Tag: police

Patrick Bacon joined the United States Army when he was 21 years old. He would make it through the rigorous schools and selections required to enter the 75th Ranger Regiment, where he served in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, spending five years in the military and leaving as a sergeant with multiple deployments under his belt. […]

A police commander was shot to death while responding to a call in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, according to a statement made by local authorities. Cmdr. Paul Bauer, 53, heard the call over the radio after a police tactical team attempted to question a man near State Street and Wacker Drive about a shooting, according […]

Two Ohio police officers were shot and killed near Columbus on Saturday, after responding to a 911 hang up. The suspect was also wounded in the incident and is currently being treated in a nearby hospital. Officers Eric Joering, 39, and Anthony Morelli, 54, arrived at the scene of the 911 call only eight minutes […]

Springville, Utah — It was 1:57 p.m. when a police officer (who has not been named) stopped to investigate a donation box used primarily to distribute food and supplies to those in need. A man named Paul Anderson got out of the box with his hands in his pockets. The officer directed the man to […]

This exclusive account of 14 days of unrest in Iran reveals at least 213 anti-government protests and 34 pro-regime rallies across 90 cities. The protests were fueled by working-class grievances, and they swept through provincial cities and towns. But Tehran didn’t see massive marches that it did during the 2009 Green Movement.   Read the […]

Burma/Myanmar — Approximately 5,000 Buddhist protesters gathered in Mrauk U on Wednesday, protesting a ban on their freedom to gather in remembrance of the Kingdom of Arakan, which ended in 1784. This generally happens every year but was banned this year by the government. Reports are currently conflicting — some say they tried to enter […]

Recently two cells of Islamic State operatives were arrested in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan. While both groups had direct ties to the Islamic state, one consisted of all females and was tasked with social media outreach along with propaganda. The other was an all male group dedicated to direct action based terror attacks to be carried out in […]

Every year several people die from falling through thin ice and either freezing or becoming trapped below the surface. When a person falls into water that cold, they can fatigue very quickly, making it extremely difficult to pull themselves back out. When something like this occurs, it can also be very difficult to rescue the […]

St. George, Utah — A man wielding what he called his “battle-ax” and sporting body armor threatened his family and neighbors with explosives at 11 p.m. Sunday night, and the situation developed into Monday morning. He also threatened the incoming police officers. While no explosives were found in his house, a long stand-off ensued which […]

Dash-cam footage of a Sheriff’s deputy, Michael Higgins of Orange County California, stomping on a suspects head during a lethal use of force engagement in 2013, has emerged. According to reports, the incident occurred when Higgins and deputy Juan Lopez responded to the report of a domestic dispute. Christopher Zion, 21, had bitten his mother and […]

The NYPD has released dramatic body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting that took place in New York City on October 22nd. Two police officers were dispatched to a sixth-floor apartment on West 143d Street in Hamilton Heights after receiving reports of a suicidal man inside.  The video, which was released earlier this week, shows […]

In the United States, we often lose sight of how fortunate we are to have highly trained first responders in nearly every community, ready and willing to put their own lives on the line to help others in their time of need. Despite living as far in the woods as I can muster while still […]