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• Police say Indiana slaying part of woman's elaborate scheme to get baby, raise ... - Fox News

  21-04-2015 23:57 via foxnews.com
  
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  This Tuesday, April 21, 205 photo shows the home where the body of a woman was found by police in Gary, Ind. Madison County prosecutors filed paperwork in Circuit Court on Monday charging Geraldine Jones, 36, of Gary in the death of 23-year-old ...and more »
  
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• Chief Justice Roberts Rules Against Police Abuse at the Supreme Court. Did ... - Slate Magazine

  21-04-2015 23:56 via slate.com
  
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  Chief Justice Roberts Rules Against Police Abuse at the Supreme Court. Did ...
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  Chief Justice Roberts rules against police abuse at the Supreme Court. Maybe he finally gets it. By Mark Joseph Stern. Los Angeles, California A man is handcuffed in south Los Angeles on April 25, 2012. (This photograph is not intended to depict police ...
  
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• Dryden talks police budget cut tonight - Ithaca Journal

  21-04-2015 23:44 via ithacajournal.com
  
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  Dryden talks police budget cut tonight
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  Dryden's village trustees are set to consider cutting their 2015 to 2016 police spending during a meeting at 7 tonight in Dryden village hall, 16 South St. Dryden residents packed a village trustee meeting to standing-room-only last week, and that ...
  
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• Police: Indiana Slaying Part of Elaborate Scheme to Get Baby - ABC News

  21-04-2015 23:41 via abcnews.go.com
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  Police: Indiana Slaying Part of Elaborate Scheme to Get Baby
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  Samantha Fleming was asleep in the Indiana apartment she shared with her boyfriend and newborn daughter when the doorbell rang April 6. On the other side, police say, was a professionally dressed woman carrying a binder who introduced herself to ...
  Anderson Police: Suspect carefully planned kidnapping and murderWTHRall 137 news articles »
  
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• Bethlehem police nab drug dealer with long rap sheet - WFMZ Allentown

  21-04-2015 23:37 via wfmz.com
  
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  Bethlehem police nab drug dealer with long rap sheet
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  Steven Kitchell, 36, of the 500 Block of Thomas Street is facing numerous drug charges after he was arrested by Bethlehem Police Monday night. Bethlehem Police launched its investigation of Kitchell in August of 2014 and subsequently executed drug buys ...
  Bethlehem police arrest alleged drug dealer, recover $35000 in heroinlehighvalleylive.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Justice Department probes Baltimore police-custody death - Fox News

  21-04-2015 22:59 via foxnews.com
  
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  Justice Department probes Baltimore police-custody death
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  April 20, 2015: Edward Brown speaks at a protest outside City Hall about Freddie Gray in Baltimore. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP). BALTIMORE – The Justice Department said Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of ...
  Feds to Investigate Freddie Gray's Death in Baltimore Police CustodyNBCNews.com
  Baltimore Police Officers Suspended in Freddie Gray Inquiry Are IdentifiedNew York Time
  
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• City Council considers banning police chases into Jackson - WAPT Jackson

  21-04-2015 22:46 via wapt.com
  
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  City Council considers banning police chases into Jackson
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  JACKSON, Miss. —The Jackson City Council is considering putting a ban on police chases into the city. Officer injured, woman, baby safe after police chase · Richland police chase. A Richland police officer is recovering after a suspect crashed into ...
  
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• Chicago sued over Police Department's alleged stop-and-frisk practices - Chicago Tribune

  21-04-2015 22:24 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Chicago sued over Police Department's alleged stop-and-frisk practices
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  A federal lawsuit filed April 20, 2015, sues the city, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and 14 unnamed police officers. A federal lawsuit filed April 20, 2015, sues the city, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and 14 unnamed police officers ...
  Lawsuit Seeks To End Police Stop And Frisk Tactics In ChicagoCBS Localall 5 news articles »
  
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• Police standoff underway at Ferguson home - CBS News

  21-04-2015 22:23 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Police standoff underway at Ferguson home
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  FERGUSON, Mo. -- Tactical officers have surrounded a home in the St. Louis County town of Ferguson following reports of a shooting. Police were engaged in a standoff with a suspect who reportedly shot his brother in the head Tuesday afternoon, CBS News ...
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• Cambridge police officer charged with assault - WHDH-TV

  21-04-2015 22:10 via whdh.com
  
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  Cambridge police officer charged with assault
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  A Cambridge police officer appeared in court Tuesday morning on charges including assault on an officer. Neil Bogonovich was arrested Thursday night by Templeton Police and was also charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He has been ...and more »
  
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• $650,000 Settlement Reached in Beating by California Deputies

  21-04-2015 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay $650,000 to a man who was punched and kicked by a group of San Bernardino County, Calif., deputies following a pursuit on horseback.
  
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• St. John standoff ends; false police report likely - fox2now.com

  21-04-2015 22:05 via fox2now.com
  
  St. John standoff ends; false police report likely
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  ST. JOHN, MO (KTVI) – The St. Louis County SWAT team was called to a St. John home near the intersection of Brown Road and Midland after police received a supposed tip. A man called to report that he'd stabbed someone and had a person tied up. Police ...and more »
  
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• CBS News: DEA Head Expected To Resign Following Prostitution Scandal

  21-04-2015 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Leonhart came under fire after an internal report said government money was used to pay prostitutes at a farewell party for a high-ranking DEA official in Colombia.
  
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• Video: Miami Assistant Police Chief Criticized for Not Pledging Allegiance

  21-04-2015 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The head of the Miami police union is seeking disciplinary action against the assistant police chief after she refused to salute the American flag while in uniform during a promotional ceremony.
  
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• Family of Bayonne man who died after being pepper-sprayed files police ... - NJ.com

  21-04-2015 21:41 via nj.com
  
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  Family of Bayonne man who died after being pepper-sprayed files police ...
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  BAYONNE -- The family of a Bayonne man who died last summer after being pepper-sprayed by a Bayonne police officer has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the officer involved and the Bayonne Police Department. On June 10, Peter Lee Williams, 51, ...
  
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• Nigeria's Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan Fires Police Chief After Losing ... - International Business Times

  21-04-2015 21:17 via ibtimes.com
  
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  Nigeria's Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan Fires Police Chief After Losing ...
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  Nigeria's inspector general of police, Suleiman Abba left the venue of the investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs on the invasion of the National Assembly by the police in Abuja on Nov. 20, 2014. Getty Images.and more »
  
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• San Jose: Wanted man in custody after standoff with police - San Jose Mercury News

  21-04-2015 21:07 via mercurynews.com
  
  San Jose: Wanted man in custody after standoff with police
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  SAN JOSE -- A man was arrested Tuesday morning after a standoff with police that lasted about eight hours and drew a SWAT team to McKee Road, according to police. Officers responded to an apartment in the 2700 block of McKee near Capitol Avenue just ...and more »
  
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• Supreme Court: Police May Not Detain Traffic Violators Longer Than Necessary - NPR

  21-04-2015 21:02 via npr.org
  
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  Supreme Court: Police May Not Detain Traffic Violators Longer Than Necessary
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  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police may not detain a traffic violator longer than needed so as to allow police time to conduct a dog sniff for drugs. Just after midnight on March 27, 2012, Dennys Rodriguez was spotted on a Nebraska highway ...
  Police can't delay traffic stops to investigate crimes absent suspicion ...Washington Post
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• Video: Chicago Officer Not Guilty in Shooting of Unarmed Woman

  21-04-2015 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A judge found a Chicago police officer not guilty on charges he shot and killed Rekia Boyd, a 22-year-old unarmed woman. The officer was off-duty when he opened fire during a confrontation with a group of people three years ago.
  
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• Boulder police continue search for missing CU student - FOX31 Denver

  21-04-2015 20:44 via kdvr.com
  
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  Boulder police continue search for missing CU student
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  University of Colorado student Berry Tyler Allen was last seen April 11 and has not been in contact with friends or family since April 16, the Boulder Police Department said. (Photos: Boulder Police Department). × ...and more »
  
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• Edgewood girl tells police of near abduction - Cincinnati.com

  21-04-2015 20:28 via cincinnati.com
  
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  Edgewood girl tells police of near abduction
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  EDGEWOOD – Police are asking parents to talk to their children about staying out of strangers' vehicles after an attempted abduction in the city. A 10-year-old girl called police at around 5 p.m. Monday about a man who tried to lure her into his white ...and more »
  
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• Police on horseback cause closures on interstates - wreg.com

  21-04-2015 20:14 via wreg.com
  
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  Police on horseback cause closures on interstates
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  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department has been causing delayed on I-40 near Sycamore View and now I-240 west from Perkins to Mt. Moriah. A police spokesperson will only say officers on horseback are looking for, “for a traffic crash ...and more »
  
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• Developments in tensions between police and communities - U-T San Diego

  21-04-2015 20:09 via utsandiego.com
  
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  Developments in tensions between police and communities
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  FILE - In this file screen shot from April 2, 2015 video provided by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, police restrain 44-year-old Eric Harris after he was chased down and tackled by a Tulsa County Deputy, and then shot by a reserve sheriff's deputy ...and more »
  
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• Man died of spinal injury after being arrested by Baltimore police - Washington Post

  21-04-2015 19:52 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Man died of spinal injury after being arrested by Baltimore police
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  BALTIMORE — City officials suspended six police officers Monday as they investigate the death of a 25-year-old man who suffered a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. Freddie Gray had been hospitalized since his April 12 arrest and ...
  Freddie Gray death: Questions many, answers few, emotions high in BaltimoreCNN
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• Baltimore Police Officers Suspended in Freddie Gray Inquiry Are Identified - New York Times

  21-04-2015 19:11 via nytimes.com
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  Baltimore Police Officers Suspended in Freddie Gray Inquiry Are Identified
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  The Baltimore Police Department on Tuesday identified the six officers who have been suspended in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was rushed to the hospital with a severed spinal cord after being chased and then arrested by the ...
  Justice Department probes Baltimore police-custody deathFox News
  Feds to Investigate Freddie Gray's Death in Baltimore Police Cust
  
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• Miami assistant police chief criticized for not pledging allegiance - Local 10

  21-04-2015 18:51 via local10.com
  
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  Miami assistant police chief criticized for not pledging allegiance
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  U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY Laurie Jennings: SO MUCH CRITICISM TONIGHT OVER WHAT SOME ARE CALLING AN UNPATRIOTIC ACT BY THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF. Victor Oquendo: AND IT IS CENTERS AROUND A ...
  Police Union Head Accuses Assistant Chief Of Disrespecting U.S., Maybe Being ...Miami New Timesall 3 news articles »
  
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• Denver police clear scene after reports of armed suspects in strip club - The Denver Post

  21-04-2015 17:47 via denverpost.com
  
  Denver police clear scene after reports of armed suspects in strip club
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  Denver police clear the scene outside of PT's Showclub in southwest Denver after earlier reports of armed suspects in the building, April 21, 2015. No one was found inside. "If we don't know, it's better for us to take precautionary measures," said ...and more »
  
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• Video: New Jersey Officers Pull Woman from Car Moments Before It Burns

  21-04-2015 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Moments before a rolled over Toyota Solara convertible became engulfed in flames, Ehrenburg and his partner, Officer Rickey Ferriola, cut the driver out of her seat belt and pulled her to safety.
  
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• San Jose police chief tackles murder suspect during bold escape attempt - San Jose Mercury News

  21-04-2015 17:27 via mercurynews.com
  
  San Jose police chief tackles murder suspect during bold escape attempt
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  SAN JOSE -- San Jose's top cop tackled a murder suspect who managed to escape a police holding cell and scale a fence while handcuffed Monday morning, authorities said. Hector Flores Arias, 26, had been sought for almost six years after he was named ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police have used secret cellphone interceptors more than 4300 times - The Verge

  21-04-2015 17:20 via theverge.com
  
  Baltimore police have used secret cellphone interceptors more than 4300 times
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  Correction (4/21 11:21am ET): The Baltimore Sun has retracted the key figure that made this story notable. The Sun originally reported that Stingrays had been used more than 25,000 times, but has since adjusted the figure to 4,300, as previously reported.and more »
  
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• Macedonian Police Say Border Watchtower Attacked - ABC News

  21-04-2015 15:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Macedonian Police Say Border Watchtower Attacked
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  Macedonian police said Tuesday that a group of about 40 people wearing uniforms of the disbanded ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army, or UCK, have attacked a police watchtower in Gosince on the country's northern border with Kosovo.and more »
  
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• Video: Michigan Officer Charged with Felonies After Violent Arrest

  21-04-2015 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The fired Inkster officer is charged with misconduct in office/mistreatment of a prisoner, punishable by up to five years in prison; and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
  
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• Video: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Hospitalizes Missouri Officer

  21-04-2015 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Detective Josh Ward of the Lee's Summit (Mo.) Police Department is in critical condition suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes.
  
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• LAPD Officer Charged with Assault

  21-04-2015 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Los Angeles police officer was charged Monday with one count of assault under color of authority stemming from an incident that was captured on video last October.
  
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• Fired African-American Officer Sues Washington Town for $5 Million

  21-04-2015 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gerry Pickens, 28, alleges he suffered racist jokes, different treatment from the entirely white rest of the force and an undeserved dismissal at the end of his first-year probationary period with the Orting Police Department.
  
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• 6 Baltimore Officers Suspended Following In-Custody Death

  21-04-2015 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baltimore's mayor, police officials, and prosecutor sought to calm their city Monday, while six officers were suspended as authorities investigated how a suspect suffered a fatal spine injury in police custody last week.
  
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• Mesquite police save unconscious man from burning car - WFAA

  21-04-2015 14:00 via wfaa.com
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  Mesquite police save unconscious man from burning car
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  Police pulled an unconscious man from his burning vehicle in the early hours of Sunday morning after an accident. Loading… Post to Facebook. Mesquite police save unconscious man from burning car Police pulled an unconscious man from his burning ...
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• The Violent Legacy of Chicago's Police - New York Times

  21-04-2015 09:22 via nytimes.com
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  The Violent Legacy of Chicago's Police
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  Rahm Emanuel inherited a Police Department with a history of serious misconduct when he became mayor of Chicago four years ago. Mr. Emanuel tried to break with the past on Wednesday when he co-sponsored a proposal in City Council that would ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore judge allows police use of Stingray phone tracking in murder case - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  21-04-2015 04:07 via baltimoresun.com
  
  Baltimore judge allows police use of Stingray phone tracking in murder case
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  A city judge turned back a challenge Monday to the Baltimore Police Department's use of a controversial cellphone surveillance tool in a murder case, ruling that a suspect can't complain about police deploying the device to find a stolen phone. ACLU ...and more »
  
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• Man beaten by police cries after fired officer charged - USA TODAY

  21-04-2015 03:11 via usatoday.com
  
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  Man beaten by police cries after fired officer charged
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  DETROIT — A motorist whose arrest was caught on a patrol car video as he was repeatedly punched in the head by an Inkster, Mich., police officer welcomed the news Monday that the officer was being criminally charged. Floyd Dent, 55, of Detroit, who ...
  Ex-Inkster police officer arraigned on crimes stemming from violent arrestMLive.com
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• We're not seeing more police shootings, just more news coverage - CNN

  21-04-2015 00:37 via cnn.com
  
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  We're not seeing more police shootings, just more news coverage
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  (CNN) It feels like every week, a name is added to the list: another man, often black and unarmed, has died at the hands of police. Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Jason Harrison, Walter Scott, Eric Harris, Freddie Gray, to name a few. The ...and more »
  
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• St. Louis Board Votes to Create Police Oversight Panel

  21-04-2015 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  St. Louis will create a civilian oversight board to review complaints against police, the Board of Alderman decided Monday, though it will have limited powers.
  
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