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ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A man who spent nearly 26 years on death row in Louisiana walked free of prison Tuesday, hours after a judge approved the state’s motion to vacate the man’s murder conviction in the 1983 killing of a jeweler.

Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988 in connection with the death of 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a Shreveport jeweler and watchmaker for whom Ford had done occasional yard work. Ford had always denied killing Rozeman.   Continue reading “Man who spent decades on La. death row is freed”

Ben Swann – by Jay Syrmopoulos

Rialto, CA- The Rialto Police Department, over the past year, has been experimenting with equipping body cameras to the 70 officers on its force. The initial results show a promising solution to the excessive use of force by officers.

The police chief in Rialto, Tony Farrar, is on record as stating, “ I think we’ve opened some eyes in the law enforcement world. We’ve shown the potential.”

This potential he speaks of is due to the scientific data that this experiment has yielded over the course of the last year. The body cameras were introduced on officers in February 2012, over the next twelve months total complaints filed against them dropped by a staggering 88%, with use of force by officers dropping by 60%.   Continue reading “Police Use Of Force Drops 60% When Officers Required To Wear Video Cameras”

Police lineThis Ain’t Hell – by John Lilyea

The first story to kick off your week comes from Houston where a man and his wife out for the evening was confronted by an enterprising youth seeking to raise his minimum wage;

When the couple got out of their car, a man approached them, pulled out a gun and demanded their belongings and cash, officers say. The husband turned the tables on the crook and pulled out his own weapon.   Continue reading “Monday morning feel good stories”

WND – by JOSEPH FARAH

Back in the day, leaders of the Mafia were known for invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination before congressional hearings.

But now it’s gangsters of a different kind who are doing it – top officials of the Internal Revenue Service.

Pleading the Fifth means one thing. You can only do it for one reason – to avoid making criminal admissions that can come back to haunt you in the courts.   Continue reading “When the IRS Pleads the Fifth”

3/6/14, ASB 0307 Cop sentencedDaily Record – by Kathleen Hopkins

FREEHOLD — Little Silver police officer Steven Solari was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison with no chance for release on parole for failing to take an injured man for medical treatment, repeatedly punching him in the head while handcuffed, lying in a police report to justify his actions and trying to get a first-aid responder to back up his lie.

Solari, 40, a member of the Little Silver police force since July 1999, also was ordered to forfeit his $91,000-a-year job and any future prospect for public employment, under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia.   Continue reading “Little Silver cop Steven Solari gets five years for punching handcuffed man in the head, lying about it”

CenturyLink – by DARLENE SUPERVILLE

KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — The crisis in Crimea won’t keep President Barack Obama from forging ahead with a weekend getaway with his wife and daughters in the Florida Keys.

But it’s more than the Oval Office that will be dark as Russia’s incursion into Ukraine reaches its one week mark. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife are vacationing in the Virgin Islands. And national security adviser Susan Rice is traveling in the Middle East for meetings with her counterparts.   Continue reading “Ukraine doesn’t keep Obama from Florida vacation”

CenturyLink

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spring is closer than you think, and here’s a sure sign: Daylight saving time arrives this weekend.

Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time.   Continue reading “Daylight saving time: Set clocks ahead 1 hour”

21st Century Wire

When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, something very, very bizarre went down, and to this day, neither the mainstream press, or the alternative media have made much headway on this strange turn of events…

The investigation focuses around what links Bush, his family or inner circle, had with the convicted serial killer and self-proclaimed cannibal and satantic abuser, Henry Lee Lucas (photo, left), who received an official stay of execution by then Texas governor George W. Bush – even though the governor was notorious for rejecting clemency requests – having executed more people during his tenure than any other state governor.   Continue reading “Meet the only man that George W. Bush ever ‘pardoned’ – but why?”