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• LA will buy 7000 body cameras for police officers - Los Angeles Times

  16-12-2014 23:31 via latimes.com
  
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  L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday that the city would purchase 7,000 body cameras for police officers in an effort to increase transparency. Body cameras for officers have become a major issue in the wake of the shooting of unarmed black ...
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• Suspect in deadly Glenolden shooting identified as police officer - 6abc.com

  16-12-2014 23:18 via 6abc.com
  
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  Suspect in deadly Glenolden shooting identified as police officer
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  Investigators tell Action News former Colwyn cop Stephen Rozniakowski was armed with a gun, police radio, and a bullet proof vest when he kicked the door in at the home on the 600 block of Glenfield Avenue. He allegedly shot dead Valerie Morrow, then ...
  Police Officer, Accused Stalker Killed Former Girlfriend: OfficialsNBC 10 Philadelphia
  Philly cop kills ex-girlfriend after 75 recent stalking a
  
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• Police Announce $12000 Reward After 2 Lieutenants Assaulted During Garner ... - CBS Local

  16-12-2014 23:03 via newyork.cbslocal.com
  
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  A video posted to YouTube shows the assault on NYPD lieutenants Philip Chan and Patrick Sullivan during demonstrations against the Eric Garner grand jury decision. Chan suffered a broken nose, police said. Both lieutenants had bruising all over their ...
  Police Hunt for 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Protest MeleeNew York Times
  Reward offered for 7 suspects wanted in police attack on the Brooklyn Bridge
  
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• Perth Amboy police chief charged with theft, suspended without pay - NJ.com

  16-12-2014 21:50 via nj.com
  
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  Perth Amboy police chief charged with theft, suspended without pay
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  PERTH AMBOY – Police Chief Ben Ruiz has been charged with theft and suspended without pay for using a police department mechanic to fix vehicles belonging to himself and a friend, according to Middlesex Prosecutor Andrew Carey. Ruiz, 53, of Perth ...
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• Quiet vigil in downtown LA protests police violence - Los Angeles Times

  16-12-2014 21:45 via latimes.com
  Quiet vigil in downtown LA protests police violence
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  Dressed in dark suits and ties, roughly 50 African American men gathered in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Monday for a silent vigil in support of Eric Garner and others who died during confrontations with police. The ...
  
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• Lawyers lie down in the rain to protest killings by police - Los Angeles Times

  16-12-2014 21:41 via latimes.com
  
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  Lawyers lie down in the rain to protest killings by police
  Los Angeles Times
  “The issue of police brutality is not about any single officer or victim, nor is it about good people versus bad people,” Priscilla Ocen, a law professor, declared over a bullhorn. “The number of unjustified homicides is a result of an entire system ...
  Hundreds Of Lawyers Stage 'Die-In' To Protest Police BrutalityFOX 11 Los Angeles
  
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• SCOTUS Rules Evidence Cannot Be Suppressed Just Because an Officer Made a "Reasonable" Traffic Stop Mistake

  16-12-2014 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts noted that the keystone of the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable search and seizure is the word "unreasonable." And in this case, the officer's belief that having a broken tail light was illegal counted as a reasonable mistake. The traffic stop and the subsequent consensual search of the car were therefore also reasonable.
  
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• Miami Police Veteran Named Department's New Chief

  16-12-2014 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Monday, after 27 years climbing the ladder, Llanes got his wish. City Manager Daniel Alfonso picked the department lifer and assistant chief to lead the city’s high-profile, 1,150-member department.
  
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• Dozens of Murderers, Rapists Released by Detroit Warrant Backlog

  16-12-2014 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Among the pending and as yet unsigned warrants are 21 for murder, including one going back to 2010. There are 105 for sexual assaults, 126 for child abuse and 25 from the Detroit Police Fatal Squad. In most cases, police were forced to release the suspects, since state and federal law says they can't be held beyond 72 hours without being arraigned.
  
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• Family of man killed in BB gun case sues police and Walmart - CNN

  16-12-2014 20:55 via cnn.com
  
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  Family of man killed in BB gun case sues police and Walmart
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  (CNN) -- The family of a man who picked up a BB gun for sale at an Ohio Walmart and was shot dead by police has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that the corporation and police are responsible for his death. John Crawford III was black, and his family ...
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• Dallas police ID officer, suspect involved in early morning shooting at Wal-Mart - Dallas Morning News (blog)

  16-12-2014 20:53 via crimeblog.dallasnews.com
  
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  Dallas police ID officer, suspect involved in early morning shooting at Wal-Mart
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  An off-duty police officer shot a shoplifting suspect who stabbed him early Tuesday at a northeast Dallas Wal-Mart, authorities say. Police said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that portions of the incident were captured on video inside the store.
  
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• McLoud police officer injured in wreck with trash truck identified - KOCO Oklahoma City

  16-12-2014 19:46 via koco.com
  
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  McLoud police officer injured in wreck with trash truck identified
  KOCO Oklahoma City
  According to McLoud police, the officer was turning around in the road near the intersection of McLoud and Redskin roads when the accident happened. The officer was stuck in the car for more than hour while crews worked to extricate him. At the scene ...
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• Video: Fallen Indiana Officer's Grave Desecrated

  16-12-2014 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sergeant Tom Cochran died in the line of duty on January 26, 2005. This weekend, the Cochran family discovered that his headstone had been defaced.
  
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• Video: California Officer Placed on Leave After Controversial Tweets

  16-12-2014 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The San Jose (Calif.) Police Department has placed a veteran officer on leave and is investigating threatening comments from his Twitter account about demonstrators involved in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner protests.
  
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• Nordstrom's Fires Employee Over Kill the Police Facebook Posts

  16-12-2014 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Instead of slamming the police, I prefer a Kenny Fort approach. Every time an unarmed black man is killed, you kill a decorated white officer, on his door step in front of his family."
  
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• Georgia County Pays Woman $100K to Settle Free Speech Lawsuit Against Police

  16-12-2014 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Barnes said she was riding her bike on Austell Road to get butter for her family Easter Sunday when she saw the two officers. She said she cursed at them and flipped them off, and they came after her.
  
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• Protester On Police Shooting Of Aura Rosser: 'We Can't Be Silent When It ... - Huffington Post

  16-12-2014 18:26 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Protester On Police Shooting Of Aura Rosser: 'We Can't Be Silent When It ...
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  Ried discharged his firearm while responding to a domestic disturbance call last month, killing 40-year-old Aura Rosser after she “confronted” officers with a knife, police said. Her death prompted more than 100 college students and community members ...
  Ann Arbor Police Department to receive in-car and officer body camerasThe Michigan Daily
  
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• Hillsborough cop was drunk and asleep behind the wheel, police report says - NJ.com

  16-12-2014 18:11 via nj.com
  
  Hillsborough cop was drunk and asleep behind the wheel, police report says
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  SOMERVILLE — A Hillsborough cop was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after Somerville police found him asleep behind the wheel in the middle of the street, according to a police report of the incident. According to the report ...
  
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• Police in Sydney: 3 dead in raid to free captives held by Iranian-born gunman - Washington Post

  16-12-2014 17:52 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Police in Sydney: 3 dead in raid to free captives held by Iranian-born gunman
  Washington Post
  In a blitz-style assault early Tuesday, Australian riot police ended a 16-hour hostage crisis as frightened captives rushed onto the streets amid intense gunfire that fatally wounded the self-styled Muslim cleric who held them. A police statement said ...
  Data retention may have helped police in Sydney siege: AbbottZDNet
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• Retired Mansfield police Lt. John Wendling dies - Mansfield News Journal

  16-12-2014 16:33 via mansfieldnewsjournal.com
  
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  Retired Mansfield police Lt. John Wendling dies
  Mansfield News Journal
  MANSFIELD – Lt. John Wendling was synonymous with the Mansfield Police Department. Wendling, who retired in June after 46 years on the job, died Monday at OhioHealth MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital. "He was certainly a police icon in law enforcement ...
  
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• Former Tenn. cop arrested for raping prostitute: police - New York Daily News

  16-12-2014 15:36 via nydailynews.com
  
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  Former Tenn. cop arrested for raping prostitute: police
  New York Daily News
  A former Tennessee police officer was arrested for forcing a prostitute to have sex with him while he was on-duty, according to a news release from Metro police. Jonathan Mays was indicted by a grand jury and charged with rape, two counts of official ...
  
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• Video: Missouri Officer Stable After Being Shot in Face at Traffic Stop

  16-12-2014 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Several police departments worked together to track down the suspect believed to be responsible for shooting Pleasant Valley Police Officer Jacob Baldwin.
  
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• Video: Commissioner Asks Where are the Marches for Police After Baltimore Officer Shot at Traffic Stop

  16-12-2014 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three shots were fired, striking Groman once in the abdomen, just below his bulletproof vest, police said. They do not believe any officers fired their service weapons.
  
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• Nashville Officer Wounded, Robbery Suspect Killed in Apartment Shooting

  16-12-2014 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Metro Nashville police officer was shot and a 16-year-old suspect was killed in an incident in south Nashville Sunday night.
  
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• Baltimore police officer shooting details emerge - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  16-12-2014 14:32 via baltimoresun.com
  
  Baltimore police officer shooting details emerge
  Baltimore Sun (blog)
  At the same time, police say, Jones withdrew a black revolver and squeezed off three rounds. A bullet slipped under Groman's bulletproof vest, police say, wounding him in the abdomen. A day after the shooting in West Baltimore, the 27-year-old police ...
  
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• President's Task Force To Re-Examine How Police Interact With Public - NPR

  16-12-2014 09:26 via npr.org
  
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  President's Task Force To Re-Examine How Police Interact With Public
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  President Obama picked one veteran police officer and one attorney to lead the task force: Charles Ramsey, the Police Commissioner in Philadelphia, who has also served on police forces in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, and Laurie Robinson, a professor ...
  WH task force to review grand juries' handling of police killingsThe Hill
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• How Delaware reviews police deadly force debated - The News Journal

  16-12-2014 07:34 via delawareonline.com
  
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  How Delaware reviews police deadly force debated
  The News Journal
  Weeks after grand juries in Missouri and New York declined to indict two police officers who killed unarmed civilians in separate incidents, anger and fury about the situation continues to reverberate across Delaware and the nation. At the root of the ...
  
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• Police Patrols in New York Public Housing Draw Scrutiny - New York Times

  16-12-2014 05:10 via nytimes.com
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  Police Patrols in New York Public Housing Draw Scrutiny
  New York Times
  In New York housing projects, police officers can demand identification from people who are hanging out in a public space, like a building lobby. Even if they prove that they live in the building, officers may cite them for “lingering.” It is not a ...
  
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• San Jose police officer placed on leave after controversial tweets - San Jose Mercury News

  16-12-2014 04:37 via mercurynews.com
  
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  San Jose police officer placed on leave after controversial tweets
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  SAN JOSE -- For weeks, San Jose police Officer Phillip White had been using his personal Twitter account to vent displeasure over the ongoing protests in Oakland and around the country about the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of law ...
  'Duty To Kill You;' San Jose Police Officer Placed On Leave After Provocative ...CBS Local
  
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• Probe into alleged Detroit police overtime abuse widens - The Detroit News

  16-12-2014 04:25 via detroitnews.com
  
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  Probe into alleged Detroit police overtime abuse widens
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  Detroit — A Detroit Police Internal Affairs probe into reported overtime abuse in the Homicide Section has been expanded into other units, police officials confirm, and into allegations a deputy chief disparaged a lieutenant after he claimed the ...
  
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• Sydney Hostage Siege Ends With Gunman and 2 Captives Dead as Police ... - New York Times

  16-12-2014 03:53 via nytimes.com
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  Sydney Hostage Siege Ends With Gunman and 2 Captives Dead as Police ...
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  SYDNEY, Australia — Heavily armed police officers ended a hostage siege in Sydney early Tuesday, storming a downtown cafe where an armed man had held employees and customers for more than 16 hours. The captor and two hostages died during the ...
  Police in Sydney: 3 dead in raid to free captives held by Iranian-born gunmanWashington Post
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• Police Hunt for 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Protest Melee - New York Times

  16-12-2014 03:40 via nytimes.com
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  Police Hunt for 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Protest Melee
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  Two days after protesters injured two police lieutenants in a melee on the Brooklyn Bridge, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said on Monday that such assaults on officers would bring a firm response. “We do not take attacks on our police officers ...
  Busted Brooklyn Bridge poet-protester: 'F--- the police'New York Daily News
  Police Search For 6 More People In Attack On Lieutenants During Protes
  
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• Oakland: Two dozen arrested in protest at police HQ - Inside Bay Area

  16-12-2014 03:36 via insidebayarea.com
  
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  Oakland: Two dozen arrested in protest at police HQ
  Inside Bay Area
  Police take in to custody one of the protesters who closed down the Oakland Police Department and Broadway between Sixth and Seventh Streets in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A combination of groups ONYX, Black Lives Matter, Black Out ...
  Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police HQ; 25 arrestedLos Angeles Times
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• Wounded Baltimore police officer in stable condition - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  16-12-2014 02:59 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Wounded Baltimore police officer in stable condition
  Baltimore Sun (blog)
  At the same time, police say, Jones withdrew a black revolver and squeezed off three rounds. A bullet slipped under Groman's bulletproof vest, police say, wounding him in the abdomen. A day after the shooting in West Baltimore, the 27-year-old police ...
  Man Charged In Baltimore City Police Officer's ShootingCBS Local
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• Police searching Doylestown after possible sighting of Montgomery County ... - 6abc.com

  16-12-2014 02:32 via 6abc.com
  
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  Shortly before 8:00 p.m. Monday, Doylestown police were called to an attempted carjacking near the area of North Shady Retreat Road and Burpee Road. The alleged victim informed police he was approached by a man in camouflage armed with a knife who ...
  Police: Suspect On The Loose After Fatally Shooting 6 Family Members In ...CBS Local
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• Chief of police apologizes after officer uses Taser on 76-year-old man - KPRC Houston

  16-12-2014 02:17 via click2houston.com
  
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  Chief of police apologizes after officer uses Taser on 76-year-old man
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  ELDERLY MAN TAKEN DOWN AND SHOT WITH A TASER, AN INCIDENT THAT HAD A VICTORIA POLICE OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION TONIGHT. YOU FIRST SAW THAT AND HEARD FROM THE ELDERLY MAN ON OUR NEWSCAST LAST NIGHT ...
  Victoria police officer investigated for tasing driver, 76Victoria Advocate
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• 9 Absurd Justifications For Police Killings Of Unarmed Black Males - Huffington Post

  16-12-2014 01:42 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  9 Absurd Justifications For Police Killings Of Unarmed Black Males
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  In recent weeks, protests have spread across America in response to multiple grand juries declining to indict police officers responsible for the deaths of unarmed black men. Those decisions have led to an outpouring of grief, anger and anxiety over a ...
  
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• Pleasant Valley police officer shot in traffic stop in serious condition - Kansas City Star

  16-12-2014 01:21 via kansascity.com
  
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  Pleasant Valley police officer shot in traffic stop in serious condition
  Kansas City Star
  A 37-year-old Pleasant Valley police officer who was shot in the face in a traffic stop Saturday night on Interstate 35 remained in serious but stable condition at a hospital, authorities said Monday. Jacob Baldwin has been speaking with family members ...
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• Man found guilty of fatally stabbing police dog - WTAE Pittsburgh

  16-12-2014 00:59 via wtae.com
  
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  Man found guilty of fatally stabbing police dog
  WTAE Pittsburgh
  John Rush winks at a WTAE camera in the Allegheny County Courthouse. He testified in his own defense at a trial over the stabbing of Pittsburgh police K-9 Rocco. View Large. Photos. John Rush winks at a WTAE camera in the Allegheny County Courthouse ...
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• Man Charged In Baltimore City Police Officer's Shooting - CBS Local

  16-12-2014 00:07 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  Man Charged In Baltimore City Police Officer's Shooting
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man has been charged in the shooting of a Baltimore City police officer. The officer is in stable condition. Rochelle Ritchie has more on the new details emerging. That officer is in stable condition after undergoing surgery late ...
  Officer shot during west Baltimore traffic stopWBAL Baltimore
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