The nation is exploding in coast-to-coast protests in the wake of the recent killings of unarmed black men and a 12-year-old boy by white police. Of great concern as well is the failure of two grand juries to indict the officers involved with two of those recent deaths. In stark contrast to those events is […]
A cameraman was blown off his feet while capturing dramatic footage of a fireworks factory exploding near Granada, Colombia. NBC News reports that “Five warehouses used to store gunpowder were destroyed in the explosion and the resulting fire, according to Colombian authorities.” One person was slightly injured and “local roadways were closed, causing major delays […]
U2 frontman Bono posted a 6000+ word message on the band’s website Thursday detailing, among other subjects, his bike crash from November. The message, entitled “LITTLE BOOK OF A BIG YEAR Bono’s A to Z of 2014” begin with a brief explanation of the bike crash and the following notation: |It’s January 1, 8pm. I […]
I would like to begin by noting that while I would not ever call myself “pro-police,” I am certainly not anti-police. That being said, I am disgusted by this weekend’s spectacle by officers at the funeral of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos. We have written a lot about the Westboro Baptist Church since the creation […]
A 17-year veteran police officer in Florida was killed after being shot and then run over by a wanted man who felt like a “caged rat” according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. During a Sunday press conference, Sheriff Gualtieri related the circumstances of the incident. As WFLA reports, officer Charles Kondek, 45, a 17-year veteran […]