GA Grand Jury No-Bills SWAT Team for Flash-Banged Toddler
"While labeling the drug investigation that ended with the disfigurement of a toddler 'hurried and sloppy,' a Habersham County grand jury on Monday ruled the law enforcement officers involved should not face criminal charges,"...
Tallahassee Cop TASEs Woman Walking Away [Video NSFW]
http://youtu.be/Mb8b5o-K1Ig
"Tallahassee officers were responding to recent complaints from citizens about drug deals in the neighborhood located just a few blocks west of the governor's mansion," the AP reports. "Viola Young approached one of the...
Federal Bureaucracy Holding Up Police De-Militarization
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Or, indeed, bureaucracy. Case in point: the stymied post-Ferguson move to ditch MRAPs, "tanks," full-auto rifles and other Pentagon provided kit. First, the good news...
CNN Takes Stock of Feds’ Police Militarization
Remember the White House announcement of a post-Ferguson investigation into police militarization? It was so important TTAG posted it as a breaking story. I guess it done broke. We're not hearing a peep from the...
Quote of the Day: Something Tells Me They’ll Get Over It Edition
"No one knows how many people have been shot since officers began carrying guns four months ago because of government secrecy." - Newly armed police in China say they fear their guns as much as...
BREAKING: Video of Ohio Walmart Shopper Shooting Released
https://youtu.be/0XYNOTUWfHE
Video has now been release of the August shooting of Ohio Walmart shopper John Crawford III. A grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Beavercreek Officer Sean Williams. But as usatoday.com reports, Crawford's family claims...
Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Keep Your Gun in the Glove Box
In this unusual Florida case, the two suspects attacked an armed citizen in his car, grabbed his gun and fled the scene. It all happened at a McDonald's drive-through at . . . wait for...
Michael Brown Memorial Burns. Ferguson Next?
When Ferguson, MO police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, the town erupted into violence. Law enforcement's response to protesters and looters triggered a debate about police tactics and militarization. Race hustlers moved in. News...
The Curious Case of the Handcuffed Barber
The 11th circuit court has provided an epic slap-down on police...er, exuberance, ostensibly in order to enforce state regulations via warrantless SWAT raids. From Reason.com:
Although ostensibly justified as a regulatory inspection, the raid on...
When it Comes to Police Militarization, Rely on Government Inefficiency and Incompetence
Reader The Bartelist writes,
We've all been reading about the militarization of the country's law enforcement at the local, state and federal levels. MRAPS, full-auto long-arms, tactical gear and training...the list seems endless. Many reasonable...
Random Thoughts About Good Cops
http://youtu.be/iEboySS6fqE
I haven't seen this episode of Have Gun Will Travel since, well, never. It's a bit of an eye-opener. Larry Tate, I mean, Marshall Tom Kerry is a perfect stereotype of a bad cop: vain,...
Drunk Off Duty New York State Cop Shows Gun to Female Friend Outside of...
Some pro-gun folk reckon stories of police officers' negligent discharges, piss-poor shooting and over-zealous lead dispensation help the pro-gun cause. These reports supposedly undermine the antis' argument that cops are the only ones qualified to...