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Charges of ethnic profiling emerge following 9/11 terror scare in Detroit

By | 09.14.11 | 9:32 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Image by Matt MahurinOne of the three people pulled off a Frontier Airlines flight after landing at Detroit Metro Airport on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is speaking out, blaming the entire situation on jittery passengers who feared them because of their ethnicity.

FBI’s Deputy Chief to Head Transportation Security Administration

By | 05.17.10 | 3:42 pm

It’s a star-crossed nomination, having run into Senate Republican obstruction, but President Obama thinks he’s found an unobjectionable candidate to helm the Transportation Security Administration in deputy FBI director John Pistole. Obama gives a vote of confidence in a just-released announcement of Pistole’s nomination:

“The talent and knowledge John

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Justice Department to Investigate Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

By | 03.11.09 | 3:17 pm

Federal authorities told Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday that they will investigate his department over allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures — a claim his critics have been making for years.

According to The Associated Press, The Justice Department wrote in a letter that More…