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Real News @ http://RevolutionNews.US — Calif. Police Chief Ken James argues that a gun is not a "defensive weapon" but rather an "offensive weapon used to intimidate and used to show power."

"One issue that always boggles my mind is that the idea that a gun is a defensive weapon," he said. "That is a myth. A gun is not a defensive weapon."

Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland went on the defensive Thursday during a meeting with local journalists, saying officers have made recent traffic stops in which residents leave their vehicles to take pictures or shoot video — encounters he says could endanger officers and that have increased following the release of the Chad Holley beating footage.

The boy had no weapon in his hand, his hands were in the air when he got shot 8 times.

A police spokesperson said the weapon turned out to be a BB-gun, but added that police acted appropriately because toy guns are often indistinguishable from a real weapon

An older story came to my attn via moxnews fb post. The thing that jumped out at me was the Army's explanation that troops on U.S. soil could only be allowed their weapons on approval by Secty of Defense for defensive use & heavy weapons are incl in their arsenal. In light of recent news stories showing how police are exonerated because "I thought he had a gun" and newspeak like "pre-emptive defensive conflict" the "defensive use only" claim strikes me as untrustworthy. There is a link in the youtube upload comments to the story announcing the deployment.

Six Fullerton, California, police officers were placed on involuntary administrative leave as the FBI and Orange County District Attorney investigate the death of a homeless man who was in police custody, authorities said Wednesday.The decision by Police Chief Michael Sellers came just hours before a contentious Fullerton City Council meeting Tuesday evening. More than 100 residents spent three hours at the meeting expressing outrage about the death of Kelly Thomas, who sustained serious injuries during the July 5 arrest by the officers, a police spokesman said.

A Homewood Honor Student who was beaten by three white police officers is U.S. Attorney's General's office and the FBI to bring Federal Civic Rights charges against the three officers. He is seeking to have the officers removed from the Pittsburgh Police Force. The officers beat the seventeen year old, but found no weapon, lied in their report, used excessive force and sent the teen to West Penn Hospital. Officers threatened to stage a "Blue Flu" when the teen showed up for court. He resisted the officers lawful ass kicking.

Starting later this summer, U.S. citizens 21 and older can begin carrying a concealed firearm without a permit in Arizona. Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1108 into law Friday afternoon. It eliminates the requirement for a concealed-carry weapons permit, but does require gun owners to accurately answer if an officer asks them if they are carrying weapon concealed. It also allows officers to temporarily confiscate a weapon while they are talking to an individual, including during a traffic stop.

Young civil rights activist arrested after police found him with the M1 carbine strapped to his back. Says he and a girlfriend had gone to see a movie and had some spare time, so he decided to walk around the business district with the rifle to exercise his open carry rights under Michigan law. Police officers all testified that he appeared several years younger than 18. He was arrested "only" after he repeatedly refused to provide identification showing he was of legal age to be carrying a weapon.

An entire 20-man police force resigned in a northern Mexican town after a series of attacks that killed the police chief and five officers over the last three months, state officials said Thursday.

The officers' resignation Thursday left the 13,000 people of Ascension without local police services