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• 3 police cruisers damaged in chase - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  26-09-2015 22:49 via
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  3 police cruisers damaged in chase
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  BENNINGTON – A Shaftsbury man is in a New York jail and expected to face numerous charges after a high-speed chase and crashing into three Vermont police cruisers, Vermont State Police said. Troopers received word that Travis Squires, 27, was ...and more »
  

• Man killed in police-involved shooting on West Side - WGN-TV

  26-09-2015 15:47 via
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  Man killed in police-involved shooting on West Side
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  Police say officers were responding to a domestic call in the 900 block of N. Central Park Ave. around 9:00 p.m. when they came across a man with what appeared to be a knife or a sharp object in his hand. According to police, the man refused to put the ...and more »
  

• Video: Woman Arrested for Making Online Threats Against Officers

  26-09-2015 02:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Woman Arrested for Making Online Threats Against OfficersClayton County, Ga., police are investigating threats against officers made by a woman in videos posted on the Internet, reports WSB-TV.Police say the woman who made the Internet threats lives a mile-and-a-half from a Clayton County police station.The videos are filled with profanity and hate for white people.The woman in the video, Latausha Nedd, who goes by the name Eye Empress Sekhmet, not only calls for a war on white people, bu
  
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• Department Clears Officer Accused of Abusing Police Dog

  26-09-2015 01:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  A suburban Phoenix police department has cleared an officer accused of abusing a police dog, reports the Associated Press.An internal investigation found the officer was in compliance with Peoria (Ariz.) Police Department policy and state law when he took "measured steps to regain the canine's focus," the department said Thursday in a statement."His actions ... were corrective in nature and were not intended to nor did they hurt the canine," the department said.A widely viewed video shot from ac
  
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• Mistrial Declared in Former Texas Deputy's Murder Trial

  26-09-2015 01:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder trial of a former Bastrop County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after deliberating for nearly 20 hours, reports the Austin Statesman.He was on trial for a murder charge in the on-duty shooting death of Yvette Smith in February 2014. At noon, the presiding judge told the court the jury sent a note indicating that they were unable to reach a verdict.The judge polled the jurors individually, asking th
  
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• 2 Officers Cleared of Wrongdoing in Fatal Shooting

  26-09-2015 01:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The two Victoria, Texas, police officers who fatally shot an Army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder will not face criminal charges, reports the Victoria Advocate.The officers did not act criminally or negligently when they fired five shots at Brandon Lawrence the night of April 25."By his conduct, intoxication and emotional imbalance, Brandon Lawrence is not only the proximate cause, but the definite cause of his own death," the grand jury wrote in a report about the shooting
  
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