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• NYPD Union Calls for Boycott of Tarantino Films After Director Speaks at Anti-Police Rally

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  New York City’s police union is calling for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino films after the “Pulp Fiction’’ director took part in an anti-police rally less than a week after an officer was killed on the job.“When I see murders, I do not stand by . . . I have to call the murderers the murderers,” the director — notorious for his violent movies — told a crowd of protesters in Washington Square Park on Saturday, adding that cops are too often
  
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• IACP 2015: TASER Announces Axon In-Car Video System for $499 Per Unit

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  TASER International, Inc. announced Sunday that it has developed a new in-car video system called Axon Fleet.Axon Fleet features a wide-angle lens, HD video capture, a flexible design that allows for quick and straightforward camera swaps, a rear-facing camera, and a pre-event buffer for up to two minutes. Priced at only $499 per vehicle, Axon Fleet brings a simple user experience and unprecedented connectivity at a cost 90% lower than that of traditional in-car systems. Designed with conne
  
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• Florida Officer Shot in Vest, Suspect in Custody

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  Florida authorities have apprehended a robbery suspect they say opened fire on a deputy in the Florida Keys Saturday night.Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Josh Gordon was on the lookout for a man suspected in a robbery. When deputies tried to stop the car, authorities said Timothy Thomas, 25, shot Gordon in the chest. The deputy was wearing a bullet proof vest and was not injured.Thomas fled the scene but was captured at a home on Key West on Sunday. Authorities said they spoke with Thomas by pho
  
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• FBI Director Calls for Communication Between Police and Black Lives Matter

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  Speaking to a ballroom of thousands of police chiefs and top law enforcement officials Monday at the 2015 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), FBI Director James B. Comey said Monday that the national debate over whether the phrase “Black Lives Matter” is anti-cop is further deteriorating  the relationship between police officers and minority communities. And he urged police to embrace the hashtag as an opportunity to better understand those they are sworn to pr
  
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• Al Sharpton to Speak at Funeral of Slain NYPD Officer Holder's Funeral

  26-10-2015 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Rev. Al Sharpton, a longtime thorn in the side of the NYPD, will deliver remarks at a funeral for a officer gunned down last week in the line of duty.Sharpton, who has led countless marches in the five boroughs and across the country against police, will call for unity between the police and the community when he speaks Wednesday at services for Officer Randolph Holder at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Queens.Holder’s family and their minister told the New York Daily News the slain
  
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• Washington Post: Overwhelming Number of Police Shootings Justified

  26-10-2015 00:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The vast majority of individuals shot and killed by police officers were, like Snyder, armed with guns and killed after attacking police officers or civilians or making other direct threats, the Washington Post reports.Jim Pasco, executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, said The Post’s findings confirm what police officers already know.“We know that anecdotally, because typically that’s why police officers choose to use deadly force,” said Pasco, whos
  
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• Video: Dozens of Protesters Arrested Outside of IACP Show in Chicago

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  VIDEO: Dozens of Protesters Arrested Outside of IACP Show in ChicagoA total of 66 people were arrested as they demonstrated outside McCormick Place while a group of police chiefs from across the country met for a conference inside Saturday. Nineteen adult men and 47 adult women were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction of traffic by a non-motorist, according to Chicago Police News Affairs.The crowd of demonstrators first gathered outside police headquarters at 35th and Michig
  
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• Texas Officers Give Family Car Seats Instead of Tickets

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  A down-on-his-luck father is thanking two Cedar Park, TX, police officers after they purchased car seats for his children after a recent traffic stop.Officer Justin Gower pulled over a truck traveling along South Bell Boulevard on Oct. 17 for having an expired registration and malfunctioning light."When I was up there talking to the driver, that's when I realized there was three kids in the back seat without car seats," said Gower.He hadn't met the man before, but realized he hear
  
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