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• Video: Police Chiefs Share Views on Deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner

  15-12-2014 23:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a CBS News interview, a group of four police chiefs discussed excessive force, diversity within police forces, and the dangers of law enforcement.
  
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• Police Arrest Second Suspect in Oregon High School Shooting

  15-12-2014 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Portland police on Sunday said they have arrested a second suspect sought in connection with Friday's shooting outside Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland.
  
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• Video: Police, Church Replace Basketball Hoop Stolen From Man With Special Needs

  15-12-2014 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When someone stole the basketball hoop from a 28-year-old Special Olympics athlete from Arlington, Texas, who spends much of his time shooting baskets in his driveway, police and a local church worked together to replace the hoop.
  
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• Suspect in 6 Killings Is at Large Near Philadelphia - New York Times

  15-12-2014 21:56 via nytimes.com
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  Suspect in 6 Killings Is at Large Near Philadelphia
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  PENNSBURG, Pa. — Law enforcement officials in Montgomery County were searching Monday night for a man suspected of fatally shooting six people and seriously wounding another person at three homes in towns outside Philadelphia earlier in the day.
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• Police Outside Philadelphia Search for Gunman in Series of Killings - New York Times

  15-12-2014 21:56 via nytimes.com
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  Police Outside Philadelphia Search for Gunman in Series of Killings
  New York Times
  “Police are conducting an extensive search in and around Pennsburg, at both known and outdoor locations where Stone may be located,” the Montgomery County District Attorney's office said in a statement Monday. “People in that area should remain indoors ...
  
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• Man fatally shot by police in Mayfair is identified - Philly.com

  15-12-2014 21:32 via philly.com
  
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  Man fatally shot by police in Mayfair is identified
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  A Frankford man was shot and killed by a Philadelphia police officer early Monday, police said, during a traffic stop and struggle in which the man allegedly tried to get to a handgun in his vehicle. Several witnesses were being interviewed at the ...
  Armed Man Shot by Philadelphia Police6abc.com
  Philadelphia Police Officer Shoots Suspect in Head During Deadly StruggleNBC 10 Philadelphia
  
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• Police Lament, ‘All of a Sudden We’re All Racist Killers’?

  15-12-2014 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Police in cities across the country are facing an angry backlash from the public after a series of police killings of unarmed African-Americans. But many police think they’re being stereotyped as racist and brutal.
  
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• Update: New details released in Norman police officer-involved shooting - kfor.com

  15-12-2014 20:31 via kfor.com
  
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  Update: New details released in Norman police officer-involved shooting
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  NORMAN, Okla. – New developments into the investigation into Sunday's officer involved shooting near a strip mall in Norman, Okla. Police say they responded to a disturbance call at the strip mall in the 2400 block of Briggs Street which is near ...
  
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• Mount Vernon police identify man killed by officers - Columbus Dispatch

  15-12-2014 20:26 via dispatch.com
  
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  Mount Vernon police identify man killed by officers
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  Mount Vernon Police Chief Roger Monroe said in a short news conference that three officers arrived at the scene and had to force their way into a “chaotic” scene as Hall and his 69-year-old grandmother Joanne Deboard were arguing and that Hall was ...
  Police Chief To Discuss Fatal Mount Vernon Shooting10TV
  
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• 6 Shot Dead in Pennsylvania Killing Spree; Suspect Loose

  15-12-2014 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The suspected gunman remains on the loose after a killing spree in Montgomery County, Pa., that left six people dead at multiple locations.
  
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• Police Nationwide Alter Tactics, Bolster Arsenal After Protests, Killings - Huffington Post

  15-12-2014 20:07 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Police Nationwide Alter Tactics, Bolster Arsenal After Protests, Killings
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  Two recent police shootings in Ohio started with reports of people with guns: the killing last month of a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun in Cleveland and the death last summer of a 22-year-old man holding an air rifle in a Wal-Mart in suburban ...
  Police Altering Tactics After Killings, ProtestsABC News
  
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• Aussie gunman, 2 hostages killed - USA TODAY

  15-12-2014 19:56 via usatoday.com
  
  Aussie gunman, 2 hostages killed
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  SYDNEY -- A tense, 16-hour Australian hostage standoff ended with gunfire when heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney's financial center. Two hostages and the gunman were killed, authorities said. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the ...
  
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• Police: 3 Dead, Including Gunman, in Sydney Siege - ABC News

  15-12-2014 19:52 via abcnews.go.com
  Police: 3 Dead, Including Gunman, in Sydney Siege
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  Amid a barrage of gunfire, police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday to end a 16-hour hostage siege by an Iranian-born gunman. Police said three people were killed — the gunman and two of the hostages — and four others were wounded.
  
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• Police dog sniffs out 100 pounds of pot in NJ - CBS News

  15-12-2014 19:39 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police dog sniffs out 100 pounds of pot in NJ
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  Police say a person of interest was identified and he was spotted removing large boxes from the storage unit, placing them in a car and driving away. Officers with the Cherry Hill Police Department stopped the driver for having a suspended driver's ...
  Cherry Hill police nab man with 250 pounds of potPhilly.com
  
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• Mother: Boy Killed by Police Never Had a Chance - ABC News

  15-12-2014 19:19 via abcnews.go.com
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  Mother: Boy Killed by Police Never Had a Chance
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  Police say officers were responding to a call Nov. 22 about someone possibly carrying a gun. They say Tamir didn't respond to commands to raise his hands before Officer Timothy Loehmann fired his weapon. The officers also meant to stop the patrol car ...
  Cleveland police union head: Tamir Rice shirt 'pathetic'MSNBC
  Cleveland police slam NFL player's protest over Tamir Rice deathCNN
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• Cleveland police union head: Tamir Rice shirt 'pathetic' - MSNBC

  15-12-2014 18:51 via msnbc.com
  
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  Cleveland police union head: Tamir Rice shirt 'pathetic'
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  The president of the police union in Cleveland, Ohio, said over the weekend the “Justice for Tamir Rice” shirt worn by football player Andrew Hawkins was “pathetic.” Hawkins, a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, dressed in a shirt that read ...
  Mother: Boy Killed by Police Never Had a ChanceABC News
  Cleveland police slam NFL player's protest over Tamir Rice deathCNN
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• Union Criticizes California Chief for Wearing Uniform to Protest

  15-12-2014 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Richmond, Calif., Police Chief Chris Magnus, who gained nationwide attention for holding a sign reading "Black lives matter" at a peaceful protest in his city, was criticized by his department's rank-and-file Friday for doing so in uniform.
  
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• Metro Police: Officer Shot, Teenage Gunman Killed After Sunday Night Shootout - Nashville Scene

  15-12-2014 16:58 via nashvillescene.com
  
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  Metro Police: Officer Shot, Teenage Gunman Killed After Sunday Night Shootout
  Nashville Scene
  At the time of Sunday night's incident, McDonald was listed as a runaway by the police department. His mother reported scuffling with him over a box of bullets on the night of December 7th. She said he threatened to shoot her. She also reported that he ...
  Nashville police kill 16-year-old suspect who shot officerChattanooga Times Free Press
  
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• Fine Line Between Lawful and Unlawful Protests

  15-12-2014 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  There will always be issues and decisions that every citizen may not agree with – it is simply the nature of who we are as Americans.
  
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• Fine Line Between Lawful and Unlawful

  15-12-2014 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  There will always be issues and decisions that every citizen may not agree with – it is simply the nature of who we are as Americans.
  
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• Minnesota Officers Replace Family's Stolen Christmas

  15-12-2014 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Most of the presents for Maritha Hill's family of four daughters and 1 grandson were stolen from under the tree by a thief or thieves who broke into and ransacked her townhome. Also taken were her 11-year-old daughter's tablet and iPod.
  
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• Pennsylvania Officer Killed in Fiery Pursuit Crash

  15-12-2014 14:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A part-time Perryopolis, Pa., police officer was killed Sunday afternoon in a fiery two-vehicle crash on Route 51 in neighboring Perry Township when a Uniontown man crossed in front of his cruiser, police said.
  
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• Man killed in shootout with police identified - WAPT Jackson

  15-12-2014 14:17 via wapt.com
  
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  Man killed in shootout with police identified
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  When police rounded the corner, the suspect opened fire on the officers' vehicles, striking two vehicles in the front windows. The officers were able to exit their vehicle, and return fire, and did in fact strike the suspect and he is deceased," said ...
  
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• Body cameras for Pittsburgh police pit liability a... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  15-12-2014 12:32 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Body cameras for Pittsburgh police pit liability a...
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  Pointing to recent deaths at the hands of police officers in Missouri and New York City, and local assault cases such as those involving Jordan Miles and Leon Ford, police supervisors and some local community groups have embraced the cameras, saying ...
  
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• Five hostages escape Sydney cafe during standoff - USA TODAY

  15-12-2014 09:21 via usatoday.com
  
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  Five hostages escape Sydney cafe during standoff
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  Five people escaped from a cafe in downtown Sydney where at least one armed person held an undisclosed number of hostages, Monday. New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn confirmed to the Associated Press that three people ...
  Black Flag Is Hoisted as an Armed Person Takes Hostages in a Sydney CafeNew York Times
  Sydney siege: Police in contact with gunman as five hostages escapeFox News
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• Dozens rally in Bremerton against police violence - Kitsap Sun

  15-12-2014 09:19 via kitsapsun.com
  
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  Dozens rally in Bremerton against police violence
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  BREMERTON — A rally Sunday in Bremerton was as much about decrying police brutality as providing instruction on how to avoid it. “There will never be a time — as sad as it sounds — that we will not have to teach our kids how to survive in America ...
  
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• Hong Kong Police Close Last Protest Site, Arrest Protesters - ABC News

  15-12-2014 08:11 via abcnews.go.com
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  Hong Kong Police Close Last Protest Site, Arrest Protesters
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  Hong Kong police tore down barricades, folded up tents and arrested some protesters Monday at a third and final pro-democracy protest camp, ending demonstrations that blocked traffic in the southern Chinese city's streets for 2 1/2 months. A police ...
  Hong Kong police clear last pro-democracy protest siteReuters
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• Marchers in Washington, New York, Boston protest against police killings - Reuters

  15-12-2014 05:40 via reuters.com
  
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  Marchers in Washington, New York, Boston protest against police killings
  Reuters
  Decisions by grand juries to return no indictments against the officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York have put police treatment of minorities back on the national agenda. "We're going to keep the light ...
  Protesting police shootings: Demands for change sound out nationwideCNN
  Thousands March Across Nation to Protest Police Killings of Black Men
  
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• For police reformers, California city shows a rough road - Reuters

  15-12-2014 05:40 via reuters.com
  
  For police reformers, California city shows a rough road
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  Under scrutiny by a court-ordered external monitor and threatened with federal receivership, Oakland's 14-year journey from notorious law enforcement agency to reform-minded department illustrates the difficulty of changing the way police operate at ...
  
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• Baltimore Police Officer Hospitalized After Being Shot - CBS Local

  15-12-2014 05:08 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  Baltimore Police Officer Hospitalized After Being Shot
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Baltimore City police officer is in the hospital after being shot during a traffic stop. Rochelle Ritchie has the details. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said he is currently in surgery and police have recovered a gun that may ...
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• Amid Assaults on Officers, New York Police Rethink Their Response to Protests - New York Times

  15-12-2014 04:56 via nytimes.com
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  Amid Assaults on Officers, New York Police Rethink Their Response to Protests
  New York Times
  In the days after a grand jury declined to bring charges against a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, Commissioner William J. Bratton said he expected the large-scale protests that followed to eventually “peter out ...
  Busted Brooklyn Bridge poet-protester: 'F--- the police'New York Daily News
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• Perryopolis police officer dies in Route 51 crash - Tribune-Review

  15-12-2014 04:13 via triblive.com
  
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  Perryopolis police officer dies in Route 51 crash
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  “As I told his wife, 'Rich was on the battlefield in Iraq and he was on the battlefield of the highway and, unfortunately, he lost his life on the battlefield of the highway,'” Perryopolis police Capt. Steve Kontaxes said. Champion lost his life on ...
  Community Mourns Death Of Perryopolis Police OfficerCBS Local
  Pa. police officer dies in fiery crash during high-speed chase: '100 percent ...PennLive.com
  
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• Police arrest 2nd suspect in shooting at Ore. high school - USA TODAY

  15-12-2014 03:18 via usatoday.com
  
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  Police arrest 2nd suspect in shooting at Ore. high school
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  PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police said they arrested second man in connection with the shooting Friday of four students outside a high school for at-risk youth. Marquel Dugas, 18, was arrested Saturday on a probation violation. Police believe he was ...
  Police arrest suspect in Portland school shootingNew York Post
  Killingsworth shooting: Portland police arrest 'person of interest,' looking ...OregonLive.
  
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• Cleveland police union objects to Andrew Hawkins' pre-game T-shirt - NBCSports.com

  15-12-2014 03:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
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  Cleveland police union objects to Andrew Hawkins' pre-game T-shirt
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  Cleveland Police Patrolman Union President Jeff Follmer issued the following statement: “It's pretty pathetic when athletes think they know the law. They should stick to what they know best on the field. The Cleveland Police protect and serve the ...
  President of Cleveland Police Union demands apology from Browns for protestUSA TODAY
  Cleveland Police Union wants apology for Andrew Hawkins
  
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• Man killed in ATV accident with police vehicle identified - fox2now.com

  15-12-2014 02:30 via fox2now.com
  
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  Man killed in ATV accident with police vehicle identified
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  ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – St. Louis police identify the man killed while racing ATV's on a north St. Louis street. 46-year-old Leo Blackmon, Junior died last night at a hospital, following the crash of his ATV into a St. Louis city police vehicle. The ...
  Police release identity of man killed in ATV collision with police SUVSTLtoday.com
  
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• In Push Against Muslim Cleric, Turkey Detains Police Officers and Journalists - New York Times

  15-12-2014 02:01 via nytimes.com
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  In Push Against Muslim Cleric, Turkey Detains Police Officers and Journalists
  New York Times
  ISTANBUL — The Turkish police detained at least 24 police officers, journalists and media workers in raids on Sunday morning, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled a new campaign against supporters of an influential Muslim cleric whom he ...
  Turkish police target media offices in raidUSA TODAY
  In Turkey, police arrest journalists and executivesCNN
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• State Police arrest 23 protesters in Boston - Boston Globe

  15-12-2014 01:25 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  State Police arrest 23 protesters in Boston
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  State Police arrested 23 people participating in a protest that drew about 1,000 to downtown Boston on Saturday afternoon, said Colonel Timothy P. Alben, superintendent of the State Police. The 4½-half-hour demonstration was the latest in a series of ...
  Some Boston Arrests In Police Killings Protest, State Police SayWBUR
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• Witness to killing aided police -- and was gunned down on eve of trial - Chicago Tribune

  15-12-2014 01:23 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Witness to killing aided police -- and was gunned down on eve of trial
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  Nearly three years ago, Lawndale "Lonnie" Nutall witnessed a gang slaying outside a convenience store at a corner in Chicago's crime-plagued West Englewood neighborhood. Tired of the pervasive violence, he cooperated with police, helping lead to ...
  
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• Protesting police shootings: Demands for change sound out nationwide - CNN

  15-12-2014 00:48 via cnn.com
  
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  Protesting police shootings: Demands for change sound out nationwide
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  (CNN) -- The families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and other unarmed black men felled by bullets or police force filled a podium in the nation's capital. "This is a history-making moment," said Garner's mother, Gwen Carr ...
  Marchers in Washington, New York, Boston protest police killingsReuters
  Across the US, thousands march to protest police shootingsFox News
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• 3 arrested in police brutality protests - Chicago Tribune

  15-12-2014 00:31 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  3 arrested in police brutality protests
  Chicago Tribune
  Alfredo Reyes, 21, and David L. Rucker, 25, were each charged with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor resisting arrest after prosecutors said they punched a police officer who was trying to get them back onto the sidewalk Saturday afternoon in ...
  
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• Perryopolis police officer killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 51 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  15-12-2014 00:23 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Perryopolis police officer killed in two-vehicle crash on Route 51
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  A Perryopolis police officer was killed and an owner of a popular country store was badly injured Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Route 51. Perryopolis police Chief Roger Beadling said Richard Champion, 35, of Ligonier, had been a part-time ...
  Officials ID Perryopolis officer killed in Route 51 crashWPXI Pittsburgh
  
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• Police Arrest Second Man in Portland Shooting - ABC News

  15-12-2014 00:18 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police Arrest Second Man in Portland Shooting
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  An 18-year-old man arrested Sunday is the second of three people believed to be involved in a shooting outside an alternative Portland high school, police said. Marquel Dugas, 18, was arrested on a probation violation and lodged into jail Sunday afternoon.
  Oregon police arrest second man believed involved in Portland school shootingReuters
  Killingsworth shooting: Police arrest 2nd suspect; 1 victim released from hospital
  
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