Why is the Heck is the NYPD “protecting foreign missions”? How are “foreign missions” in a City PD’s jurisdiction?

Patch – by John V. Santore

New York City, NY — For a few hours on Friday, it appeared that a blogger may have stumbled onto the NYPD’s best kept, and most expensive, secret.

This year, New York uploaded new budgetary data sets into the city’s Open Data Portal.   Continue reading “Blogger Identifies ‘$800 Million Typo’ in New York City Budget”

Ammoland

Virginia – -(Ammoland.com)- It has been brought to Virginia Citizens Defense League’s attention that Chesapeake is trying to fly some new shooting restrictions under the radar.

Well, that didn’t work, but we don’t have much time!

Chesapeake wants to greatly increase restrictions on where a person can lawfully shoot, requiring:   Continue reading “Chesapeake City VA Pulling A Fast One With New Shooting Restrictions”

Ammoland – by Jeff Knox

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- A large box truck, the kind that makes deliveries to shops and stores in cities around the world, was used as a deadly weapon in Nice, France Thursday evening as revelers were celebrating Bastille Day, the commemoration of the launch of the French Revolution.   Continue reading “The Threat of Deadly Assault Trucks”

Dose

It’s like the 2016 version of the dress.

If you thought finding rare Pokémon on Pokémon Go was hard, try finding the missing item in this photo plastered all over the internet. Recently, this picture of a rug has been popping up all over Facebook with a nearly-impossible task: find the phone. Heather Rooney, a radio DJ in Fort Wayne, Indiana, posted the picture to her public Facebook page explaining that a woman dropped her phone on the patterned rug, making it hard to find.   Continue reading “There’s A Phone Hidden In This Photo And It’s Driving People Nuts”

Ammoland – by David Codrea

USA – -(Ammoland.com)-“’Pro-2A’ Politician Stabs You in the Back,” The Firearms Policy Coalition is telling supporters.

“Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang … has received plenty of endorsements and grades from pro-gun groups,” FPC explained. “We even gave her an ‘A’ on our report card for last year’s legislative session.”   Continue reading “Changing Electorate Restricts CA Gun Advocate Responses to ‘Back-Stabbers’”

WMC Action News 5

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) – During recent protests around Memphis, demonstrators have painted signs with “Black Lives Matter.” However, what is Black Lives Matter?

Black Lives Matter is often used as a slogan, hashtag, or a rallying cry, but Black Lives Matter is officially a chapter-based national organization dedicated to validating all black life, regardless of age, background, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, disability, etc.  Continue reading “Black Lives Matter Memphis clarifies role in recent protests”

Huffington Post – by Dana Liebelson & Ryan J. Reilly

Over the past year, there have been so many stories of violence and injustice in America, and even the most well-known deserve to be revisited. This is one: Last July, Sandra Bland was pulled over by a Texas state trooper for, he said, failing to signal when she changed lanes. After the 28-year-old questioned his instruction to put out her cigarette and refused to get out of the car, the trooper arrested her for assault of an officer. Bland didn’t have enough money for the $500 bail bondsman’s fee, and so she was held in jail. Within 65 hours of her arrest, she was dead. The coroner determined that she had hanged herself with a noose fashioned from a garbage bag.
Continue reading “810 People Have Died In Jail Since Sandra Bland”

Weather Channel

A plume of Saharan dust from Africa made it all the way to the Texas Gulf Coast early this week, making for hazy skies as well as vivid sunrises and sunsets.

Yet another plume of dust located over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday morning was expected to spread towards the Texas Gulf Coast by Thursday. This may create more hazy conditions late this week, the National Weather Service in Houston said.  Continue reading “Saharan Dust From Africa Brings Hazy Skies to Texas Gulf Coast”

Reuters

At a local shooting range, the 23-year-old president of the Salt Lake City chapter of Pink Pistols, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender gun club, helps a tattooed member improve his marksmanship.

An openly gay professional bodypiercer, Matt Schlentz said members of the LGBT community feel more at risk of being a victim of a hate crime or violent assault. The mass murder at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last month, confirmed their concerns.   Continue reading “U.S. gay gun group’s membership surges after Orlando killings”

AOL

As someone who likes to be in control of their own health, I don’t necessarily run to the doctor for every little ache, pain, or minor cold.

Instead, I much prefer to stay on top of my health by giving my body exactly what it needs — whether that’s preparing a nutritional meal or going for a walk in nature.   Continue reading “Lemon Water: 12 amazing and unexpected health benefits”

Boredom Therapy

Things are not always what they seem in the natural world. What looks like a snake could turn out to be a clever little caterpillar, or a regular apple could be so much more. If you look at the picture below, you’ll probably just see a giant pile of firewood. But look closer, and you might find something else that doesn’t belong.

Hint: somewhere in this photo is a cat!   Continue reading “We Swear There’s A Cat Hiding In This Photo… But No One Has Been Able To Find It. Can You?”

Red State – by Jay Caruso

What would you think if you were sitting home and you suddenly saw yourself on television, identified as a suspect in the deadliest attack on law enforcement officers since the 9/11 attacks? Freaked out would be one descriptor at least. It would be worse if you were identified as a suspect simply because you were exercising your constitutional rights.

That is what happened to Mark Hughes who, as we reported while it happened last night, was mistakenly identified by the Dallas Police Department in a tweet as one of the suspects in yesterday’s deadly shootings in Dallas:   Continue reading “In Dallas, Mark Hughes Exercising His Second Amendment Rights Leads To A Rush To Judgement”

The Guardian

After a day of fierce criticism over whether it cares about the second amendment rights of black Americans, the National Rifle Association posted a statement late Friday in response to the death of Philando Castile, an African American man shot to death by a police officer during a traffic stop.

Without mentioning Castile’s name, the gun rights organization called the reports of the 32-year-old’s death “troubling” and said they “must be thoroughly investigated”.   Continue reading “NRA comments on Philando Castile shooting without using his name”

New York Post

An off-duty NYPD cop waited exactly one second before gunning down another driver in a Brooklyn road rage incident on Monday.

Exclusive video obtained by The Post shows the moment that Officer Wayne Isaacs fired two shots through his car window at Delrawn Small, who collapsed and died in the street.

The NYPD and the Attorney General’s office are investigating the shooting, which the victim’s family said is a clear case of excessive force.   Continue reading “Video surfaces of NYPD cop’s road-rage shooting”

The Daily Beast – by Ben Collins

Micah Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas was identified by police as the sniper who shot 12 people during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night. Five officers are dead and six others are seriously wounded, in addition to one civilian.

According to his Facebook profile, Johnson identified as a black nationalist. Activists at Thursday’s night Black Lives Matter march, however, said that the shooter behind the deadliest day for American law enforcement since 9/11 was not part of their protest.

Continue reading “And the Plot Thickens: Micah Johnson, Dallas Cop-Killer, Was Black Militant”

AOL

A Navy SEAL trainee drowned after being repeatedly “dunked” underwater by an instructor, according to a San Diego medical examiner’s report that labels the death a homicide.

The May 6 death of Seaman James Derek Lovelace had not been announced by the Navy until after officials were questioned about it by NBC News and The Virginian-Pilot newspaper. Navy officials portrayed it as a training mishap. But sources told NBC News and The Pilot the death was caused by an instructor going too far.   Continue reading “Navy SEAL trainee’s drowning death ruled a ‘homicide’”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

Jason Galvin spotted an eagle that was entangled in a bit of rope in a tree in Minnesota.  It had been hanging there for two days.  He told his wife, Jackie.  She thought something must be done.  But the authorities, the Department of Natural Resources, the Sheriffs Office, City Hall, the Fire Department, the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, didn’t.  They all gave her the same story. They were tied up in red tape.  No one could do anything, too much liability.  The eagle was already dead.   Continue reading “Vet with Semi-Auto Rifle Saves Eagle Entangled in Tree, Authorites Paralyzed”

Weather Channel

The threat for heavy rain and flooding returns to the Plains into the Fourth of July weekend, and the rain could spread eastward and affect flood-ravaged West Virginia by Monday.

The National Weather Service has already hoisted flash flood watches in parts of the central Plains, including the Kansas City metro area.   Continue reading “Heavy Rain Threat Returns to the Plains, Possibly Flood-Ravaged West Virginia, Into the Holiday Weekend”

Weather Channel

Officials in five states have issued health advisories for dozens of beaches just days before thousands hit the road for the 4th of July holiday.

Texas leads the way with 15 beaches with either high or medium levels of bacteria; Louisiana has a dozen beaches under advisory, and Mississippi and Alabama have one apiece.    Continue reading “Health Advisories Issued For Beaches in 5 States Ahead of July 4th Holiday Weekend”