An unarmed 18-year-old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer named Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. This fatal incident was witnessed by several individuals, yet there is still conflicting accounts of what really occurred...
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Can Federal Charges Be Filed Against San Francisco Police Officers?
Federal grand juries have indicted six current and former San Francisco police officers on various charges, including civil rights conspiracy charges. All of the officers were suspended without pay and had their guns taken away. The Police Chief of the San Francisco...
Five Year Old Dies After Being Punished By Parents
Five-year old Alexa Linboom, was punished on January 1, 2012, after she stole one of her step-mother's grape sodas. This punishment resulted in her death. The young girl's body became water-intoxicated, causing her brain to swell and all of her systems to shut down....
FBI setting up would-be terrorists: part two
Last week we discussed a disturbing trend in federal law enforcement: the FBI going to great lengths to set up people who may be willing to perform terroristic acts, then busting them on serious federal charges.We highlighted one case in which FBI agents offered a...
FBI setting up would-be terrorists: part one
Since the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, fighting terrorism has comprised a larger part of the FBI's budget than ever. The agency spends $3.3 billion thwarting terrorist plots and only $2.6 billion investigating organized crime. That shift in...
Consensual police encounters and your fundamental rights
Back in November, a Florida man became engaged in a "consensual encounter" with a police officer, meaning that both of them entered into a conversation willingly. This encounter led to a search that discovered cocaine and the man ended up serving five years in...
Know your Fifth Amendment rights
People will commonly joke, "I plead the Fifth" when asked about something they would rather not discuss. The Fifth Amendment may have evolved into a punch line over time but its original purpose of protecting criminal rights remains serious and important.The Fifth...
FDLE releases crime report for first half of 2012
On Nov. 1, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released its semi-annual uniform crime report. The report contains a preliminary indication of Florida crime and criminal activities reported to law enforcement for the first half of 2012.Overall, the state of...
Protesting Was Peaceful at the RNC in Tampa
The media had predicted chaos in the form of protestors at this year's Republican National Convention in Tampa. However, the only chaos which occurred outside the convention hall took the form of Hurricane Isaac.At past conventions, scores of protestors have been...