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• Six Cleveland Police Officers Fired, Six Suspended for Roles in Deadly Chase and Shooting

  26-01-2016 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Six Cleveland officers have been fired and six others suspended for their roles in a police chase and shooting that ended with the deaths of two unarmed people, city officials announced Tuesday, reports the Plain Dealer.The announcement came more than three years after the officers were involved in a 22-mile chase that began near the downtown Justice Center and ended in a middle school parking lot in East Cleveland on Nov. 29, 2012. Thirteen officers then fired a total of 137 shots at a Chevrole
  
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• DHS Blue Campaign Announces New Partnership to Combat Human Trafficking

  26-01-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new partnership between the DHS Blue Campaign, the unified voice for DHS's efforts to combat human trafficking, and Birmingham, AL, Mayor William A. Bell's Office to post Blue Campaign materials throughout the city in order to raise public awareness on how to recognize human trafficking."The DHS Blue Campaign is pleased to have Birmingham as a partner in the fight against human trafficking," said DHS Blue Campaign Chair Maria Odom. "Par
  
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• San Francisco Mayor Asks Feds for Probe of Police Shooting

  26-01-2016 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has requested a federal investigation of the police shooting of a young black man, along with a broader look into the department, reports the Associated Press.Lee asked for the probe of the Mario Woods shooting in a letter to U.S. Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch that was made public Monday.The letter said Lee is "inviting transparency and accountability" in the department."We seek answers, not just to the facts of Mr. Woods's case," Lee said, "but also answers about how as
  
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• Video: Louisiana Deputy Shot During DEA Raid, Suspect in Custody

  26-01-2016 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Louisiana Deputy Shot During DEA Raid, Suspect in CustodyA Jefferson Parish, LA, deputy was in critical condition after being shot five times in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans Tuesday morning, reports WWL-TV.The deputy, identified as 35-year-old Stephen Arnold, a 12-year veteran of the JPSO, was shot as officers were executing a search warrant at the home. Arnold was shot five times and hit in the neck, torso, and arm during the incident. He is currently listed in critical but
  
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• Man With Knife in East Village Is Shot by Police - New York Times

  26-01-2016 21:20 via
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  Man With Knife in East Village Is Shot by Police
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  A knife-wielding man who charged at New York City police officers in the hallway of his grandmother's East Village apartment early on Tuesday was shot and wounded by a sergeant after refusing orders to drop the weapon, police officials said.and more »
  

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