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• Obama Blasts Ferguson Police Department as Two More Officers Resign - RollingStone.com

  07-03-2015 21:42 via rollingstone.com
  
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  Obama Blasts Ferguson Police Department as Two More Officers Resign
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  Obama US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall event at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, March 6, 2015. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Share · Tweet · Share; Comment; Email. On the same day that two Ferguson, Missouri police ...
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• Blarney Blowout 2015: Amherst police report 3 arrests; 10 treated for injury ... - MassLive.com

  07-03-2015 21:16 via masslive.com
  
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  Blarney Blowout 2015: Amherst police report 3 arrests; 10 treated for injury ...
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  03.07.2015 | AMHERST -- A heavy presence in North Amherst of police from several Western Massachusetts departments was preventing a repeat of 2014's Blarney Blowout riots as of late Saturday morning. Anyone who couldn't prove they lived at one of the ...
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• Morgan Hill Police Arrest San Jose Couple Found In Burning, Stolen Car - CBS Local

  07-03-2015 20:37 via sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
  
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  Morgan Hill Police Arrest San Jose Couple Found In Burning, Stolen Car
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  MORGAN HILL (CBS SF) — Two people in a stolen car were arrested after the vehicle caught on fire in Morgan Hill on Friday afternoon, police said. San Jose residents Tye Freitas, 29, and Stephanie Hamilton, 31, were in a 2006 Volvo an officer saw turn ...
  
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• Man Shot Dead by Police After Scuffle in Wisconsin - New York Times

  07-03-2015 19:16 via nytimes.com
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  Man Shot Dead by Police After Scuffle in Wisconsin
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  A 19-year-old Wisconsin man was shot and killed Friday by a police officer during a scuffle inside an apartment in Madison, police officials said. The shooting prompted protests that continued on Saturday and led officials to call for restraint while ...
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• UK police defend actions over teenage girls who flew to Syria - Reuters

  07-03-2015 18:52 via reuters.com
  
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  UK police defend actions over teenage girls who flew to Syria
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  LONDON (Reuters) - British police on Saturday denied accusations that they had failed to pass on crucial information that could have allowed families to stop three teenage girls from traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants. Shamima Begum and ...
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• Police assistant jumps into freezing pond to save runaway boy - WFAA

  07-03-2015 18:52 via wfaa.com
  
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  Police assistant jumps into freezing pond to save runaway boy
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  ARLINGTON — The quick action by Arlington police officers may have saved the life of a 9-year-old boy. The conditions were cold and windy near. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police assistant jumps into freezing pond to save runaway boy ARLINGTON ...
  
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• Police: Former UF professor gave ex-convict $37K before he was killed - The News Herald

  07-03-2015 18:28 via newsherald.com
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  Police: Former UF professor gave ex-convict $37K before he was killed
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  GAINESVILLE (AP) — At first, it appeared retired University of Florida professor Thomas Oakland died in a tragic house fire. Now, police think the 75-year-old man who friends say was “generous to a fault” was done in by his own kindness. An autopsy ...
  
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• Police: Drugs, Guns Found Inside Arrested English High Employee's Apartment - CBS Local

  07-03-2015 18:11 via boston.cbslocal.com
  
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  Police: Drugs, Guns Found Inside Arrested English High Employee's Apartment
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  BOSTON (CBS) – Police said the execution of a search warrant at the home of a former English High School employee accused of a trying to kill a teenager earlier this week yielded several guns, ammunition and drugs. Boston police officers searched Shaun ...
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• Salisbury Police investigating Saturday morning homicide - Salisbury Post

  07-03-2015 18:06 via salisburypost.com
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  Salisbury Police investigating Saturday morning homicide
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  WINSTON-SALEM — North Rowan guard Jalen Sanders drove hard in the final seconds, but his contested, physical shot from the right baseline didn't drop and Sanders dropped ... Read more | Add your comment ...
  Salisbury police: Man found shot dead inside carWSOC Charlotte
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• Man shot by police in front of Downtown Brooklyn club Amarachi - WABC-TV

  07-03-2015 17:54 via 7online.com
  
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  Man shot by police in front of Downtown Brooklyn club Amarachi
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  Police received a call around 1 a.m. of a man with a weapon in the 100 block of Bridge Street in Downtown Brooklyn in front of the Amarachi Lounge. When police arrived they found a 34-year-old man with a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun fleeing the ...
  Police shoot armed man outside Brooklyn club: NYPDNew York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
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• Police welfare check leads to drug arrests - WISH-TV

  07-03-2015 17:42 via wishtv.com
  
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  Police welfare check leads to drug arrests
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  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Three people were arrested early Friday morning after police went to do a welfare check on a juvenile and found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. WISH-TV sister station WANE News reported that around ...
  
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• Hubbard police investigate death - WKBN.com

  07-03-2015 17:29 via wkbn.com
  
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  Hubbard police investigate death
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  According to Hubbard police, 911 received a call about 3:30 a.m. Saturday of a man lying in the area of Orchard Avenue and North Main Street near the Downtown Coffee Cafe. When police arrived, they found the body of Cody Pitts, 26, of Hubbard. The ...
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• Springfield Police K9 'Grom' dies in tragic accident - MassLive.com

  07-03-2015 15:46 via masslive.com
  
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  Springfield Police K9 'Grom' dies in tragic accident
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  SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police are mourning one of their own after Grom, the trained-dog half of a city K9 unit, died while running through the woods of Palmer Friday afternoon. Grom and handler.jpg Grom and his handler Officer Maciej ...
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• Prince George's Co. police officer dies in Lanham crash - W*USA 9

  07-03-2015 15:39 via wusa9.com
  
  Prince George's Co. police officer dies in Lanham crash
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  A Prince George's County police officer died in a collision with a snow plow early on Saturday morning, said police. Loading… Post to Facebook. Prince George's Co. police officer dies in Lanham crash A Prince George's County police officer died in a ...
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• Police fire shot at car in Old City - WPVI-TV

  07-03-2015 15:06 via 6abc.com
  
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  Police fire shot at car in Old City
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  Police responding to a shooting end up firing off a shot at a car in Philadelphia's Old City section early Saturday morning. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=548774" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
  
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• Police say they'll prepare better for situations like January campus confrontation - Columbus Dispatch

  07-03-2015 14:29 via dispatch.com
  
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  Police say they'll prepare better for situations like January campus confrontation
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  View Slideshow Request to buy this photo Barbara J. Perenic | Dispatch Some of the Buckeye fans who flocked to High Street after the Buckeyes' win cover their faces against tear gas and pepper spray used by police to disperse the crowds. Watch Video.
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• East Windsor man slashes his own throat as police say they interrupt rape - MassLive.com

  07-03-2015 11:15 via masslive.com
  
  East Windsor man slashes his own throat as police say they interrupt rape
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  EAST WINDSOR,CONN.— An East Windsor man faces arraignment on sexual assault charges when he is released from Hartford Hospital, where he was being treated for neck injuries Thursday. Police said James Polk, 43, of Deming Street, kidnapped, ...
  
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• Wilmington police shoot, paralyze man, then change story - The News Journal

  07-03-2015 04:16 via delawareonline.com
  
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  Wilmington police shoot, paralyze man, then change story
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  When two Wilmington police officers shot and gravely wounded a man during a January traffic stop, a police spokeswoman stood in front of news cameras at the scene and announced that one officer "returned fire" after the suspect shot at authorities.
  
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• Body of Mexican Man Shot by Police Flown to Mexico, Buried - ABC News

  07-03-2015 03:37 via abcnews.go.com
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  Body of Mexican Man Shot by Police Flown to Mexico, Buried
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  The body of a Mexican man shot dead by police last month has been flown to Mexico and buried in the man's home village, the Mexican Consulate in Seattle said Friday. Antonio Zambrano-Montes was flown to Mexico on Thursday and buried in La Parotita in ...
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• Holder Weighs Dismantling the Ferguson Police Dept. - New York Times

  07-03-2015 02:58 via nytimes.com
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  Holder Weighs Dismantling the Ferguson Police Dept.
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  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. vowed a firm response on Friday to what he called “appalling” racial misconduct by law enforcement officials in Ferguson, Mo., suggesting he was prepared to seek the dismantling of the police force ...
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• Training Police Departments to Be Less Biased - blogs.hbr.org (blog)

  07-03-2015 02:09 via hbr.org
  
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  Fierce debates about biased policing continue to resonate across the United States, and they're playing out on front pages again after a special investigation into the Ferguson, Missouri police department. The investigators concluded that the white ...
  
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• Police Release Ottawa Gunman's Video - New York Times

  07-03-2015 01:56 via nytimes.com
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  Police Release Ottawa Gunman's Video
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  OTTAWA — A cellphone video made by a gunman moments before he opened fire in Canada's Parliament and at a war memorial, killing a soldier, was released by the police on Friday, more than four months after the violent events. While previously withheld ...
  
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• City delegation rejects guns in schools for police - Baltimore Sun

  07-03-2015 01:32 via baltimoresun.com
  
  City delegation rejects guns in schools for police
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  Officers in the Baltimore school system's police force won't be able to carry guns inside schools any time soon. The city's delegation in Annapolis effectively killed legislation Friday that would have lifted the prohibition, putting an end to a ...
  
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• Police: Slain Officer a Hero in 'Fierce' Gunbattle With 2 - ABC News

  07-03-2015 00:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
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  Police: Slain Officer a Hero in 'Fierce' Gunbattle With 2
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  A police officer who went to a video game store to buy a present for his son ended up in a fierce gunbattle with two would-be robbers, fighting to the end of his life to protect patrons and employees, a police captain said Friday. Officer Robert Wilson ...
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