BREAKING: Obama Orders Police Militarization Review

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"President Barack Obama has ordered a review of programs allowing for state and local enforcement to buy military equipment," cnn.com reports, somehow forgetting to use the words "at no cost." A "senior administration official" made...

The Ferguson Shooting Case – What’s Next?

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Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly and sometimes they race around in circles like they’re competing for the Porsche Cup. In the Ferguson case, the latter seems to be the way it’s going....

Rifle-Pointing Ferguson Cop Removed From Front Line [Video NSFW]

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http://youtu.be/8zbR824FKpU Sgt. Patrick Hayes wrote an article for TTAG criticizing the police response to demonstrators in Fergsuon, Missouri in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting. The above video was uploaded to YouTube last night. In...

Housekeeping: The Anti-Cop Bias Thing Again

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http://youtu.be/p4sUvxsIFDs There's this idea - a myth really - that local policing used to be low-key, even-handed and, well, friendly. While we're busy deploring the current pace, scope and scale of current police militarization, it's important...

The Officer-Involved Shooting and Police Response in Ferguson: A Law Enforcement Perspective

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By Patrick Hayes I'm a Georgia Police officer with more than a few years of service under my belt. Unlike most of my colleagues, I've had riot training. But not much and not recently. Equally, my...

BREAKING: Missouri Gov. Nixon Sends National Guard to Ferguson

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"Missouri Governor Jay Nixon ordered the state National Guard to restore peace after a third straight night of violence in the St. Louis suburb rocked by protests over the killing of an unarmed black...

BREAKING: Michael Brown Was Shot “At Least Six Times”; More Rioting, Shots Fired in...

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St. Louis TV station KSDK is reporting that 90 minutes in advance of another midnight curfew, police have swiftly moved through another line of protesters who were throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. Once of the...

Quote of the Day: A Cop Shot My Son Edition

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"Yes, there is good reason to think that many of these unjustifiable homicides by police across the country are racially motivated. But there is a lot more than that going on here. Our country...

Militarized Police, Not Weapons

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TTAG reader TD writes: "The anti's are trying to frame the argument that the weapons like the one pictured above are military in origin. Check out the Stainless Steel barrel and the machining on the...

BREAKING: Militarized Missouri Police Go Rogue in Riots

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http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isSlim=1 Ferguson, Missouri was home to a fourth night of rioting following the shooting death of an unarmed African American. usatoday.com reports that the police arrested protesters and journalists alike. "Antonio French, a St. Louis...

Officers Who Deal With Rifle Carriers Four Times as Safe

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Open carriers with rifles; neither hunters nor protesters, but private purchasers at a "buy back" event Most law enforcement officers don't interact much with people openly carrying long guns. That has been changing in recent...

The Argument Against Gun Control: Ferguson, MO

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I started following Dana Loesch a few months back when she appeared on The View to talk about why she became a conservative after years of being EXTRA liberal. So last night while I was...