Tag: police

Chanting crowds. Bloody faces. Rubber bullets and metal pipes. Teenagers and police officers. These are the elements flooding the streets of Bangladesh right now. The government is rapidly trying to shut down internet access to protesters and prevent any images or video from being released that might shed light on what’s going on — so, […]

For many Americans, having the ability to defend yourself, your family and your property is a legitimate concern. While America is, by and large, an overwhelmingly safe place to live, there are portions of the country with crime rates that are far higher than the national average, just as there are many Americans living in […]

Dan Martin — veteran of the United States Navy from 1985 to 1991, is an employee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. After his service in the Navy, he attended Purdue and graduated with his degree in electrical engineering. From there, he went to Indiana Wesleyan for his MBA, where he also worked for […]

Human trafficking is alive and well in the United States. We don’t have the labor camps, child soldiers or prostitution rings that some countries do, but many of these things do exist within our borders and in certain places they even flourish. To think that we have moved beyond such things is a stark denial […]

San Diego, CA — A woman was arrested recently after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. She was reported to have shot several rounds near a parking garage — according to the police, it was later discovered that her weapon was in fact an airsoft gun. One police officer was injured when he accidentally […]

The Star model BM Spanish service pistol was an excellent firearm for its time. The pistol saw service with the Spanish military and police but also was used by the South African Defense Forces and found its way into the Rhodesian bush war. Although it looks strikingly similar to the 1911, the Star BM is […]

The Polish P-83 pistol is a refined handgun that came into military service after it became clear that the P-64 was incapable of meeting the requirements of a service pistol. The problem with the P-64 was in it being a bit on the small side, held a mere 6 rounds and had the most god awful […]

Iran has been plagued with nationwide protests since last December as its citizens continue to demand fundamental rights from the government. Recently, Iran has banned the use of Telegram — a secure messaging app — to block communication and collaboration efforts by protesters. This has led to activists relying on more creative methods to get […]

Two members of Iraqi Kurdistan’s secret police, the Asayesh a organizations tasked with national security, were wounded by a Turkish airstrike in Semalka. Semalka is a Syria/Kurdistan border crossing outside of Duhok that has now been closed in the aftermath of the strike. Heavy bombardments from artillery and Turkish war planes have been experienced with […]

Tewksbury, MA — Francho S. Bradley, 59, and Adrianne D. Jennings, 40, of Frisco, TX, were arrested at the Marriott Residence Inn in Tewksbury on the March 24. Bradley had previously called the police to the room, saying he believed that someone was trying to break in. Upon entry, the police found multiple weapons, attachments […]

The United Kingdom was hit with a targeted nerve agent attack on March 4, sending a former Russian spy and his daughter into the hospital in critical condition. It has caused an international outrage, as Russia has a long history of brazen attacks and assassinations on foreign soil, though this one has been more blatant […]

With the country still reeling from a tragic mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school two weeks ago, police responded an armed teacher that reportedly fired a single shot from within his barricaded classroom in Georgia on Wednesday. Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, is a social studies teacher in the city of Dalton, Georgia, where […]