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My Crime Fighting Hero

Diane Dimond | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Diane Dimond Column, Albuquerque, Law Enforcement, Crime Stoppers, Greg MacAleese, Statewide Chapters, Involving Public and Media in Crime Fighting, New Mexico, Anonymous, Reward Money, 50 States, Founder, Tipsters, 24 Countries, Detective, Business News
Diane Dimond

Crime Stoppers programs have helped solved more than 1 million major crimes and have assisted in the recovery of more than 8 billion dollars worth of stolen property and narcotics.

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Kkk, Jordan Gruver, Lawsuits, Hispanics, Race, Ku Klux Klan Recruit, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Nclr, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, Kentucky, E-Mail, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Bankrupt, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Klansmen, Gruver, Politics News
Kety Esquivel

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Master of Ceremonies, Law Enforcement, Serial Killer, Marijuana, Economy, Sex Trafficking, South America, Drugs, Asia, War on Drugs, Prohibition, Economic Recovery, Prostitution, Chicken, Ecstasy, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sex Worker, Abraham Lincoln, Empowerment of Women, Willie Nelson, Sexual Predators, Al Capone, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Pimp My Ride, Bloomingdale's, Pimp My Crib, Victimization, Free Enterprise, Gangsters, Exploitation, Pimp, Economic Meltdown, Taliban, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Afghan Taliban, Whores, Politics News
David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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Eyewitness Identifications Lead to Wrongful Convictions

John Terzano | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Law, Law Enforcement, Faulty Indentification, Lineup, Wrongful Conviction, DNA Exoneration, Documentation, Evidence, Procedure, Dallas, Eyewitness, Texas, Wrongful Conviction Exposed, Dallas Morning News, Dna, Eyewitness Errors, Criminal Justice System, Media News
John Terzano

The alarming number of false identifications uncovered by this report confirms what researchers have been repeating for years - eyewitness evidence is highly prone to error.

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Easy Access To Assault Weapons? Obama Says 'No,' McCain Says 'Yes'

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Law Enforcement, Police, Assault Weapons, Last Presidential Debate, Third Presidential Debate, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Virginia, National Rifle Association, Pennsylvania, Ak-47, Florida, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Last week, the Brady Center released its report on the impact of military-style semi-automatic assault weapons on American families and law enforcemen...

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Fourteen Changes Barack Obama Could Make in His First 30 Days

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Governance, Green Jobs, Financial Aid, Democracy, Policy, Barack Obama, Carbon Neutral, Stephen C. Rose, Businesses, White House, Federal Government, Presidential Records, Tax Filing, Huffington Post, No-Bid Contracts, Health Reform, Flexible Work Schedules, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

If he can infuse the huge federal engine with bite-sized, doable tasks that all link together somehow, he will be a mystery reformer -- a relatively low-key, undramatic force that renews and redirects an ineffective establishment.

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Palin vs. Biden: For And Against Assault Weapons

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vp Debate, Law Enforcement, Vice Presidential Debate, Police, Assault Weapons, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Guns, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When Charlie Gibson asked Gov. Sarah Palin last month whether she agreed with 70% of the American people who support a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, she replied, "I do not."

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Still Time to do the Right Thing

Taina Bien-Aime | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Law Enforcement, Tvpa, Doj, Sex Trafficking, Obama, Mccain, Bipartisanship, Biden, Human Trafficking, Tvpra, Politics News
Taina Bien-Aime

The Wilberforce Act targets pimping and traffickers, which in turn will help prevent sex trafficking and protect its victims, which in turn will help us become effective leaders in combating human trafficking.

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Comic Books: Keeping Your Children Safe Online

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Cyber Crime, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Law Enforcement, Microsoft, Paul Gillespie, Children's Safety, Kinsa, Cets, Living News
Julia Moulden

Paul Gillespie is my hero. When he worked for the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit, as head of the Child Exploitation section, he made an impassioned p...

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Smith & Wesson Snubs Police with "Commemorative" Revolver

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Safety, Supreme Court, Law Enforcement, Violence Policy Center, Armor Piercing Bullets, Washington DC, Gun Control, Alan Gottlieb, Smith & Wesson, Second Amendment Foundation, Washington DC Handgun Ban, Heller Decision, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.

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Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Rudolf Giuliani, Police, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, Justice, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

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Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Police, Rudolf Giuliani, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Justice, Bernard Goetz, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

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NRA, Guns On Campus: 0-for-15 in 2008

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: School Shooting, Law Enforcement, National Rifle Association, Police, Guns in School, Lsu, Virginia Tech, Nra, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The gun lobby made "guns-on-campus" bills a big priority across America this year, and what do they have to show for it? A goose egg.

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Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Parking, Law, Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Lawyer Fees, AutoReturn Inc., Car Towing, Lawyer, San Francisco, Politics News
Aaron Greenspan

The aggregate efforts of all of the lawyers I have hired have yielded more dishonest behavior than the issues I was hoping to address with their help.

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Mukasey's Defense of Professional Irresponsibility

Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Boston College Graduation Speaker, Law Enforcement, Boston College, Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, John Yoo, Politics News
Kent Greenfield

Att. Gen. Michael Mukasey came to Boston College Law School last Friday and offered a substantive, and deeply troubling, message to our graduates.

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