Category: General

New Orleans Officers Sentenced in Danziger Bridge Shooting

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) were sentenced in connection with the federal civil rights prosecution of a police-involved shooting that occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina, leaving two innocent civilians dead and four others seriously wounded. The defendants were also sentenced for their roles in an extensive cover-up of the shooting. Read more

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GLOCK to Donate $115,000 During 2012 NRA Annual Meetings

Smyrna, GA – GLOCK, Inc. will donate a total of $115,000 to four separate organizations within the National Rifle Association (NRA) during the 2012 NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits held in St. Louis, MO, Apr. 12 – 15. GLOCK, Inc. Vice Presidents Gary Fletcher, Chad Mathis and Josh Dorsey, alongside spokesman R. Lee Ermey, will make presentations to each group inside the GLOCK, Inc. exhibition booth (#2031) on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:00AM. Read more

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Idaho Wolf Trapper Offends Critics

Anja Heister, executive director for Footloose Montana, a Missoula-based  nonprofit organization trying to ban trapping in Montana, says a trapper’s decision to pose  for a photograph crosses ethical boundaries and is inhumane.

In response, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game  completed an investigation into the incident and concluded that the trapper did not commit any  legal violations.

Decide for yourself here…

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Michigan Marks Conservation Officer’s Death

Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is honoring a conservation officer who died in the line of duty over 100 years ago.

Today marks the anniversary of the discovery of the body of Deputy Game Warden Frank S. Wilson in a wooded area near Leelanau. He was found with two bullet holes in his head. Read more

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Win a Guided Gulf Fishing Trip and be on TV

ALEXANDRIA, VA – A grand prize that includes a two-day guided fishing trip this summer in the famed fishing grounds around Venice, Louisiana, and a spot on the Cabela’s Fisherman’s Handbook TV Show are up for grabs in the BoatUS Angler “Star for a Day” Sweepstakes, which kicks off today and runs through June 24. To have a chance at the prize, anglers may enter by “liking” the BoatUS Angler Facebook page and entering the contest at www.facebook.com/BoatUSAngler. Read more

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Cougars and Wolves in Southern Michigan?

Cougars and wolves are like present in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, says Dennis Fijalkowski, executive director for Bath-based Michigan Wildlife Conservancy.  However,  the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says there’s no real evidence.  Tell that to Bob and Nancy Dalley, who claimed to have seen a wolf on their property near Manton.  No pics or tracks yet, but the debate is here…

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Times Square Billboards Blast Humane Society of the United States

Washington, DC – Today HumaneWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom, unveiled two new Times Square billboards on the corner of West 46th Street and 7thAve. The billboards highlight the Humane Society of the United States’ (HSUS) duplicitous fundraising practices—as the vast majority of its fundraising commercials feature dogs and cats, yet only one percent of the money HSUS raises from the public goes to local, hands-on pet shelters. Read more

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