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• UC Berkeley police investigate 'disturbing' effigies found on campus - Los Angeles Times

  13-12-2014 22:28 via latimes.com
  UC Berkeley police investigate 'disturbing' effigies found on campus
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  The Bay Area campus and its surrounding community were roiled last week by often violent protests against the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York City. Protesters broke store windows, marched onto highways and ...
  
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• "Sea of People": Rally Protests Police Killings - NBC4 Washington

  13-12-2014 21:55 via nbcwashington.com
  
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  "Sea of People": Rally Protests Police Killings
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  Thousands of protesters marched down iconic Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday, arriving at the Capitol to call attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and call for legislative action. "What a sea of people," said Lesley ...
  
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• Pro-police rally draws supporters in Phoenix - azcentral.com

  13-12-2014 20:26 via azcentral.com
  
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  Pro-police rally draws supporters in Phoenix
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  More than 40 supporters gathered in front of Phoenix police headquarters Saturday to rally behind law-enforcement officers who have been criticized for the shooting of African-American suspects in three incidents, including one in Phoenix. Carrying a U ...
  
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• Police to De Blasio: Don't Attend My Funeral - The Atlantic

  13-12-2014 18:54 via theatlantic.com
  
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  Police to De Blasio: Don't Attend My Funeral
  The Atlantic
  as a New York City police officer, request that Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito refrain from attending my funeral services in the event that I am killed in the line of duty. Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark ...
  NY Police Union Doesn't Want De Blasio At Cop FuneralsGawker
  NYC Police Union Wants Mayor Banned From FuneralsABC News
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• Families of men slain by police to protest in Washington - USA TODAY

  13-12-2014 17:59 via usatoday.com
  
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  Families of men slain by police to protest in Washington
  USA TODAY
  WASHINGTON — Protesters who have brought sections of cities across the nation to a standstill will descend on the nation's capital Saturday in hope of igniting federal action to bar racial profiling by police. "This march is one of many demonstrations ...
  Washington Gears Up for National March Against Police ViolenceU.S. News & World Report
  Protesters of Police Killings to March on DCABC News
  
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• Indian police arrest engineer who they say glorified Islamic State on Twitter - Washington Post

  13-12-2014 17:16 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Indian police arrest engineer who they say glorified Islamic State on Twitter
  Washington Post
  NEW DELHI — A computer engineer that police said ran a Twitter account glorifying the Islamic State terrorist organization was arrested Saturday and charged with violating Internet regulations and attempting to “wage war against Asiatic powers ...
  Indian Police Arrest Owner of Pro-Islamic State Twitter AccountBloomberg
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• NYC Police Union Wants Mayor Banned From Funerals - ABC News

  13-12-2014 17:11 via abcnews.go.com
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  NYC Police Union Wants Mayor Banned From Funerals
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  New York City's rank-and-file police union is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their funerals. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association posted a link on its website telling members not to let de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa ...
  Police Union Gets Nasty With De Blasio: Don't Attend Our Funerals, MayorGothamist
  Police Union Petitions for Mayor, Speaker Not to Attend Officer Funerals
  
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• WATCH: National March Against Police Violence in D.C. - NBC4 Washington

  13-12-2014 17:03 via nbcwashington.com
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  WATCH: National March Against Police Violence in D.C.
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  More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington, D.C., in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Civil rights organizations are holding a march to the Capitol on Saturday with the families of ...
  
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• Police: Pair Ran Off After Fatal Humboldt Park Crash - CBS Local

  13-12-2014 16:53 via chicago.cbslocal.com
  
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  Police: Pair Ran Off After Fatal Humboldt Park Crash
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  (STMW) – Police have released photos of the vehicle involved in a head-on crash that killed a 63-year-old woman in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday morning. Two men ran from the vehicle after the collision. Bessie English was driving westbound in ...
  
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• Family Of Man Shot And Killed By Police Speaks Out - KKTV 11 News

  13-12-2014 16:25 via kktv.com
  
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  Family Of Man Shot And Killed By Police Speaks Out
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  For the second time in less than a week, investigators in Canon City are dealing with an officer-involved shooting. In both cases, the city's police department says the officers were attacked, and fired their weapons to defend themselves. The latest ...
  Cañon City Police shoot man; 2nd officer-involved shooting in 6 daysThe Denver Post
  
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• Baltimore woman raises questions about police shooting - Baltimore Sun

  13-12-2014 16:13 via baltimoresun.com
  
  Baltimore woman raises questions about police shooting
  Baltimore Sun
  "The [police officers] with behavior problems who are shooting and killing our children should be removed from the force," Darlene Cain said later. Cain's version of the events leading to the 2012 shooting of her son differ sharply from police accounts.
  
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• Georgia Woman Gets $100K Over Her Arrest For Cursing At Police - NPR (blog)

  13-12-2014 15:03 via npr.org
  
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  Georgia Woman Gets $100K Over Her Arrest For Cursing At Police
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  After seeing "yet another African American stopped for doing nothing other than being outside while black," Atlanta-area resident Amy Barnes says, she yelled profanities at police officers — who then arrested her. That was two years ago. Today, Cobb ...
  Woman f-bombs police and gets rewarded $100K compensationRT
  Woman Says, 'F**k The Police,' Gets Arrested, Wins $100000 Settlement: Justice?T
  
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• Thousands Expected At D.C. March Against Police Violence - CBS Local

  13-12-2014 14:40 via newyork.cbslocal.com
  
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  Thousands Expected At D.C. March Against Police Violence
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  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Thousands of Americans are expected to rally at a national march against police violence in Washington, D.C. Saturday afternoon. Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, the Urban League and the NAACP are ...
  
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• Body cameras aren't going to fix policing - Los Angeles Times

  13-12-2014 14:00 via latimes.com
  
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  Body cameras aren't going to fix policing
  Los Angeles Times
  Eric Garner, a 43-year-old unarmed black man, died in an altercation in July with police, in which Officer Daniel Pantaleo had his arm around Garner's neck in what appeared to be a chokehold as other officers pressed Garner's body to the ground.
  Erie Police Considering Body Cameras For OfficersErieTVNews
  Houston-area police given $1.9M for body camerasKXAN.com
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• Last Hong Kong Protest Camp to Be Cleared Monday, Police Say - New York Times

  13-12-2014 13:15 via nytimes.com
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  Last Hong Kong Protest Camp to Be Cleared Monday, Police Say
  New York Times
  HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police said on Saturday that they were preparing to dismantle the last of the three pro-democracy protest camps that blocked major streets in the city for 11 weeks. The clearance of the camp, which was by far the smallest of ...
  Hong Kong police arrest 209 protesters, demolish main campDeseret News
  Police disband protest camp in Hong KongBoston Globe
  
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• Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting Near High School - ABC News

  13-12-2014 12:29 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting Near High School
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  A suspect in a shooting that wounded three students outside an alternative high school was arrested early Saturday in what appears to be a gang-related attack, Portland police said. Witnesses told authorities there may have been a dispute Friday ...
  Police arrest suspect in shooting at Portland high schoolUSA TODAY
  Police arrest suspect in Portland school shooting that injured fourWashington Post
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• 12-year-old killed by police, autopsy released - wwlp.com

  13-12-2014 09:02 via wwlp.com
  
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  12-year-old killed by police, autopsy released
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  Former prosecutor Roger Canaff said, “Tamir was such a, just a large child, 195 pounds even though he was 12 years old. That potentially constitutes a defense because if police officers encountered who they reasonably believed was an adult, just simply ...
  Union: Police Not Told Boy's Gun Might Be FakeABC News
  Death of 12-year-old Cleveland boy shot by police ruled a homicideFox News
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• Concerns Raised Over Shrill Device New York Police Used During Garner Protests - New York Times

  13-12-2014 07:50 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Concerns Raised Over Shrill Device New York Police Used During Garner Protests
  New York Times
  Amid police warnings for protesters to stay off the streets or risk arrest last week, a distinctly different and piercing sound could be heard. The loud beeps came from a long-range acoustic device, a piece of equipment that can shriek repetitive ...
  
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• Fort Collins Police seeking suspect who fired shot at detectives - The Denver Post

  13-12-2014 07:38 via denverpost.com
  
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  Fort Collins Police seeking suspect who fired shot at detectives
  The Denver Post
  Fort Collins Police deployed its SWAT team Friday night in the search for a man who fired a shot at detectives attempting to make an arrest. A police spokesman said officers were approaching a residence to serve an arrest warrant on charges of fraud ...
  Manhunt underway in Fort Collins as police look for man who fired gun, caused ...FOX31 Denver
  Fort Collins police search for suspect, Jose Ornelas-L
  
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• 2 people, one a police officer, hurt in crash; I-77 reopened - WKYC-TV

  13-12-2014 05:28 via wkyc.com
  
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  2 people, one a police officer, hurt in crash; I-77 reopened
  WKYC-TV
  The accident occurred about 6:45 p.m. when a Newburgh Heights police officer had pulled over a vehicle on I-77 northbound near Fleet Avenue. The police car was on the side of the road with its lights flashing, according to Police Chief John Majoy. A ...
  Newburgh Heights police officer collides with drunken driver on Interstate 77cleveland.com
  
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• Protesters gear up for weekend marches against police violence - fox2now.com

  13-12-2014 04:52 via fox2now.com
  
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  Protesters gear up for weekend marches against police violence
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  A St. Louis police officer will be disciplined because he showed up at City Hall with a “Wilson” badge on his right arm, police spokesman Schron Jackson said. The badge apparently referred to Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed ...
  'I Can't Breathe' Eric Garner Death: Why Police Might Not Listen To Suspects ...International Business Times
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• Salisbury police officer fired for 'inflammatory' Facebook post - Charlotte Observer

  13-12-2014 03:43 via charlotteobserver.com
  
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  Salisbury police officer fired for 'inflammatory' Facebook post
  Charlotte Observer
  A longtime Salisbury police officer was fired on Friday for an “inappropriate and inflammatory posting” on his personal Facebook page, Police Chief Rory Collins said. The posting by Officer William “Bill” Torrence “was made concerning current events ...
  Police: Officer terminated for 'inflammatory' Facebook postWSOC Charlotte
  
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• Police Search For Pursuit Suspect Armed With Gun In Inglewood - CBS Local

  13-12-2014 03:12 via losangeles.cbslocal.com
  
  Police Search For Pursuit Suspect Armed With Gun In Inglewood
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  INGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Police were searching for a suspect armed with a gun Friday that fled from his vehicle after leading officers on a pursuit. According to the Inglewood Police Department, the pursuit ended at the corner of Hillcrest and Walnut.
  
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• Video Pays Tribute to LEOs

  13-12-2014 00:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Indiana law enforcement officer made a video in tribute to all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, as well as those currently serving their communities.
  
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• Police: Man Painted Handgun Red to Resemble Toy - ABC News

  13-12-2014 00:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Police: Man Painted Handgun Red to Resemble Toy
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  Southwest Ohio authorities said Friday they arrested a man with a loaded handgun painted red to resemble a toy. The arrest came just four days after legislation was introduced in the state to require that lookalike guns be brightly colored or otherwise ...
  
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• Video: Judge Orders St. Louis-Area Police to Give Protesters Tear Gas Warning and Time to Flee

  13-12-2014 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A federal judge's order requires St. Louis-area police to warn crowds of impending use of tear gas and provide "reasonable" time for people to disperse first. But she did not define what is reasonable.
  
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