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• More victims in California police sex scandal? - CNN

  15-09-2016 23:39
  
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  More victims in California police sex scandal?
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  (CNN) An attorney for the young woman at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal involving several California Bay Area police departments says there are other victims. The scandal stems from an investigation into the suicide of an Oakland police ...and more »
  
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• Police Charge Man With Arson At Mosque Attended By Orlando Gunman - NPR

  15-09-2016 23:20
  
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  Police Charge Man With Arson At Mosque Attended By Orlando Gunman
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  Days after the Florida mosque that had been attended by the Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman was set on fire, the sheriff's department of St. Lucie County says it has arrested Joseph Michael Schreiber, 32. Officers cited tips from the public and ...
  Orlando mosque fire: Police arrest suspected arsonistBBC Newsall 329 news articles »
  
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• WSU AD, president meet with police chief after recent incidents - ESPN

  15-09-2016 23:15
  
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  WSU AD, president meet with police chief after recent incidents
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  Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said he and school president Kirk Schulz had a "very pleasant conversation" with the chief of the Pullman Police Department amid heightened friction between the football program and local authorities. The ...
  Mike Leach issues statement on recent arrestsThe Spokesman Reviewall 145 news articles »
  
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• France: Labour law protesters clash with Paris police - Aljazeera.com

  15-09-2016 22:54
  
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  France: Labour law protesters clash with Paris police
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  Twelve injured in French capital rally as tens of thousands protest nationwide over law many say hurts workers' rights. 16 Sep 2016 04:01 GMT. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. A wounded demonstrator is evacuated by police following ...and more »
  
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• Kneeling Broncos Linebacker Alleges Assault By Miami Police… But Did It Happen? - Bearing Arms

  15-09-2016 22:39
  
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  Kneeling Broncos Linebacker Alleges Assault By Miami Police… But Did It Happen?
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  I've not covered the silly theatrics of self-absorbed professional athletes “protesting” the national anthem here at Bearing Arms for one very simple reason: it isn't a Second Amendment issue. Protesting the flag, the National Anthem, etc is a matter ...
  Broncos' Brandon Marshall meets with Denver police chief to discuss injustice, protestUSA TODAYall 116 news articles&nb
  
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• Moments after killing pedestrian, driver stopped at Taco Bell drive-through, police say - Washington Post

  15-09-2016 19:55
  
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  Moments after killing pedestrian, driver stopped at Taco Bell drive-through, police say
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  Moments after his white Cadillac XTS slammed into a pedestrian, Robert Loranger faced a life-altering choice. 091316loranger Robert Loranger. (Springfield Police Department). He could stop his car and try to render aid to Harry Fernandez. Or, he could ...and more »
  
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• Black Lives Matter Activist Changes Tune on Police Following Robbery - Heat Street

  15-09-2016 19:46
  
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  Black Lives Matter Activist Changes Tune on Police Following Robbery
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  A University of Houston grad student active in the local Black Lives Matter movement is suddenly all for police patrols in his neighborhood — after he was robbed at gunpoint outside his apartment. Jerry Ford Jr., described as one the leaders of the ...and more »
  
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• Boyfriend arrested after throwing gasoline, lighting woman on fire ... - Fox News

  15-09-2016 18:49
  
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  A woman is being treated for serious burns after her boyfriend allegedly threw gasoline on her and set her on fire, according to the Albemarle, NC Police ...and more »
  
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• Tyre King, 13, Fatally Shot by Police in Columbus, Ohio - NBCNews.com

  15-09-2016 18:39
  
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  Tyre King, 13, Fatally Shot by Police in Columbus, Ohio
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  Police in Columbus, Ohio, were investigating how a 13-year-old boy wanted for questioning Wednesday night in an armed robbery ended up fatally shot by an officer. The child — later identified by Columbus police as Tyre King — had "pulled a gun from ...
  Calls for calm follow police shooting of 13-year-oldColumbus Dispatch
  Black Child With BB Gun Is Shot by Police in Columbus, OhioNew York Times
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• Police: 2 arrested because of false creepy clown reports in Georgia - USA TODAY

  15-09-2016 18:07
  
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  Police: 2 arrested because of false creepy clown reports in Georgia
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  Georgia police arrested two people Wednesday for calling 911 and allegedly making false claims about clowns trying to lure children into a van. Brandon Moody, 26, and Rebecca Moody, 27, were arrested and sent to Troup County Jail for obstruction and ...
  Two arrested for false reports of clowns luring kids, police sayFox News
  Creepy nocturnal clown sightings leave US police baffledBBC News
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• Sandra Bland's Family Settles In-Custody Death Suit for $1.9 Million and Jail Procedure Changes

  15-09-2016 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sandra Bland's family has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, the family's attorney said Thursday.The settlement includes compensation for Bland's death in custody as well as several changes to jail procedures in Waller County, Texas. Bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after she was arrested for failing to use her turn signal in July 2015.The details of the settlement were finalized Wednesday night, attorney Cannon Lambert said.Some of the jail procedure
  
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• NC Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty for Accused Cop Killer

  15-09-2016 16:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Cleveland County (NC) District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday they will be seeking the death penalty in the trial of accused cop killer Irving Fenner Jr. Fenner is accused of the murder of Shelby police officer Tim Brackeen. Brackeen was shot and mortally wounded Saturday night while trying to serve an arrest warrant on Fenner for charges of robbery and kidnapping. Brackeen died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner
  
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• Police catch alleged serial killer after woman's 911 call - KTRK-TV

  15-09-2016 16:33
  
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  Police catch alleged serial killer after woman's 911 call
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  A woman's 911 call led police to a vacant home where a man was holding her captive. Two bodies were also in the home. KTRK. Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:59PM. ASHLAND, OH (KTRK) --. Police have released chilling 911 calls from a woman ...
  Police: Kidnapping Suspect Points to Remains of 3rd PersonABC News
  Kidnapped Ohio woman makes desperate 911 call to police who discover captor killed 3Daily Mailall 394 news arti
  
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• Police arrest 22, including pastor, in child sex sting - USA TODAY

  15-09-2016 16:12
  
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  Police arrest 22, including pastor, in child sex sting
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  The arrests were announced at a multi-agency press conference at the Pensacola Police Department Sept. 14. The individuals taken into custody were mostly from Pensacola, but the pool of suspects also included men from Alabama, Mississippi and a pastor ...and more »
  
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• Video: 13-Year-Old Armed Robbery Suspect Shot, Killed by Ohio Officer

  15-09-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 13-Year-Old Armed Robbery Suspect Shot, Killed by Ohio OfficerA Columbus, OH, police shot and killed a 13-year-old armed robbery suspect Wednesday night after the suspect reportedly drew a handgun from his waistband.Police say the handgun was later determined to be a BB gun fitted with a laser sight.The shooting happened around 7:45 p.m. after officers responded to an armed robbery call. near the corner of South 18th Street and East Capital Street.According to police, the victim told
  
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• Ohio State Trooper Struck, Killed on Interstate Near Cleveland

  15-09-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Trooper from the Ohio State Highway Patrol was struck and killed along Interstate 90 just west of Cleveland on Thursday.According to the patrol, Trooper Kenneth Velez died shortly after the crash which occurred in Cuyahoga County on Interstate Route 90 shortly before 1 p.m.Trooper Velez was conducting traffic enforcement when we was struck outside of his patrol car.Trooper Velez, 48, who has been with the Patrol since 1989,  is survived by his three children,
  
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• CT SWAT Officers Breathe in Fentanyl, Heroin During Drug Raid

  15-09-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A flash-bang grenade tossed into a stash house in Hartford, CT, Tuesday night kicked up powdered fentanyl and heroin that SWAT officers raiding the building breathed in, police said.Eleven of the officers were taken to a hospital to be treated for their exposure to the deadly opioid.Following weeks of investigating by Hartford and East Hartford detectives into a suspected heroin operation, they learned that heroin was being bagged at the apartment for street-level sale, Deputy Chief Brian Foley
  
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• Chicago Seeks Protection for Officers’ Personal E-Mails Regarding McDonald Shooting

  15-09-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago city government is trying to keep Chicago Police officers’ personal emails regarding the shooting of Laquan McDonald private.The City of Chicago is asking a judge to overturn a state Attorney General’s Office ruling that said the emails are public record and, therefore, subject to the Freedom of Information Act.The city filed the complaint Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court against the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and CNN, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.Last Janu
  
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• Arkansas Officer Killed in Patrol Vehicle Collision with Deer

  15-09-2016 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An officer with the McCrory, AR, police department was killed in a automotive crash on Highway 17 Thursday morning.  At approximately 5 AM Officer Robert Aaron Barker, 26, was responding to a call to assist a Woodruff County sheriff’s deputy when his patrol car collided with a deer.  Barker was traveling north along Arkansas Highway 17, south of the Patterson community, when his patrol car struck the animal, KTHV TV reports. 
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• Video: Man Pepper Sprays OR Trooper, Breaks Into 3 Homes While Fleeing Police

  15-09-2016 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Pepper Sprays OR Trooper, Breaks Into 3 Homes While Fleeing PoliceAfter getting into a scuffle and pepper spraying a State trooper, police said a 24-year-old man tried to hide from police in Tigard, OR, by running into three homes Tuesday afternoon, reports KPTV.At 4:15 p.m. an on-duty Oregon State Police trooper spotted a suspicious vehicle along Southwest 129th Avenue. The trooper tried to contact the man in the car, but without warning that suspect became combative and began to ass
  
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• Video: Driver Faces Attempted Murder Charges for Hitting 3 Phoenix Officers

  15-09-2016 01:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Driver Faces Attempted Murder Charges for Hitting 3 Phoenix OfficersA man was arrested and faces three counts of attempted first-degree murder after trying to run over three Phoenix police officers early Tuesday morning, reports KPNX."Our Phoenix police officers were targeted," Phoenix police chief Joe Yahner said in a news conference.The officers were taken to the hospital. One suffered minor injuries sustained in the fight with the suspect, the other a head injury, and the sergeant suff
  
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