Police Defend Chasing Down Innocent 5th Grader With Guns Drawn
While the encounter is a clear example of racial profiling that left a child traumatized, the President of James Stewart Jr. of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police maintains the officers were doing their due diligence.
Deputy fired after beating sheriff in primary election
Despite the fact that Maggs was recently fired, he will reportedly take charge of the sheriff’s department in January when assuming his elected position.
Friend Of Stanford Rapist Blamed Victim, Urged Judge Not To Be ‘Politically Correct’
“I don’t think it’s fair to base the fate of the next ten years of this life on the decision of a girl who doesn’t remember anything but the amount she drank to press charges.”
New study could pressure VA to expand Agent Orange benefits
More than four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, research is still showing the effects of the herbicide Agent Orange. The latest findings: An association between exposure and high blood pressure.
EPA to shut down open data service Friday
President Trump’s administration continues to wipe Obama-era climate initiatives off the Internet.
How Bernie Sanders supporters are organizing to stop the TPP
As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.
USDA drops plan to test for Monsanto weed killer in food
Much more research is needed to understand the impact on human health of chronic dietary exposures to pesticides.
Five things Obama should do before leaving office (but probably won’t)
I offer this list not with a naive optimism that Obama will actually act on them, but rather to point out how many crucial issues a sitting Democratic president has the power to control but often chooses not to.
Police officer fired after charged in DUI crash
“As law enforcement officers, we are and should be held to the highest standards of conduct whether on or off duty.”
NYPD officer stripped of gun and badge after driving into Jamaica Bay
According to police sources, the officer was disciplined for associating with a known felon, not for driving the vehicle into the water.