Tag: Police and Law Enforcement

In this July 6, 2013 still frame from a video produced by the Los Angeles Police Department, officers fire on a woman posing as a terrorist in a drill simulating a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles. After spending a decade sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the United States, Washington is reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Mo., amid images of heavily-armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. One night after the violence that accompanied the presence of military-style equipment in Ferguson, the crowd calmed considerably when a police captain walked through the crowd, unprotected, in a gesture of reconciliation. The contrast added to the perception that the tanks and tear gas had done more harm than good. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)

National Security

US rethinks giving excess military gear to police

TAMI ABDOLLAHERIC TUCKER · August 17, 2014 2:15 am

Police stand watch as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Getty images / Scott Olson)

Iraq, Ferguson, and the ‘libertarian moment’

Timothy P. Carney · August 16, 2014 9:00 pm

A man watches as police walk through a cloud of smoke during a clash with protesters Wednesday in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson was a racial tinderbox waiting to explode: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 9:00 pm

New York to expand database on missing adults

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 12:31 pm

The Asbury Park riots, like Ferguson, were fueled by racial grievances and issues between white officers and black rioters.

In 1970 we had a riot; what we have in Ferguson looks like a war

Scott Rasmussen · August 15, 2014 9:43 pm

Police attempt to secure a street after a clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Congressman wants to curb military surplus program

Matthew Daly · August 15, 2014 4:31 pm

Capt. Ronald Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol hugs Angela Whitman, of Berkeley, Mo., on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

Ferguson police identify officer, allege teen robbed store

David Lieb · August 15, 2014 3:30 pm

National Security

Weekly Examiner: Obama’s working vacation

Lisa Ruhl · August 15, 2014 1:50 pm

A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Obama faces growing criticism of program giving cops grenade launchers

Brian Hughes · August 14, 2014 9:02 pm

President Obama approaches a podium before facing reporters Thursday in Edgartown, Mass., to speak about developments in Iraq and the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri.(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Beltway Confidential

Our reactionary leaders: Tied down with petty concerns and paralyzed by real crises

Becket Adams · August 14, 2014 8:32 pm

Poker chips, golf towels and teddy bearsÃÂ were purchased by the U.S. Marshals Service as "swag" items, according to documents received by MuckRock.com. (iStock Photo)

What the U.S. Marshals Service spent millions on may surprise you

Kelly Cohen · August 14, 2014 2:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

Disturbing footage surfaces from tense Ferguson protests

Becket Adams · August 14, 2014 1:05 pm