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• Georgia Man Killed in Standoff After Shooting at Police, Neighbors

  22-12-2014 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  As members of the SWAT team approached the house, police said the gunman opened fire again and several rounds hit the SWAT vehicle. At that point, police decided to evacuate the neighborhood and that's when things got intense.
  
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• Retracta-Cade

  22-12-2014 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Retracta-Cade is a fully portable, retractable barricade system that’s easy to transport in patrol car.
  
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• Seven Steps Eric Holder Should Take to Help Prevent More Police Officers from Being Murdered

  22-12-2014 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  I want to look prospectively at seven specific steps the attorney general can — and should — take now to help restore confidence in law enforcement and thus honor that “steadfast commitment” to making officers as safe as possible.
  
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• Yankees' Charity Offers to Pay for Education of Ambushed NYPD Officer's Children

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The New York Yankees' Silver Shield Foundation is offering to pay for any and all education expenses for the children of Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers killed Saturday in Brooklyn.
  
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• Video: Fired Milwaukee Officer Will Not Be Charged for Killing Mentally Ill Man

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney will not be charged in connection with the on-duty fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Monday.
  
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• Fired Milwaukee Officer Will Not Be Charged for Killing Mentally Ill Man

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney will not be charged in connection with the on-duty fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said Monday.
  
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• Ex-Con Charged with Sunday Murder of Florida Officer

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Authorities charged Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., a 23-year-old released from prison in March and wanted for an alleged probation violation, with the first-degree murder of the officer.
  
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• CHP Trooper Shoots, Kills Machete-Wielding Attacker

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  The officer put up his left arm to block the attack, at first mistaking the machete for a collapsible baton. The machete struck his left arm, hand and face,
  
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• Brooklyn Ambush killer Had Criminal Record, History of Mental Illness

  22-12-2014 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By Saturday, he had seized on the deaths at the hands of police officers of Eric Garner on Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., focusing his rage against the authorities. In his short life, during which Mr. Brinsley failed to finish high school, to hold a steady job or, seemingly, to commit even the smallest crime without being caught, thoughts of revenge seemed to be the one thing giving him purpose.
  
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• Video: NYPD Slayings Widen Rift Between Police and Mayor

  22-12-2014 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mayor Bill de Blasio got a chilly reception from NYPD officers at Woodhull Hospital Saturday after two officers were shot to death in Brooklyn.
  
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• Video: De Blasio Calls for Suspension of Protests, Politics to Respect Ambushed Officers' Families

  22-12-2014 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s time for those of different viewpoints to “put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside everything we will talk about in due time while two families try to piece their lives back together,” he said at a gathering of the Police Athletic League.
  
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• De Blasio Calls for Suspension of Protests, Politics to Respect Ambushed Officers' Families

  22-12-2014 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s time for those of different viewpoints to “put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside everything we will talk about in due time while two families try to piece their lives back together,” he said at a gathering of the Police Athletic League.
  
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• New York mayor calls for pause in protests after police killings - Reuters

  22-12-2014 20:49 via reuters.com
  
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  New York mayor calls for pause in protests after police killings
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  De Blasio, a Democrat who has come under intense criticism from some police unions for his handling of protests over police killings of unarmed black men, asked the city to stand by families of the officers slain on Saturday. "It's a time for everyone ...
  De Blasio facing tensions further strained by police shootings De Blasio: This ...CNN
  NYC Police Union Chief Blames Mayor, Protesters For Police Killings
  
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• Police Are Not Out to Kill Minorities

  22-12-2014 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s a lie that has caused protests and riots all over this nation, communities to be burned to the ground, police officers to be attacked and beaten, and horribly, two New York City police officers to be assassinated.
  
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• Anti-Police Rhetoric Worst in 45 Years

  22-12-2014 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are 18,000 police departments in the United States. They interact millions of times with the public, and make hundreds of thousands of arrests. Very few result in a suspect’s death or injury.
  
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• Baltimore County officers upset over 911 center employee's 'anti-police ... - ABC2 News

  22-12-2014 20:22 via abc2news.com
  
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  TOWSON, Md. - Members of the Baltimore County police department have expressed anger over comments posted on the social media page of an employee of the county's 911 center. On the personal Facebook page of the employee, Kelli Murray, the post ...
  
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• Dramatic Video Shows Police Officer Rescuing Choking Boy - ABC News

  22-12-2014 20:15 via abcnews.go.com
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  Dramatic Video Shows Police Officer Rescuing Choking Boy
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  A police officer in Nevada saved a 3-year-old boy who was choking on a piece of candy, a dramatic rescue that was recorded on the officer's body camera. The rescue happened last week at Green Valley Grocery in Mesquite, Nevada. Damian Valencia ...
  Police officer saves child choking on candyWPVI-TV
  
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• One dead, one hurt in crash after police witness South Chicago shooting - Chicago Sun-Times

  22-12-2014 20:09 via chicago.suntimes.com
  
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  One dead, one hurt in crash after police witness South Chicago shooting
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  One person was killed and another was injured in a crash after police witnessed a shooting Sunday night in the South Chicago neighborhood. Officers saw someone open fire about 9:45 p.m. in the 8000 block of South Manistee, police News Affairs Officer ...
  1 killed after shooting leads to police chaseChicago Tribune
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• Targeted Attack on New York Police Reopens Old Wounds From '70s - New York Times

  22-12-2014 19:37 via nytimes.com
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  Targeted Attack on New York Police Reopens Old Wounds From '70s
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  For some members of the New York Police Department, the ambush killing of two officers over the weekend roused memories of a far darker chapter in the department's past, the 1970s, when violence on the streets and anger at the police erupted into the ...
  NY police say gunman who killed officers told bystanders to watch himLos Angeles Times
  Police on alert across America after murder of NYP
  
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• Police Union Blames Mayor, Protesters For Deaths Of 2 NYPD Officers - NPR

  22-12-2014 19:15 via npr.org
  
  Police Union Blames Mayor, Protesters For Deaths Of 2 NYPD Officers
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  Police say 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsely had 19 past arrests. His family also told police he tried to hang himself last year and has used Instagram to rant about police and government. As investigators determine what drove Brinsely to kill, some in the ...
  
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• Gunman killed in DeKalb police shootout identified - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  22-12-2014 19:08 via ajc.com
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  Gunman killed in DeKalb police shootout identified
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  DeKalb police officials investigate the scene on Landgraf Cove, in a neighborhood off River Road, where a gunman fired shots at SWAT team officers during a five-hour standoff early Monday morning, Dec. 22, 2014, in the southern part of the county.
  Georgia man killed after firing hail of bullets at police, neighborsYahoo News
  
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• Heartless Felons' threat against white police officers unsubstantiated ... - cleveland.com

  22-12-2014 18:37 via cleveland.com
  
  Heartless Felons' threat against white police officers unsubstantiated ...
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Rumblings of a threat from Northeast Ohio's Heartless Felons gang ordering its members to target white police officers in retaliation for officer-involved shootings of black people have been deemed not credible by detectives. The ...
  
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• New Precautions In Place After Threat Made Against City Police - CBS Local

  22-12-2014 18:32 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
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  New Precautions In Place After Threat Made Against City Police
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  In the report, the FBI didn't list a specific location, but said the source has direct access to violent criminal enterprises in the Pittsburgh metropolitan region. Pittsburgh Assistant Police Chief Maurita Bryant said the office gets alerts from the ...
  Pittsburgh police taking extra precautions after F...Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  Pittsburgh police increase patrols in response to threatsWPXI Pittsburgh
  
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• NY police say gunman who killed officers told bystanders to watch him - Los Angeles Times

  22-12-2014 18:31 via latimes.com
  
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  NY police say gunman who killed officers told bystanders to watch him
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  Minutes before he gunned down two police officers, a man told two bystanders, “Watch what I'm going to do,” officials said Sunday as they pieced together the movements of a killer whose actions further roiled relations between the mayor and police ...
  Targeted Attack on New York Police Reopens Old Wounds From '70sNew York Times
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• Former Milwaukee Police Officer Won't Be Charged in Death of Black Man in Park - New York Times

  22-12-2014 18:10 via nytimes.com
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  Former Milwaukee Police Officer Won't Be Charged in Death of Black Man in Park
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  “The use of deadly force against Dontre Hamilton was not a choice P.O. Manney made voluntarily, but was instead a defensive action forced upon him by Dontre Hamilton's deadly attack with a police baton,” Mr. Chisholm wrote in a 25-page report released ...
  Ex-police officer not charged in Milwaukee shooting deathReuters
  Hamilton police shooting: Timeline of what's happened
  
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• NYPD Freakout: "We've Become a 'Wartime' Police Department" - Reason (blog)

  22-12-2014 17:39 via reason.com
  
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  NYPD Freakout: "We've Become a 'Wartime' Police Department"
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  The issues surrounding police reform are not "anti-cop" issues. Things like greater accountability and transparency, independent investigations, and more substantive disciplinary reforms aren't "anti-cop." They're good for police and the people being ...
  
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• For Mayor de Blasio and New York Police, a Rift Is Ripped Open - New York Times

  22-12-2014 17:00 via nytimes.com
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  For Mayor de Blasio and New York Police, a Rift Is Ripped Open
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  Mayor Bill de Blasio sat in the front pew at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, head bowed at times, with his wife on his left and the police commissioner on his right. The crowd had come, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said, to mourn the two officers ...
  
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• 1 killed after shooting leads to police chase - Chicago Tribune

  22-12-2014 16:45 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  1 killed after shooting leads to police chase
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  Early Monday morning, police remained on the scene of the crash. Debris from both cars -- tires, shattered glass and a bumper -- littered the intersection. Investigators took photos of the mangled red car, which came to rest just over the curb on South ...
  One dead, one hurt in crash after police witness South Chicago shootingChicago Sun-Times
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• Bowdoin offers to cover full tuition for slain New York City police officer's ... - Bangor Daily News

  22-12-2014 15:42 via bangordailynews.com
  
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  Miguel Esteves places an NYPD badge on a makeshift memorial at the site where two police officers were shot in the head in the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 21, 2014. The officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot and killed as they sat ...
  Yankees Charity to Pay For Education of Slain Police Officer's ChildrenABC News
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• Boston Police Officer Shoots At Man Who Points Gun At Him - CBS Local

  22-12-2014 15:03 via boston.cbslocal.com
  
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  Boston Police Officer Shoots At Man Who Points Gun At Him
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  BOSTON (CBS) – There was a massive search in Dorchester overnight after a police officer shot at a man who pointed a gun at him. It happened just after 11 p.m. Sunday outside the Lee Elementary School. Boston police say an unidentified man pointed a ...
  Police search for suspect who allegedly pointed a gun at a BPD officerMy Fox Boston
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• NY cops union head doesn't get it - CNN

  22-12-2014 15:00 via cnn.com
  
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  NY cops union head doesn't get it
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  Don't get me wrong, I don't view the police as the enemy. I simply don't trust them like I once did. I no longer give them the benefit of the doubt, meaning I can now just as easily believe the suspect's version of the facts as the police officers. And ...
  
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• After 2 NYPD officers killed, more threats against police emerge - CNN

  22-12-2014 14:30 via cnn.com
  
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  After 2 NYPD officers killed, more threats against police emerge
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  While patrolling a Brooklyn neighborhood Saturday, the New York police officers were killed by the man who had also just shot his ex-girlfriend -- and apparently broadcast his intention to kill police on social media. Here's what we know about the ...
  
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• Dog shot during Round Rock police investigation - KVUE

  22-12-2014 14:18 via kvue.com
  
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  Dog shot during Round Rock police investigation
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  ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Police have confirmed they shot and killed a dog following a police chase in Round Rock on Sunday. Police said officers located Rudy Gonzales, who is suspected of stealing two cars, at Homewood Suits on South Mays Street, but ...
  Round Rock police shoot, kill dog as owner attempts carjackingKXAN.com
  Dog shot by Round Rock police officer after pursuit in car theft caseAustin American-Statesman
  
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• Pittsburgh police taking extra precautions after F... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

  22-12-2014 13:37 via post-gazette.com
  
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  Pittsburgh police taking extra precautions after F...
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  A statewide FBI alert about “potential threats” against law enforcement has Pittsburgh police doubling up in patrol vehicles, city officials said Sunday. Officers are partnering up on assignments as an additional safety measure after two New York City ...
  New Precautions In Place After Threat Made Against City PoliceCBS Local
  Pittsburgh police increase patrols in response to threatsWPXI Pit
  
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• Latest News: Police Killings, North Korea, NFL Playoffs - New York Times

  22-12-2014 11:55 via nytimes.com
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  Latest News: Police Killings, North Korea, NFL Playoffs
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  Good morning. Here's what you need to know: • Police departments on alert. Law enforcement officials are enacting precautions nationwide after two patrolmen sitting in their car in Brooklyn were killed at point-blank range on Saturday. Though there was ...
  
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• Local police, activists mourn slain NYPD officers - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  22-12-2014 11:31 via lohud.com
  
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  Local police, activists mourn slain NYPD officers
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  He shot his girlfriend in Maryland and boasted on social media he would kill police because Eric Garner was killed by police on Staten Island, as was Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, authorities said. The police killings of unarmed civilians ...
  
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• Police officers' slaying raises pressure on New York mayor - Reuters

  22-12-2014 11:21 via reuters.com
  
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  Police officers' slaying raises pressure on New York mayor
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  New York police officers turned their backs on de Blasio in protest during a news conference and their union said the mayor had blood on his hands after Saturday's shooting. Police investigators have said the killings were the work of a 28-year-old ...
  
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• A Widening Rift Between de Blasio and the New York City Police Is Savagely ... - New York Times

  22-12-2014 11:03 via nytimes.com
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  A Widening Rift Between de Blasio and the New York City Police Is Savagely ...
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  Mayor Bill de Blasio sat in the front pew at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, head bowed at times, with his wife on his left and the police commissioner on his right. The crowd had come, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said, to mourn the two officers ...
  
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• Police Departments on Alert After Cop Killings - NBCNews.com

  22-12-2014 08:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police Departments on Alert After Cop Killings
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  Big-city police departments and union leaders around the country are warning the rank and file to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media in the days after a man ambushed two officers and shot them to death inside ...
  
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• Police shoot man who came at them with knives - Las Vegas Review-Journal

  22-12-2014 07:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
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  Police shoot man who came at them with knives
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  Las Vegas police investigates the scene of a reported shooting at the intersection of Tompkins Avenue and Tiburon South Avenue in Las Vegas Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal) ...
  
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• No One Is Stoking an Anti-Police Movement. We Just Want Better Policing. - Slate Magazine

  22-12-2014 07:24 via slate.com
  
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  No One Is Stoking an Anti-Police Movement. We Just Want Better Policing.
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  Ismaaiyl Brinsley cop killing in Brooklyn Police officers stand guard on Dec. 20, 2014, at the scene of a shooting where two New York City police officers were killed execution style Saturday afternoon as they sat in their marked police car on a ...
  
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• Obama outraged over 'senseless murders,' he tells police - USA TODAY

  22-12-2014 05:25 via usatoday.com
  
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  Obama outraged over 'senseless murders,' he tells police
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  President Obama expressed outrage over the killing of two New York police officers Sunday, calling the police commissioners of New York and Philadelphia to lend support for law enforcement. Obama called New York Police Commissioner William Bratton to ...
  Philadelphia police commissioner tells officers to be alertPittsburgh Post Gazette
  Protesters rally in Center City against police brutality6
  
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• Killing of New York Police Officers Tests Promise of 'One City' - New York Times

  22-12-2014 04:00 via nytimes.com
  Killing of New York Police Officers Tests Promise of 'One City'
  New York Times
  The horrifying killings of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday shock the soul of the city and require us all to stop to honor the dead, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. Police Commissioner William Bratton, looking stricken at a news conference at ...
  
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• Florida police officer dies on duty after getting shot, run over - Reuters

  22-12-2014 02:35 via reuters.com
  
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  Florida police officer dies on duty after getting shot, run over
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  Kondek's death followed a Saturday afternoon shooting in New York City, where a gunman shot dead two police officers and then killed himself. Authorities said that shooter had indicated on social media that he would seek revenge for recent U.S. police ...
  Florida suspect shot police officer then ran him overUSA TODAY
  Police: Fugitive Killed Florida OfficerU.S. News & World Report
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• Dover man wielding BB gun killed by police - The News Journal

  22-12-2014 01:35 via delawareonline.com
  
  Dover man wielding BB gun killed by police
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  A Dover man wielding a BB gun was fatally shot by police Sunday morning, according to the Dover Police Department. Shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Dover police received information from a crisis center noting James Long, 52 of Dover, had indicated ...
  
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• Authorities Interviewing Father of Girl, 3, Left at Grove: Police - NBC Southern California

  22-12-2014 00:08 via nbclosangeles.com
  
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  Authorities Interviewing Father of Girl, 3, Left at Grove: Police
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  The father of a toddler abandoned at one of Los Angeles's premier shopping centers Saturday came to retrieve her nearly a day later and was being interviewed by child protective services Sunday afternoon, police said. The father told Los Angeles Police ...
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