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• LAPD Officers Angered by Hit Gangster Rap Movie

  17-08-2015 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many LAPD officers are angry at the release of "Straight Outta Compton" ... because they feel the movie fuels hatred of police and compromises their safety.The officers interviewed by TMZ share one sentiment ... the movie portrays the LAPD officers as "beating machines" ... brutalizing innocent citizens in the inner city.Former L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine, who was himself an LAPD officer and headed up the Police Protective League, told the entertainment gossip site, "It's a terrib
  
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• Putting Officer-Involved Shootings in Los Angeles in Perspective

  17-08-2015 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following national coverage of officer-involved shootings (OIS) last summer, media coverage of all such shootings has expanded. Additional coverage will be generated in coming months by the Los Angeles Police Department’s determination as to whether several high-profile OIS this year were justified or “in policy.” Each of these determinations will generate additional coverage that may give the public a false impression about our officers and the work they do to assure the safet
  
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• Pistol-Whipped Alabama Detective Says He Hesitated to Use Force Because of Media Coverage of Officers Shooting "Unarmed" Men

  17-08-2015 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Birmingham, Alabama, police detective who was pistol-whipped unconscious said Friday that he hesitated to use force because he didn’t want to be accused of needlessly killing an unarmed man.“A lot of officers are being too cautious because of what’s going on in the media,” the officer, who asked to remain anonymous for the safety of his family, told CNN. “I hesitated because I didn’t want to be in the media like I am right now.”Details of last week&rsq
  
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• Nevada Deputy, Suspect Both Killed in Saturday Morning Shootout

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  A Deputy with the Carson City (Nev.) Sheriff's Office was killed early Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call. He has since been identified as Carl Howell.Governor Sandoval signed an Executive Order on Sunday morning ordering flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on August 22 in remembrance of Deputy Howell.At 2:18 a.m., the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to that call in the 4100 Block of Montez Drive in East Carson City. When officers arrived, they found
  
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• Video: Man Wanted for Wounding California Deputies Killed in Desert Manhunt

  17-08-2015 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Wanted for Wounding California Deputies Killed in Desert ManhuntA murder suspect was shot and killed by California sheriff's deputies Saturday, concluding a weeks-long manhunt, according to police.Benjamin Peter Ashley was shot and killed just after 5 p.m. in Inyokern, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office. Ashley, 34, is suspected of killing one man, kidnapping three others and wounding two sheriff's deputies in a spree of violence last month, NBC News reports.Authorities had
  
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• Video: Man Wanted for Shooting Tulsa Officer Kills Self During Police Raid

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  VIDEO: Man Wanted for Shooting Tulsa Officer Kills Self During Police RaidA man accused of shooting a Tulsa officer during a pursuit Sunday fatally shot himself in the head last night after being surrounded by police, according to police.Jeremie Shawn Kelly, 26, reportedly turned the gun on himself as a special operations team prepared to enter the house where he was taking refuge on East Reading Street near North Sheridan Road around 6:55 p.m. Kelly was taken to a local hospital. He died at 7:2
  
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• Relatives of Gruesomely Murdered Connecticut Family want State's Death Penalty Reinstated

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  Connecticut lawmakers abolished the death penalty in 2012, but the ruling did not spare the lives of the 11 men in the state had already sentenced to die. Some lawmakers refused to sign on to the new law unless they could ensure that Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky—the two men who were convicted of raping, assaulting, and burning to death a woman and her two daughters in the family’s suburban home—would still be killed by the state.Now, the families of the Cheshire, Conn.
  
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• Oklahoma Lieutenant Murdered Off Duty in Motel Incident

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  Midwest City, Okla., police are seeking the public’s help in locating a couple who are wanted on first-degree murder warrants following the slaying of a Sapulpa police lieutenant and another man who was the father of one of the suspects.Sapulpa police Lt. Trey Pritchard and his cousin, Jeffrey Grafton, both 46, were found dead Saturday night at the Traveler’s Inn Motel, 6821 S.E. 29th St., in Midwest City, the Tulsa World reports.Grafton’s son, Jonathan Grafton, 22, and Jonatha
  
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• Canadian Officers Find IED, Weapons at Traffic Stop

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  Edmonton, Alberta, police found an improvised explosive device inside a vehicle Thursday morning during a traffic stop in west side of the city.Police pulled over a Chevrolet Malibu in the area of 180 St. and Stony Plain Rd. after determining the vehicle was suspicious.All four people inside the vehicle were arrested for drug related charges. During a search of the vehicle police discovered a homemade IED, weapons, ammunition, and a homemade firearm, Global News reports.The Edmonton police Bomb
  
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• California Troopers Face Charges in Connection with Murder

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  Three current and former California Highway Patrol officers, a prominent criminal defense lawyer and five other people were arrested Friday in connection with the disappearance and killing of a Central Valley man.The nine people played a part in the killing of Korey Kauffman, 26, or helped cover it up and mislead investigators, the officials said.Kauffman was reported missing in April 2012. His body was found by hunters in August 2013 in rural Mariposa County near Yosemite National Park, the Ass
  
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• 4 in Custody for Carjacking, Kidnapping of Federal Officer in Florida

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  Orange County, Fla., deputies have arrested four men in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of a federal agent who was vacationing in Orlando.Deputies said 19-year-old Gregory McDonald, 18-year-old Dante Askins and a 15 and 16-year-old were all taken into custody Friday.A federal law enforcement officer who was vacationing in Orlando was abducted in a hotel parking lot late Wednesday. Investigators said the incident happened at the Fairfield Inn and Suites off of Universal Blvd. around
  
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