ground while being restrained by police during the July 17 stop on Staten Island, caused his death. Continue reading “Medical Examiner Rules Eric Garner’s Death a Homicide, Says He Was Killed By Chokehold”
Hoboken Patch – by Mike Pignataro
There has been a heightened awareness of infants left alone inside hot cars after a rising number of deaths nationwide this summer.
Multiple reports on Wednesday afternoon indicated a baby may have been in distress inside a locked vehicle in Hoboken.
The Hoboken Ambulance Volunteers Corps quickly responded and smashed the car’s window to get access. Continue reading “Hoboken EMTs Smash Car Window to Save Baby…Doll”
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The cameras are rolling and police detectives should exercise caution while not allowing themselves to become a “punching bag” in an arrest situation following the public outcry over the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, warns Michael J. Palladino, president of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association.
Palladino linked the shooting of a detective executing a search warrant with two U.S. marshals in Manhattan on Monday and also two incidents where police officers were punched as part of the fallout from the death on July 17 of Garner, 43, of Port Richmond, across from Tompkinsville Park following an altercation with police. Continue reading “‘Never let your guard down’ in light of Eric Garner death, NYPD detectives union leader warns”
AM New York – by Matthew Chayes
In a contentious meeting at City Hall, the Rev. Al Sharpton challenged Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton Thursday to make more sweeping policy changes at the NYPD to answer recent complaints of excessive force.
With Bratton sitting to his right and Sharpton to his left, along with a group of black clergy leaders, de Blasio defended his commissioner and said his administration was addressing issues of police conduct following the July 17 death of Eric Garner during a Staten Island arrest for an alleged petty offense. Continue reading “Sharpton faces off with de Blasio, Bratton on NYPD practices”
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Eyewitness News 7 – by Jim Hoffer
NEW YORK — Unlike in the Staten Island choke-hold case, there is no video in this alleged police brutality incident but there are pictures and we’ll warn you, they are hard to look at.
They are pictures of injuries a woman claims she received at the hands of an out-of-control NYPD Officer . Continue reading “Investigation: Woman Claims Police Brutality against NYPD Officer”
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson on Thursday confirmed he will not prosecute the two city officers who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy last year.
Kimani Gray’s family members say they are disgusted and disappointed by the decision.
The officers shot Gray seven times on an East Flatbush street last March. Continue reading “Brooklyn DA: No Charges for NYPD Officers Who Fatally Shot Teen”
Texas –-(Ammoland.com)- On Sunday July 26th 2014, CATI (Come and Take It) conducted a walk through downtown Austin to raise awareness for the current restrictions on gun rights in Texas.
This walk is done monthly, and today’s walk was led by Thomas Jefferson from their Austin Chapter. Anti-gun protestors decided to crash the event and protest the protest, accept they conducted their protest TOPLESS! Continue reading “MDA Anti Gun Moms Protest TOPLESS Against Texas Open Carry Group”
Atlanta Journal Constitution – by Steve Visser
A DeKalb County police officer resigned Monday after coming under fire for shooting a resident’s German Shepherd and then blocking the owner from taking the dog to the vet.
Doctor, a 9-year-old family pet, surprised Officer David Anthony Pitts who had come to the house on Mary Lou Lane near Decatur on Thursday because of a false alarm. The officer shot the dog in the face. Continue reading “DeKalb cop resigns after shooting homeowner’s German Shepherd”
A Chicago-area police officer who fatally shot a young dog in front of its 6-year-old owner on Friday was fired on Monday. Witnesses said the dog was not provoking the cops before it was shot.
Police dispatch in the Chicago suburb of Hometown, Illinois received a phone call on Friday from the dog’s owners that Apollo, a 16-month-old shepherd mix, got out of the family’s yard, and they requested assistance in finding him, Police Chief Charles Forsyth said in a statement on Facebook. The officer ‒ identified by the Justice for Apollo Facebook page as Robert Norris ‒ located the dog and followed him back to his home. Continue reading “Police officer fired for killing dog in front of 6-year-old owner”
RITTMAN, Ohio – Ashley Brown was eight months pregnant when she was arrested on drug charges last November for a case in which her only real crime may have been having a very common name.
Brown said she pulled into the driveway of her mother’s Rittman home and was closely followed by two cars from the Rittman Police Department. Continue reading “Mistaken identity? Woman says she was wrongly accused, arrested”
CNN – by Barbara Starr
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