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• Video: Controversial Missouri Professor Berates Police in "Appalling" New Video

  16-02-2016 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Controversial Missouri Professor Berates Police in "Appalling" New VideoAn embattled University of Missouri professor has again found herself to be the subject of public scrutiny after a video surfaced that shows her engaged in a verbal confrontation with police.Melissa Click, an assistant professor in MU’s communication department, was suspended last month, in the wake of an encounter she had with a student journalist during protests on the Columbia, MO, ca
  
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• Maryland Sheriff Chides President Obama for Not Attending Funerals of Slain Officers

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  Carroll County (MD) Sheriff James T. DeWees posted on Facebook Saturday morning a letter to the president following the deaths of law enforcement officers across the country, including two sheriff's deputies in Harford County.The letter reads:Dear President Obama:In case you haven’t heard, eight American police officers over the past eight days have been killed in the line of duty. Two of these police officers were Harford County Sheriff’s Deputies that were gunned down at a Pan
  
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• Las Vegas K-9 Slashed in Face at Standoff Recovering at Home

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  Las Vegas Metro K-9 Nicky is on his way to a full recovery after being attacked by a suspect with a machete Friday morning. Nicky was taking down the suspect of a standoff when he was injured."When he bit the suspect, he bit him on the leg," said Tom Moore, K-9 handler with Metro Police.  "The suspect had a machete and chopped at the dog's face, luckily not striking any eyeballs or anything like that."    Nicky had to be rushed into surgery at the animal hospital. 
  
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• 3 British Sailors Charged with Attacking Off-Duty Dallas Officer who Tried to Break Up Fight

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  A Dallas police officer working an off-duty security job was injured in a fight with three members of the British Royal Navy trying to break up a bar brawl early Saturday in Uptown.Senior Cpl. Gerardo Huante was working in full uniform at the Concrete Cowboy in the 2500 block of Cedar Springs Road when he tried to break up a fight in the bar’s parking lot around 2:30 a.m., police said.The three men kicked and hit Huante. They have been identified as Christopher Casey, 28; Christopher
  
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• TruGlo Launches New Compact, Illuminated-Reticle Tactical Rifle Scopes

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  TruGlo Inc., a manufacturer pf sights and accessories has launched a new top-of-the-line rifle scope, the Tru-Brite 30 Series, 30MM illuminated compact rifle scope.Tru-Brite 30 scopes feature a 30MM tube for increased brightness and a larger range of adjustment and a choice of 1-4x24mm or 1-6x24mm variable zoom magnification. In addition, the scope's multi-coated lenses provide outstanding clarity and contrast for both tactical and sport shooting. The company says, quick and accurate shots are e
  
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• Video: Shots Fired at Tennessee Sheriff's Home

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  VIDEO: Shots Fired at Tennessee Sheriff's HomeAn investigation remains ongoing after shots were fired at the Murfreesboro, TN, home of Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold around 8:30 p.m. Monday. Officials with both the Murfreesboro Police Department and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, Channel 5 reports.The sheriff and his family were home. But fortunately no injuries were reported.Authorities say the attack was a drive-by shooting. At least six reported
  
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• Video: Nebraska Hostage Negotiator Discusses Deadly Friday Standoff

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  VIDEO: Nebraska Hostage Negotiator Discusses Deadly Friday StandoffFor 11 hours Friday, hostage taker Kenneth Clark was inside a west Omaha home while Douglas County Hostage Negotiator Lt. Rob Jones was outside."We come in with calm demeanor to bring emotionality down and rationality come back up, so they begin to think clearer," said Jones.He and 8 others on the Hostage Negotiation Team tried to convince Clark to let his victims go while having no idea how it would go.In the end, the situation
  
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• Video: Idaho State Police Release Footage of Dramatic 2015 High-Speed Chase

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  VIDEO: Idaho State Police Release Footage of Dramatic 2015 High-Speed ChaseThe Idaho State Police have released dramatic video of a high-speed chase from April 2015 which shows the driver being ejected from a rolling vehicle.ISP says Jose Manuel Sanchez of Boise led police on a high-speed chase that began on Chinden Boulevard, through Boise, and then eventually onto eastbound I-84.Troopers followed the vehicle until it rolled in Elmore County. Sanchez was ejected from the vehicle and he tried to
  
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• South Carolina Statistics Show More People Drew Guns on Officers in 2015 Than 2014

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  More people pulled guns on police in South Carolina during a record number of officer-involved shootings in 2015 compared to the previous year, and the number of police injured in shootings rose by half.With 48 officer-involved shootings, 2015 marked the highest number in South Carolina since the State Law Enforcement Division began keeping track in 1999. That’s because more people are pulling guns on police officers, who had to defend themselves, law enforcement officials say.In 26 of the
  
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• Missouri Officer Crashes into Wrong-Way Driver to Prevent Plummet Into River

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  Quick action by a tenacious Lake Ozark, MO, police officer likely helped prevent a motorist from driving off the Highway 54 median into the Osage River on Saturday Feb. 6.According to the Lake Ozark Police Department, a call came in at 10:34 p.m. that a vehicle was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 54.When an officer who responded to the area saw the westbound vehicle coming around a curve in the eastbound lane, he activated emergency lights and siren and tried to evade the w
  
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• Man Wielding Knife Fatally Shot by Florida Deputy

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  The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy shot and killed a man who approached him wielding a knife, the Associated Press reports.Sheriff Brad Steube says deputies were called to 50-year-old Marc Stoddart’s Bradenton home Sunday afternoon after Stoddart’s wife called 911 to report that he had been drinking and was armed with a knife and threatening to harm her and himself.In a statement, Steube says deputies found Stoddart outside the home, holding a knife and having cu
  
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• Denver Fallen Officer Memorial Vandalized Over Holiday Weekend

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  VIDEO: Denver Fallen Officer Memorial Vadalized Over Holiday WeekendDenver's memorial to fallen Denver Police officers was vandalized with red paint sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning almost a year since the same kind of act in 2015.Since the 2015 vandalism, a number of security measures have been put in place including permanent HALO cameras that monitor the area. There’s also a trespassing law now in effect for the overnight hours.Police told CBS Denver they have video of the
  
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• Fairfield man killed after he attacked wife, children, and officer; 5 people hospitalized - FOX 61

  16-02-2016 15:26 via
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  Fairfield man killed after he attacked wife, children, and officer; 5 people hospitalized
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  FAIRFIELD — One man is dead after an officer involved shooting in Fairfield Tuesday morning. The incident happened at a home on Mountain Laurel Road. Police said they were called to a domestic disturbance at 22 Mountain Laurel Rd. When they arrived ...
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• Police: Body, marijuana plants found in South Sacramento home - KCRA Sacramento

  16-02-2016 15:07 via
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  Police: Body, marijuana plants found in South Sacramento home
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  About two dozen Sacramento police are at the scene near Mandy Drive in South Sacramento. KCRA/Tom Miller. Photos. About two dozen Sacramento police are at the scene near Mandy Drive in South Sacramento. KCRA/Tom Miller. SOUTH SACRAMENTO ...and more »
  

• Man Having Mental Exam Dies After Police Use Stun Gun on Him - ABC News

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  Man Having Mental Exam Dies After Police Use Stun Gun on Him
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  Police say a man who was undergoing a mental evaluation at an Alabama hospital has died after officers used a stun gun on him. According to news outlets, Athens police Chief Floyd Johnson said Monday that Athens Limestone Hospital staff told ...and more »
  

• North Bellport man's jaw broken in assault, police say - Newsday

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  North Bellport man's jaw broken in assault, police say
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  Suffolk County police and Crime Stoppers are looking for two suspects in a group of men who assaulted a man at a North Bellport apartment complex in January, breaking his jaw. Police said Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, that the photos were taken from video ...and more »
  

• Belgian Police Arrest 10 in Investigation of ISIS Network - New York Times

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  Belgian Police Arrest 10 in Investigation of ISIS Network
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  PARIS — The Belgian police raided nine homes and arrested 10 people in Brussels as part of an investigation into an Islamic State recruitment network, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. The arrests were made in the ...
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• Baldwin man assaulted, robbed in his home, police say - Newsday

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  Baldwin man assaulted, robbed in his home, police say
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  Nassau County police respond to a home on Fargo Street in Baldwin where two armed men pushed their way in and robbed a man late Monday night, Feb.15, 2016. (Credit: Stringer News Service). Two armed men pushed their way into a home in Baldwin ...and more »
  

• Dallas Police Search for Man Wanted for Sexual Assaults - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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  Dallas Police Search for Man Wanted for Sexual Assaults
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  Dallas police are searching for a man they believe may be linked to two sexual assaults over the past six months. (Published Monday, Feb. 15, 2016). Dallas police said they are searching for a man they believe may be linked to two sexual assaults ...and more »
  

• Police shoot and injure gun-wielding man at Bronx housing project notorious for gang violence - New York Daily News

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  Police shoot and injure gun-wielding man at Bronx housing project notorious for gang violence
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  Police shot a pistol-waving, apparently high man in the shoulder at a Bronx housing project notorious for gun violence on Monday afternoon, sources said. Officers shot George Watson, 29, after he refused to drop his gun outside Morrisania's Forest ...and more »
  

• 'Lost trust in police': Israeli MPs slam discrimination against Ethiopian Jews - RT

  16-02-2016 09:54 via
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  'Lost trust in police': Israeli MPs slam discrimination against Ethiopian Jews
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  Knesset Member Karin Elharar says violence and discrimination against those with dark skin has become a “major problem" while MK Avraham Naguisa from Likud claimed: “We have lost our trust in the police.” Elharar was dismayed by the decision taken on ...and more »
  

• Police: Another Arrest After Mississippi Parade Shooting - ABC News

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  Authorities say they've arrested a Gulfport woman in connection with a shooting after a Mardi Gras parade in Mississippi that left two people dead and four others wounded. Local news outlets report that officials have arrested Sharon Johnson on a ...and more »
  

• Cleveland warehouse district: police question 4 after reports of shooting, possible hostage situation - fox8.com

  16-02-2016 03:19 via
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  Cleveland warehouse district: police question 4 after reports of shooting, possible hostage situation
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  CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Police are investigating an incident that occurred at Krush Clothing Store on West 9th Street in Cleveland's warehouse district Monday evening. Officers responded around 7 p.m. to calls of gunshots being fired in connection ...
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• Malden police captain says officials blocked probes - The Boston Globe

  16-02-2016 03:10 via
  Malden police captain says officials blocked probes
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  A Malden police captain has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit with a whistleblower claim against the city and the police chief, alleging that officials obstructed his efforts to investigate two crimes involving Malden city employees, then reassigned ...and more »
  

• Police Investigating Claim Eliot Spitzer Choked Woman in Plaza Hotel - New York Times

  16-02-2016 01:35 via
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  Police Investigating Claim Eliot Spitzer Choked Woman in Plaza Hotel
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  Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York in 2008 amid reports that he was a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, is now at the center of a new criminal investigation, according to officials, after a 26-year-old woman said he choked her ...
  New York police probe assault claim against Eliot Spitzer; lawyer disputesReutersall 621 news articles »
  

• Suspect Shot By Police After Allegedly Waving Gun In Street - CBS Local

  16-02-2016 01:19 via
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  Suspect Shot By Police After Allegedly Waving Gun In Street
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  The shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. at 1071 Tinton Ave. The male suspect was not seriously injured and was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, police said. Three police officers responded to a call of a man with a gun, CBS2 reported. The 29-year-old ...and more »
  

• Police ID 3 officers, suspect involved in fatal Urbandale shooting - DesMoinesRegister.com

  16-02-2016 01:17 via
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  Police ID 3 officers, suspect involved in fatal Urbandale shooting
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  Three Urbandale police officers are on paid administrative leave after a suspect was fatally shot by an officer Saturday morning, police said. Sgt. Jeff Casey, Officer Anthony Brooks and Officer Justice Weaver were the officers involved, Urbandale ...and more »
  

• Police blotter - Chicago Tribune

  16-02-2016 01:07 via
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  NO LICENSE: Daniel A. Valencia, 28, of the 8900 block of 51st Avenue, Oak Lawn, was charged with driving without a valid license and no front registration plate Feb. 2 in the 9800 block of Pulaski Road, police said. CAR THEFT: A 1997 Toyota Corolla was ...
  

• Police: 1 arrested in Peoria double shooting - azcentral.com

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  Police: 1 arrested in Peoria double shooting
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  Peoria police are responding to a report of a shooting near a Peoria park late Monday afternoon. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police: 1 arrested in Peoria double shooting Peoria police are responding to a report of a shooting near a Peoria park late ...and more »
  

• Easton police release sketches of suspects in sex assault - lehighvalleylive.com

  16-02-2016 00:21 via
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  Easton police release sketches of suspects in sex assault
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  Easton police on Monday released sketches of suspects they believe were involved in a sex assault that was initially investigated by Wilson Borough police. suspects side by side.jpeg Easton police have released sketch photographs of suspects involved ...and more »
  

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