$1 Million Bail Sought for Suspect in #MountVernon Officer’s Shooting
Posted: December 16, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Alford plea, Arrest warrant, Chief of police, Domestic violence, Facebook, Felony, Mount Vernon, murder, Police officer, Seattle, SWAT, Washington State Leave a commentMOUNT VERNON, Wash. KOMO Staff & Associated Press report: A man suspected of shooting a police officer in the back of the head was ordered held on $1 million bail Friday.
The suspect, identified in court documents as Ernesto Lee Rivas, 44, appeared in Skagit County Superior Court the day after the cold-blooded shooting.
Rivas, who has a lengthy criminal history, was arrested earlier Friday morning after a seven-hour standoff in Mount Vernon that began after a police officer was shot and critically wounded, the Washington State Patrol said.
The online roster for the Skagit County Jail shows Rivas was booked at 1:55 a.m. Friday following his arrest.
Court and State Patrol records show that Rivas has eight felonies on his record, including unlawful possession of a firearm in 2011 and unlawful imprisonment in 1998. He was subject to a domestic violence protection order last year after the mother of his child accused him of stalking her at work.
At Friday’s court hearing, prosecutors said the suspect is being held for investigation of attempted first-degree murder. It was not immediately clear if Rivas has obtained an attorney. Read the rest of this entry »
OH NOT AGAIN: California Gym Teacher Corine Audiat Busted for ‘Unlawful Oral Copulation’ with Boy from her High School
Posted: December 4, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: Chief of police, child molestation, Computer, Contra Costa Times, KPIX-TV, Oral sex, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Sexual Misconduct Leave a commentHer rap includes charges of contacting a minor for sex, sending harmful material to a minor with sexual intent and misdemeanor child molestation.
Tobias Salinger reports: A married 32-year-old California gym teacher and swim coach had sex with a boy who goes to her East Bay area high school, police said.
“This is an unfortunate situation that we are sure has generated anxiety and many questions within our community.”
Washington High School teacher Corine (Cory) Audiat was charged Wednesday with six felony sex crimes, including unlawful sex and oral copulation with a minor, according to Fremont police. School officials placed her on unpaid leave and said she would never teach in the district again.
Audiat and the teen carried on months of private conversations this year that became more and more inappropriate until they had sex, investigators said. Police arrested her on Thanksgiving.
“This case is a very unfortunate situation for our community,” Fremont police said in a statement. They asked members of the public to assist in keeping the victim’s identity confidential and to contact investigators with any information they may know about the case.

Officials at Washington High School in Fremont, Calif., said Audiat would never work at the school or in the district again. (CBS SF BAY AREA)
Police said they had received a tip the day before Thanksgiving about Audiat’s affair with the boy. Detectives said they quickly tracked the messages between her and the teen starting earlier this year and arrested her the following day.
Both police and Fremont Unified School District Superintendent Jim Morris said investigators do not believe there were any other victims, KPIX-TV reported. Washington High administrators notified parents of Audiat’s arrest in a letter Thursday promising to make counseling available. Read the rest of this entry »
Two Bailiffs, Gunman Dead in Shooting at Michigan Courthouse, Sheriff says
Posted: July 11, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Chief of police, Death, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fox News Channel, Law enforcement officer, Police officer, SWAT, WFAA Leave a commentDEVELOPING: Two court bailiffs were killed and a police officer shot Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse when an inmate broke loose and got his hands on a deputy’s gun, officials said.
“What occurred today in my hometown breaks my heart. My thoughts are with our entire community – our friends and neighbors. This tragic event reminds us all too well that our law enforcement officers have their lives on the line every day not knowing what that day will bring. We have lost two very able public servants and we all grieve for them and their families.”
Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey told local media at a press conference the gunman, whose identity was not immediately available, was killed by responding police.
“Brave officers” took down the shooter, Bailey said.
Berrien County Undersheriff Chuck Heit told Fox News a civilian was also shot, and is in stable condition.
The incident occurred just days after five Dallas police officers were killed by a sniper, and amid a wave of violence and threats against law eforcement officers around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES THEY DID: Neighbors Report, Cops Shut Down Seinfeld Family Lemonade Stand
Posted: August 27, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Baby Buggy, Chief of police, East Hampton (village), Instagram, Jerry Seinfeld (character), Jessica Seinfeld, Lemonade stand, New York, Seinfeld, The Hamptons, Xander Harris Leave a commentSeinfeld’s wife, Jessica, posted a photo on Instagram of her comedian husband, their son, Julian, and two other boys with their hands on top of their heads in surrender, with a police car behind them.
Kipp Jones writes: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his family were operating a charity lemonade stand a week ago in East Hampton Village, NY, when they were forced to shut down the operation after police received a complaint from a neighbor.
Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica, posted a photo on Instagram of her comedian husband, their son, Julian, and two other boys with their hands on top of their heads in surrender, with a police car behind them, after the August 18 charity operation was shut down….(read more)
Source: Breitbart.com
BREAKING: Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Storm Roof Arrested
Posted: June 18, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Religion | Tags: African American, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bible study (Christian), Black church, Charleston SC, Chief of police, Church (building), Grand jury, Hate crime, Methodist Episcopal Church, murder, North Charleston, Police officer, South Carolina, United States, Walter Scott Leave a comment• Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof has been taken into custody in North Carolina, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN’s Deborah Feyerick.
• Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, is the suspect in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, city police said Thursday.
• Witnesses say the suspect stood up and said he was there “to shoot black people,” a law enforcement official said. The shooter is also thought to have used a handgun, according to the official.
The white man who killed nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, told his victims he was there “to shoot black people,” a law enforcement official said Thursday, citing witnesses to the shooting.
The suspect, identified as Dylann Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, was still at large on Thursday as law enforcement officers searched the region.
The man spent an hour in a prayer meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday night before he opened fire, Charleston police Chief Greg Mullen said Thursday morning.
A law enforcement official says witnesses told them the suspect stood up and said he was there “to shoot black people.” The shooter is also believed to have used a handgun, according to the official.

Images on a flier provided to media, Thursday, June 18, 2015, by the Charleston Police Department show surveillance footage of a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting Wednesday at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. (Charleston Police Department via AP)
Police were searching for information about Roof. A picture of him on social media showed him wearing a jacket with what appear to be the flags of apartheid-era South Africa and nearby Rhodesia, a former British colony that was ruled by a white minority until it became independent in 1980 and changed its name to Zimbabwe.
Six females and three males were killed, Mullen said. Three people survived, including a woman who received a chilling message from the shooter. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] 2 Injured in Shooting at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas
Posted: June 16, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Arkansas, Base commander, Chief of police, Hospital, Jacksonville, Little Rock Air Force Base, Military airbase, Police, Shooting Leave a commentTwo people were hospitalized after shots were fired when a civilian tried to gain unauthorized access to the Little Rock Air Force Base Monday morning.
Suspect in Dallas Police Shooting Struck by Sniper After Attack on Police Headquarters
Posted: June 13, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Associated Press, Chief of police, Dallas, Dallas Police Department, Dallas SWAT, David Brown (police officer), Interstate 45, Pipe bomb, Police car, SWAT 1 CommentGunman opened fire on Dallas Police Department and rammed a police car before fleeing
Police couldn’t confirm whether the suspect, who was in an armored van that he claimed had explosives inside, was alive. Police hadn’t yet confirmed the man’s identity.
Snipers shot at the van’s front window and struck the suspect, Mr. Brown said. Police were using a robot to determine whether explosives remain near the vehicle.
#dallaspdshooting I hate white people and I am white
— kys joy (@lrhgroupies) June 13, 2015
Pathetic tweet of the day
Police had chased the suspect to a parking lot at a Jack in the Box restaurant south of Dallas after he fired on officers at the Dallas police headquarters early Saturday. No officers were injured in the shootings. Read the rest of this entry »
Dallas Police HQ Attacked; Suspect Cornered
Posted: June 13, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Chief of police, Dallas, Dallas City Hall, Dallas Police Department, David Brown (police officer), Hutchins, Police car, Police station, Saturday morning cartoon, SWAT, Texas 2 CommentsDALLAS (AP) — Nomann Merchant reports: At least one gunman opened fire on officers outside of police headquarters in Dallas early Saturday, spraying squad cars with bullets before fleeing in a van, which officers followed to a suburban parking lot and surrounded, beginning a standoff, the police chief said.
Witnesses described seeing as many as three other suspects taking part in the attack, but police Chief David Brown said at a news conference that conflicting accounts made it difficult to determine how many people may have been involved. Despite a hail of gunshots, including some that hit police vehicles, nobody was wounded, he said.
According to Brown, the shootout began at around 12:30 a.m., when the suspect or suspects parked in front of the department’s headquarters south of downtown and began firing. At least one assailant later drove off in a dark-colored van, which witnesses described as armored, but not before ramming a police cruiser. The moment was caught on cellphone video shot from a nearby balcony in which several shots can be heard.
Officers trailed the van to a Jack in the Box parking lot in Hutchins, a Dallas suburb, where a SWAT team had it surrounded, Brown said. They had been speaking to a man inside who identified himself as James Boulware and who said he blames police for losing custody of his son and “accusing him of being a terrorist.”
The gunman also said he had explosives in the van, which appeared to be outfitted with gun ports in the sides. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Court Affidavit Reveals Suspect in DC Quadruple Murder ‘Did Not Act Alone’
Posted: May 22, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Blunt trauma, Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of police, Hyattsville, Joe Biden, Maryland, Porsche 911, The Washington Post, United States, Washington DC, Washington National Cathedral 1 CommentAn court affidavit released Friday says the suspect in the slayings of a northwest D.C. family and their housekeeper was not alone in carrying out the murders
The document says Daron Dylon Wint and “others” were involved in the murders of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper, according to MyFoxDC.
The news comes as Wint awaits a court arraignment on Friday afternoon after leading cops on a massive manhunt.
“Wint is accused of storming a Washington mansion…he allegedly held the family while ordering them to summon a courier with $40,000, then killed all four, dousing them with gasoline before setting the home on fire.”
The multi-state search for the suspect in the horrific murders of a Washington businessman’s family and their housekeeper ended late Thursday when police grabbed suspect Daron Dylon Wint and four associates in the nation’s capital.
“Just got him,” D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said shortly before 11:30 p.m.
The arrest capped a day that began with the revelation Wint had been identified in last week’s murders of Savvas Savopoulos, 46; his wife Amy, 47; the couple’s 10-year-old son Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, by DNA left on pizza crust during what may have been an extended home invasion. Police traced Wint, a 34-year-old ex-con from Maryland, to Brooklyn, N.Y., and then back to Washington in the afternoon.
“Sources told WTTG that Savvos and Amy Savopoulos, as well as Veralicia Figueroa, were found in chairs and doused with gasoline. Philip Savopoulos was found in his bed, covered in lacerations and burned beyond recognition.”
Federal marshals had been tracking Wint Thursday night from College Park as he traveled in a white Chevrolet Cruze occupied by two unidentified women, police said. The car was following a white box truck, reportedly driven by Wint’s brother and with another man inside. Both vehicles were stopped by marshals near 10th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE, the official said. Police found at least $10,000 in cash in the box truck, and all of the occupants were taken into custody, according to police.
“The arrest capped a day that began with the revelation Wint had been identified in last week’s murders of Savvas Savopoulos, 46; his wife Amy, 47; the couple’s 10-year-old son Philip, and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, by DNA left on pizza crust during what may have been an extended home invasion.”
Wint is accused of storming a Washington mansion near Vice President Biden’s residence and owned by Savopoulos, the CEO of an iron works company. There, he allegedly held the family while ordering them to summon a courier with $40,000, then killed all four, dousing them with gasoline before setting the home on fire.
The four were found dead in the Savolpoulos family’s burning home in a wealthy Northwest Washington neighborhood on the afternoon of May 14.
No other suspects have been identified, but police have not ruled out the possibility that other people were involved in the murders.
“While it does not abate our pain, we hope that it begins to restore a sense of calm and security to our neighborhood and to our city. We are blessed to live in a community comprised of close circles of friends who have supported us and grieve with us.”
— Savopoulos family statement
Wint is expected to make his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court Friday afternoon, according to the Washington Post.
Following Wint’s capture, the Savopoulos family released a statement, saying, “We are thankful to law enforcement who have worked so diligently to bring about an arrest in this case.”
“During the family’s final hours, someone called Domino’s from their house and ordered pizza. The Washington Post reported that the DNA was found on a pizza crust. At a Domino’s about 2 miles away, a worker told the AP that a pizza was delivered from there to the mansion that day.”
“While it does not abate our pain, we hope that it begins to restore a sense of calm and security to our neighborhood and to our city. We are blessed to live in a community comprised of close circles of friends who have supported us and grieve with us,” the statement said. “Our family, and Vera’s family, have suffered unimaginable loss, and we ask for the time and space to grieve privately.”
Authorities said Thursday that Wint, a certified welder, worked for Savopoulos’ company American Iron Works in the past. Savopoulos was the CEO of American Iron Works, a construction-materials supplier based in Hyattsville, Maryland, that has been involved in major projects in downtown Washington. Read the rest of this entry »
REWIND: #Baltimore Police Chief Calls For More Gun Control, NRA Predicts Citizens Will Need Guns In Crisis
Posted: May 2, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Self Defense | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore County Police Department, Chief Johnson, Chief of police, Dick Durbin, National Rifle Association, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, The Daily Caller, The Second Amendment, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Wayne LaPierre 2 Comments
Three advocates for additional gun control, one being Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson, squared off against three proponents for the Second Amendment, including NRA’s Wayne LaPierre.
When asked by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, “We need the firepower and the ability to protect ourselves from our government” — from our government, from the police — “if they knock on our doors and we need to fight back.”
[Read the full text here, at The Daily Caller]
“Do you agree with that point of view?” Senator Durbin asked NRA executive VP Wayne LaPierre.
LaPierre initially responded, “I think without any doubt, if you look at why our founding fathers put it there, they had lived under the tyranny of King George and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny.”
Then the NRA VP continued with a statement that has since been proven to be true in both Ferguson, Mo., and now Baltimore, Md. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Body of Missing Wall Street Journal Reporter Found in New Jersey River
Posted: March 21, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere | Tags: Chief of police, David Bird, Dow Jones & Company, Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Passaic River, The Wall Street Journal Leave a commentThe body of a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been missing for 14 months was found this week frozen in a New Jersey river, authorities report.
Warner Todd Huston reports: David Bird, 55, a reporter for the Journal for over 20 years, was reported missing on January 11, 2014. Relatives say the writer went for a walk near his Long Hill Township, N.J. home and disappeared.
“The Bird family would like to thank the many members of law enforcement, especially Chief Michael Mazzeo and the Long Hill Township Police Department, for their tireless efforts to find David. They would also like to thank the countless friends, neighbors and strangers who have prayed for David and for the family over the past 14 months.”
— Family spokeswoman Carolyn Buscarino said in a statement
A large scale search, including tracking dogs, was performed immediately after the writer went missing, but the search failed to turn up any trace of the missing man.
Not long after Bird disappeared the family thought they had a clue as to what happened to him when a fraudulent credit card purchase was made in Mexico. But authorities later said that the credit card number had only been hacked and it wasn’t likely that the card was actually in Mexico.
Still, since the early days of the missing persons case, no evidence at all emerged until this week when some boaters spied a winter coat hung up on some debris in the Passaic River. The authorities were immediately called to investigate. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Two Officers in Ferguson, Police Say
Posted: March 15, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Chief of police, Ferguson, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Missouri, Police, Police officer, St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Louis County Police Department, United States Department of Justice, Webster Groves 1 CommentThe police and prosecutors have scheduled a news conference later Sunday to announce the arrest
FERGUSON, Mo. — The St. Louis County police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of two police officers outside of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday morning, a police spokesman said Sunday.
The police and prosecutors have scheduled a news conference later Sunday to announce the arrest.
The two officers — one from the county police and the other from the nearby Webster Groves department — were standing shoulder to shoulder as part of a protective line facing demonstrators across the street. At least three gunshots came from a distance behind the demonstrators, as much as 125 yards away, the authorities said.
The demonstration followed an announcement that the police chief in Ferguson, Thomas Jackson, was resigning, the latest senior city administrator to step down after a Justice Department report accused the city of using its municipal court and police force as moneymaking tools that routinely violated constitutional rights and disproportionately targeted blacks. The municipal judge and city manager, as well as the top court clerk and two police supervisors, have stepped down in the wake of the report’s release last week. Read the rest of this entry »
State, County Police Take Over Ferguson Protest Security After Shooting
Posted: March 12, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Chief of police, CNN, Ferguson, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Missouri, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Police, Police officer, St. Louis, St. Louis County, United States Department of Justice 1 Comment(CNN) Greg Botelho reports: With tensions running high after the shooting of two officers in Ferguson, Missouri, state and county police are once again taking over protest security in the St. Louis suburb.
St. Louis County Police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will “assume command of the security detail regarding protests” at 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), St. Louis County Police said in a statement.
“We could have buried two police officers,” Belmar told reporters. “… I feel very confident that whoeverdid this … came there for whatever nefarious reason that it was.”
— St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar
Ferguson Police will remain responsible for routine policing services in the city, the statement said.
The takeover comes less than a day after two police officers standing guard outside Ferguson police headquarters were shot in what St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called an “ambush,” spurring a manhunt for those responsible for targeting the line of officers.
“The most important thing is the safety of the protesters, so we’re meeting to organize what tonight would look like, if we’re coming out, because we know that tensions are high within the Police Department after the incident that occurred last night, so we just want to make sure that people are safe.”
— Kayla Reed of the Organization for Black Struggle
“We could have buried two police officers,” Belmar told reporters. “… I feel very confident that whoever did this … came there for whatever nefarious reason that it was.”
This isn’t the first time that county police and state troopers have stepped in to handle protest security.
“It’s a very tense situation, as you can well imagine. In my communications as a union official with police commanders, I’ve been assured that tactics will be different tonight. I assume that means not only more officers, but a wider perimeter, with coverage, perhaps, of these blind spots from which the shots were fired last night.”
— St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar
When clashes between police and protesters boiled over last year, Missouri’s governor declared a state of emergency and tapped the State Highway Patrol to take over. After that emergency declaration expired in December, Ferguson Police resumed command of protest security. Officers from other agencies have continued to provide backup at larger protests.
Protest organizers are meeting to determine whether they’ll demonstrate again Thursday night.
“The most important thing is the safety of the protesters, so we’re meeting to organize what tonight would look like, if we’re coming out, because we know that tensions are high within the Police Department after the incident that occurred last night, so we just want to make sure that people are safe,” said Kayla Reed of the Organization for Black Struggle.
If protesters return, they’ll see a different security situation on the streets, said Jeff Roorda of the St. Louis Police Officers Association. Read the rest of this entry »
Missouri Gun Sales Soar Amid Ferguson Unrest
Posted: March 12, 2015 Filed under: Guns and Gadgets, Self Defense | Tags: Associated Press, Chief of police, Civil Rights, Ferguson, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Grand jury, Gun control, Gun rights, Missouri, Police, Police officer, Robbery, St. Louis, St. Louis County, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, United States Department of Justice 1 CommentBeginning with the unrest after the August 2014 shooting of Micheal Brown and that which followed the grand jury verdict in favor of Officer Darren Wilson, as well as the fervor maintained by national hucksters intent on keeping racial tensions aflame, gun sales in Missouri are through the roof.
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Brown was shot on August 9 ,and within days gun sales began a sharp rise. On August 13 Breitbart News reported that citizens in and around St. Louis were buying up the firearms they needed to protect their lives and property. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Two Officers Shot in Ferguson
Posted: March 11, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Associated Press, Chief of police, Ferguson, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Missouri, Police, Police officer, Racism, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States Department of Justice Leave a commentProtesters were gathering outside the station after the resignation of Police Chief Thomas Jackson
(FERGUSON, Mo.) — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports two police officers have been shot outside the Ferguson Police Department.
The shots were fired early Thursday as police and protesters gathered outside the station after the resignation of police Chief Thomas Jackson on Wednesday.
Ferguson Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff tells the newspaper that he didn’t think either officer was from his department. Eickhoff says he doesn’t know the extent of the officers’ injuries.
Confirmation of two officers shot in #Ferguson – conditions unknown. Updates: http://t.co/TOfUUHgOE6 pic.twitter.com/lTH8Wtdctx
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) March 12, 2015
Jackson was the sixth employee to resign or be fired after a Justice Department report cleared white former officer Darren Wilson of civil rights charges in the shooting of black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, but found a profit-driven court system and widespread racial bias in the city police department…
Developing….
Georgia Cop Fatally Shot by Suspect in Ambush
Posted: March 4, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Atlanta, Baltimore County Police Department, Chief of police, Grady Memorial Hospital, Maryland State Police, Police car, Police officer, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Robbery Leave a commentFULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Fulton County police officer has died after being shot in the head by a suspect.
According to Fulton County Assistant Police Chief Gary Stiles, the shooting took place at around 1:30 a.m. in the Cedar Grove subdivision near Fairburn.
Police responded to a shots fired call early Wednesday. They were told the suspect was possibly intoxicated. Neighbors said the man was going from house to house, banging on doors and firing a long barrel gun.
“This is not the first officer that we have lost. It’s heartbreaking.”
The suspect then began shooting at the officers, striking one in the head.
Stiles described the situation as an ambush, saying the officers “were trying to do their job, they were trying to protect this neighborhood from someone who was shooting. And they had no other option but to do their job. And the way it appears to me, they were ambushed without warning.”
The officers returned fire and hit the suspect, who is being treated while in custody at Grady Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown.
The injured officer’s ambulance was given a police escort to Grady Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead shortly after 4:30 a.m. His name has not yet been released, but Stiles said he was a veteran officer with many years of service. Read the rest of this entry »
Ferguson Officer Shot; 2 Suspects Wanted
Posted: September 28, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: ABC News, Belmar, Chief of police, Ferguson, Police officer, St. Louis, St. Louis County Missouri Leave a commentA Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm Saturday night after encountering two men at a community center who ran from him and then opened fire during a foot chase, authorities said.
“The officer was shot in the arm and is expected to survive, he said. Belmar did not identify the officer or give further details about his condition. He said the officer returned fire but said police have “no indication” that either suspect was shot.”
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a media briefing early Sunday that the officer approached the men around 9:10 p.m. because the community center was closed. As the officer approached, the men ran away. When the officer gave chase, “one of the men turned and shot,” Belmar said.
The officer was shot in the arm and is expected to survive, he said. Belmar did not identify the officer or give further details about his condition. He said the officer returned fire but said police have “no indication” that either suspect was shot.
A search was underway for the suspects early Sunday in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb that’s been the scene of racial unrest in the wake of the August shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer. Read the rest of this entry »
NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed
Posted: August 13, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Censorship, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere | Tags: Chief of police, Daily News (New York), First Amendment to the United States Constitution, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, Photography 2 CommentsPhotography, the Law and Photographers Rights
NYPD Cop Attacks Man for Video Recording Him
Cop Harasses Photographer, Steals His Cellphone Battery
The NYPD has sent out an internal memo that tells officers they aren’t allowed to take action to stop someone from photographing or filming them. This comes a whopping two years after Washington DC’s police chief sent out an almost identical memo.
“A Victory in the War on Photography”
— Glenn Reynolds
According to the New York Daily News, the chief of department’s office sent out the memo to the various command centers across NYC on Wednesday. And the memo doesn’t mince words. Here’s a relevant section:
Members of the public are legally allowed to record police interactions. Intentional interference such as blocking or obstructing cameras or ordering the person to cease constitutes censorship and also violates the First Amendment.
However, while the cameras can keep snapping, this memo doesn’t give license to a free-for-all. As common sense would dictate, photographers and videographers are still prohibited from interfering with police operations…(read more)
NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers Theyre Allowed to Be Photographed
Faking the Hate At Montclair State University: Muslim Student’s Hate Crime Allegations Proven False
Posted: April 30, 2014 Filed under: Censorship, Education, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Carteret New Jersey, Chief of police, Hate crime, Islamic terrorism, Montclair State University, Muslim, Racial hoax, Thursday, White people 3 CommentsFor Breitbart.com, Debra Heine reports: Fake hate crimes on American universities are a dime a dozen, these days. The practitioners imagine themselves to be discriminated against members of a minority (racist, gay, Muslim) and aim to push an agenda by claiming victimhood.
[See also: Pro-Palestine NYU Students Serve Fake Eviction Notices to Jewish Undergrads]
This time the subject is an 18-year-old Montclair State University Muslim student who filed a false report alleging that three white men in hoodies beat him and called him an “Islamic terrorist.”
It didn’t take long to straighten this one out. The incident supposedly took place last Thursday night. The police had concluded the story was “fabricated” by Friday.
Police at Montclair State University have charged a student with filing a false report after an investigation determined that his claim that he was assaulted outside a residence hall was untrue, the school said Monday.
Navjoat Aulakh, 18, of Carteret allegedly said three white men assaulted him and called him an “Islamic terrorist” outside Whitman Hall Thursday night. An alert was issued to students and staff.
The police investigation concluded that Aulakh’s story was “fabricated” the next day. Read the rest of this entry »
3 American Doctors Killed in Kabul Hospital Shooting
Posted: April 24, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Global, War Room | Tags: ABC News, Afghanistan, Chief of police, Hafiz Khan, Kabul, Security guard, The Cure, United States Leave a commentABC News reports: An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of doctors at a Kabul hospital on Thursday, killing three American doctors and leaving two other people wounded, officials said. A father and son were among the victims, ABC News has learned.

An ambulance leaves Cure Hospital after three foreigners were killed in Kabul, April 24, 2014. Three foreigners were killed when a security guard opened fire at Cure Hospital, an international hospital, in the Afghan capital, Kabul, security sources said, in the latest of a series of attacks against foreign civilians.
Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
According to Kabul police, a female American nurse was also wounded in the attack.
The victims’ identities are not yet known, but the U.S. Embassy in Kabul confirmed that they are Americans. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Detroit Home Invasion Doesn’t Go as Planned
Posted: February 22, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Guns and Gadgets, Self Defense | Tags: Chief of police, crime statistics, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, Hot Air, James Craig, Kevin D. Williamson, Law Enforcement, YouTube 1 CommentA case study in why Detroit PD Chief James Craig wants the locals to own guns…
YouTube « Hot Air [See also Detroit Police Chief: Armed Citizens Can Make City Safer]
As Kevin D. Williamson says,
“Detroit isn’t a monster. It’s just ahead of the curve.”

BREAKING: Driver Shot by Chicago Cop Outside Kohl’s in Black Friday Shoplifting Glitch
Posted: November 29, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: BlackFriday, Chief of police, Kohl, Police car, Police officer, Pontiac Sunfire, Romeoville Illinois, Turvey 2 CommentsA driver believed to be involved in a Black Friday shoplifting scheme was shot by police after dragging a police officer in a parking lot outside a Romeoville department store late Thursday, authorities said.
About 10 p.m. police responded to a report of men stealing clothing from the Kohl’s store at 261 S. Weber Road, Romeoville Police Chief Mark Turvey said.
Officers chased two suspects who were seen fleeing the store toward a Pontiac Sunfire waiting outside, Turvey said. An officer became involved in a struggle and was partially caught in the car, Turvey said.
Armed Carjacker meets Armed Citizen
Posted: November 2, 2013 Filed under: Self Defense | Tags: 2nd amendment, Carjack, Chevy Traverse, Chief of police, Crime, Crime Stoppers, Firearm, Self-defense, Sport utility vehicle 1 CommentSHOCKER: D.C. Police Chief Covers Up Supplying Dianne Feinstein with Illegal ‘Assault Weapons’
Posted: October 10, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Guns and Gadgets, Law & Justice, Politics | Tags: AR-15, Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of police, Dianne Feinstein, Freedom of Information Act, Glock, Smith & Wesson M&P15, Washington 2 Comments
Senator Diane “Laws are for the Little People” Feinstein during a January 24 Capitol Hill press conference introducing legislation to ban so-called “assault weapons.” Actual firearms are displayed behind her. AP photo
Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier seems to think that gun-control laws don’t apply to the liberal elite. The police chief helped Sen. Dianne Feinstein acquire “assault weapons,” which are illegal to possess in the District, for a news conference early this year to promote a ban on these firearms, then tried to cover up the police involvement.
Now, a response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveals Chief Lanier’s shocking willingness to bend the rules for partisan and ideological purposes. Read the rest of this entry »
Church pastor beaten to death with electric guitar
Posted: October 30, 2012 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: Baptist, Chief of police, Electric guitar, Forest Hill Texas, Kirk, North Texas, Pastor, Taser 1 CommentA North Texas congregation is reeling after an attacker rammed a car into a church wall, chased the pastor, and beat him to death with an electric guitar
Police told reporters they didn’t know why the unidentified suspect attacked Rev. Danny Kirk Sr., founding pastor of the Greater Sweethome MIssionary Baptist Church.
In a harrowing 911 call an unidentified church secretary said that some staff tried to fight him off but that Kirk was in desperate need of an ambulance.
‘My pastor’s bleeding, he’s been attacked,’ the worker tells dispatchers while locked in her office.’I’m not going out there. I need real help fast. Send policeman. I do need an ambulance also.’
‘Does your pastor know him?’ the dispatcher asked.
‘I have no idea.’

Seeking answers: The Forest Hill Police still don’t know why the unidentified assailant attacked pastor Kirk

The flock: Hundreds of members of Kirk’s congregation gathered to mourn the founder of their church
The unidentified assailant apparently drove his car into the church wall on purpose shortly before noon.
He then began to attack Kirk in the parking lot before chasing him into the church, according to Forest Hill Police Chief Dan Dennis.
When police arrived they found the suspect striking Kirk with an electric guitar they believe was already in the church.
When police arrived they had to use a Taser to subdue the man, handcuffed him, and locked him in their patrol car.
Sadly it was too late for Kirk who had already died.
A maintenance worker who tried to help Kirk was also injured and taken to an area hospital but his condition is unknown.
The assailant himself was found unresponsive shortly after being taken into custody and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Dennis told reporters police did not yet know if the suspect knew Kirk, attended the church, or what his motives were for attacking the pastor.
For hours after the shocking attack hundreds gathered outside the church, gathering around the crime-scene tape wrapped around a small statue of Jesus near the wrecked car.

Many mourned Kirk as a dedicated minister with a cheerful personality who knew the names of each of his hundreds of church members.
‘He really was concerned about our souls,’ recalled Montoya McNeil, a member for eight years. ‘You looked forward to being here… I’m not asking God why, because I know where he is, but we won’t get those big bear hugs and those great sermons anymore.’
Kirk started the congregation years ago in a strip mall before growing the ranks so large he needed to build a red-brick church.
He was also an unofficial volunteer chaplain who occasionally counseled members of the local high school football team.
‘Our hearts are heavy right now,’ said Reginald Wilson, an associate minister at the church.
via Mail Online