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• Law Enforcement Absent From White House Criminal Justice Event

  25-04-2016 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A White House event regarding the economic impact of the criminal justice system was held today without the inclusion of law enforcement on the panel, according to a release from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA).Prior to the event, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) sent a letter to the president, drawing attention to this oversight. In their letter they state this is, "malfeasance on the part of the White House to not include those that actually are
  
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• Even As Cleveland Pays $6 Million Over Tamir Rice Killing, Police Union Can't Resist Victim-Blaming - ThinkProgress

  25-04-2016 23:34
  
  ThinkProgress
  Even As Cleveland Pays $6 Million Over Tamir Rice Killing, Police Union Can't Resist Victim-Blaming
  ThinkProgress
  A man yells at authorities during a protest of a grand jury's decision not to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old boy who was playing with a pellet gun, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in ...
  Cleveland's police union released a bizarre statement on the $6 million settlement paid out for the police shooting ...Busi
  
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• SAN BERNARDINO: Deadly shootings Sunday and Monday connected, police say - Press-Enterprise

  25-04-2016 23:09
  
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  SAN BERNARDINO: Deadly shootings Sunday and Monday connected, police say
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  Investigators work the scene of a homicide in the 700 block of North H Street on Monday, April 24, 2016 in San Bernardino. The shooting was the city's 24th homicide so far this year. MICAH ESCAMILLA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. Related article » ...and more »
  
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• Cleveland to pay $6 million to settle police killing of black boy - Reuters

  25-04-2016 22:02
  
  Reuters
  Cleveland to pay $6 million to settle police killing of black boy
  Reuters
  CLEVELAND Cleveland officials have agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was shot dead by a white police officer in 2014, according to documents filed in federal court on Monday. The ...
  
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• Cleveland to Pay $6 Million Settlement to Family in Death of Tamir Rice

  25-04-2016 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The city of Cleveland has agreed to pay Tamir Rice's family $6 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed over the boy's November 2014 shooting death by city police, reports Cleveland.com. The 12-year-old was playing with a realistic-looking pellet gun when he was shot.The settlement, announced Monday, does not resolve all of the lingering legal issues surrounding the 12-year-old's death. However, it is a sign that both the city and the boy's family did not want to endure what could be a tension-
  
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• How police took $53000 from a Christian band, an orphanage and a church - Washington Post

  25-04-2016 19:18
  
  Washington Post
  How police took $53000 from a Christian band, an orphanage and a church
  Washington Post
  UPDATE: On Monday afternoon, Muskogee County District Attorney Orvil Loge dropped both the civil and criminal charges against Eh Wah. In an interview with The Washington Post, Loge said "I looked at the case and met with the officers, and determined ...
  'Highway robbery': OK police seize $53k of funds for Thai orphanageRT
  Oklahoma police seize money intended for Christian school, orphana
  
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• The Entire Police Force in This Town Resigned - TIME

  25-04-2016 18:42
  
  TIME
  The Entire Police Force in This Town Resigned
  TIME
  The entire police force in a Colorado town resigned last week, heeding control to the county sheriff's office and leaving residents scratching their heads. The Green Mountain Falls Police Department's now former chief Tim Bradley and his three-person ...
  Colorado town's entire police department resignsCNN
  Colorado Town's Entire Police Force Just QuitHuffington Post
  Mystery as Small Colorado Town's Entire Police Force Abruptly Resigns:
  
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