Brickbat: Don't Make Me Come Back There

A grand jury in Hamilton County, Tennessee has indicted school bus driver Brandy Renee Smith for reckless driving, four counts of child abuse, and nine counts of reckless endangerment. When students on Smith's bus were being too loud, she reportedly slammed the brakes while driving, causing some to hit their heads. At least three students were taken to the hospital and diagnosed with minor concussions.

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Impersonating a cop is a big no no. One man in Florida found this out the hard way after he flashed the fake police lights in his unmarked Dodge Charger at an intersection in order to run a light.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named incendiary Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz to be his nominee for attorney general, selecting an ally who has faced Justice Department scrutiny to run the agency. "Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans' badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department," Trump said in a statement announcing the selection, which would be subject to confirmation by the Republican-majority Senate. The choice of a 42-year-old congressman who has never worked in the Justice Department or as a prosecutor at any level of government was the latest in a wave of Trump nominations of candidates with scant experience.

We covered before how a father and high-profile CEO along with his teenage daughter were killed in a freak bulldozer accident in a Utah canyon during the summer. Now, new information in that case indicates the driver who was towing that bulldozer lied to police and is now facing felony charges as a result. Someone crashed their Rolls-Royce allegedly in a street race. It was July 6 when Richard Hendrickson, CEO of Lifetime Products, along with his 16-year-old daughter Sally were hit by a bulldoze

Only millionaires typically have time and money to cosplay as Batman, but the police already have all the heavy equipment and qualified immunity to indulge their superhero fantasies. A sheriff's office in Olympia, Washington used a grappler to end a pursuit last week by crashing a stolen car at 100 miles per hour. The deputies are extremely lucky that they didn't kill anyone trying out their new toy.

A Kewanee man has been charged in connection with what a news release calls "disturbing acts of violence" against his girlfriend and an eight-week-old puppy. According to the release, Kewanee Police officers responded to a call about animal cruelty at an apartment in the Lakeland Terrace complex on Monday, November 11. Officers met with the [...]

It's shocking video of an elderly man being throw to the ground and handcuffed during a traffic stop. Video of the exchange between the officer and driver involved in the traffic sop was released by police. The Oklahoma City Police Department has since put the officer on administrative leave pending an internal investigation into what happened saying in a statement "there was a use of force." Inside Edition Digital has more.

People have a lot of hot takes about this Arkansas trooper trashing his cruiser while in pursuit of a speeding Dodge Charger. A lot of the opinions are based on emotion, likely after some negative interactions with a cop, if not from an overinflated sense of strong arm justice. Why no chase policies are being reversed lately. We honestly feel torn with a lot of police pursuits. There's obviously a balance between public safety and apprehending dangerous suspects which has to be struck. Unfortuna

Quebec provincial police have confirmed that the body found in a Montreal nature park on Oct. 30 was that of kidnapping victim and cryptocurrency influencer Kevin Mirshahi.In late summer, before Mirshahi's body was discovered, a woman was arrested and charged in the murder and quadruple kidnapping that occurred in late June in Old Montreal.On Aug. 22, Joanie Lepage, 32, was charged with the first-degree murder of Mirshahi, 25, in Les Cèdres, a municipality in Quebec's Montérégie region.Mirshahi

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of shooting a FedEx employee in the hub parking lot in October has been released without bond. 18-year-old Tyreese Earnest was charged with attempted second-degree murder, employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, and vandalism. Earnest was released on [...]

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – The Lancaster County Coroner's office has ruled the officer-involved shooting death of an Elizabethtown man as a homicide. On November 3 around 1:43 a.m., the Lancaster County District Attorney's office says Andrew Ward arrived at the Northwest Regional Police Station after he was arrested for DUI about four hours prior. [...]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Running a small business in Albuquerque has its challenges, but there's one person in particular that's making things especially difficult. It's a man employees, police, and even attorneys say they want to help. But as KRQE Investigates learned, the justice system seems to be failing them all. Patty Klaus owns and manages the [...]

MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in southern Wisconsin arrested an elderly man Monday evening for battery and disorderly conduct for pushing a cafe employee. According to the Madison Police Department, a 72-year-old man was arrested on November 11 after allegedly pushing a cafe employee. Around 9:35 p.m. officers were sent to the 400 block of [...]

Parents of the University of Idaho victims are speaking out on the two-year mark of the gruesome quadruple homicide as they await the trial for their children's suspected killer. For victim Kaylee Goncalves' parents, one of the devastating milestones this year is Kaylee's younger sister, Autumn, turning 21 - the age Kaylee was when she was killed. "Early on, [Autumn] just said, 'What am I going to do when I'm older than Kaylee?'" Kristi Goncalves recalled.

While Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sitting in jail for alleged sex crimes, his private plane has been jetting all over the map. According to Business Insider, it has been to French Polynesia, New Zealand, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Mexico since the disgraced mogul's September arrest. This is because Diddy has been renting out the jet in an apparent effort to make some money via one of his last remaining assets. Currently listed on the jet-chartering site Victor, the PJ appears to fetch a pri

These police officers knew something was wrong before the 911 call came through. Officers from the London Ohio Police Division spotted a child walking alone. As they turned around to follow him, an emergency call came over the radio saying a 5-year-old boy with autism had gone missing. He was floating on his back in creek waters that were 3-feet deep when the officers found him. According to authorities, the boy was taken to a hospital for observation and released.