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(SF Chronicle) — Protesters arrested during an Occupy Oakland rally Saturday said they were abused by police, subjected to illegal mass arrests and suffered a litany of human rights violations while held at two county jails – which only strengthened their commitment. Organizers held a news conference outside Oakland City Hall on Wednesday to denounce [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Oakland officials assessed damage to City Hall caused by Occupy protesters. Mayor Jean Quan was among those inspecting damage caused after dozens of people broke into City Hall on Saturday, smashing glass display cases, spray-painting graffiti, and burning an American flag. That break-in culminated a day of clashes between protesters and [...]

USA Today: WASHINGTON (AP) – Newly released Justice Department emails sent to Capitol Hill for a congressional inquiry into a gun-smuggling operation indicate that the head of the department’s criminal division suggested letting some illicit “straw” weapons buyers in the U.S. transport their guns across the border into Mexico where they could be arrested. According [...]

PHOENIX — The Secret Service said Thursday that it was looking into a photograph posted on the Internet that showed a group of young Arizona men posing in the desert with guns while holding up what appeared to be a bullet-riddled image of President Obama’s face. The photograph showed seven casually dressed young men, four [...]

Greg Kelly, right NY Post: The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has serious doubts about a woman’s claims that she was raped by Greg Kelly, the TV-anchor son of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, and is leaning toward not filing criminal charges, sources told The Post. Investigators “don’t buy her story,” a source said yesterday of the [...]

From The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office: Deputies in Knoxville, Tennessee working with Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies today served a search warrant and seized computer and other evidence from the home of Adam Eugene Cox, 33, after an investigation into an internet death threat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio came to light in October, 2011. [...]

(AFP) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips. The US domestic law enforcement agency is asking information technology contractors about the feasibility of building a tool that would “enhance its techniques for collecting and sharing ‘open source’ actionable intelligence.” The January 19 open [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim groups are calling for New York’s police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say paints their religion and its adherents in a bad light. About 20 activists held a news conference on the steps of City Hall on Thursday and criticized Ray Kelly for [...]

Los Angeles Times: The New York police chief’s son, who is an anchorman on the local Fox TV affiliate, is under investigation after a woman accused him of rape, his attorney and the news station said Thursday. Greg Kelly, the son of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, did not appear in his usual anchor’s chair [...]

LiveLeak: *No Audio* A trooper’s stop-sticks ended a chase Friday that covered more than 10-miles with speeds topping 80 mph. The driver was a woman fleeing from a deputy who was trying to serve civil papers. Alexandra Osteyee-Hoffman, 28, was charged with felony fleeing to elude, failing to heed lights and sirens, failure to yield, [...]

EAST HAVEN — — As criticism of East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo’s taco comment mounted Wednesday, Maturo issued another apology.  “My sincerest apologies go out to the East Haven community and, in particular, the Latino community for the insensitive and off-collar comment that I made to WPIX reporter Mario Diaz yesterday regarding the recent events [...]

KTLA: The shooting happened about 9:30 a.m. at Carl’s Jr. restaurant near the intersection of Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. Officers responded to a report that a man was breaking windows at the restaurant. When the officers arrived, they saw people running out of the restaurant, according to a news release issued by the [...]

A Ron Paul supporter? Who’da guessed? Fox News: An unemployed teenager charged Tuesday with firebombing two synagogues is an anti-Semite whose hatred of Jews guided his actions, authorities said. Anthony Graziano, of Lodi (Facebook profile showing influence by, and allegiance to, Ron Paul), was charged with the Jan. 11 attack on a Rutherford synagogue and [...]

New York Post: His story about being a Navy SEAL wasn’t so fishy after all. The Virginia man arrested for gun possession in Manhattan Thursday and thrown in a psych ward when he claimed to be a member of the elite military unit but couldn’t provide proof was telling the truth, The Post has learned. [...]

MADISON COUNTY, MS (WLBT) – What started off as a stand-off with a 57-year-old Madison County man Thursday afternoon, ended Friday after he surrendered while WLBT cameras were rolling. Rodney Wayne Hill, the man wanted in connection with an overnight standoff in Madison County, was arrested while doing an interview with WLBT on Friday morning. [...]