After a couple of negative interactions with what he calls “unscrupulous cops”, Rick took the initiative to outfit his ride with some cutting-edge technology. And he founded Veterans Against Police Abuse to encourage others to do the same – use technology to create a transparent record of interactions. That, he says, is the surest way […]
A 44-year-old Phoenix man climbed onto the roof of his apartment and began acting strangely. Police arrived to help him down, but instead ended up killing him. Michael Angel Ruiz had a history of drug addiction. On July 28, for reasons unknown, he climbed onto the roof of his apartment. Witnesses called the police to […]
Mayor Bloomberg suggested fingerprinting New York City public housing residents while speaking on his weekly radio show. The mayor suggested this as a crime fighting measure noting that New York City Housing Authority residents make up only 5 percent of the city’s population while 20 percent of the city’s crime occurs in public housing. “The […]
In May, U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) was getting a lot of questions about ammo shortages and government agencies stockpiling guns and ammo. He wanted to know why IRS agents were buying ammo in large quantities and wanted to see the ammo supply himself. He went to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in […]
The government gets to name your children for you? That’s what one family found out recently in Tennessee. Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew has ordered that Jaleesa Martin change her 7-month-old son’s name from “Messiah” to “Martin DeShawn McCullough.”