Rikers Inmates Stop Prisoner From Raping Guard In Heroic Rescue – Huffington Post Rikers Inmates Stop Prisoner From Raping Guard In Heroic RescueHuffington PostThe 290 pound inmate is serving a 5-to-10-year sentence for raping a 13-year-old. Multiple sources told the Daily News that Young entered the watch post after he claimed he needed to get […]

Supermax inmate writes op-ed for the New York Times about how to improve … – Business Insider Business InsiderSupermax inmate writes op-ed for the New York Times about how to improve …Business InsiderThe New York Times published an op-ed on Saturday by an unlikely author: an inmate at New York's Attica Correctional Facility. In it, […]

Gun background check bill sent to floor of Oregon Senate on party-line vote – OregonLive.com OregonLive.comGun background check bill sent to floor of Oregon Senate on party-line voteOregonLive.comA bill that would expand the use of criminal background checks on gun purchases in Oregon was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday on a […]

Lawyer: 2 Nevada Inmates Handcuffed When Guard Shot Them – ABC News ABC NewsLawyer: 2 Nevada Inmates Handcuffed When Guard Shot ThemABC NewsPlunkett said she represents Arevalo, not Perez, and plans to sue the guard, prison officials and the state. "This is a terribly tragic and completely unnecessary shooting," Plunkett said. Clark County Coroner Michael […]

Walter Scott Had Bench Warrant for His Arrest, Court Documents Show – NBCNews.com NBCNews.comWalter Scott Had Bench Warrant for His Arrest, Court Documents ShowNBCNews.comThe deadly cop-involved shooting in North Charleston, South Carolina, of an apparently unarmed black man has has become the latest — and one of the most visually shocking — in a wave […]

Strengthen the right to record police – The Denver Post Strengthen the right to record policeThe Denver PostThe good news is that courts in recent years have largely affirmed a citizen's right under the First Amendment to record police behavior — or anything else — in a public location. And attempts by police and municipal […]

Walter Scott Had Bench Warrant for His Arrest, Court Documents Show – NBCNews.com NBCNews.comWalter Scott Had Bench Warrant for His Arrest, Court Documents ShowNBCNews.comWhat happened: NYPD officers surrounded Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., on July 17 to arrest him for peddling loose cigarettes. When he allegedly refused to be cuffed, Garner was taken down by […]

20 years on The Hill – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Columbus Ledger-Enquirer20 years on The HillColumbus Ledger-EnquirerIn discussion with my staff and discussion with other folks who were in the intelligence world, we just happened to pick the area of terrorism and homeland security as something that that we really wanted to focus on, not knowing obviously […]