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A look at recent law enforcement deaths across the US
By MICHAEL TARM 
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The killing of a veteran police officer northwest of Chicago is the latest in a string of recent law enforcement deaths. Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz' death on Tuesday triggered a manhunt for three suspects around the small Illinois community where the 52-year-old officer worked. A look at some of the latest slayings and data on other officer killings:
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HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE DIED?
Gliniewicz was the eighth law enforcement officer shot and killed in the U.S. in the last month and the fourth in 10 days, according to the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which tracks officers' deaths so their names can be enshrined on a Washington, D.C., memorial. Steve Groeninger, a spokesman for the group, said four fatal shootings in recent days is a higher rate than usual.
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IS THAT AN INCREASE?
No, shooting deaths of officers are actually down 13 percent compared with the same period January-to-September period in 2014. There were 30 shootings last year and 26 this year. Those figures include state and local officers, as well as federal agents. The figures also include two accidental shootings, Groeninger said. Suicides are not included.
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WHERE WERE THE OTHER RECENT KILLINGS?
Darren Goforth was shot and killed Aug. 28 in suburban Houston as the Harris County deputy stopped to put gas in his patrol car. Henry Nelson, an officer in Sunset, Louisiana, was shot and killed Aug. 26 while responding to a domestic-violence call. Louisiana State trooper Steven J. Vincent died Aug. 14 after being shot in the head while assisting a motorist.
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DO THE NUMBERS INDICATE ANYTHING?
Groeninger cautioned that it was too soon to say if officer deaths are trending up. "The data doesn't say that yet," he said. He also said there is no clearly identifiable pattern in the killings and no conclusions to draw for now, other than "there are people out there who intend to harm police officers for whatever reason."
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HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY TARGETED?
During the last 12 months, six officers appear to have been targeted specifically because they worked in law enforcement, according to the memorial fund. That includes the Texas deputy, as well as two New York City officers who were shot and killed in December as they sat in their patrol car.
Elsewhere, an officer for the Housing Authority of New Orleans was fatally shot in his patrol car on May 24. In California, a San Jose Police Department officer was killed March 24 responding to a call that a man was threatening to kill himself. A Pennsylvania State Police officer was shot and killed on Sept. 14, 2014, outside a police barracks by someone wielding a rifle.
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WHAT AGENCIES DID THE SLAIN OFFICERS WORK FOR?
City police account for the largest number of officers killed in shootings. Out of the 26 officers killed nationwide so far this year, 17 were on city forces, four were with the county and three with the state. One federal agent and one tribal officer were also killed, according to the memorial fund.

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Attorney General: 'Sad Fact' That 'No One Is Safe' Now From Gun Violence
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 2:31 PM

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The nation’s top law enforcement official offered a sobering and blunt warning to Americans today: “It is a sad fact now that no one is safe."
Attorney General Loretta Lynch was responding to a spate of “tragic” and “particularly troubling” attacks across the country in recent weeks.
“We have seen violence strike at all segments of our community,” she noted before listing several “brutal” cases from the past couple of months: The June massacre inside an historic church in Charleston, South Carolina; the attack at a Tennessee movie theater in July; and last month’sterrorist attack on military personnel in Tennessee.
“The particularly violent shootings of two Virginia reporters killed on air last week," Lynch said, also noting the deadly ambush of an officer pumping gas in Texas last week, and Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a police officer in Illinois.
"This violence against all of us -- regardless of what uniform any of us wear -- has to end,” Lynch said.
She said she “strongly condemn[s]” the recent attacks on police officers, adding, “Our hearts are broken over this.”
Lynch, speaking to a crowd at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said her own agency, the Justice Department, is trying to determine exactly what is behind the “uptick in violent crime.”
She noted that she’s holding a summit in Detroit later this month with law enforcement from certain cities around the country to discuss ways to address the issue. In addition, she has asked some U.S. attorneys to set up similar meetings in their own areas because "specific causes" of violence are "different in every location," she said.

Accused Kyiv Grenade Thrower Described As 'Brave' Soldier
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 2:22 PM

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KYIV -- By all accounts, Ihor Humenyuk was a brave and selfless fighter against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
"We met in the thick of things, in [the village of] Pisky," recalls fellow volunteer fighter Volodymyr Nazarenko. "I'd say he was a brave and confident fighter who risked his life in some of the hottest fighting, including in Pisky near the Donetsk airport."
Now, however, authorities in Ukraine have accused the 24-year-old Humenyuk of throwing a grenade at security forces outside the country's parliament on August 31, killing three national guardsmen and wounding dozens more. It was an act that President Petro Poroshenko has described as "a stab in the back" to the entire country.
Humenyuk, 24, admits that he was at the fatal demonstration but denies that he threw the grenade, defense lawyer Sidor Kizin told journalists on September 1. Police officials, however, said that he admitted throwing the explosive under questioning and that another, identical grenade had been found during a search of his residence.
Humenyuk is a member of the Sich volunteer military battalion organized under the auspices of the ultranationalist Svoboda party. In a video posted on YouTube, he says that he served as a beat officer in the police, in addition to serving in combat in eastern Ukraine. 
WATCH: Ihor Humenyuk Talks About Himself On YouTube (in Ukrainian)
"Before that I was a student and I actively participated in the Maidan," he says, referring to the 2013-14 pro-EU unrest that ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych. "I fought against the Berkut [riot police] on February 20 and was with the boys when the snipers were shooting. Then we went together into a volunteer battalion. I spent a year in the antiterrorism operation. We have been defending our mother Ukraine with weapons in our hands already for a year."
But now that he has been arrested, some of Humenyuk's comrades have been trying to distance themselves from him. In an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, Sich commander Oleh Pisarenko said Humenyuk was a good soldier but that he had recently submitted his resignation from the battalion. Asked about the hand grenade from the August 31 demonstration, Pisarenko was certain it didn't come from his arsenal.
"Either it was some sort of war trophy or someone in Kyiv gave it to him," Pisarenko said. "I don't see any other possibility."
A spokesman for the Svoboda party, Yuriy Sirotyuk, told RFE/RL that Humenyuk was not a member of the party "on August 31." He noted that it is not legal for police officers to be members of political parties and declined to say whether Humenyuk was a Svoboda member before he joined the police force.
However, there are indications that Humenyuk was fairly prominent within Svoboda. He was featured in military uniform in a photograph that was part of the party's campaign materials for the 2014 parliamentary elections. 
Also, under the pseudonym Ihor Dubenko, he appears in an online video promoting the patriotic youth organization Sokol. In another video, posted in December 2014, Humenyuk expresses the disenchantment that many Maidan activists felt when reforms did not come rapidly after Yanukovych fled the country.
WATCH: Ihor Humenyuk Dissatisfied With Pace Of Reform (in Ukrainian)
"You know what people say --- those who help the Maidan and took part in the Maidan," Humenyuk says. "They are all talking about being betrayed. Surely Yanukovych also thought he would be in power forever, that he could just spit on the people, that he has the Berkut and other units and would always be able to keep the people obedient."
"But it is not possible to keep our people in obedience," he continues. "That is why our government must always remember that we can tolerate a situation for a certain amount of time -- but at some moment we will burst. Everything is up to the government now."
The three victims killed in the August 31 bombing have been identified as Ihor Debrin, 25, Dmytro Slastniko, 21; and Oleksandr Kostin, 20. All three were National Guard conscripts. 
Debrin, who celebrated his birthday on August 16, was buried on September 2. Kostin reportedly was married immediately before entering the National Guard.
Ninety other guardsmen were wounded in the blast.
RFE/RL correspondent Robert Coalson contributed to this report from Prague
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U.S., EU Widen Sanctions On Russia
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 2:20 PM

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The United States and the European Union are widening sanctions against dozens of Russians and Ukrainian individuals and entities with connections to Crimea's annexation and the ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine.
In an announcement published in the U.S. Federal Register on September 2, the U.S. administration said it was adding 29 people to its sanctions list.
Some of those added have ties to Kremlin-linked insiders and companies who were previously sanctioned, including Gennady Timchenko, a wealthy oil trader believed to be close to President Vladimir Putin.
A total of 33 companies or other entities were cited, including subsidiaries of state-owned oil giant Rosneft, headed by Putin ally Igor Sechin, and the company that manufactures Kalashnikov assault rifles. Crimea's top ferry operator and several ports on the Black Sea peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in March 2014, were also blacklisted. 
Among other things, the sanctions, imposed by the Commerce Department, make it more difficult for the companies and individuals to get export licenses for goods and materials from the United States.
The European Union, meanwhile, said it would extend the freezing of assets and visa bans for 150 Russians and Ukrainian separatists, along with 37 companies and entities either located in Crimea or having ties to separatist units in eastern Ukraine.
The announcement expands the sanction list first imposed last year by the 28-member bloc, and had included other top Russian officials such as Deputy Prime Ministers Dmitry Rogozin and Dmitry Kozak.
In Moscow, the Foreign Ministry called the new sanctions illegitimate and added to "hostile actions" taken by the United States against Russia. Moscow warned it would respond with unspecified retaliatory measures.
"The action of the United States devalues the signals that it is interested in cooperating with us in resolving myriad pressing international problems," the ministry said in a statement. "The United States should have no illusions that it could continue this course without negative consequences for themselves," it said.
Оther top Russian and Ukrainian officials who were previously sanctioned by the United States include Vladislav Surkov, an influential aide to Putin; Valentina Matviyenko, head of Russia's upper house of parliament; and Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian president who was ousted amid violent protests in Kyiv in February 2014.
The crisis in Ukraine has sent relations between the West and Moscow to lows not seen since the Cold War. Russia has struggled to prop up Crimea's economy, which is now all but cut off from Ukraine. Fighting in eastern Ukraine has ebbed in recent days, according to international observers.
More than 6,800 people are estimated to have died in the conflict, according to United Nations estimates.
Despite the gravity of the crisis, the efforts of Washington and Brussels to influence Moscow to reverse the annexation and stop its backing of separatist forces have been mixed at best.
In a report last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the Western sanctions, and the retaliatory measures taken by the Kremlin, had reduced Russia's real gross domestic product by between 1 and 1.5 percent. In the medium run, the measures could result in a drop in cumulative output of up to 9 percent of GDP, though the IMF cautioned that wasn't a certainty.
Other economists, however, have said the precipitous drop in global oil prices, from which Russia's budget derives a substantial chunk of revenue, has had a greater impact on Moscow's behavior than sanctions.
With reporting by Reuters
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Hillary Clinton proposes $10 billion plan to combat drug and alcohol addiction
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 2:17 PM

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(CNN)Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign announced a $10 billion plan to "combat America's deadly epidemic of drug and alcohol addiction" on Wednesday.
The plan looks to boost treatment and recovery programs, ensure that first responders have drugs needed to stop opioid overdoses from becoming fatal and urges states to focus more on treatment than incarceration.
"It's time we recognize that there are gaps in our health care system that allow too many to go without care — and invest in treatment," Clinton wrote in an oped about the plan. "It's time we recognize that our state and federal prisons, where 65 percent of inmates meet medical criteria for substance use disorders, are no substitute for proper treatment — and reform our criminal justice system."
The bulk of Clinton's plan will focus on $7.5 billion in new federal-state partnerships to boost local treatment programs. According to the plan, if a state proposes "a comprehensive plan" for dealing with addiction, that state can receive $4 of federal support for every $1 they put up.
Clinton's plan would also direct state Attorneys General to prioritize "treatment over incarceration for nonviolent and low-level federal drug offenders." Clinton's campaign argues that the savings to the criminal justice system would be used -- in part -- to pay for the plan.
Substance abuse has been an unexpected focus to Clinton's presidential campaign. The Democratic front-runner regularly tells audiences that she didn't understand the problem until her first trip to New Hampshire in May, where people repeatedly asked her how she would address drug treatment.
The debate over drug treatment is not happening solely on the Democratic side of 2016, however. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been outspoken on drug treatment and released a new New Hampshire-focused video Wednesday about the issue.

Pressure Points » Putin in Syria
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 1:34 PM

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September 2, 2015
Most Americans are aware of the aggressive Russian actions in recent years in Ukraine (seizing Crimea and participating in efforts to destabilize the rest of the country) and Eastern Europe. What is less well known is Putin’s effort in Syria.
A story by Michael Weiss in The Daily Beast tells us what is actually happening, as its title conveys: “Russia Puts Boots on the Ground in Syria.” Not only is Russia arming the Assad regime, but there is now evidence that Russians are on the ground with Assad’s forces actually operating the equipment. Weiss refers to “compelling evidence that Russians have embedded with the Syrian military.” Assadrecently told Hezbollah’s TV station that “We have strong confidence in the Russians, as they have proven throughout this crisis, for four years, that they are sincere and transparent in their relationship with us,” and he appears to be right.
Russia’s involvement is growing very fast. Alex Fishman, one of Israel’s best military correspondents, reported this on August 31:
Russian fighter pilots are expected to begin arriving in Syria in the coming days, and will fly their Russian air force fighter jets and attack helicopters against ISIS and rebel-aligned targets within the failing state. According to Western diplomats, a Russian expeditionary force has already arrived in Syria and set up camp in an Assad-controlled airbase. The base is said to be in area surrounding Damascus, and will serve, for all intents and purposes, as a Russian forward operating base.In the coming weeks thousands of Russian military personnel are set to touch down in Syria, including advisors, instructors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division, and the pilots who will operate the aircraft. Past reports have stated that the Russians were in talks to sell the Syrians a package of MiG-29 fighter jets, and Yak-130 trainer jets (which can also serve as attack aircraft.) The current makeup of the expeditionary force is still unknown, but there is no doubt that Russian pilots flying combat missions in Syrian skies will definitely change the existing dynamics in the Middle East.
This contradicts the happy talk we’ve long had from the Obama administration, suggesting that Russia could be a partner in Syria and part of the solution there. Instead, Putin appears to be doubling down on his support for Assad. Meanwhile, the United States is insisting that rebel groups it works with and arms must not attack the regime, despite its endless war crimes and attacks on civilians; they must attack only ISIS instead. What the administration still refuses to acknowledge is that the Assad regime is a jihadi manufacturing device, whose brutality largely explains the growth of ISIS. As long as Assad is in place ISIS will grow; Assad’s attacks on Syria’s Sunni population mean that he serves as a recruiter for ISIS. Because our central goal is the defeat of ISIS we must work to remove the Assad regime, but its survival still seems to be the central Russian goal– as it is the central Iranian goal.
So American and Russian goals in Syria could not be more at odds. Putin’s actions to expand Russia’s military support for Assad suggest that he understands this. The question is when we will recognize that fact.
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Obama’s Arctic Itinerary - The New York Times
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 1:32 PM

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Many nations, including Russia, are competing to gain a foothold in the changing Arctic.
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Poroshenko Blames Russia For Police Deaths
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 1:17 PM

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In an exclusive interview with Sky, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko accuses Russia of extending its "campaign of destabilisation".

Poroshenko Blames Russia For Police Deaths
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 12:45 PM

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By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor, in Kiev
Ukraine's president has laid the blame for the murder of three policemen during a right wing demonstration on Monday firmly at the doors of the Kremlin, accusing Russia of extending its "campaign of destabilisation".
Three people died after grenades were thrown during clashes between nationalists and police outside Ukraine's parliament.
It followed a vote to give more powers to the regions, including separatist regions in the east.
Grenade blast during nationalist protest in Kiev Ukraine
Grenades were thrown during the protests on Monday
Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire businessman who was elected in May last year at the height of a Russian campaign to seize the Crimea and back rebels in the east of Ukraine, told Sky News the killings were inspired by Moscow.
In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, he insisted that his reform programme to bring his country closer to European Union norms and requirements was on track, notably tackling corruption and the planned lifting of immunity for politicians - including himself.
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Part of his business empire was built on confectionery - as a result he is known as the "chocolate king".
But it is the tsar-like leadership of Vladimir Putin that he says is a threat not only to his country but to wider European and global security - pointing out that even the UK regularly has Russian military aircraft testing its air space.
He said that Russia had become "unpredictable" but he did not feel vulnerable, even though "this is one of the most difficult presidencies in the whole world".
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Wikipedia sting snares hundreds of accounts used for paid editing
Wednesday September 2nd, 2015 at 12:16 PM

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» Why Art is so Difficult to Protect
01/09/15 16:02 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In Taipei recently, a 12-year-old boy innocently stumbled , as 12 year old boys are apt to do. Chances are, the adolescent boy is still getting used to his growing feet, and he awkwardly tripped and reached out to catch himself. Happens ...
» Fox News Suggests Black Lives Matter Is A 'Murder' Movement, 'Hate Group'
01/09/15 15:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Fox News ran an onscreen banner during Monday night's episode of "Fox & Friends" referring to the Black Lives Matter movement  as a "'murder' movement," and one Fox host wondered why the movement wasn't labeled a hate group...
» California To End Solitary Confinement For Thousands Of Inmates
01/09/15 15:38 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Thousands of California inmates who have spent years in solitary confinement will move back into the general prison population as part of a lawsuit settlement with the state.  The settlement, announced Tuesday, ends the class-action...
» Massive Illinois Manhunt For 3 Underway After Officer Is Shot And Killed
01/09/15 15:37 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Illinois Manhunt Underway After Officer Is Shot And Killed
01/09/15 15:37 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Hospital Patient's Shooting Has Medical Community Up In Arms
01/09/15 15:23 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Medical professionals are decrying the presence and use of guns in the hospital setting after an unarmed patient was shot by off-duty police officers  last week in Texas. Alan Christopher Pean, 26, is recovering from a gunshot wound...
» ULTRA DUSTED: Woman Huffing Canned Air Arrested
01/09/15 15:09 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
KCTV5 A woman in Johnson City, Kansas, is facing charges of abusing toxic vapors after allegedly huffing down canned air at a Walmart. Police said store customers saw Melissa Ann Wright, 32, huffing a can of Ultra Duster, around 11 p.m. ...
» A Supergroup Of Academics Is Trying To Stop People Who Profit From Campus Rape
01/09/15 15:04 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Jennifer Freyd, a longtime researcher and advocate against sexual violence, has been pleased to see so much focus in recent years on campus rape. But the University of Oregon psychology professor has also been worried. As a record number...
» Missouri Man Sentenced To Life In Prison Over Marijuana Is Set Free
01/09/15 14:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Dogs Trapped In Hot Cars Could Be Freed By Good Samaritans Under Proposed Florida Law
01/09/15 14:34 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
What can you do if you see a dog trapped in a hot car? In most states , if you want to remain within the confines of the law, you call the police or animal control -- and hope they get there in time.  A bill under consideration in t...
» Three Strikes Laws Call Everyone Out in New Mexico
01/09/15 14:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
While most of the country is moving towards justice reform and away from unyielding punishments like mandatory minimums and other penalties that remove judicial discretion - even the United States Supreme Court thinks it's somewhat uncon...
» From the Blue Ridge Comes a Resounding No
01/09/15 13:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Last week, in a powerful affirmation of the common good, commissioners in Tennessee's Johnson County unanimously opposed the privatization of the state prison within their county's limits. A response to fears that the state government co...
» Congolese Warlord Stands Trial on 18 Counts of War Crimes, But Many More Crimes Have Gone Unreported
01/09/15 12:20 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Co-authored with Norbert Mbu Mputu, Congolese activist and President of the Southern Peoples Project Nine years since the first international warrant for his arrest, the warlord Bosco Ntaganda will today go on trial at the International ...
» Voice of American Law Enforcement Blames Media For Latest Police Murders
01/09/15 12:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Retired Las Vegas Metro Police Lieutenant Randy Sutton says that the media is responsible for advocating "the war on cops by using race baiting and irresponsible journalism to paint an improper picture of the issues that law enforcement ...
» Video Appears To Show Man With Hands Up Gunned Down By Texas Cops
01/09/15 12:11 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» The Geography of Injustice: A Story and Statistics from Baltimore
01/09/15 12:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Co-authored by Wes Williams The death of Freddie Gray brought immense attention to our city of Baltimore . But for many Baltimoreans the struggle against injustice runs much deeper than what national media displayed during April's civil ...
» Daily Pot Smoking On College Campuses Is At 35-Year High
01/09/15 11:58 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The number of U.S. college students smoking marijuana every day or nearly every day is greater than it has been in 35 years, according to a study released on Tuesday. Nearly 6 percent of college students reported using pot daily or near-...
» Judge Joe Brown Released From Jail
01/09/15 11:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Understanding Mass Killers As 'Injustice Collectors'
01/09/15 11:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Vester Flanagan was determined to explain himself. After murdering two TV journalists (and former coworkers) during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday, he faxed three different suicide notes to ABC News that were strewn with absur...
» To Improve Police-Community Relations, End the War on Drugs
01/09/15 11:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Protests and violence have captured the attention of world media following the first anniversary of the day police Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Yet President Obama's Task Force ...
» Officer, Homeowner, Dog Shot When Police Respond To Wrong House
01/09/15 10:25 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Another Day, Another Mass Shooting and 86 Dead From Gun Violence in America
01/09/15 09:22 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Less than a week ago, a reporter and a cameraman were killed on live television. The media was flooded with stories about the shooting throughout the week and into the weekend. But today, just six days later, the media has moved on. Toda...
» Shannon Miles, Man Suspected Of Killing Texas Deputy, Had History Of Mental Illness
01/09/15 00:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Third World Trade Center Parachutist Is Sentenced
01/09/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The sky diver, Marko Markovich, who had been found guilty of reckless endangerment and violating a city ordinance, was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine.
» California Defends Its Review Process in Appeal to Preserve Death Penalty 
01/09/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
A federal appeals panel on Monday heard the state’s argument against a 2014 ruling that could bring a reprieve to all the inmates on death row in California.
» Supreme Court Temporarily Spares Bob McDonnell From Prison... Again
31/08/15 18:32 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) will be sitting out his prison sentence for a while longer. On Monday, the court agreed to temporarily delay an appellate court judgment that effectively would have...
» Federal Court Not Eager To Jump Into California Death Penalty Fight
31/08/15 18:13 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller Convicted Of Murdering 3 At Jewish Centers
31/08/15 17:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites was convicted of murder and other charges Monday, shortly after he told jurors he hoped to "die a martyr" for the shootings. It took ...
» Rentboy Raid: the Stonewall for Sex Workers?
31/08/15 17:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
-Co-Authored by Derek J. Demeri, South Jersey Regional Director of the New Jersey Red Umbrella Alliance Monica Jones and supporters protest the profiling of transwomen of color and ordinances against street solicitation in 2014. (c. Face...
» Entering Prison With a Syllabus
31/08/15 17:42 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Each one, teach one. So goes the compact black prisoners made with each other during the swell of Apartheid in the 1960's. In a lime quarry on Robben Island, several miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, Nelson Mandela and his ...
» This Tom Brady Courtoom Sketch Is Much Better Than The Last One
31/08/15 17:39 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in a Manhattan court on Monday morning for a hearing over his ongoing Deflategate lawsuit against the NFL. With NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also in attendance, U.S. District Court Judge R...
» The Virginia Shooting Reminds Me of a Colleague's Execution 36 Years Ago
31/08/15 17:36 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
WDBJ-TV viewers watched in horror as the shots rang out. Gun violence on live TV. Before it was over, a television news reporter and her cameraman lay dead. The killer, a tormented former journalist, made his own video of the murders and...
» State Employed Juvenile Inmates To Fight Wildfires, Until Escape
31/08/15 17:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Washington state suspended a program that let juvenile inmates help fight wildfires, after a teen escaped and then shot himself in the head when officers found him. The 16-year-old unidentified inmate was part of a crew of 20 juveniles f...
» The Sad Reason Josh Duggar's Wife Won't Leave Him
31/08/15 17:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
BY MORGAN JERKINS We now know Josh Duggar was one of the 32 million users  outed as having an Ashley Madison account. It's yet another blow to the Duggar family's image after the news of the eldest Duggar having sexually abused five youn...
» Police Shoot Man Suspected Of Stalking Female WWE Wrestler
31/08/15 17:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
ORLANDO, Fla. — A deputy shot a man who authorities say was stalking a female wrestler outside a World Wrestling Entertainment training facility in central Florida. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said the man had life-threaten...
» Texas Vet Who Killed Cat With Arrow Broke State Rules, Faces Punishment
31/08/15 16:34 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The Texas veterinarian who escaped criminal charges  after bragging on Facebook that she'd killed a cat with a bow and arrow could end up being punished after all. The  Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners fou...
» University Of Kentucky Survey Finds Most Sexual Assault Cases On Campus Go Unreported
31/08/15 16:15 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Nearly 5 percent of students at the University of Kentucky say they were sexually assaulted in the past year, but most of the cases went unreported, according to a survey conducted by the college. The White House has declared sex crimes ...
» Man To Be Executed For Rape, Murder Of 15-Year-Old Girl
31/08/15 16:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a 15-year-old Missouri girl has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment, saying the death penalty is unconstitutional. But a detective who helped break ...
» Moms Are Committed to Doing 'Whatever It Takes‪' to End This Scourge That Threatens Our Families
31/08/15 15:42 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Just hours after his daughter Alison, a Virginia reporter, was shot and killed on live television, Andy Parker passionately spoke out against the gun lobby and our nation's lax gun laws. And he is determined to fight until we see change ...
» Mom Killed Baby, Lived With Corpse For 3 Months, Police Say
31/08/15 15:27 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who prosecutors say lived with her dead baby girl's body for three months was charged Saturday with murder. Christina Colantonio , 28, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death ...
» Slain Cameraman Honored
31/08/15 15:04 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» South Dakota Legislator Proposes Genital Inspection For Transgender Athletes
31/08/15 14:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A strikingly backward proposal could force high school athletes in South Dakota -- particularly those who are transgender -- to submit to a visual inspection of their genitals before they participate in a sport. State Rep. Roger Hunt (R)...
» Here's What St. Paul's Is Telling Alumni About The Owen Labrie Rape Case
31/08/15 14:34 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
St. Paul's School Rector Michael Hirschfeld on Friday tried to reassure alumni that the elite New Hampshire boarding school is taking strong steps to protect students in the wake of a high-profile sexual assault case. Hirschfeld staunchl...
» 'Coward' Murdered Texas Deputy Darren Goforth As He Pumped Gas, Sheriff Says
31/08/15 14:05 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Milwaukee Mayor Wants All Patrol Officers To Wear Body Cameras
31/08/15 14:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Milwaukee may soon become one of the largest cities in the United States to outfit all of its patrol officers with body cameras under a proposal by Mayor Tom Barrett. The mayor said on Sun...
» What the Wiz Khalifa Hoverboard Incident Says About Being Black in America
31/08/15 13:51 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
BY FELIKS GARCIA According to Wiz Khalifa , LAX authorities temporarily detained him Saturday because of the his cutting-edge technology . In a society where police stop people for "walking while black," "running while black," and "drivi...
» Cop Appears To Whip, Stomp Police Dog On Video
31/08/15 13:32 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Peoria, Arizona, cop was caught on video apparently whipping and stomping on his police dog. A woman who requested anonymity when she  sent the clip to KPNX  said she recorded the video on Saturday. In the video, the Peo...
» Prison Teaches Beekeeping, Environmentalism To Inmates And It’s All The Buzz
31/08/15 13:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Insects are helping Washington inmates make a big impact on the planet and their future.   Cedar Creek Corrections Center, in Littlerock, uses  beekeeping to teach prisoners about environmental practices and help them develop s...
» College Rape Case Highlights Emotional Toll For Victims Who Sue
31/08/15 13:12 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
On Aug. 20th, a former Virginia Wesleyan College student suing the school over its handling of her sexual assault case was preparing to give a deposition in her lawyer’s office when an unexpected person arrived with his attorney: t...
» Dad Accidentally Shoots 9-Year-Old Daughter While Cleaning Gun
31/08/15 12:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
IRA, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police say a man cleaning his handgun at a campsite accidentally shot his 9-year-old daughter in the stomach, sending her to the intensive care unit. The shooting happened Sunday morning at a campsite in a ...
» Mom Allegedly Drowned Her Twin 2-Year-Old Boys
31/08/15 10:56 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Ashley Madison Claims It's Signing Up Tons Of New, Completely Real Users
31/08/15 10:42 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Ashley Madison, the website for men who think they are meeting women to have affairs with , is apparently unfazed by a massive breach  of its users' personal data and the resignation  last week of its founder. In a statement &#...
» Firefighters Rescue Man After Heart Attack, Then Finish Mowing His Lawn
31/08/15 10:39 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
  This group of Florida firefighters knows how to get a job done. After responding to Ralph McCrory, who suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn, a squad from Hernando County Fire Rescue stayed behind to finish the task after ...
» To Restore Trust in Government, Slow Wall Street's Revolving Door
31/08/15 10:28 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
One of our nation's greatest strengths is that we are governed by each other -- what President Lincoln celebrated as "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." But increasingly, Americans' trust in government is ero...
» Katrina: Why Legal Advocates Are Crucial for Victims of Disaster
31/08/15 10:25 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast ten years ago was one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history. Hurricane Katrina displaced over one million people, caused over $100 billion in damage, and killed more than 1,800. I...
» Intruders Enjoyed Fast Food, Selfies On Boat While Family Slept: Cops
31/08/15 10:13 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- Police in Connecticut have charged two people they say broke into a boat at a Norwalk marina to enjoy a fast food meal and take some selfies while a family of five slept on board. Police tell The Hour ( http://bit....
» Why Susan Sarandon Is Apologizing To Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin
31/08/15 02:13 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
With just days before a death row inmate's scheduled execution, activist and actress Susan Sarandon makes an impassioned plea to save Richard Glossip's life on Monday's episode of Dr. Phil.   Glossip, 52, has been on death row since...
» Jason Rezaian’s Status Unclear After Iran Sentences 2
31/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The judiciary did not release the names of the two people convicted of spying for the United States and Israel.
» Five More Inmates In California Diagnosed With Legionnaires' Disease
30/08/15 19:50 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Five more California inmates have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease at San Quentin State Prison, as officials work to determine the source of the outbreak and minimize its spread, the state corrections departme...
» Maryland Teen Allegedly Sexually Abused Child Since She Was 3
30/08/15 12:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A 17-year-old teen is accused of raping a 9-year-old girl at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. Jonathan Fleming, of Carroll County, Maryland, is charged as an adult with second-degree rape, second-degree sexual offense, perverted practice,...
» California Death Penalty, Struck Down Over Delays, Faces Next Test
30/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will review a ruling last year that found the state’s capital punishment system to be dysfunctional.
» Prison Vendors See Continued Signs of a Captive Market
30/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
As judges and policy makers debate sentencing changes to curb incarceration, those who sell goods to jails and prisons find little cause for concern.
» Subway Denies Getting Tipped About Jared Fogle Years Ago
29/08/15 20:02 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Suspect Arrested For Allegedly Killing Deputy At Gas Station
29/08/15 17:08 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Suspect Arrested For Allegedly Killing Deputy In Gas Station Ambush
29/08/15 17:08 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Pregnant Woman Dies After Allegedly Kidnapped By Ex
29/08/15 16:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A pregnant woman who'd allegedly been kidnapped by her former boyfriend  in Georgia died days after she was thrown from the pickup truck he drove during a police chase.  Police had arrested the ex-boyfriend, Ryan Arnold, 23, on...
» Why The Debate Over Europe's Migration Crisis Is Full Of Myths
29/08/15 14:50 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with Hein de Haas, professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam and former co-director of the International Mi...
» Armed Suspects Used Periscope To Hunt For Man: Sacramento Police
29/08/15 14:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Police in Sacramento, California, arrested two men on Friday who used Periscope to show themselves hunt for another man by lurking outside an apartment with a gun.  Viewers watched on the video-streaming app and encouraged men ident...
» Bystander Killed During NYPD Undercover Gun Deal Gone Wrong
29/08/15 11:36 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A police officer shooting at a fleeing suspect during an undercover gun buy that went wrong killed a 61-year-old bystander in the New York City suburb of Mount Vernon, police said on Saturday. Two suspects were taken into custody during ...
» Utah Woman Sentenced To 30 Years For Killing Baby With Methadone
29/08/15 10:16 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Utah woman who admitted giving her 17-month-old daughter a lethal dose of methadone was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday. Courtney Howell , 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and exposing a child to a controlled substance, bot...
» Texas Deputy Gunned Down In 'Cold-Blooded' Attack At Gas Station
29/08/15 08:12 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
HOUSTON (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in uniform was shot and killed Friday night while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station, according to authorities. Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was pumping gas into his vehicle ...
» Want To Reduce Illegal Immigration? End The Drug War.
29/08/15 08:00 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Several GOP presidential hopefuls have over the last few weeks offered wildly extreme and generally unrealistic proposals for deterring illegal immigration -- largely spurred by Donald Trump’s grandiose plan to deport all 11 m...
» Texas Sheriff's Deputy Killed In Ambush At Gas Station
29/08/15 00:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Aug 28 (Reuters) - A sheriff's deputy pumping gas into his patrol car was shot and killed on Friday in an ambush at a Houston gas station, authorities said. Scene from #officer involved #shooting in northwest Harris County. http://t...
» 'Playing Possum' Helped Victim Survive On-Air TV Shooting
28/08/15 19:59 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
 ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The woman who survived the on-air shooting that killed two TV journalists says she never saw the gunman walk up to the group because the camera's bright light blinded her. Vicki   Gardner , a chamber ...
» TSA Agent Allegedly Molests Traveler At NYC Airport
28/08/15 19:17 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Transportation Security Administration agent at New York's LaGuardia Airport was arrested after being accused of luring a woman to an airport bathroom under the pretense of a security search and molesting her, authorities said on Frida...
» Inmate Gets Arrested Again After Refusing To Leave Jail
28/08/15 19:09 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
How can we miss you when you won't go away? An Arizona man arrested on alleged possession of meth apparently liked the jail in Maricopa County  so much that he didn't want to leave. David Spurlock, 29, was released on Wednesday for ...
» The People the Pot Laws Forgot
28/08/15 18:55 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In 2012, Lucy, a certified nurse's assistant (CNA) and single mother of two young children, was riding home on the train when a mentally disturbed woman began shouting at her. Police officers in the next car noticed the commotion. They s...
» Ex-KKK Member Killed 3 Near Jewish Sites 'To Stop Genocide Against My People'
28/08/15 18:48 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A white supremacist charged with killing three people outside two Jewish centers in Kansas last year asked a jury on Friday to find him not guilty because he was acting on the belief that Jews have too much power and must be stopped. Fra...
» The Day I Was Terrorized By Virtual Kidnappers
28/08/15 18:44 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two days ago (August 24, 2015) at 12:49 pm Pacific time, I received a phone call, "This is a kidnap ransom demand call," that for a fleeting second I considered a joke. After my light response it was immediately made clear to me that I e...
» Everything Is Rent
28/08/15 18:30 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In the wake of the arrests of the CEO and several employees of Rentboy.com for federal charges of racketeering and promoting prostitution, I couldn't help but think of a line from one of my favorite musicals, Rent . A show about the bohe...
» It's Time to Pay More Attention to Mental Health in the U.S.
28/08/15 18:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Nothing happens in a vacuum and with the recent Virginia shooting of two journalists, as in many other shootings, the shooter has all but taken out an ad, telling people he's in trouble and has problems. Whether it was what he wrote on F...
» 'Crazy' St. Louis County Municipal Court System Fights To Survive
28/08/15 18:11 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri -- After a town near Ferguson agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit this week by bringing sweeping reforms to its municipal court, local judges in St. Louis County announced a set of changes that coul...
» Jail Suicide Is Not Justice
28/08/15 18:09 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Hector, an inmate in a county jail, had just gotten troubling news. His wife was leaving him, and he would never see her or their two children again. His father had committed suicide years earlier, his best friends had been murdered, and...
» Ohio Cop Pulls Over Black Man Who 'Made Direct Eye Contact' With Him
28/08/15 17:45 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Earlier this month, a police officer in Dayton, Ohio, tailed a man by the name of John Felton for two miles, then pulled him over for failing to use a turn signal 100 feet prior to making his turn. To be clear: Felton  used a t...
» 3 LGBTQ Homicides of People of Color in Kansas City
28/08/15 17:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The murders of Jasmine Collins, Tamara Dominguez and Dionte Greene put Kansas City's LGBTQ communities in a state of crisis. 3 LGBTQ homicides, also of people of color, have now occurred in the past year. While reaching out to support th...
» Many Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws. Will It Matter?
28/08/15 17:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In the aftermath of a high-profile shooting, three things tend to happen: A crop of newly bereaved advocates renew the call for gun control legislation; support for such laws spikes briefly, if at all; and little change is actually effec...
» Indian Tribunal Orders 2 Sisters Raped As Punishment For Brother's Elopement
28/08/15 17:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
An unelected, all-male village council in India has decided to punish a man who eloped with a married woman by ordering his two sisters to be raped. The two women, ages 23 and 15, fled their village in the Baghpat district after the deci...
» Slain Reporter's Father Fears For His Safety As He Takes Up Gun Control Activism
28/08/15 16:40 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Cops Stand In For Slain Colleague On His Daughter's First Day Of School
28/08/15 16:17 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The first day of school can be overwhelming, and no young student should experience the milestone alone. Charlee Winebrenner, the daughter of slain Akron, Ohio, police officer Justin Winebrenner was welcomed on her first day of kindergar...
» Rentboy Raid Latest Salvo in Government's Counterproductive War on Sex
28/08/15 16:09 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
This week, federal and state law enforcement officials shut down the well-known website, Rentboy.com, which provided a venue for thousands of gay escorts to post ads and screen potential clients. In a raid on the site's headquarters in N...
» Judge Refuses To Delay Trial For Ex-Cop Charged In Dashcam Beating
28/08/15 16:00 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Court Decides Civil Rights Protections Don't Apply To Kids In Prison
28/08/15 15:46 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- Inmates in the Michigan prison system who claim they were exposed to sexual violence, solitary confinement and brutal force as children cannot move forward with their lawsuit against the state, the Michigan Court of Appeals...
» No Retrial For White Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Jonathan Ferrell
28/08/15 15:45 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Black Man Jailed For Months Over $5 Theft Found Dead In Cell
28/08/15 15:08 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A young black man arrested by police in Portsmouth, Virginia , on the same day that one of the city’s officers fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old, has been found dead in jail after spending almost four months behind bars wit...
» What's the Future of the Death Penalty in America?
28/08/15 14:48 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two recent high-profile cases have once again highlighted America's complex relationship with the death penalty. In Colorado, a jury declined to impose the death penalty on theater shooter James Holmes. And in Connecticut, whose legislat...
» Prep School Grad Acquitted Of Felony Rape, Guilty Of Misdemeanors
28/08/15 14:39 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A graduate of an exclusive New England prep school was cleared of felony rape but convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses Friday against a 15-year-old freshman girl in a case that exposed a campus tradition in which s...
» Woman Guilty Of Robbing 3 Banks In Half Hour For Daughter's Party
28/08/15 14:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
An accused thief  told a court she held up three banks in May to raise money for her daughter's graduation party. Cindy Sanchez Carabeo, 50, of Brandon, Florida, pleaded guity in federal court on Thursday to one count of interfering...
» Most Americans Have No Idea How Easy It Is For Police To Take Your Money
28/08/15 13:39 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A new poll shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans aren't familiar with civil asset forfeiture, a controversial law enforcement practice that allows officers to seize a person's property -- including cash, cars, jewelry an...
» Tips for the Accredited Investor to Avoid Being Scammed
28/08/15 13:36 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
If you are presented with an opportunity to invest in an unregistered offering, in addition to thoroughly investigating an investment--and the expert selling it--you should be on the lookout for some potential scams. But first, a definit...
» Subway Franchisee Says She Told Company About Fogle's Crimes Years Ago
28/08/15 13:15 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Subway has denied knowing  about former pitchman Jared Fogle’s sex crimes, but a former franchisee says she explicitly told the company about him in 2008. Cindy Mills, who was a Subway franchisee in Pensacola, Florida, from 20...
» Can Watching Shootings on Social Media Cause PTSD?
28/08/15 12:29 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
I was sitting at my desk, scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, when I stumbled upon the Roanoke shooting video . It started playing automatically. I had no choice but to watch those two people die. About an hour later, gunshots erupte...
» CNN's Don Lemon Slams His Own Network For Homophobic Coverage Of Virginia Shooter
28/08/15 12:29 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
CNN correspondent Don Lemon and others are criticizing the network for focusing on the Virginia shooter's sexuality in the aftermath of the attack that killed two journalists this week. Vester Lee Flanagan, 41, shot and killed  WDBJ...
» Why We Should Thank Defense Attorneys For Defending Criminals
28/08/15 12:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Why do good lawyers support/defend criminals? originally appeared on Quora : The best answer to any question . Answer by Matt Howell , Former federal prosecutor; defense attorney; civil litigator, on Quora : It does not follow that just ...
» Derrick Rose Responds To Ex-Girlfriend's Gang Rape Allegations
28/08/15 11:29 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Derrick Rose issued a statement on Thursday night addressing an allegation made by an ex-girlfriend that he and his friends drugged and gang raped  her in August 2013.   In a statement provided to Chicago Tribune's K.C. Johnson...
» Decision Points: Police Should Engage in Local Justice System Reform to Build Trust and Strengthen Communities
28/08/15 11:25 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Building trust between law enforcement agencies and the people they serve has long been a priority for police leaders. Recently, heightened awareness of incidents of gross police misconduct, often amplified by new technologies, has helpe...
» Ashley Madison Chief Just Resigned Over Hacking Scandal
28/08/15 10:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Noel Biderman is no longer chief executive officer of Avid Life Media Inc., the company behind extramarital dating site Ashley Madison. The change, which was said to be "in mutual agreement with the company," was announced in a press rel...
» More Evidence That Gun Sales Aren't Doing So Well
28/08/15 10:34 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Colt files for bankruptcy . Smith & Wesson's sales and stock still slump. So do Strum, Ruger's numbers . And now Wal-Mart pulls AR-15s because of low demand. Couple that with poll numbers showing falling gun ownership, and you can see Am...
» Roanoke: He Was Not One of Us
28/08/15 10:16 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
I imagine I am Alison Parker, doing a live shot, yet another live shot, one of a dozen that will fill the work week. I imagine how the sun rises behind her in the moments before it happens, how her photographer Adam has to adjust his cam...
» Hungary Plans Migrant Holding Camps Amid Clampdown At Border
28/08/15 09:46 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
BUDAPEST, Aug 28 (Reuters) -- Hungary plans to tighten laws on migration next week and set up holding camps near Serbia but would only send soldiers to help police at its southern border as a last resort, a Hungarian lawmaker said on Fri...
» President Mistakes 'Jeffersons' For Sanford & Sons'
28/08/15 08:39 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Maybe he really was born in Kenya.  While touring New Orleans yesterday, President Obama met a woman named "Wheezy," and remarked that it was just like in the 70s sitcom, "Sanford and Son." “Weezie? Really, like … Weezie...
» Meth Lab Injuries On The Rise In The U.S.
28/08/15 08:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
By: Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer Published: 08/27/2015 04:55 PM EDT on LiveScience Meth lab injuries are on the rise in some parts of the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Unlike d...
» Jozef Wesolowski Dead At 67; Former Vatican Ambassador Was Accused Of Sexually Abusing Children
28/08/15 06:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
VATICAN CITY — A Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offenses was found dead on Friday, the Vatican said, a month after he was hospitalized on the eve of his trial.  Jozef Wesolowski faced charges of paying boys fo...
» FBI Agent Pretended To Be An AP Reporter. Now AP Is Suing
28/08/15 05:41 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday over the FBI's failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect's computer. AP joined with t...
» Hidden-Camera Video By Mercy For Animals Reveals Chicken McNuggets' ‘Disturbing Secret’
28/08/15 04:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Chickens cruelly beaten, stomped to death and left to die painfully and slowly. According to Mercy For Animals , that’s the “disgusting secret” behind McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. On Wednesday, the advocacy group...
» George Zimmerman Calls President Obama An 'Ignorant Baboon'
28/08/15 01:32 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
George Zimmerman, the Florida man who  shot and killed an unarmed black teen in 2012 but was acquitted of second-degree murder charges , took to social media this week to call President Barack Obama an "ignorant baboon."  Zimme...
» Savannah State University Placed On Lockdown After Shooting
28/08/15 00:54 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Lockdown Lifted After Savannah State University Shooting
28/08/15 00:54 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Student Killed In Shooting At Savannah State University
28/08/15 00:54 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» From the Bench, a New Look at Punishment
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
Some federal judges are questioning minimum sentences and giving fresh consideration to expunging convictions that they say are holding defendants back.
» The New Orleans Jails, 10 Years Later 
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
Since Katrina, the city, remarkably, is making real progress toward a smaller, more humane jail system.
» China Sentences 45 in Restive Region of Xinjiang
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The names of the defendants indicated that they were Uighurs, a Turkic minority in the ethnically volatile region that has become increasingly estranged from the government.
» Gun Control Might Not Have Stopped The WDBJ Shooter. That's Not The Point.
27/08/15 22:40 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Would stricter gun laws have saved the lives of Alison Parker and Adam Ward? Probably not. Would stricter gun laws have saved the lives of many other people? Probably. That’s a fair reading of the latest research -- and something t...
» Bruce Davis Eligible For Parole For Charles Manson Family Murders
27/08/15 19:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A California parole board on Thursday recommended parole for Bruce Davis, a Charles Manson disciple convicted of two murders in 1969.  The decision by a Board of Parole Hearings commissioner and deputy commissioner, however, is not ...
» Bob McDonnell Wants The Supreme Court To Do Something It Doesn't Do
27/08/15 18:20 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) got a brief reprieve  from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday. Now, he wants a much longer one. The governor-turned-felon is asking Roberts to let him stay out of prison on bail...
» Ohio Mom Pleads Not Guilty To Killing 3 Young Son Out Of Jealousy
27/08/15 17:57 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Brittany Pilkington, right, listens as a judge sets a $1 million bond in the case in which Pilkington is accused of suffocating her three sons over 13 months, with her attorney, Marc Triplett, beside her, on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in B...
» Americans Think Colleges Do A Bad Job Handling Sexual Assaults, HuffPost/YouGov Poll Finds
27/08/15 17:51 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A majority of Americans believe colleges and universities do a "bad job" handling cases of sexual assault and harassment involving students, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows . Fifty-nine percent of  poll  respondents believe co...
» WDBJ Staff Will Continue To 'Get The Job Done' After Tragedy
27/08/15 17:23 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
At an emotional press conference in Virginia Thursday afternoon, the staff at WDBJ, the station where two journalists had been shot and killed the previous day, wore ribbons commemorating their colleagues: A teal ribbon for Alison Parker...
» Rentboy: For What It's Worth
27/08/15 17:04 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
This past Tuesday, federal officers, largely comprised of Department of Homeland Security personnel and with the help of the NYPD, raided the offices of Rentboy.com in Manhattan. The CEO as well as five current and one former employee we...
» Dad Allegedly Robbed Bank To Pay For Daughter's Cancer Treatment
27/08/15 16:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Michigan father accused of robbing a bank told police he did it to pay for his daughter's cancer treatment. Brian Randolph, 23, is accused of robbing the Vibe Credit Union in South Lyon, Michigan, on Aug. 12,  according to WX...
» New Exhibition: 'The First With the Latest! Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald and the Sordid Crimes of a City'
27/08/15 16:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A picture may say 1,000 words, though there is possibly another story lurking just outside the frame. This is certainly the case with the images featured in "The First with the Latest! Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Sor...
» Feds Raid Rentboy.com -- Are We Any Safer?
27/08/15 15:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Great news for Craigslist: The Department of Homeland Security just raided Rentboy.com, shutting down the best way for escorts and clients to connect in a safe, open environment. And good for DHS, because prostitution is bad, right? Well...
» 'Obsessed' Man Reportedly Eyed In Theft Of Julie Mott's Body
27/08/15 15:21 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» A Dozen Girls Named Destiny Questioned Over Prom Invite Graffiti
27/08/15 14:45 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies have interviewed more than a dozen girls named "Destiny" trying to crack a vandalism case where someone spray-painted a prom invitation on a southwest Idaho cliffside. But Ada County Sheriff's Offi...
» Juvenile Justice Reform Must Address the Unique Needs of LGBTQ Girls
27/08/15 14:29 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
After being in and out of court for offenses such as shoplifting clothing and fighting back at school, Destiny , a 15-year-old African American transgender girl, was sent to a high security juvenile detention facility for boys, since no ...
» White Supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross 'Felt Such Exhilaration' After Killing 3
27/08/15 14:21 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Prosecutors in Kansas rested their case on Thursday in the murder trial of a white supremacist after playing a recorded call in which he expressed surprise the three people fatally shot outside two Jewish centers last year were not Jewis...
» #BlackLivesMatter Activists Call For Charges In Brutal Death Of Prisoner Samuel Harrell
27/08/15 14:15 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
#BlackLivesMatter, and #BlackPrisonersMatter too. That's the message protesters and family members of Samuel Harrell sent to an upstate New York district attorney Thursday. They're demanding that Dutchess County District Attorney Bill Gr...
» A Violent Tale of Two Cities
27/08/15 14:11 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
I lived in West Baltimore until age 7 in the same block on North Ave where unrest and rioting occurred after Freddie Gray was fatally wounded in a police van. During my time there, my parents warned me to stay away from the front windows...
» Nebraska Voters Gather Enough Signatures To Try To Revive The Death Penalty
27/08/15 13:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Hiker Burned, Two Dogs Die After Leaping Into Idaho Hot Springs
27/08/15 13:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
SALMON, Idaho, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A man hiking through a national forest in Idaho suffered severe burns and his two dogs were scalded to death when both canines plunged into a hot spring and he jumped in after them to try to save his pet...
» Janet Napolitano Discusses How Schools Should Handle Campus Rape
27/08/15 13:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Police Want To Get Hands On 'Portland Pooper'
27/08/15 13:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
People in Portland, Oregon, are raising a stink over a man who keeps defecating in public. The suspect, who residents have nicknamed "the Portland Pooper," has been seen defecating all over the southwest part of the city in the last few ...
» Reversal After Ferguson Shooting. What Next?
27/08/15 13:10 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
On Monday the municipal court in Ferguson, Missouri, announced that it was withdrawing thousands of arrest warrants for municipal violations, scheduling new court dates, and creating new payment options to reduce incarceration of people ...
» Malaysia’s Welcome Wears Thin
27/08/15 12:30 from NYT > Crime and Criminals
Amid a crime wave, a policy of openness to students and immigrant workers from Africa faces a xenophobic backlash.
» Mississippi State University: Campus Gunman Arrested, No Injuries
27/08/15 12:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Mississippi State University was on lockdown Thursday morning following reports of a gunman on campus. MSU spokesman Sid Salter told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that the person had been arrested. He declined to giv...
» Mississippi State University: Student's Threats Led To Lockdown, No Gun Found
27/08/15 12:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Mississippi State University was on lockdown Thursday morning following reports of a gunman on campus. MSU spokesman Sid Salter told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that the person had been arrested.  MSU official...
» Prep School Rape Suspect Ignored Girl's 'No' Plea: Prosecutor
27/08/15 12:03 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A prosecutor who says a recent graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school raped a 15-year-old freshman has told jurors the defendant didn't honor the girl's wishes when she told him "no." Prosecutor Joseph Cherniske said in closing a...
» Slain Reporter's Father Demands 'Coward' Politicians Take Up Gun Control
27/08/15 11:26 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» How Black Life In New Orleans Has -- And Hasn't -- Improved Since Katrina
27/08/15 11:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The State of Black New Orleans report released by the National Urban League on Wednesday gives clear context for the many ongoing challenges black residents of New Orleans face in the quality of their day-to-day lives.  “[It's...
» Someone Called The Cops On Jerry Seinfield Over A Lemonade Stand
27/08/15 10:52 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
It was a big to-do about nothing. Some killjoy neighbor called the cops on Jerry Seinfeld  and his family for setting up a roadside lemonade stand for charity in East Hampton, New York, the New York Post reported. In a photo posted ...
» Someone Called The Cops On Jerry Seinfeld Over A Lemonade Stand
27/08/15 10:52 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
It was a big to-do about nothing. Some killjoy neighbor called the cops on Jerry Seinfeld  and his family for setting up a roadside lemonade stand for charity in East Hampton, New York, the New York Post reported. In a photo posted ...
» Derrick Rose Gang Rape Allegations Are 'Completely False,' Says Lawyer
27/08/15 10:47 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose has been named in a lawsuit alleging that he and two friends drugged and gang raped his ex-girlfriend in August of 2013,  TMZ reported on Wednesday night. The ex-girlfriend, identified as Jane ...
» Trump l'oeil, Virginia Tragedy Edition
27/08/15 10:29 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
"This isn't a gun problem; it's a mental problem." So said Donald Trump, as reported on CNN this morning. Trump added, "You're not going to get rid of all the guns." Trump made his comments in the wake of the most recent shooting in our ...
» LAPD Helps Terminally Ill Mom Throw A Quinceañera For Her Daughter
27/08/15 10:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A kind group of police officers made a family’s special wish come true over the weekend. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department Central Area gave 14-year-old Jazmine Delgado a quinceañera on Saturday , after learning ...
» WDBJ Holds Moment Of Silence To Remember Alison Parker And Adam Ward
27/08/15 10:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» The Villisca Axe Murders
27/08/15 10:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The Villisca house. Credit: Jo Naylor / Flickr Miss Mary Peckham had a terrible feeling about her next-door neighbors. It was a sunny summer morning in 1912, and yet the Moore family household was eerily still. Every curtain was drawn an...
» Baby Sitter Gets 14 Years In Toddler's Death
27/08/15 09:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut baby sitter charged in the death of a 19-month-old boy has been found guilty of first-degree manslaughter. The New Haven Register ( http://bit.ly/1IiQ3Af ) reports that 29-year-old Kinjal Patel ente...
» I'm a 24-Year-Old Small-Town Journalist and I Don't Want To Die
27/08/15 09:21 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
I work as a reporter and social media editor at a small-town broadcast news station in a safe little community. I came into the office yesterday morning, hopped on to Tweetdeck and began to newscrawl, just like I do every day. Then, a tw...
» 3rd-Grader Brings Gun To School, Accidentally Shoots Classmate
27/08/15 09:04 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Officials in Georgia say a third-grader who accidentally shot a classmate at school found the weapon while exploring his family's kitchen. The shooting happened Tuesday at Hornsby Elementary School in Augusta. Author...
» Ending the Drug War Tragedy: From Honduras to NYC
27/08/15 08:25 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Last June, I traveled to Honduras to confer with civil society leaders about organizing a five-nation, "end the drug war" caravan -- all the way from Central America to New York City. The "caravan" aims to stir debate in places profoundl...
» Up To 50 Refugees Suffocate In Back Of Truck In Austria, Local Media Says
27/08/15 08:17 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
VIENNA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked lorry in eastern Austria on Thursday, the Krone newspaper reported, saying initial indications were that they suffocated. An interior ministry spokesman confir...
» Families Speak Out About WDBJ Shooting Victims
27/08/15 08:12 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Family, friends and colleagues of the two journalists shot dead on live TV spoke openly on Thursday about their grief.  Chris Hurst, the boyfriend of slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, described their last moments together.  "I...
» 'Arabic Terror Threat' Was Actually A Hebrew Welcome Sign
27/08/15 05:25 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Residents in the small Louisiana community of Gardner contacted both the local sheriff's department and the media to report signs they believed may have contained a terrorist threat written in Arabic .  News Channel 5, the NBC ...
» New York Daily News Shocks With Graphic Cover Of Murdered Journalists
27/08/15 00:41 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The Aug. 27th front page of the New York Daily News, which displays the murder of two TV journalists in Virginia , was met with shock and condemnation on social media late Wednesday. Readers were particularly dismayed that the newspaper ...
» James Holmes Gets 12 Life Sentences in Aurora Shootings
27/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. sentenced Mr. Holmes to life in prison for each of the 12 people killed in the massacre, plus 3,318 years for nonlethal crimes.
» Conferences Try to Block Athletes Who Have Violent Pasts
27/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Crime and Criminals
The Big 12 is the second major conference to move to bar incoming transfers who had been disciplined for “serious misconduct” at their previous universities.
» College Conferences Try to Block Athletes Who Have Violent Pasts
27/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Crime and Criminals
The Big 12 is the second major conference to move to bar incoming transfers who have been disciplined for “serious misconduct” at their previous universities.
» Ex-49ers Player Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape
26/08/15 20:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Santa Clara County grand jury has indicted former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald on one count of rape of an intoxicated person. The announcement came Wednesday, with the indictment stemmin...
» Pennsylvania Court Releases Trove Of Pornographic Emails Sent By State Officials
26/08/15 20:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Justin Bieber Look-Alike Toby Sheldon Found Dead In Motel Room
26/08/15 19:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Toby Sheldon, who was best known for spending $100,000 on plastic surgery to look more like Justin Bieber, was found dead in a Motel 6 in the San Fernando Valley on Aug. 21 , reports TMZ.  He was 35 years old.  Sheldon, wh...
» Tennessee Judge Upholds State's Lethal Injection Process
26/08/15 19:04 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday upheld the state's lethal injection process for executing inmates.   Davidson County Chancery Judge Claudia Bonnyman said from the bench that the plaintiffs, 33 death row ...
» Fox News Gets Schooled On Why WDBJ Shooting Isn't Necessarily An Anti-White Hate Crime
26/08/15 18:50 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Officer Among 3 Shot Near Louisiana Convenience Store
26/08/15 18:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Louisiana State Police say a police officer and two other people have been shot in the southwestern Louisiana, and the gunman has reportedly taken hostages. State police Superintendent Mike Edmonson says troopers are on the way to the sc...
» Officer Shot, 2 Stabbed Near Louisiana Convenience Store
26/08/15 18:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Louisiana sheriff says a police officer was shot and two other people were stabbed near a convenience store. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said the unnamed suspect stabbed two people on Wednesday in Sunset, about 70 miles ...
» 2 Dead After Officer Shot, Mayor's Sisters Stabbed In Louisiana
26/08/15 18:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two people are dead after a man went on a stabbing spree and then shot a police officer, a Louisiana sheriff says. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said the unnamed suspect stabbed two people on Wednesday in Sunset, about 70 mi...
» 2 Killed, Including Police Officer In Louisiana Domestic Dispute
26/08/15 18:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two people were killed, including a police officer, and two others injured in an apparent domestic dispute near a Louisiana convenience store on Wednesday night. Sunset Police Officer Henry Nelson and Shameka Johnson, the sister of a loc...
» 2 Killed, Including Police Officer, In Louisiana Domestic Dispute
26/08/15 18:35 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two people were killed, including a police officer, and two others injured in an apparent domestic dispute near a Louisiana convenience store on Wednesday night. Sunset Police Officer Henry Nelson and Shameka Johnson, the sister of a loc...
» How Most Major TV Networks Are Handling Footage Of The Virginia Shooting
26/08/15 18:21 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
When footage of violence streams in from Iraq or photos of mass graves from Mexico’s drug war end up on an editor’s desk, news organizations are often placed in the difficult position of deciding how much disturbing material ...
» Obama On Virginia Shooting: 'It Breaks My Heart'
26/08/15 18:09 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Violence Is Our Good Teacher -- Can We Learn From It?
26/08/15 18:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In "A History of Violence," I wrote about our culture of violence and the Newtown tragedy in particular. Now it's Roanoke, VA. Violence served up live. News as violence, violence as news. I'm tired of people claiming that it's solely the...
» Alleged Virginia Shooter Requested Personnel Records On Victims
26/08/15 18:01 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- Vester Lee Flanagan, the man suspected of killing two Virginia television reporters Wednesday morning, attempted to subpoena personnel records on both of those victims, as well as other staff members, as part of a lawsuit a...
» In Alaska, Not All 'Sex Traffickers' Are Sex Traffickers
26/08/15 17:59 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
An Alaskan researcher and former sex worker is  spearheading an effort  to fight the state's anti-sex trafficking law that she and others argue is harming the very people it was ostensibly designed to protect. Alaskan law enfor...
» Defendant Snatches Bailiff's Gun, Kills Himself At Courthouse
26/08/15 17:59 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky State Police say a man being escorted through a courthouse by a bailiff after a court hearing has killed himself with the bailiff's weapon. Trooper Shane Jacobs said 25-year-old Eric Barnett of Pineville, ...
» Jack Kevorkian's 'Deathmobile' For Sale
26/08/15 17:58 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A Motor City pawn shop hopes to make a killing by selling a 1968 Volkswagen van once owned by Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian. The vehicle, which Kevorkian used as a mobile office for an unknown number of assisted suicides, is being offered f...
» Why We're Responsible for the Deaths of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
26/08/15 17:50 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
We didn't pull the trigger. We didn't film the horrific events that dismantled and devastated an otherwise regular Wednesday morning. We didn't post first-account videos, showing the death of two innocent lives with a disgusting pride an...
» TV Shooter Showed 'Bizarre Behavior' Throughout Volatile Career
26/08/15 17:46 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Long before he filmed himself gunning down a TV reporter and cameraman during a live news broadcast Wednesday , the man identified as the killer followed a twisted and volatile career path that saw him fired from at least two stations fo...
» A Major Gun Control Group Wants You To Watch The Virginia Shooting Video
26/08/15 17:43 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK -- Everytown For Gun Safety wants the shooting of three  people during a live television broadcast Wednesday to be an "Eric Garner" moment.   After a shooter killed two journalists from the Virginia-based WDB...
» Pioneer Pot States Have Collected More Than $200 Million In Marijuana Taxes
26/08/15 17:32 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana have collectively raked in at least $200 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to the latest tax data -- and they're putting those dollars to good use. In Colorado, after abou...
» Sacramento State University Student Who Helped Stopped Terror Attack Arrives Back Home
26/08/15 17:28 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- An American college student who along with two friends helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris returned home to California. A relaxed Anthony Sadler, 23, walked off a...
» Walmart's Plan To Stop Selling AR-15s Has A Major Flaw
26/08/15 17:06 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Baby Panda Dies At National Zoo
26/08/15 15:54 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Well, this is heartbreaking: One of two baby pandas born on Saturday at the National Zoo has died. The cub -- the smaller of the twins -- died on Wednesday shortly after 2 p.m., the zoo said in a news statement  on Wednesday. The la...
» Here's How 'American Horror Story: Hotel' Is Connected To Season 1
26/08/15 15:11 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Entertainment Weekly just debuted their " American Horror Story " cover featuring  Lady Gaga's Countess . Along with new details about Gaga's bloodthirsty hotel owner (  not exactly  a vampire ), the issue also features new char...
» To Save Black Lives, Take Money Out of Politics
26/08/15 14:56 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
The political financing system we have in this country empowers rich donors, but it also disempowers those who do not provide large donations. Unfairness exists on both sides. One has too much political power; the other too little. The d...
» White House Calls On Congress, Again, To Do Something About Guns
26/08/15 14:37 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Meet The 'Porn-Sniffing' Dog Who Busted Jared Fogle For Child Porn
26/08/15 13:54 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» WDBJ Chief: I'm Not Sure Whether I Want The Shooter To Live Or Die
26/08/15 13:48 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
WDBJ General Manager Jeff Marks made candid remarks after reports came in that ex-employee Vester Lee Flanagan, the suspect in the fatal shooting of two journalists  from the station, was in critical condition Wednesday. “...
» Shooting Suspect Sued Another Newsroom For Racism, Claimed He Was Called A 'Monkey'
26/08/15 13:33 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» New York State Police Create Unit Dedicated To Campus Rape Cases
26/08/15 13:30 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - New York state is launching a specialized police unit to help crack down on sexual assault on college campuses, but some victims' advocates are wary, saying law enforcement has not been effective in tackling ...
» James Holmes Formally Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole
26/08/15 13:21 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- James Holmes was an angry quitter who gave up on life and turned his hatred into murder and mayhem against innocent victims in a Colorado movie theater, the judge said Wednesday before formally sentencing him to...
» 5 Tips Every Federal Criminal Defendant Should Know
26/08/15 13:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Co-Authored with Brandon Sample, Executive Director of Prisology Sitting in a county jail or federal detention center awaiting trial or the outcome of plea negotiations is often a very scary and uncertain time for federal criminal defend...
» Stolen Pug Goes Bananas When Reunited With Her Owner
26/08/15 13:14 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Words may not be able to sum up this pooch's excitement at seeing her owner once again.  Lola the pug, who lives in the town of Harlow in Essex, England, was recently reunited with her owner, Kate Witham, at Harlow Police Stati...
» Roadside Strip Searches and Other Police State Indignities
26/08/15 12:46 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."--Martin Luther King Jr. There's an ill-will blowing across the country. The economy is tanking . The people are directionless , and politics pro...
» Politicians React To Killing Of Virginia Journalists
26/08/15 12:24 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Politicians expressed their grief and sent prayers to the friends and family of two television journalists who were shot and killed  Wednesday morning.  Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, died after b...
» Gov. Terry McAuliffe Calls For Tougher Gun Laws After Virginia Shooting
26/08/15 12:22 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Slain WDBJ Reporter's Boyfriend: 'We Wanted To Get Married'
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Lester Lee Flanagan Identified As Suspect In On-Air Killing Of Journalists
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Virginia authorities have identified the man they believe shot and killed two journalists and wounded a third woman during a live  segment Wednesday morning. Augusta County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with The Huffington Post&n...
» Vester Lee Flanagan Identified As Suspect In On-Air Killing Of Journalists
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Virginia authorities have identified the man they believe shot and killed two journalists who worked for Roanoke-based WBDJ and wounded a third woman during a live  segment Wednesday morning. Augusta County Sheriff’s Office co...
» Virginia Shooting Suspect Was Former News Station Employee
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Virginia authorities have identified the man they believe shot and killed two journalists who worked for Roanoke-based TV station WDBJ and wounded a third woman during a live  segment Wednesday morning. Augusta County Sheriff’...
» Virginia Shooting Suspect Has Died
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Virginia Shooting Suspect, Vester Lee Flanagan, Has Died
26/08/15 10:53 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» 'It's Now Or Never,' Texted Teen Charged In Boyfriend's Suicide
26/08/15 10:49 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Newly released text messages appear to detail how a Massachusetts teen encouraged her online boyfriend to kill himself.  "Everyone will be sad for a while but they will get over it and move on," 18-year-old Michelle Carter texted bo...
» Trail 'em, Nail 'em, Jail 'em: How We Treat Mental Illness
26/08/15 09:59 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
A young man suffering from mental illness is screaming incoherently at a fast-food restaurant and someone calls 911. When the police arrive, the man has not harmed anyone, is not armed, and is standing up talking to himself. The police b...
» Public Defense Reform Shows Both the Challenge and the Possibility of Post-Katrina New Orleans
26/08/15 09:42 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
In the second season of the HBO series True Detective , Frank Semyon (played by Vince Vaughn), tells a young boy who recently lost his father, "Sometimes a thing happens, splits your life. There's a before and after." For us New Orleania...
» Hit-And-Run Rampage Leaves Multiple People Injured
26/08/15 09:41 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
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» Reporter, Cameraman Killed In Live Shooting During News Broadcast
26/08/15 09:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two journalists with Roanoke, Virginia-based news station WDBJ were killed Wednesday in a shooting that took place during a live broadcast. Reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward died shortly after the incident, WDBJ gene...
» Reporter, Cameraman Killed In Shooting During Live News Broadcast
26/08/15 09:07 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Two journalists with Roanoke, Virginia-based news station WDBJ were killed Wednesday in a shooting that took place during a live broadcast. Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward died shortly after the incident,  The Roanoke...
» Saudi Arabia Executes 4 People In One Day
26/08/15 09:00 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
RIYADH, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia announced it had carried out four executions in different cities on Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of judicial killings to 130 so far in 2015, a sharp rise on recent years. Three exec...
» These Influential Marijuana Users Defy The Stoner Stereotype
26/08/15 07:00 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
Now that nearly one out of every two Americans admits to having tried marijuana  at some point in their lives, more than half of all states have moved away from draconian prohibition-style marijuana policies and the legal marijuana ...
» Russian Court Sentences Ukrainian Filmmaker to 20 Years in Prison
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov, was convicted of terrorist acts in the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed last year.
» Russia Gives Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov a 20-Year Sentence
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Criminal Sentences
The filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov, was convicted of terrorist acts in the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed last year.
» Theater Shooter Is Remorseful, According To His Mom
25/08/15 20:18 from Crime on HuffingtonPost.com
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- The mother of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes gave an impromptu public apology Tuesday, telling a judge during his sentencing hearing that her son feels remorse but his mental illness and medications made ...
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