The Police Connection’s ‘Redmond ‘Jimmy’ O’Hanlon Fund’ to Honor World Trade Center ‘Team Romeo’ with Fundraiser at NYC’s Famous Hogs & Heifers Saloon on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11

NEW YORK, July 26, 2011 — After the Twin Towers collapsed, a group of retired police officers, known as Team Romeo, spent months working around the clock to aid in the recovery efforts. This year, on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, hundreds of officers from all over New York and New Jersey w…

As the News of bin Laden’s Death Sinks In, Firefighter’s Mother Reveals Next Steps for 9/11 Families

NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 — As the reality of Osama bin Laden’s death starts to sink in around the world, for those who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks, the news is affecting them in a much more personal way. For them it is the end of a chapter, but not an end to the long and painful story that began that…

Purple Heart Homes Co-founders Say President Obama and First Lady’s ‘Strengthen Our Military Families’ Falls Short … Fails to Include Service Connected Disabled Veterans From All Wars

STATESVILLE, N.C., Feb. 28, 2011 — Purple Heart Homes Co-founders Dale Beatty and John Gallina, two severely injured veterans from the Iraq War, applaud President Obama and the first lady for launching the “Strengthening Our Military Families” initiative. Both feel, however, th…

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against City of New York for Violation of Constitutional Rights in Post-September 11 Security Crackdown

The decision tips the scale toward defendants’ rights; represents victory for privately owned gun shop in the Bronx
NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2009 — The United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a Bronx gun shop owner who claimed her constitutional rights were violated in a sea…