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• Chased by Man With Knife, Officers Don't Shoot Due to 'Recent Incidents'

  08-12-2014 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Milwaukee police officers considered "recent incidents locally and nationally" when they refrained from shooting a man who chased them with a butcher knife at the scene of a suspected double homicide, according to a criminal complaint.
  
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• The really shocking facts about Cleveland police DOJ report: Cleveland police ... - CNN

  08-12-2014 22:35 via cnn.com
  
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  The really shocking facts about Cleveland police DOJ report: Cleveland police ...
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  (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that the Justice Department's civil rights investigation of Cleveland's police department found that it engaged in a "pattern or practice" of unreasonable and unnecessary use of force. Coming on ...
  
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• Examining police training: How officers are taught to deal with armed suspects - cleveland.com

  08-12-2014 22:30 via cleveland.com
  
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  Examining police training: How officers are taught to deal with armed suspects
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In a searing report released last week, the U.S. Department of Justice laid out numerous problems with how Cleveland police approach people with guns. Investigators cited dozens of instances of shootings that didn't need to happen ...
  
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• Mom of boy shot by cop: I want police conviction - USA TODAY

  08-12-2014 22:20 via usatoday.com
  
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  Mom of boy shot by cop: I want police conviction
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  "I noticed my son laying down on the ground and I went charging and yelling and everything at the police because they wouldn't let me through," she explained. "Then I seen my daughter in the back of the police car — the same car that the shooter got ...
  Mother of Cleveland boy killed by police says she wants chargesColumbus Dispatch
  Tamir Rice's Mother Wants Charges Against Police And Says Son Had '
  
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• Video: Cleveland Mother Demands Prosecution of Officers in Replica Gun Shooting

  08-12-2014 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The mother of a 12-year-old boy shot dead last month by Cleveland police after he was seen holding a replica gun held a press conference today. She says she wants both involved officers convicted.
  
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• Video: Berkeley, Calif., Protest Gets Violent for Second Night

  08-12-2014 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A peaceful protest in the university town of Berkeley, Calif., Sunday night over police killings of black men was overtaken by a group vandalizing police cars and stores and briefly shutting a local highway.
  
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• Rookie Ohio Officer Saves Man from Burning Home

  08-12-2014 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A fire early Friday claimed most of a home overlooking a main intersection, but the homeowner and his dog escaped, thanks in part to a Bath Township, Ohio, police officer.
  
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• Michigan Deputy Killed After Vehicle Strikes Tree During Chase

  08-12-2014 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Deputy Grant Whitaker was killed in a crash Sunday. The investigation into the death of the 25-year-old Ingham County (Mich.) Sheriff's Office deputy is still in the beginning stages.
  
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• Philly Mayor: 'You Have Some Police Officers Who are Increasingly Afraid of ... - CBS Local

  08-12-2014 19:29 via stlouis.cbslocal.com
  
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  Philly Mayor: 'You Have Some Police Officers Who are Increasingly Afraid of ...
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  Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey participated in a panel discussion on NBC's “Meet the Press” about the continuing demonstrations sparked by the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, the chokehold death in New York City and the ...
  Nutter, Ramsey, Thomson discuss police trustPhilly.com
  
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• Applying 'Broken Windows' to the Police - The Atlantic

  08-12-2014 18:26 via theatlantic.com
  
  Applying 'Broken Windows' to the Police
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  That insight has been widely embraced by law enforcement in the United States. But as Ken White observed in a recent post, we've yet to apply it to police agencies. "If tolerating broken windows leads to more broken windows and escalating crime," he ...
  
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• Heavy toll, light penalties for police who drive drunk - Boston Globe

  08-12-2014 15:17 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  Heavy toll, light penalties for police who drive drunk
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  But the Massachusetts State Police kept Simpkins, who earns roughly $130,000 a year, on paid administrative duty even after he lost his license for a year for refusing a breath test and couldn't go out on patrol. And with no alcohol test results, a ...
  
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• Man steals front-end loader, leads police on 90-minute chase - Tampabay.com

  08-12-2014 13:19 via tampabay.com
  
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  Man steals front-end loader, leads police on 90-minute chase
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  Each time officers tried to cut off the machine's path with a police car roadblock, Donald John Clark, 32, the man authorities said was behind the wheel, plowed ahead. Officers were forced to clear a path at the last second in a recurring game of chicken.
  Man driving front loader flees from policeWTSP 10 News
  
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• Police evacuate Olathe grocery store to search for armed man - fox4kc.com

  08-12-2014 13:15 via fox4kc.com
  
  Police evacuate Olathe grocery store to search for armed man
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  According to the Olathe Police Department, around 5 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a potential robbery at a Hen House Marketplace, located near 135th and Blackbob. Police arrived one minute later and contacted the cab driver and the passenger ...
  
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• Suspect escapes after fleeing police, falling two stories amid roof collapse - Baltimore Sun

  08-12-2014 13:11 via baltimoresun.com
  
  Suspect escapes after fleeing police, falling two stories amid roof collapse
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  Police officers had tried to arrest a person after witnessing "drug activity" around 9 a.m., said Det. Ruganzu Howard. He fled on foot and climbed onto the roof of a dilapidated home in the 1900 block of Ramsay Street. While officers were trying to ...
  
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• Urban Blacks in US Have Little Confidence in Police - Gallup.com

  08-12-2014 12:05 via gallup.com
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  Urban Blacks in US Have Little Confidence in Police
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  PRINCETON, N.J. -- As controversy continues to swirl about police officers' treatment of blacks, an analysis of Gallup data underscores how much less likely U.S. blacks are than whites or Hispanics to express confidence in the police. The analysis also ...
  
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• California police, protesters clash again after 'chokehold' death - Reuters

  08-12-2014 11:27 via reuters.com
  
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  California police, protesters clash again after 'chokehold' death
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  Reuters could not immediately obtain further information from police, who some demonstrators said on Twitter had fired rubber bullets. Protesters have demonstrated daily in several U.S. cities since a grand jury's decision on Wednesday not to bring ...
  California Protesters Clash With Police Again Over NYC 'Chokehold' DeathNewsweek
  Police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesters, demonstration
  
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• Police Face a Long and Complex Task to Mend Distrust Deepened by Killings - New York Times

  08-12-2014 11:00 via nytimes.com
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  Police Face a Long and Complex Task to Mend Distrust Deepened by Killings
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  FERGUSON, Mo. — During a recent demonstration here against a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black teenager, a 28-year-old black protester approached a white police sergeant in a line of heavily ...
  
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• Indian Uber driver arrested after alleged rape, police say - fox8.com

  08-12-2014 10:36 via fox8.com
  
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  Indian Uber driver arrested after alleged rape, police say
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  NEW DELHI (CNN) — Police on Sunday arrested an Uber driver accused of raping a woman in the Indian capital, authorities said. Shiv Kumar Yadav is in custody in Mathura, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of New Delhi, said Madhur Verma, ...
  Indian police arrest Uber driver accused of rapeFox News
  Police: Uber driver arrested in alleged rapeWMUR Manchester
  Uber driver in India accused of rape is arrested
  
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• Grand Jury System, With Exceptions, Favors the Police in Fatalities - New York Times

  08-12-2014 05:21 via nytimes.com
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  Grand Jury System, With Exceptions, Favors the Police in Fatalities
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  A police officer killed an unarmed man. The officer claimed he acted appropriately. A grand jury declined to bring charges. But the state's case in Charlotte, N.C., against Officer Randall Kerrick, would not end there. The state attorney general's ...
  
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• A bill to loosen police discipline - New York Post

  08-12-2014 04:46 via nypost.com
  
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  A bill to loosen police discipline
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  Who should ultimately control police discipline in New York: elected officials through their appointed police commissioners, or unelected labor arbitrators chosen in part by labor unions? The question has plainly picked up added resonance in recent ...
  
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• Fatal Police Encounters Provoke Emotion, Thought - ABC News

  08-12-2014 03:57 via abcnews.go.com
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  Fatal Police Encounters Provoke Emotion, Thought
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  The deaths of two unarmed black men ? Eric Garner and Michael Brown ? during encounters with white police officers continued Sunday to stir emotions and prompt calls for reflection and action to improve race relations after recent grand jury decisions ...
  #BlackLivesMatter: Anonymous calls for march of millions over police brutalityRT
  Protests Against Police Killings Continue In USVoice of America
  
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• Gunbusters Firearms Pulverizer System Awarded Patent

  08-12-2014 02:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gunbusters LLC has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,890,994 for its Gunbusters Firearms Pulverizer System. The system is designed to provide a safe, simple, and secure means to dispose of unneeded confiscated and surrendered firearms.
  
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• Man Shoots Self After Leading Mankato Police On Chase - CBS Local

  08-12-2014 01:46 via minnesota.cbslocal.com
  
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  Man Shoots Self After Leading Mankato Police On Chase
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  The Mankato Police Department says the chase started late Saturday night. Police had been called to the 700 block of Belgrade Avenue to investigate an order of protection violation and spotted Brandon McMurtrey driving a Ford Explorer around the area.
  Gun-wielding suspect leads Mankato area police on chase, shoots selfMinneapolis Star Tribune
  
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• Watch Richard Pryor's Prescient, Darkly Perfect Bit on Police Chokeholds - Slate Magazine (blog)

  08-12-2014 01:08 via slate.com
  
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  Watch Richard Pryor's Prescient, Darkly Perfect Bit on Police Chokeholds
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  In the past month, in cities across the nation, people protested the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two casualties of a troubling spate of police violence. Such incidents aren't new, and, as John Lurie pointed out on Twitter, Richard Pryor ...
  
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