From the Trenches World Report

KFSM 5 News – by Meredith Baldwin and Curt Lanning

A Fort Smith police officer was arrested and placed on administrative leave Tuesday after Sequoyah County deputies said he fired a gun inside his home and held a gun to a five-year-old child’s head.

Officer Naaman Adcock was placed on administrative leave with pay while authorities conduct an internal investigation. Sequoyah County authorities said they took nine guns from Adcock’s possession after he fired off several rounds into a wall inside his home after he got into a drunken dispute with his wife.   Continue reading “Report: Officer Arrested After Holding Gun To 5 Year Old’s Head”

ABC News – by PETER LEONARD and ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO Associated Press

In another devastating blow to Ukraine’s armed forces, rebels shot down a troop helicopter Thursday, killing at least 12 soldiers, including a general who had served in the Soviet army and was in charge of combat training.

The loss underscored the challenge Ukrainian forces face in fighting a guerrilla-style insurgency that has proven to be an agile foe.   Continue reading “Rebels Down Helicopter; Another Big Loss for Kiev”

Christian Science Monitor – by Andrew Mach

More children than ever before in America are going to sleep at night without a home to call their own.

One out of every 45 children – some 1.6 million – in the United States is homeless, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Center on Family Homelessness. The majority of the children are under age 7.   Continue reading “Homeless children at record high in US. Can the trend be reversed?”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

TULSA, Okla. (INTELLIHUB) — According to reports, a campus cop, who was working the Elliot Elementary School campus recently, fired upon a teen couple who were merely making out in a parked vehicle.

Apparently the officer decided it was prudent to shoot at the 17-year-old’s car with two occupants, after the driver fled from the scene while being confronted by the cop during the lovers steamy kissing session.   Continue reading “Out of control cop fires on teens found making out in car”

I’m sure this “fine, young man” will make for a wonderful police officer!

RT News

A ‘smart’ and ‘sane’ North Carolina teen has admitted to stabbing and bludgeoning his parents to death over slight and routine punishments, like depriving him of his iPod.   Continue reading “‘8 knives, bat and crowbar’: 16 yo admits to parents’ brutal murder for taking away iPod”

RT News

A federal appeals court has ruled that Americans have the right to videotape police officers in public, thereby allowing a court case brought against New Hampshire police to progress.

Carla Gericke was arrested in 2010 for videotaping members of the Weare Police Department who pulled over her friend during a traffic stop. Her video camera malfunctioned, however, and she failed to record evidence of the incident.   Continue reading “Americans have First Amendment right to film police, US appeals court rules”

Mail.com

PHOENIX (AP) — Navy veteran Ken Senft turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in 2011 after his private insurance grew too costly. It could have been a fatal mistake, he now says.

A few years ago, the 65-year-old had a lesion on his head. He went to a VA clinic near his home outside Phoenix, but he said the doctor told him it could be two years before he might get an appointment with a dermatologist.   Continue reading “Report: 1,700 vets left off VA hospital wait list”

The Republic

NEW MILFORD, New Jersey — Five New Milford high school students are facing charges stemming from a counterfeiting scheme.

Counterfeit $20 bills with the same serial numbers began surfacing at local businesses over a four-week period. Police reviewed security video and identified the students.   Continue reading “5 New Milford high school students charges in counterfeiting scheme”

Police One – by Lauren McGaughy, Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas group responsible for Chipotle’s new “no guns” policy and famous for its public demonstrations has a new target in its sights: the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Open Carry Texas formed in early 2013 after its founder, active U.S. Army Master Sergeant CJ Grisham, was arrested for resisting arrest after a Temple policeman balked at his carrying a rifle on a hike with his son. Last year, it held armed rallies outside the Alamo and the state Capitol in Austin.   Continue reading “Open carry demonstrators who inspired Chipotle gun ban target BLM”

Reuters

Tens of thousands of children unaccompanied by parents or relatives are flooding across the southern U.S. border illegally, forcing the Obama administration and Congress to grapple with both a humanitarian crisis and a budget dilemma.

An estimated 60,000 such children will pour into the United States this year, according to the administration, up from about 6,000 in 2011. Now, Washington is trying to figure out how to pay for their food, housing and transportation once they are taken into custody.   Continue reading “Waves of immigrant minors present crisis for Obama, Congress”

Continue reading “UN Armored Vehicles in Cleburne, TX ?”

We had some flooding rains yesterday. It got pretty bad. My phone was getting these strange alerts all day telling me that it was raining. We dont have an app for any alerts. We didnt sign up for any alerts, but they alerted our phones anyway. I had heard about this mandatory software being in the smart phones, but never had it happen to mine until yesterday.

KPEL 96.5 – by Nathan Pike

Many residents throughout Acadiana may have been startled to receive a breaking weather alert on their smart phone devices early this morning. Probably some of you were awakened by the peculiar message.   Continue reading “What Were Those Weather Emergency Alerts We Got On Our Phones This Week?”

Sierra 12

Movement Drill-

Requirements:  Rifle and or Pistol, glass / cup preferably a mug with a vertical handle, water.

Firing on the move can be broken down into smaller technical sections i.e. target identification, firing, moving, situational awareness, and reloading.  Below we will focus on the movement portion of firing on the move.

Movement and firing with a firearm is much different than static firing.  Moving and shooting adds in more challenges for the shooter…..   Continue reading “Dry Fire – Firing on the move”

Quartz – by Mark DeCambre

Bank risk-taking is back. Toughened regulation such as the Dodd-Frank financial reforms haven’t entirely killed banks’ appetite to underwrite risky debt. According to a recent research note by Moody’s Investors Service, underwriting standards are loosening up at US banks.   Continue reading “Risky lending is on the rise again at US banks”