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• Appeals court overturns jury verdict that cleared Anaheim police in shooting of unarmed man - Los Angeles Times

  24-08-2016 22:43
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Appeals court overturns jury verdict that cleared Anaheim police in shooting of unarmed man
  Los Angeles Times
  A federal jury decision that absolved Anaheim police in a shooting of an unarmed man was influenced by inflammatory, graphic and irrelevant evidence and must be overturned, a federal appeals court decided unanimously Wednesday. The decision by the ...and more »
  
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• Kansas Law Enforcement Recruits' Fitness Requirements May Change

  24-08-2016 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hoping to attract more potential recruits, some Kansas law enforcement agencies are studying the possibility of easing fitness requirements for applicants, reports the Wichita Eagle.In fact, changes have already happened: Applicants for Sedgwick County Jail detention deputy positions now have an extra 10 seconds to complete a series of drills to test their agility.A Wichita State University criminal justice review panel recommended increasing the time limit from 70 to 80 seconds because data ind
  
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• NC Trooper's Fatal Shooting of Deaf Driver Under Investigation

  24-08-2016 18:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The North Carolina Highway Patrol is urging people to not jump to conclusions as agents investigate how a deaf driver with a history of minor offenses was shot and killed last week after leading a trooper on a 10-mile chase near Charlotte.The family of Daniel Kevin Harris said he was unarmed and suggested the sequence of events last week was a tragic misunderstanding — the type the state's training manual warns troopers to avoid when dealing with the hearing impaired.The investigation
  
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• Videos Surface Of French Police Officers Fining Women For Wearing Hijabs At The Beach - BuzzFeed News

  24-08-2016 11:50
  
  BuzzFeed News
  Videos Surface Of French Police Officers Fining Women For Wearing Hijabs At The Beach
  BuzzFeed News
  Photos and videos of several incidents where police fined Muslim women for wearing headscarves have emerged this week. Originally posted on Aug. 23, 2016, at 7:13 a.m. Updated on Aug. 24, 2016, at 3:31 a.m.. Ryan Broderick. BuzzFeed News Reporter.
  French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini banThe Guardian
  Burkini ban: Armed police force woman to remove
  
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• Report: NY police broke rules in investigating Muslims - Aljazeera.com

  24-08-2016 11:34
  
  Aljazeera.com
  Report: NY police broke rules in investigating Muslims
  Aljazeera.com
  The watchdog report accuses the NYPD of engaging in unauthorised probes and misusing undercover informants. 24 Aug 2016 09:34 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. People protest the NYPD's programme of infiltrating and ...and more »
  
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• Police investigating shooting at Cedar Hills strip club - WJXT Jacksonville

  24-08-2016 11:01
  
  WJXT Jacksonville
  Police investigating shooting at Cedar Hills strip club
  WJXT Jacksonville
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville police are investigating a shooting at a strip club early Wednesday morning. Multiple gun shots were fired in the parking lot of the Bottomz Up strip club on Blanding Boulevard just before 2:15 a.m. That's located in ...and more »
  
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• Police: Man shouts 'Allahu Akbar' in deadly knife attack - USA TODAY

  24-08-2016 06:12
  
  ABC Online
  Police: Man shouts 'Allahu Akbar' in deadly knife attack
  USA TODAY
  SYDNEY – A French man shouting the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two men in an attack at a hostel in northeast Australia, police said Wednesday. The 29-year-old suspect did not have any known links to the ...
  Queensland backpackers' killing: Police probe 'Allahu akbar' link in stabbing death of Mia Ayliffe-ChungABC Onlineall 72 news articles &raqu
  
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• Baltimore police worked with a private company to conduct aerial surveillance of the city - Business Insider

  24-08-2016 03:52
  
  Business Insider
  Baltimore police worked with a private company to conduct aerial surveillance of the city
  Business Insider
  baltimore police In this April 29, 2015, photo, police stand in formation as a curfew approaches in Baltimore. Associated Press/Patrick Semansky. For the past year, the Baltimore Police Department has been using a private company to conduct widespread ...and more »
  
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• Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police - Reuters

  24-08-2016 02:18
  
  Bomb blasts kill one, wound 30 in southern Thailand: police
  Reuters
  BANGKOK One Thai person was killed and 30 wounded when two bombs exploded late on Tuesday near a hotel in the southern Thai coastal town of Pattani, police said, less than two weeks after a series of unexplained blasts hit the south. The first blast in ...and more »
  
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• Wild Waves death: Investigators looking at clarity of pool - KIRO Seattle

  24-08-2016 02:14
  
  KIRO Seattle
  Wild Waves death: Investigators looking at clarity of pool
  KIRO Seattle
  But investigators from Public Health of Seattle & King County and the Washington State Department of Health were at the Federal Way water park all day Tuesday, trying to determine whether anything contributed to the death of the man who had only ...and more »
  
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• Police Killing Of Deaf Motorist Prompts Calls For Better Cop Training - Huffington Post

  24-08-2016 01:50
  
  Huffington Post
  Police Killing Of Deaf Motorist Prompts Calls For Better Cop Training
  Huffington Post
  Community members in Charlotte, North Carolina, say police officers' poor communication skills are to blame for the shooting death of a 29-year-old motorist who had hearing and speech impairments. Daniel Kevin Harris was driving near his Charlotte home ...
  North Carolina police fatally shoot deaf manMashable
  Daniel Harris Shooting: Mourners Remember Deaf Man Killed by Police — as Que
  
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• All police body camera bills have failed this year in California - Los Angeles Times

  24-08-2016 01:44
  
  Los Angeles Times
  All police body camera bills have failed this year in California
  Los Angeles Times
  For the second straight year, California lawmakers have failed to pass any major legislation regulating police body cameras after a bill that would have allowed families of fallen police officers to block the release of body camera footage showing the ...and more »
  
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• Court: Residency In Marijuana Legal State Not Justification For Police Search - Huffington Post

  24-08-2016 01:19
  
  Huffington Post
  Court: Residency In Marijuana Legal State Not Justification For Police Search
  Huffington Post
  A federal appeals court on Tuesday said police officers cannot stop and search vehicles belonging to out-of-state motorists simply because of where they reside, including states where marijuana use is legal. By a 2-1 vote, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court ...and more »
  
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• Rio police expand ticket-scalping probe of Irish Olympic Council - USA TODAY

  24-08-2016 00:50
  
  USA TODAY
  Rio police expand ticket-scalping probe of Irish Olympic Council
  USA TODAY
  RIO DE JANEIRO — The man named to head Ireland's Olympic committee after its president was arrested in a ticket-scalping case during the Rio Games is also suspected of participating in the scheme but left Brazil before he could be questioned, police ...
  Brazilian police uncover emails sent by OCI's Pat Hickey to head of THGThe Guardianall 345 news articles »
  
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• 2 Officers Cleared in Freddie Gray Case to Receive Back Pay

  24-08-2016 00:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two Baltimore police officers are getting back pay after being cleared of criminal charges in the death of Freddie Gray, reports the Associated Press.Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter will receive $96,855 and $70,523 respectively. They were suspended without pay after being charged with felony manslaughter in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray. The Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve the payments on Wednesday.White and Porter were among six officers charged in Gray's death. P
  
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• Police: Krystal employee turns violent while disciplined - WJXT Jacksonville

  24-08-2016 00:02
  
  WJXT Jacksonville
  Police: Krystal employee turns violent while disciplined
  WJXT Jacksonville
  LAKE CITY, Fla. - A Krystal employee was arrested after he attacked his co-workers when he learned he was being written up for arriving late to work, the Lake City Police Department announced Tuesday. Russell Francis Gomez, 29, arrived to work late at ...and more »
  
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