Day: July 15, 2016

Department of Justice to Conduct After-Action Review of Police Response to Orlando Nightclub Mass Shooting

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.  The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced it will conduct a comprehensive after-action assessment of the Orlando Police Department’s (OPD) response to the mass shooting that took place on June 12 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “I[Read More…]

The United States and the Navajo Nation Agree to Second Phase of Work to Address Abandoned Uranium Mines

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.  Today, in a settlement agreement with the Navajo Nation, the United States agreed to provide funding necessary to continue clean-up work at abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation.  Specifically, the United States will fund environmental response trusts to clean up 16 priority abandoned uranium mines[Read More…]

Virginia Man Sentenced to 102 Months in Prison for Attempting to Travel to Syria to Join ISIL

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.  Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin,[Read More…]

Red-light cameras

Clerk Orr Calls Chicago’s Red Light Camera Program “Corrupt”

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr issued a scathing condemnation of Chicago’s Red Light Camera program, calling it “corrupt.” Orr asserted that it was “cloaked as a public safety measure.” He continued, “Thursday’s red-light camera deposition reaffirms what motorists have always known: from its inception the City’s corrupt Red[Read More…]

CAIR Condemns Terror Attack in France, Newt Gingrich’s Call to ‘Test’ and Deport American Muslims

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.   The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the terror attack in France that killed at least 80 people, and also condemned a suggestion by Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who responded to the attack by[Read More…]

Amnesty International to Send Delegation of Human Rights Observers to the Republican and Democratic 2016 National Conventions

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.  Citing concerns about human rights violations at protests in the U.S. over the last couple of years, Amnesty International will deploy teams of human rights observers to both the Republic National Convention in Cleveland, OH, and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA, to monitor any[Read More…]

NOW: Pence is Reckless, Dangerous, Wrong for Our Country

Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2016.  Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump has failed his first big test as the Republican nominee for President. His appointment of Mike Pence to be his Vice President is, to borrow one of his favorite words, a disaster. Mike Pence has been a[Read More…]

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