TX Cop Killer Skates. Have No-Knock Raids Jumped the Shark?
"A Burleson County Grand Jury declined to indict the man who shot and killed Burleson County Sheriff's Deputy Adam Sowders who was serving a search warrant in December," kbtx.com reports. "Investigators were executing a search...
Albuquerque “Cop Killer” Pursuit Video Released
Christopher Chase was an aspiring cop killer. We know this because, according to abqjournal.com, he had 'cop killer' tattooed across his knuckles. Wait, that's nine letters. How…never mind. Chase apparently wanted to go out...
North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission and United States Forest Service SWAT Suspected Poachers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfti5wCRyjM
Georgia Wildlife posted the above video, offering the official explanation of the genesis and "success" of a $2m anti-bear poaching law enforcement effort called "Something Bruin." Get it? While the initiative seems on the...
Des Moines SWAT Team Does What SWAT Teams Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNztrA1bwZM
The reporter's note above the whotv.com account of this Iowa SWAT team no-knock raid says it all (save Radley Balko's WaPo takedown): "We have some new information regarding the story we reported Monday night on...
LAPD Chief: Cops Who Fired on Newspaper Delivery Pickup Truck Violated Dept. Policy
"Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has found that eight officers who opened fire on two women in a pickup truck during a search for Christopher Dorner violated the department’s policy on using deadly force,"...
TSA Chief: No Guns For My Blue Shirt Goons
"The Transportation Security Administration will not arm its officers in the wake of the November attack at Los Angeles International Airport that left one screener dead," usatoday.com reports. "TSA Administrator John Pistole said a...
BART Chief: Training Can’t Prevent Friendly Fire Shooting
You may recall the recent Bay Area fuster cluck wherein one BART cop shot another BART cop to death during a SWAT raid on an empty apartment. Experience may have led you to believe...
Indiana Bill Would Reform Gun Turn-Ins, Stop Wasteful Destruction
Indiana state senator Jim Tomes has introduced a bill in the legislature that prevents further waste in gun turn-in events, so called "buy backs". The guns were never owned by the people purchasing them,...
BREAKING: BART Officer Shoots and Kills BART Officer During SWAT Raid on Empty Apartment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIX4AWUyCJQ
"A BART police officer was fatally shot by a department colleague Tuesday afternoon during a probation check in the East Bay, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office," kron4.com reports. "BART officer Tom Smith and...
Question of the Day: Good Shoot?
This police body-cam video shows Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Spencer Mortensen ordering Eric Byron Johnston to drop two knives before shooting him. Yes, the Tueller Drill tells us that there's precious little time...
Florida Gun Owner Not Welcome In Maryland
John Filippidis thought he was prepared for his Christmas roadtrip. He knew he'd be passing through some states in the northeast that didn't value his Second Amendment rights as much as his home state...
Barney Get Your Gun: Police Militarization Marches On
Press release:
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