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• Washington responds to Anthony Scaramucci's dismissal with laughter

  31-07-2017 23:59 via yahoo.com
  When the White House announced the swift departure of Anthony Scaramucci from his role as communications director, the mood in Washington appeared almost jubilant.Mr Scaramucci was dismissed from his role after only 10 days, after incoming Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly requested his resignation.The news was greeted by gasps, and then laughter, in the Senate press gallery, according to Bloomberg’s Shail Kapur.
  
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• App-downloading app breaks app-downloading record on app store

  31-07-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  The Google Play services app, a back-end Android app that makes the Google magic happen on your phone, has broken five billion downloads on the Google Play Store. That's a record and a major milestone for Google's third-party app store, so it's only fitting that it's broken by a Google-owned app that most people probably haven't heard of.The Google Play Services framework is a key part of Google's presence on Android devices. It's a required component of any officially-sanctioned phone that uses
  
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• Serena Williams sheds light on the black woman's experience during Black Women's Equal Pay Day

  31-07-2017 23:38 via yahoo.com
  It's the last day of July which means, thanks to a pesky thing called inequality, that black women are only now catching up to their male counterparts earnings from 2016.  That's right—according to the Economic Policy Institute, it takes seven months of additional work "in order to be paid the same wages as her white male counterpart was paid last year." Because of this, July 31 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Serena Williams is one of the many drawing attention to the dramatic
  
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• Rolling dice in a speculative mania: James Saft

  31-07-2017 23:27
  (Reuters) - Financial markets are in the grip of something very like a speculative mania, which may well be good reason not to expect a crash soon.
  
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• Alabama police hunt for inmate after peanut butter jail break

  31-07-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Walker County Sheriff James Underwood said in a phone call that 11 of the 12 missing prisoners had been recaptured, some at a highway truck stop, but 24-year-old Brady Kilpatrick remained a fugitive.Kilpatrick had been in jail facing charges of marijuana possession.Underwood said the men had managed the escape by using peanut butter to switch lettering on cell and outside doors, then told a guard in a control booth, a new employee with only a week on the job, to open the door leading to their fr
  
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• Kushner to Interns: Trump Team Too Disorganized to Collude With Russia

  31-07-2017 23:12 via yahoo.com
  In off-the-record remarks, the president’s son-in-law offers a unique defense.
  
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• Why Donald Trump could never tolerate someone who was more like Donald Trump than he was

  31-07-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  When historians of Donald Trump’s strange, bubbling brew of an administration look back to this summer, it will seem like a wonder that Anthony Scaramucci ever lasted so long.When it was reported that Scaramucci had also suggested that Trump’s advisor, Steven Bannon, possessed such gymnastic flexibility he could perform certain sex acts upon himself – or at least, that he tried to – the White House said he was a “passionate guy” who had used colourful language
  
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• Judge rules ex-Arizona sheriff Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt

  31-07-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  Former Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who gained national prominence for his tough stance against illegal immigration, was found guilty on Monday of criminal contempt for violating the terms of a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case.Arpaio, 85, who lost his bid for re-election as Maricopa County sheriff last November after 24 years in office, faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine when he is sentenced on the misdemeanor offense on Oct. 5.U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton rule
  
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• U.S. Senator Hatch says 25 percent corporate rate a challenge in tax reform

  31-07-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  By David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration face a challenge reducing the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 25 percent, let alone to the 15 percent rate sought by President Donald Trump, the Senate's top tax law writer said on Monday.Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, in an interview with Reuters, said that getting the corporate rate to 25 percent from 35 percent would bring a sea change to the U.S. economy.
  
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• U.S. embassy in Moscow says locked out of diplomatic property

  31-07-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier agreed to grant access until midday on Tuesday for them to retrieve belongings.A Russian foreign ministry official, quoted by state news agency RIA, said the U.S. embassy had sent in its trucks without first obtaining permits which, the official said, are required by law because the property is in a conservation area.The property, in a pict
  
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• The Latest: Alabama jailbreak: 11 of 12 inmates recaptured

  31-07-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  JASPER, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the escape of 12 inmates from a county jail in Alabama. (all times local):
  
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• Express Scripts to cover Mylan's EpiPen, exclude rivals

  31-07-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co said on Monday it would favor drugmaker Mylan Inc's versions of the EpiPen lifesaving allergy treatment over the allergy auto-injectors of other companies.The nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager said it was excluding alternatives to the auto-injector made by Impax Laboratories Inc, privately held Kaleo and A-S Medication from its widely used list of covered drugs.Express Scripts has been excluding certain medicines from its coverage list
  
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• White House communications director Scaramucci leaves in order to 'clean slate'

  31-07-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  The White House said on Monday that Anthony Scaramucci, named by President Donald Trump as communications director only 10 days ago, was leaving the post.The change comes days after Scaramucci delivered a profanity-laced tirade against other top Trump aides - and hours after Trump swore in John Kelly, a new chief of staff, to bring discipline to his West Wing."Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team," the White House s
  
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• The meteoric rise and fall of Anthony Scaramucci

  31-07-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  Anticipating a role in the incoming administration of then president-elect Donald Trump, Scaramucci moves to avoid any potential conflict of interest by selling his stake in his global investment firm, SkyBridge Capital.Scaramucci is blocked from a White House position, however, by Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, both of whom were reportedly not overly fond of the brash Wall Street financier.
  
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• Police Officer Killed in the Line of Duty After Walking His Son to First Day of Kindergarten

  31-07-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Lt. Aaron Allan had worked for the department for six years.
  
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• China hits back at Trump criticism over North Korea

  31-07-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  By Ben Blanchard and Elias GlennBEIJING (Reuters) - China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.China has become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in Pyongyang.China is North Korea's closest ally, but Beijing, too, is angry with its continued nuclea
  
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• Exclusive: Senate too divided to keep up healthcare push - Senator Hatch

  31-07-2017 22:16 via yahoo.com
  By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said on Monday that senators for now are too divided to keep working on healthcare overhaul legislation and that he and other senior Republicans will take that message to the White House.President Donald Trump has been urging lawmakers not to drop the matter, despite a series of failed votes last week.Trump made replacing Obamacare a key part of his presidential campaign and Republicans have promised for y
  
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• John Kelly was angry about James Comey’s dismissal: report

  31-07-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  New White House chief of staff John Kelly was so upset by the dismissal of FBI director James Comey that he considered resigning from his position as secretary of Homeland Security, according to a new report.
  
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• US hits 'dictator' Maduro with sanctions over disputed Venezuela vote

  31-07-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  The United States hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with direct sanctions on Monday over a disputed and deadly weekend vote that, while consolidating his power, has largely isolated him at home and abroad as the "dictator" of a failing petro-state.The US measures were unusual in that they targeted a sitting head of state, but their reach was mostly symbolic, freezing any US assets Maduro might have and banning people under US jurisdiction from dealing with him."Maduro is a dictator who dis
  
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• Why we’re still waiting for the most important iPhone leak of all

  31-07-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Apple is expected to launch three new iPhone models this fall, which we keep calling iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus, and iPhone 8. The latter is the most exciting of the three, and it’s also the most likely of them not to be called iPhone 8. There are various name versions that we’ve heard, including iPhone Pro or iPhone X, but they’re yet to be confirmed. Apple, meanwhile, did leak a bunch of things about the next-gen iPhones, but it hasn’t mentioned their names yet. And it&r
  
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• How Kelly could really end White House chaos

  31-07-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Despite President Trump’s proclamation that there is no chaos in the White House, new chief of staff John Kelly has a lot to do. Yahoo News talked to experts to find out what Kelly needs to do to ensure his tenure is longer than that of his predecessor.
  
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• US hits Nicolás Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's 'sham' election

  31-07-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Sanctions freeze Venezuelan president’s assets under US jurisdiction and prevent US citizens from doing business with him Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results of the election in Caracas. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• See Samsung’s new flip phone powered on for the first time

  31-07-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Galaxy Note 8 leaks have been dominating the headlines of tech blogs for months now. We've seen renders, cases, release windows and rumored specs sheets, but it's easy to forget that the Note 8 likely won't be the only other phone Samsung releases in the second half of the year. Along with the S8 Active, Samsung is also reportedly working on two smart flip phones, both of which could launch in 2017.
  We highlighted the Samsung flip phone leaks last month, but over the weekend (via Slashleaks), ph
  
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• Army Chief Outlines Future Tank Features

  31-07-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Railguns, drone modes, and ultralight armor top the list.
  
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• The Spectacular Self-Destruction of Anthony Scaramucci

  31-07-2017 21:18 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Scaramucci’s reign as White House communications director—a reign of terror and vulgarity, marked by two outlandish interviews and the departures of two top West Wing officials—has ended, just 10 days after it began.
  
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• White House says Anthony Scaramucci leaving to give new Chief of Staff John Kelly a 'clean slate'

  31-07-2017 21:11 via yahoo.com
  The White House has said that former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was removed from his position after just 10 days in order to give incoming Chief of Staff John Kelly a "clean slate and the ability to build his own team".The brief explanation came minutes after the New York Times reported Mr Scaramucci's dismissal.Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later expanded on this, saying Donald Trump had been troubled by Mr Scaramucci's boasts about reporting directly to the President,
  
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• Lack of value fund interest could be another bad omen for Chipotle

  31-07-2017 21:10
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More well-publicized incidents at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc restaurants have pushed the shares down 26 percent over the last three months, but the burrito chain is facing a more...
  
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• Battle of Passchendaele centenary: Prince Charles honours 'courage and bravery' of British soldiers

  31-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  The Prince of Wales spoke of the "courage and bravery" of British soldiers killed at Passchendaele as he led centenary commemorations of the First World War battle. Exactly 100 years after thousands of British and Commonwealth troops went "over the top", Charles, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May joined the King and Queen of Belgium and some 4,000 descendants of those who fought, for a ceremony at the enormous Tyne Cot cemetery near Ypres. In his address to the gat
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci resigned and everyone is hahahahahahahahaha

  31-07-2017 21:08 via yahoo.com
  Every Monday I wake up with the rest of the United States and say to myself, "I really don't think the country's week can be any more insane than it was last week," and by about Monday afternoon or Tuesday, latest, I am shaming myself for being so foolish.  Here we are again.  SEE ALSO: Quiz: Who said it? Anthony Scaramucci or a Real Housewife? New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci resigned on Monday barely a week after he took the job and a few weeks before his of
  
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• Hotel asks why ex-officer wasn't arrested for punching valet

  31-07-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida hotel manager is questioning why a former police officer has not been arrested for punching and knocking out a valet parking attendant during a dispute over an $18 charge.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director; John Kelly has ‘full authority’

  31-07-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  President Trump’s volatile communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, has been removed from his position just 11 days after he was brought into the West Wing.
  
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• In First Move as White House Chief of Staff, Kelly Fires Scaramucci

  31-07-2017 20:59 via yahoo.com
  'The Mooch' is loose.
  
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• 'Where I grew up we’re front-stabbers': 15 of Anthony Scaramucci's best quotes

  31-07-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Scaramucci was White House Communications Director for just 10 days, since July 21, but managed to develop a cult of personality in his short time in the spotlight. Mr Scaramucci's 1980s boardroom slang, strong language, frequent references to his blue-collar Long Island childhood and ability to conjure up impactful mental images - as well as his acrimonious divorce - have helped him garner headlines across the world. Here are a few of his best quotes: A timeline of A
  
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• Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Convicted For Refusing to Stop Immigrant-Targeting Traffic Patrols

  31-07-2017 20:52 via yahoo.com
  Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was convicted of a criminal charge Monday for refusing to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants
  
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• NASA will get to test its planetary defense system way sooner than we thought

  31-07-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  NASA is extremely interested in building a true astroid defense network that could spring into action as soon as a threat is detected, destroying or diverting a space rock before it can do any serious damage here on Earth. The actual development of a protection system is still in its infancy — with many proposed plans for dealing with troublesome astroids but no real-world testing to back any of them — but that won't stop NASA from testing its detection capabilities during an upcomin
  
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• White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci 'forced out by John Kelly'

  31-07-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Anthony Scaramucci has been removed as White House communications director, less than two weeks after he was hired by Donald Trump.During his brief time working for the President, Mr Scaramucci turned the White House upside down.John Kelly, who was sworn in as White House Chief of Staff on Monday, reportedly asked the President to remove Mr Scaramucci as communications director, according to The New York Times.
  
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• Utilities ditch reactors that launched U.S. nuclear renaissance

  31-07-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  South Carolina utilities said on Monday they are abandoning two unfinished reactors that were hailed as the start of a U.S. nuclear power renaissance before they were dogged by billions of dollars in cost overruns.The twin-reactor project known as V.C. Summer is majority owned by SCANA Corp, with state-owned utility Santee Cooper owning 45 percent."We arrived at this very difficult but necessary decision following months of evaluating the project from all perspectives to determine the most prude
  
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• 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL450

  31-07-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  This relic still has plenty of charm.
  
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• Motive Eyed in Trump Misleading E-mail Story

  31-07-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks about the legal implications of Donald Trump personally drafting Donald Trump Jr's misleading story about the meeting he took with Russians offering government collusion for dirt on Hillary Clinton
  
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• Trump Wrote Jr's Misleading Collusion Answer

  31-07-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Carol Leonnig, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about new revelations that Donald Trump was responsible for the misleading statement by Donald Trump Jr. to explain his meeting with Russians offering Clinton dirt and Russian gov...
  
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• Trump promises to ‘handle’ North Korea

  31-07-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Following North Korea’s Friday launch of a second ballistic missile in less than a month, President Trump said he wasn’t worried about a possible nuclear threat from the belligerent regime.
  
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• No worries: Trump promises to “handle” North Korea

  31-07-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Following North Korea’s Friday launch of a second ballistic missile in less than a month, President Trump said he wasn’t worried about a possible nuclear threat from the belligerent regime.
  
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• Russia urges US to fix ties as it cuts US diplomatic staff

  31-07-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Amid a major diplomatic retaliation unseen since the Cold War era, Russia urged the United States on Monday to show the "political will" to repair ties.
  
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• Trump's Worst Week Yet

  31-07-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  There hasn’t been a single smooth week in the Trump presidency, but last week was, by popular consensus, the worst of them so far. Given the struggles of this president, that’s no small statement. What was remarkable was the breadth of Trump’s troubles. His top legislative priority was, once again, knocked flat. He had to replace Reince Priebus, making Priebus the shortest-tenured chief of staff to serve in the heart of a term. He publicly feuded with Republican senators, saw h
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci's wife files for divorce

  31-07-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  "The View" co-hosts discuss the news about the White House director of communications.
  
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• Tomi Lahren is still on her parents' healthcare thanks to Obamacare

  31-07-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  Though Tomi Lahren is vocal proponent for repealing Obamacare, don't say it never provided anything for her.  The conservative political commentator and former TV host for Glenn Beck's TheBlaze sat down with comedian Chelsea Handler at Politicon to discuss their differing political views this weekend. Naturally the conversation turned to health care, during which Lahren revealed that she benefits from a key Obamacare policy. Lahren is, of course, referencing the Affordable Care Act policy t
  
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• Pentagon alarm over Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles

  31-07-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in talks to get Russia to supply Ankara with its latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system.Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said the Pentagon had concerns over its NATO ally's purchase of the Russian technology because it might not work with other equipment used by the 29-nation alliance.
  
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• Kenyan voting official found dead as opposition cries foul ahead of general election

  31-07-2017 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Kenya’s opposition said it had abandoned all hope of a free and fair general election next week after a key official responsible for protecting the vote from electronic manipulation was found dead. The apparent murder of Chris Msando, the electoral commission’s acting technology director, raised fears that an already acrimonious poll could be marred by the type of violence that killed 1,300 people in Kenya ten years ago. Two days after Mr Msando’s disappearance, colleagues at t
  
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• Everyone’s favorite AirPods rivals drop to all-time low of $24 on Amazon

  31-07-2017 19:08 via yahoo.com
  Apple's AirPods are still impossible to get anytime soon, but your frustration just became good fortune. Why? Because instead of spending $159 on AirPods, you can now get everyone's favorite AirPods alternative for the ridiculously low price of just $23.99. The SMARTOMI Q5 True Wireless Earbuds are a steal at their regular price of $40, and hundreds of people ordered them on Prime Day when they dropped to $30. Right now, if you use the coupon code GAYAQFWF at checkout, you can snag a pair for a
  
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• Former top cop: Trump’s ‘don’t be too nice’ speech pushes negative stereotype

  31-07-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Ex-Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is lashing back at comments from President Trump that seemed to encourage officers to use excessive force during arrests.
  
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