Nine Protesters Arrested After Shooting in St. Louis:  Nine people were arrested in St. Louis after an armed black man evading arrest was shot and killed by white police officers when he pointed a gun at them.  Fox News reports that officers were dispatched to the home of 18-year-old Mansur Ball-Bey to serve a warrant, and fatally shot him as he pointed his firearm at them while attempting to flee.  Afterwards, a group of protesters blocked an intersection, hurled bricks and glass bottles at officers and refused orders to clear the roadway.  St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson believes the crimes and actions of the protesters stem from "people seeking notoriety in a neighborhood plagued by violence." Protests over police brutality have been a common in the crime plagued neighborhood since the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown last year.

Mexican Cartels Controlling the AZ Desert:  An Arizona sheriff says that U.S. sovereignty is gone for hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of square miles throughout the American southwest, and that "nobody" has operational control of the region.  Matthew Boyle of Breitbart reports that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, while on a helicopter tour with GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, pointed out scores of scout sites for cartel operatives, located as far as 70 miles north of the border, that serve as lookouts for smugglers bringing drugs, people and other contraband into the U.S.  The Mexican cartels and illegal immigrants "shouldn't be 70 miles inside the border.  We should stop them at the border," says Dr. Carson. 

Proposed Law on Race, Police Draws Debate:  A fierce debate erupted during a public hearing inside packed City Council Chambers in Binghampton, New York Wednesday night over a proposed law that supporters say ensures to equal treatment of all residents by police and improves the department's relationship with the community.  Megan Brockett of Press Connects reports that the Police Modernization Law, calls for broader data collection and analysis of stops by police, mandatory cultural competency and anti-racism training for all officers and a new plan for adding greater diversity to the force.  The law's inclusion of the phrase "probable cause" in the definition of racial profiling, would bar officers from using "reasonable suspicion" while dealing with suspects.