
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has no intention of engaging with Black Lives Matter protestors, even if a group of tried to crash his events with their protests.
by Charlie Spiering16 Nov 2015, 11:16 AM PST0

On Saturday, former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, weighing in on the University of Missouri (“Mizzou”) brouhaha that led to the resignation of university president Tim Wolfe, wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the events were “absolutely awesome” for civil rights.
by William Bigelow16 Nov 2015, 7:40 AM PST0

Houston vice officers have arrested and charged a man with prostituting a 4-year-old girl. The arrest came about following a prostitution sting operation where police have been hunting human traffickers.
by Bob Price16 Nov 2015, 6:45 AM PST0

On the night of November 14, a break-in took place at the Army Reserve Armory in Worcester, Massachusetts, and some of the facility’s weapons were missing when law enforcement arrived.
by AWR Hawkins15 Nov 2015, 7:08 PM PST0

Attorneys for Waller County, Texas, have asked a federal court judge to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit for damages brought by the Sandra Bland family. The county and the two jailers argue that Bland committed suicide, not because of their negligence, but because she was distraught that her family would not pay $515 to post bond.
by Lana Shadwick15 Nov 2015, 12:06 PM PST0

LEBANON, Tennessee—In the aftermath of the barbaric murders of more than 120 unarmed innocent civilians in Paris, France by several well-armed Syrian Muslim terrorists on Friday, the 12.8 million gun owners in America with concealed carry permits now have a new civic responsibility, according to Nashville talk radio host Ralph Bristol.
by Michael Patrick Leahy15 Nov 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley at Saturday night’s Democratic presidential debate at Drake University in Iowa: “With all due respect, I think it’s safe to say Baltimore is not now one of the safest cities in America.”
by Joel B. Pollak14 Nov 2015, 7:25 PM PST0

On November 13 the Los Angeles Times reported that Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is monitoring “critical sites” around the city in order to stave off possible Paris-style attacks.
by AWR Hawkins14 Nov 2015, 6:13 PM PST0

The City of Brotherly Love experienced an “exceptionally violent” night on Friday, with four citizens shot and one killed in four separate shooting incidents, reports say. Gunfire erupted early on Friday morning when a man in his 20s was killed
by Warner Todd Huston13 Nov 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

When police officer Benjamin Deen was killed in the line of duty earlier this year, his fellow deputies promised to watch after his family. Fulfilling that final request, deputies stood watch over the casket of Deen’s daughter who died this month of a vial infection.
by Warner Todd Huston13 Nov 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

This month the American Civil Liberties Union is set to release its new “Mobile Justice” smartphone app aimed at aiding citizens to record police and report purported misconduct.
by Warner Todd Huston13 Nov 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

Los Angeles police union leaders excoriated LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Thursday for his announcement that the department would offer a “Preservation of Life” award to officers who hold their fire in order to avoid using deadly force.
by William Bigelow13 Nov 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

On November 11, film director Spike Lee told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he believes “social media is partly to blame” for the surge in “gun violence” and firearm-related homicides in Chicago.
by AWR Hawkins12 Nov 2015, 8:45 PM PST0

Black Lives Matter leader DeRay McKesson lashed out at The View co-host Raven-Symonè for making “deeply problematic and uninformed” comments on race and at CNN host Don Lemon for being “unnuanced” and “disconnected” from stories involving the supposed oppression of black people.
by Jerome Hudson12 Nov 2015, 8:00 PM PST0

FBI figures on the number of background checks for retail gun purchases show that October was the sixth month of record-setting checks this year. The number of background checks performed in October was 1,976,759, which is considerably higher than the
by AWR Hawkins12 Nov 2015, 7:42 PM PST0

On November 11, a male driver, who was allegedly under assault by two men in a “road rage incident,” pulled his gun and fatally wounded one of the men before subduing the second.
by AWR Hawkins12 Nov 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

The University of Missouri student who caught protesters physically pushing back media on video earlier this week spoke to Breitbart News, saying the fallout was sparked by what happened previously in Ferguson, Missouri
by Alex Swoyer12 Nov 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

Gun control proponent Mark Kelly used the example of a man who acquired his guns “legally,” then misused them, to argue that background checks need to be expanded to cover more gun sales.
by AWR Hawkins11 Nov 2015, 8:12 PM PST0

An Alabama woman stands charged with manslaughter after her one-year-old daughter was beaten to death by an eight-year-old boy who was forced to babysit the child while the woman went out nightclubbing, police say.
by Warner Todd Huston11 Nov 2015, 5:32 PM PST0

On the 47th anniversary of the landmark San Francisco State Strike, radical student movements, propelled by protest over the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri last year, have again swept universities from coast to coast.
by Adelle Nazarian11 Nov 2015, 2:40 PM PST0

On November 10 the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence’s Josh Horwitz called on Colorado Springs to defy state law and end open carry within city limits.
by AWR Hawkins10 Nov 2015, 2:43 PM PST0

The family of a U.S. Army Gulf War veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and committed suicide by cop is being consoled by his service dog.
by Edwin Mora10 Nov 2015, 2:07 PM PST0

A Houston area news station is reporting that a person of interest in the shooting of Austin Criminal District Court Judge Julie Kocurek has been arrested. The Travis County (Austin) judge was shot Friday night as she returned home. The entrance to her driveway had been blocked to force the driver out of the car.
by Bob Price9 Nov 2015, 7:52 PM PST0

The “Ferguson effect” appears to be spreading from the University of Missouri to other campuses. On Tuesday, USC’s student body will vote on a controversial campus resolution urging $100 million be spent on mandatory diversity classes to create an “inclusion climate” on campus.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Nov 2015, 7:23 PM PST0

As of last weekend, there are now 294 recorded homicides in Baltimore this year, up from the 211 murdered during all of 2014.
by Warner Todd Huston9 Nov 2015, 5:27 PM PST0