A police officer wears ballistic shields at the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) after an incident involving an armed individual outside the entrance to the BART station in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. stephen | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images San Francisco police officers fatally shot a person armed […]
*** NewsWhistle is pleased to present Gary Jenneke’s “This Day In History” column. You can read the original on Gary’s THIS DAY IN HISTORY blog – or scroll down to enjoy Gary’s unique look at the comings and goings of life. *** THIS DAY IN HISTORY… JANUARY 18 *** 1535 – Pizarro founds Lima, Peru. […]
WASHINGTON – The suspect was covered from head to toe, prowling the dark streets of the nation’s capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic National Committees. Only 17 hours later – and just before the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a sea of pro-Trump rioters – the homemade […]
Last month, a team of Delhi police arrested two suspected criminals, Shailesh Kumar and Mohammad Hanif, with seven domestically made pistols, a motorcycle, a machine and materials used to make firearms. During questioning, the two defendants revealed that they, with their associates, made illegal firearms and sold them in the nation’s capital. In another case, […]
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WSFA) – The Dallas County Deputy Superintendent speaks for the first time after three loaded guns were found in a classroom and several students were arrested. Three students were taken into custody on Friday after investigators received an anonymous call warning them that a loaded gun had been brought to Southside High School. […]
Every year, American police kill around 1,000 people. By comparison, New Zealand police officers kill, on average, around eight people per decade. Even if you adjust for differences in population size, the gap in police violence is staggering. If American officers killed at the same per capita rate as those in New Zealand, about 50 […]