The man accused of shooting dead 12 people inside a Colorado cinema was relaxed but “out of it” in the moments after the massacre, a court has heard . James Holmes, who is alleged to have sprayed the audience of a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises with bullets, wounding 58…
Appeals court: Motorist cannot be stopped for giving police the middle finger
A motorist cannot be stopped for “giving the finger” to a police officer, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a lawsuit against two police officers, the court held the insulting gesture did not constitute “reasonable suspicion that criminal activity or a traffic violation…
Man with knife takes hostages at bank, demands Japan PM resign
A man armed with a knife took five people hostage at a Japanese bank Thursday, police said, with local media reporting he was demanding Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s cabinet resign. About seven hours after the drama began the man released one hostage, public broadcaster NHK reported….
Officer shot by fake cop in San Diego crime spree
Authorities in San Diego are investigating whether the man who shot an off-duty police officer is connected to two other robberies that happened hours apart Monday. Police say the officer was shot outside a bank in the suburb of Escondido by a man wearing a baseball cap that said,…
British couple who helped Kenyan village with cannabis profits jailed
Michael Foster and Susan Cooper made hundreds of thousands of pounds from cannabis factory at their Lincolnshire farmhouse A couple who ran a cannabis factory have been jailed despite using most of the proceeds of their illicit activities to help a Kenyan village where they were regular visitors….
New York police brutally beat man for sleeping at synagogue
A confrontation with New York police that was caught on video last week has Jewish community leaders in New York City outraged. Responding to an anonymous tip about a potentially homeless man sleeping inside The Aliya Institute, two police officers confronted Ehud H. Halevy on Monday, October 8,…
