Author: Angel - NYC

Huffington Post – by Dan Elliot

DENVER — Victims and witnesses in the Colorado theater shootings have been pestered by conspiracy theorists, impersonated in court filings and had their addresses and phone numbers posted online, prosecutors said.

In a document made public late Wednesday, District Attorney George Brauchler said some victims are concerned for their safety because of the unwanted attention. Continue reading “Aurora Theater Shooting Victims Being Harassed By Conspiracy Theorists”

NYCLU

Do you own an iPhone? Then you can hold the NYPD accountable for violating people’s rights.

Today, the NYCLU released an iPhone version of Stop and Frisk Watch – our smart-phone app that allows bystanders to document stop-and-frisk encounters and alert community members when a street stop is in progress.

You have a First Amendment right to record police activity in public. Doing so empowers you to expose abusive policing and protect your neighbors.

Stop and Frisk Watch, which is free and already available for Android phones, has three primary functions: Continue reading “Stop and Frisk Watch Now Available on iPhones”

Huffington Post -by Kathleen Miles

Los Angeles moved Wednesday to divest its pensions from any company associated with the production, sale or marketing of assault weapons.

“We are sending a clear signal that Los Angeles supports a ban on assault weapons and that the second-largest city in the nation will not use its resources to fund these dangerous weapons,” LA Councilwoman Jan Perry, who introduced the motion, said on her blog. Continue reading “LA To Divest Pensions From Assault Weapon Companies”

Huffington Post – by Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has directed the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel to grant congressional intelligence committees access to a classified memo outlining the administration’s legal justification for targeted killing, an administration official said Wednesday evening.

The administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the president personally made the decision to release the memo. Continue reading “Obama To Provide Drones Memo To Congress”

New York CBS Local News

Beginning this fall, incoming freshman at New York University will no longer have the luxury of choosing their roommates.

Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, rather than giving students the option of rooming with their high school friends or others of their choosing, the university will instead pair roommates together in an effort create a “global and inclusive campus community,” the NYU Local student blog reported. Continue reading “No More Choosing Roommates For NYU Freshmen”

New York CBS Local News

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — An immigrant from Jamaica said he was stuck in jail for nine months due to a clerical error.

Now he’s out, angry and suing.

His time behind bars both difficult and depressing, Iykeland Ricketts said being separated from his children and wife took a toll. Continue reading “NY Man Files Lawsuit, Says He Was Wrongfully Imprisioned Over Clerical Error”

Gun Owners of America

Reports out of Capitol Hill reveal that just-reelected turncoat West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is about to stick a big knife in the back of American gun owners.  And to make matters worse, he’s lying about what he’s doing.

Both Manchin and House anti-gun crazy Carolyn McCarthy are claiming to be “working with NRA” to enact gun bans and national gun registries.  NRA says flatly that Manchin is lying, and we believe he is. (The Hill, 1/24/13) Continue reading “Oppose Joe Manchin’s Veterans Gun Ban and National Gun Registry”

Huffington Post – by Ryan Pearson

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Willis says he’s against new gun control laws that could infringe on Second Amendment rights. The “Die Hard” star also dismisses any link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun violence.

“I think that you can’t start to pick apart anything out of the Bill of Rights without thinking that it’s all going to become undone,” Willis told The Associated Press in a recent interview while promoting his latest film, “A Good Day To Die Hard.” “If you take one out or change one law, then why wouldn’t they take all your rights away from you?” Continue reading “Bruce Willis: Gun Control Laws Could Lead To Government Taking Away More Rights”

AL.com – by Robert McClendon

Before Jimmy Lee Dykes dug a bunker, before he kidnapped 5-year-old Ethan and shot his bus driver dead, he liked to bet on dog races, according to his friend and former neighbor, George Arnold.

Dykes, who was 65 when he died, kept records of the races, boxes of them, sure that one day, if he studied them hard enough he would find a pattern in the results and get rich, Arnold said. Continue reading “Man behind Alabama hostage standoff, Jimmy Lee Dykes: Paranoid, poor and particular”

CBS Local News

Prices at the pump have hit a record for this time of year and drivers are shelling out a lot more to fill up their cars.

Lamar Munnerlyn drives his own truck in New York City and said every time gas prices go up, his salary goes down.

“It’s really difficult. I’m losing money all the time,” Munnerlyn told CBS 2′s Dick Brennan. “We have family we gotta feed and everything like that. Gas prices going up every time you turn around.” Continue reading “New York Drivers Facing Sticker Shock At The Gas Station”

The Atlanta Journal Constitution – by MATT GOURAS

HELENA, Mont. — Lawmakers in at least 11 states are looking at plans to restrict the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could be exploited to spy on Americans.

Gun Owners of America

GOA scores partial victory on Rules

Solicits horror stories from its members

Events have been moving so fast and furiously (no pun intended) that we have not had an opportunity to give you an update on the rules fight — or to solicit your help in connection with a pivotal ongoing battle. Continue reading “GOA Update on Two Battles”

Huffington Post

The standoff between law enforcement and an Alabama man who held a boy in a bunker for seven days ended with the suspect dead and the 5-year-old safely rescued.

Reports of an explosion at Jimmy Lee Dykes’ Midland City property came first on Monday afternoon, followed by media reports of the 65-year-old’s death. Continue reading “Jimmy Lee Dykes Dead: 5-Year-Old Hostage Rescued In Alabama Standoff”

ABC News

A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing a Super Bowl advertisement calling for background checks.

The 30-second spot by Mayors Against Illegal Guns will air in the Washington area during the game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. Continue reading “Mayor’s Group Sponsors Gun Control Super Bowl Ad”

A Massachusetts school considers tactics like electric shocks, isolation and the use of restraints fair game in working with students with disabilities. It’s time for the state to step in.

Fifty years ago, if someone was deemed “insane” they underwent all sorts of awful procedures like shock therapy and isolation. Many people lived their lives in restraints in mental facilities.

We don’t tolerate subjecting anyone to this kind of cruel therapy anymore — least of all on students with disabilities at school. Continue reading “Shut Down Shock Therapy School”

DNA Info – by James Fanelli

EDENWALD — The NYPD cop accused of gunning down Ramarley Graham also threatened to shoot the slain teen’s sobbing grandmother in the chaotic moments after cops burst into their Bronx apartment, a new lawsuit charges.

The blistering 108-page lawsuit filed by Graham’s family details how plainclothes officers in street narcotics unit barged into their apartment, fired at the teen and hauled his grandmother away for hours of grueling questioning and intimidation. Continue reading “Cop Threatened to Shoot Ramarley Graham’s Grandmother, Suit Says”