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Court cancels limits on city's 'Red Squad'
A Federal Judge has dissolved a pair of consent decrees that reined in the Chicago Police Department's notorious Red Squad, accused of spying on political Dissidents. Eight years after a Federal appeals Court relaxed the restrictions, U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall eliminated the rules entirely in response to a motion jointly filed by the city and the American Civil Liberties Union. We are pleased. . . . The Chicago Police Department has demonstrated compliance . . . over a period of 27...

The Seattle Times: Local News: Second arrest in grocery-store arson
A 22-year-old sailor accused of helping the owner of an Everett grocery set fire to his business was taken into Custody yesterday at the federal Courthouse in Seattle. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Miyake said a federal Grand Jury last week indicted Naveed Khan on charges of Arson and Conspiracy to commit Arson. Miyake said Naval Criminal Investigative Service arrested Khan in Everett yesterday and brought him to the Courthouse, where he was taken into Custody by agents with the federal Bureau...

Judge delays hearing into whether a Texas man was wrongly executed in a disputed arson case
Austin, Texas — A Judge asked to re-examine Arson evidence used to convict a man executed for killing his three daughters postponed a hearing in the case on Wednesday, after prosecutors asked him to step aside. State District Judge Charles Baird delayed the hearing in the Cameron Todd Willingham case until Oct. 14, telling the court he wanted to give an Attorney for Willingham's family time to respond to prosecutors' request to have him removed. In the meantime, Baird may decide to recu...

An Illustration in Two Parts
Six rabbis from West Bank Settlements took a step Tuesday to defuse tension over an Arson attack at a West Bank Mosque, apparently by Extremist settlers — they presented 20 new Quran books to replace those damaged in the blaze. During the rabbis’ visit to the Mosque in the village of Beit Fajjar, Palestinian residents held charred pages of the burned Quran books. The Mosque was not seriously damaged. . . . Israeli politicians rushed to condemn Monday’s attack....

Ex-wife backs execution in Texas arson-murder case
Cameron Todd Willingham's ex-wife says he told her that he killed their daughters. Did the state of Texas execute an innocent man? His ex-wife doesn't think so. A Judge is set to weigh claims of innocence next week on behalf of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed for setting a fire that killed his three daughters in 1991. State District Judge Charles Baird granted a hearing request from Willingham'smother and sister on whether he was wrongfully convicted using flawed...

CTA renames stop in honor of Mayor Washington
Chicagos first black mayor, Harold Washington, will get some new recognition at a CTA L stop. The CTA board voted Wednesday morning to change the name of the Library-State/Van Buren station to the Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren station on the Brown, Orange, Purple and Pink lines. The cost for the sign change will be about $19,000. CTA officials could not say exactly when the change would take place. George Blakemore, 68, of the near North Side, has been campaigning to have the...

The Seattle Times: Snohomish County News: Attorneys: Owner set store's fire to collect insurance
Mounting financial losses led a Pakistani man to stage an Arson at the Everett grocery he managed and then attempt to make it look like a Hate Crime, U.S. attorneys said yesterday in Federal Court. Gross sales at the Continental Spices Cash & Carry at 315 E. Casino Road dropped from almost $11,000 a month in 2003 to less than $3,000 a month just prior to the fire that caused $50,000 damage to the building. Initially, investigators were looking into whether the fire was a Hate Crime since white...

Firefighters host fund-raiser to aid those injured in blaze
FIRE, or Firefighters Injured Relief Effort, will host a fund-raiser 7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 15 at the Roostertail, 100 Marquette Drive in Detroit. Tickets are $50 each, and will include hors doeuvres and live entertainment. FIRE is an offshoot of the Axemen Professional Fire Fighters Motorcycle Club, a nonprofit group of professional Firefighter bikers. Proceeds from the event will provide money and other resources for Firefighters Gerald Rutkowski, Brendan Milewski, Eric Jurmo and Brian...

Firefighters host fund-raiser to aid those injured in blaze
FIRE, or Firefighters Injured Relief Effort, will host a fund-raiser 7 p.m. to midnight Oct. 15 at the Roostertail, 100 Marquette Drive in Detroit. Tickets are $50 each, and will include hors doeuvres and live entertainment. FIRE is an offshoot of the Axemen Professional Fire Fighters Motorcycle Club, a nonprofit group of professional Firefighter bikers. Proceeds from the event will provide money and other resources for Firefighters Gerald Rutkowski, Brendan Milewski, Eric Jurmo and Brian...

Texas delays hearing into whether executed man was innocent
Stumble This! Austin, Texas — A court hearing to determine whether a man executed in 2004 was innocent of burning to death his three young daughters was postponed Wednesday when prosecutors asked the Judge to take himself off the case. Cameron Todd Willingham's family is seeking to have his name cleared amid claims that the evidence Arson investigators used in his 1992 trial was based on flawed science. If the court exonerates Willingham of killing his three daughters he will be the first...

Ex-wife of Texas man executed for killing their 3 kids repeats her claim he confessed
Austin, Texas — The ex-wife of the Texas man executed for setting fire to their home and killing their three daughters tearfully reiterated her contention Wednesday that he confessed his guilt to her. Stacy Kuykendall read a prepared statement to reporters outside the Travis County Courthouse. She told reporters that Cameron Todd Willingham set the fire that killed the girls "and watched while their tiny bodies burned." A hearing is scheduled for later Wednesday in which a Judge has been...

Fire prevention drives Captain Firefighter
The protector stars in a comic book, which also is a coloring book that teaches Children Fire prevention and safety, as part of National Fire Prevention Week. The creator of Captain Firefighter is Lt. Rance Dixon, an Arson investigator in the Fire marshal division, who is an illustrator on the side and a comic fan. "I wanted him to be kind of superhero-ish," he said Thursday of Captain Firefighter. The book provides tips such as always turning pot handles inward on a stove, not playing with...

Cop arrested in 'honeybees' shooting
A suburban Chicago police officer has been arrested in connection with a series of shootings that killed one man and wounded two others. Authorities say Lynwood Police Officer Brian Dorian is being held on $2.5 million bail after being arrested on a murder warrant Friday. Investigators had been looking for a gunman who approached his victims Tuesday, asking them questions about honeybees or construction materials and then shooting them. Gregory DeBord, a former Will County prosecutor, said...

No Explosives in Stopped Conn. Tractor-Trailer
The FBI says a tractor-trailer that agents and police officers had surrounded at a travel stop on Interstate 95 in Connecticut is carrying no explosives. Spokesman William Reiner said Friday that the truck is not a danger to the public. State police Sgt. Shawn Quarry says a man and a woman who were in the truck were being interviewed and expected to be released Friday night. No arrests were expected. Quarry says the truck company's owner complained of suspicious activity about 4 p.m. Friday....

Bike lane datapoints of the day
Matt Chaban has found a new study from Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, looking at the amount of misbehavior going on in New York’s bike lanes. I’ve uploaded the study here and embedded it below; many thanks to Stringer for putting together the resources to make it happen. The study’s main finding will come as no surprise to anyone, although it’s good to have in vaguely empirical form: The data is clear: while bike lanes bring a tremendous benefit to New...

Police: Former Knick Steve Francis Arrested
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Missing Schaumburg man, infant found safe in Bolingbrook
  An Iraq Veteran accused of taking off with his infant son Wednesday has been found with the child in Bolingbrook on Friday morning and both are safe and sound, Police said. Chris Miller and his 4-month-old son Jackson were located in Bolingbrook about 8 a.m. Friday, according to Schaumburg Police Sgt. John Nebl. Both of them have been located safe and sound by the Bolingbrook Police department, Nebl said. Schaumburg detectives were on the way to Bolingbrook as of 9:25...

Man Tries to Force Woman at Gunpoint to Have Abortion, Police Arrest Him
Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- An Ohio man was arrested this morning after Police say he allegedly tried to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to have an Abortion. Dominic L. Holt-Reid is a 27-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio and he represents what research shows is the all-too-frequent phenomenon of coerced and pressured Abortions. Police say Holt-Reid was arrested and charged with Kidnapping and carrying a Concealed Weapon after he tried to make his partner keep a...

7 arrested in brutal hate crimes
Seven people were arrested for their involvement in a string of Anti-gay Hate Crimes in New York City. Police are also looking for two more people in connection with the Crimes. "Three Victims were held against their will by as many as nine assailants who beat them" in a vacant apartment, and "the fourth individual was beaten and robbed elsewhere in connection to these attacks," New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said in a news Conference. CNN reports that the Crimes began on Sunday...

PCP: Look no Further Than Man's Best Friend
© David Leather/Flickr Is there any creature nobler than man's best friend? Dogs have earned that nickname for literally thousands of years. Many people do not realize that humans have been domesticating Canis Lupus familiaris for over 100 centuries. That is not a typo; dogs and humans have been interacting in a domesticated fashion for more than five millennia. Dogs have extended nearly undying loyalty and friendship to their human counterparts throughout this time period. Look...

ei: No justice for slain laborer
SHUAFAT, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - A peaceful morning is interrupted by the sounds of an Israeli Helicopter circling overhead -- often a sign of trouble on the ground. Later Sunday the news broke -- a Palestinian man was shot dead in the village of Issawiya by Israeli paramilitary border Police as he tried to enter Israel in search of work. Father of five, 38-year-old Ezzidine al-Kawazba from Hebron became the latest Palestinian casualty to die at the hands of the Israeli security forces...

FBI: Semitrailer in Conn. not a danger to public
BRANFORD, Conn. – FBI agents and Police Officers surrounded a tractor-trailer at a travel stop on Interstate 95 in Connecticut on Friday night after a report of Suspicious Activity, but they found that the truck posed no danger to the public, authorities said. A town official had said that Police told him the truck was possibly carrying explosives, but none were found during a search, FBI spokesman William Reiner said. No weapons were found either, State Police Sgt. Shawn Corey said. Asked...

AFP involved in drug smuggling: ex-detective
The Australian Federal Police have in the past failed to properly investigate allegations of Drug trafficking at airports because serving Police Officers have been involved in the practice, a former senior AFP detective claims. Ray Cooper, former head of operations for the AFP's internal investigations, told the Nine Network it was well known by the AFP that unwitting passengers were being used as `mules' to shift Drugs between Australian domestic airports. And he said his investigations...

NYPD: 7 in gang attacked gay recruit, 2 others
New York City Police say members of a street gang discovered one of their recruits was gay, so they brutally beat and tortured him and two other people. Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Friday that seven people were arrested on charges of assault, unlawful Imprisonment, Sodomy and menacing as Hate Crimes in the attacks earlier this week. Police were searching for two other suspects. Kelly says the suspects are members of a gang who call themselves the "Latin King Goonies." Police say the gang...

Toronto the insane
By the time G20 arrestee Gary McCullough has his next court date in December, he will have spent six months locked up without bail for no other reason than the Police and courts are unable to admit they should never have arrested him in the first place . Picked up in a pre-G20 Police sweep back in June, Police admitted within hours of his media-sensationalized 'Terrorist' arrest that he had nothing to do with G20 but the illegal search and seizure of his vehicle turned up a crossbow among his...