Author: Wade

The Guardian

The city of Albuquerque must pay more than $6m in connection with the wrongful death of a man with schizophrenia killed by Albuquerque police, a New Mexico judge ruled Tuesday.

In her detailed findings of fact, district court judge Shannon Bacon said officers were not acting in self-defense when they punched and shot Christopher Torres, 27, in his backyard in 2011.   Continue reading “Albuquerque ordered to pay $6m over man’s wrongful killing by police”

CBC News

Interpol has issued an Orange Notice, or an international alert, to all of its 190 member countries to help track down the three fugitives who escaped from a jail near Quebec City over the weekend via helicopter.

The agency says the escapees — Yves Denis, 35, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Serge Pomerleau, 49 — should be considered dangerous, and members of the public are advised to contact police immediately and not to approach the men if they’re spotted.   Continue reading “Interpol issues global alert for 3 Quebec jail escapees”

ABC News

The deaths of two Las Vegas cops on Sunday raised to 23 the number of law enforcement officers killed this year by gunfire across the country while in the line of duty — a 53 percent increase compared to the same time last year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

That is a stark contrast to the same time last year when firearms-related shootings accounted for 15 deaths, the group said. Continue reading “Police Killings Up 53 percent This Year”

National Review – by Michelle Malkin

A source tipped me off last week to a curious occurrence: It seems that two planeloads of illegal aliens were recently shipped to Massachusetts. The first reportedly landed at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford. According to my tipster, approximately 160 illegal immigrants arrived on that flight and stayed nearly a week before being transferred to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) site and then released.

The second flight reportedly was diverted from Hanscom to Boston’s Logan Airport this past weekend. I am told that both Massachusetts and New Hampshire officials were on hand. I reached out to Hanscom AFB for confirmation but did not receive a call back by my deadline.   Continue reading “The New Dumping Grounds”

AZ Central – by Sean Holstege

A makeshift bomb exploded at a Nogales, Ariz., power plant Wednesday morning, damaging a large fuel tank and prompting an investigation by the FBI and federal bomb experts.

Local officials were alerted at 9:30 a.m. to “suspicious activity” at UniSource Energy Services’ Valencia Plant. The explosion damaged a diesel storage tank, but there were no reports of injuries and authorities said they knew of no suspects or witnesses.   Continue reading ““Suspicious device” explodes at Nogales power plant”

Washington Post – by Mark Berman

Four months before a married couple shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers and a bystander, the police visited their home and determined that they didn’t pose any threat, authorities said Wednesday.

Detectives were dispatched to the home of Jerad Miller in February because the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center was alerted that he had made threatening remarks to a government agency in Indiana, Kevin C. McMahill, assistant sheriff of Clark County, said during a briefing with reporters.   Continue reading “Police visited Las Vegas shooters earlier this year and determined that they weren’t a threat”

Las Vegas Review Journal – by Mike Blasky

A Henderson police officer was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he was shot or struck by shrapnel during a fatal officer-involved shooting.

Police spokeswoman Kathleen Richards said the officer was in good condition. The officer was struck during a shootout with a man near Horizon Ridge Parkway and Gibson Road about 4:30 a.m. It’s unclear if the officer was directly shot or struck by shrapnel, she said.   Continue reading “Henderson police officer wounded, suspect killed in morning shooting”

Bloomberg – by Corina Pons and Nathan Crooks