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• Police complaints drop 93 percent after deploying body cameras - TechCrunch

  03-10-2016 23:54
  
  TechCrunch
  Police complaints drop 93 percent after deploying body cameras
  TechCrunch
  A study from Cambridge University documents an immense drop in complaints against police officers when their departments began using body cameras. But even more surprising is that the data suggests everyone is on their best behavior whether the ...and more »
  
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• Cleveland city council could vote to oppose police union's Trump endorsement - cleveland.com

  03-10-2016 23:51
  
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  Cleveland city council could vote to oppose police union's Trump endorsement
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  Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed will introduce a resolution formally opposing the vote by the union that represents Cleveland's patrol officers to endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race. (Thomas Ondrey Thomas Ondrey). Print Email.and more »
  
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• After police violence against unarmed black men, 911 crime calls drop - Ars Technica

  03-10-2016 23:35
  
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  After police violence against unarmed black men, 911 crime calls drop
  Ars Technica
  Enlarge / MILWAUKEE, WI: A woman rests her head on the shoulders of a man as a group of supporters stop and pray after a verdict of not guilty came back on four of the five charges for the three former police officers who stood trial for the beating of ...and more »
  
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• Party store clerk won't sell balloons for police memorial, customer says - CNN

  03-10-2016 23:27
  
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  Party store clerk won't sell balloons for police memorial, customer says
  CNN
  (CNN) A customer says a Party City employee refused to fill a balloon request after learning the order was for a police officer's memorial ceremony in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania. Karly Lane went to Party City on Saturday to buy a dozen blue and black ...and more »
  
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• Video: Police Release Footage of AZ SWAT Incident in Which Officer Shot, Suspect Killed

  03-10-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Police Release Footage of AZ SWAT Incident in Which Officer Shot, Suspect KilledArizona authorities have released footage of a Kingman, AZ, SWAT team serving a warrant on a local man for stolen firearm last Thursday. During the incident the suspect was killed and an officer was seriously wounded.The Kingman police officer who was shot, Detective Dennis Gilbert, 57, remains in the hospital in serious, but stable condition and is doing well, according to officials.Both Detective Gilbert and
  
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• Video: In-Custody Death of Pasadena Man Sparks Protests

  03-10-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: In-Custody Death of Pasadena Man Sparks ProtestsAuthorities released a security video as well as a 911 call made by the family of a man who died after being in custody of Pasadena (CA) Police officers early Friday morning.The incident took place Friday morning at 2:05 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.In the 911 call, a male caller tells the dispatcher that his brother is high and holding a knife under his armpit, but has not threatened anyone in the apartment
  
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• Texas Jailer Dies of Heart Attack Helping Inmate

  03-10-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Gregg County, Texas, jailer died Friday evening while giving medical assistance to an inmate.Jailer Robert Ransom, 62, responded to a medical emergency about 6 p.m. at the Marvin A. Smith Criminal Justice Facility, Sheriff Maxey Cerliano said in a statement. After Ransom's apparent heart attack while giving treatment, he and the inmate were taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview.Ransom was pronounced dead at the hospital, the Longview News-Journal reports.The inmate was treated and
  
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• Man Shot by LAPD After Foot Pursuit Had Loaded Gun

  03-10-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man fatally shot by Los Angeles police during a weekend foot pursuit was holding a loaded semiautomatic gun in one hand and turned toward officers, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday.The chief disclosed details of Saturday’s shooting of Carnell Snell, Jr., 18, in South Los Angeles.Snell was in the back seat of a car that officers noticed because its paper plates did not match the year of the car, Beck said.Snell ducked from sight and then jumped out of the car while holding his w
  
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• Florida Lawyer Donates Body Armor to St. Pete Police

  03-10-2016 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The act of a slain St. Petersburg police officer’s widow inspired Tampa lawyer Steve Yerrid.Two months ago, Lorraine Yaslowitz-Marino donated stronger-but-lighter armor to the St. Petersburg Police Department’s SWAT team. Her husband, K-9 Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz, and another St. Petersburg officer were killed in a deadly 2011 confrontation with an armed fugitive hiding in an attic.Yerrid said he wanted officers at the Tampa Police Department to have the same protection. Through his
  
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• LA police chief says suspect shot by officers was holding gun - Reuters

  03-10-2016 22:38
  
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  LA police chief says suspect shot by officers was holding gun
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  Demonstrators hold a march and rally to protest the fatal police shooting of Ugandan immigrant Alfred Olango in El Cajon, California, U.S., October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo. 2/2. left. right. Demonstrators hold a march and rally to ...
  17 arrested following protests of El Cajon police shootingThe San Diego Union-Tribune
  Police embrace 'de-escalation' to reduce shootings, but some officers remain skeptica
  
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• Anger is simmering after two fatal police shootings in South LA; LAPD chief says officers feared for their lives - Los Angeles Times

  03-10-2016 22:37
  
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  Anger is simmering after two fatal police shootings in South LA; LAPD chief says officers feared for their lives
  Los Angeles Times
  An 18-year-old man whose fatal shooting by Los Angeles police officers sparked protests over the weekend was killed after he turned toward officers with a gun in his hand, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday. The killing of Carnell Snell ...
  What We Know About the Police Shooting Death of CJ Snell in Los AngelesABC News
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• Suspect in custody after active shooter fires on N.C. police - New York Daily News

  03-10-2016 22:02
  
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  Suspect in custody after active shooter fires on N.C. police
  New York Daily News
  Report of active shooter in CB. Dow Rd blocked off, neighbors asked to stay indoors. We've seen at least 20 cars arrive @wectnews pic.twitter.com/39H8SADFBi. — Amanda Weston (@AmandaWECT) October 3, 2016. BY Christopher Brennan. NEW YORK ...and more »
  
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• In Las Vegas, Rising Murders Strain a Police Force Used to Solving Them - New York Times

  03-10-2016 21:49
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  In Las Vegas, Rising Murders Strain a Police Force Used to Solving Them
  New York Times
  Las Vegas police officers at a homicide scene on Saturday. The murder rate there has crept steadily upward. Credit Isaac Brekken for The New York Times. LAS VEGAS — In the seven months since Heriberto Diaz Marcial was shot and killed walking home ...
  
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• John Oliver calls for increased use of police bodycams - CNET

  03-10-2016 21:04
  
  CNET
  John Oliver calls for increased use of police bodycams
  CNET
  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. oliverpol.jpg. Enlarge Image. Are police officers held accountable enough? Last Week Tonight/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET. A new video seems to ...
  Watch John Oliver Argue Against 'Bad Apples' Police DefenseRollingStone.com
  John Oliver explains why he believes the police-shooting problem is even bigger than we realizeB
  
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• Las Vegas Police Face a Balancing Act Tackling Rise in Murders - Wall Street Journal

  03-10-2016 20:41
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Las Vegas Police Face a Balancing Act Tackling Rise in Murders
  Wall Street Journal
  LAS VEGAS—Sgt. Jessie Wiggins maneuvered his police cruiser away from the glow of the Strip and into the darkness of a nearby neighborhood that recently had been the scene of a half-dozen robberies, multiple assaults and the killing of a 21-year-old ...
  
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• Police: Girl,13, made 'clown threats' toward schools - KTRK-TV

  03-10-2016 20:40
  
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  Police: Girl,13, made 'clown threats' toward schools
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  Philadelphia police say they have identified a 13-year-old girl who made so-called "clown threats" toward local schools. According to investigators, the girl told them this was a "prank" committed with a friend at her school, and she never had any ...
  Philadelphia School District, police taking "scary clown threats" seriouslyWPVI-TV
  Police: 13-Year-Old Girl Admits Involvement in 'Prank' Threatening School Clown AttacksNBC 10 P
  
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• Kim Kardashian robbery: Paris police hunt armed attackers - BBC News

  03-10-2016 20:18
  
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  Kim Kardashian robbery: Paris police hunt armed attackers
  BBC News
  Kim Kardashian West has arrived back in New York as the hunt continues for armed robbers dressed as police officers who targeted the American reality TV star in a Paris apartment. The gang held a gun to Kardashian West's head during the early morning ...
  French Police Reportedly Think Kim Kardashian's Security "Tipped Off" RobbersComplex
  Here's Who French Police Think Tipped Off Thieves About Kim Kardashian's Wherea
  
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• Alabama Teen Brutally Beaten for Pro-Police Views; Mother Calls It 'Hate Crime' - Breitbart News

  03-10-2016 19:53
  
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  Alabama Teen Brutally Beaten for Pro-Police Views; Mother Calls It 'Hate Crime'
  Breitbart News
  An Alabama teen was brutally beaten after he posted pro-police comments on Facebook in the aftermath of recent police shootings. Brian Ogle, 17, is in critical condition with a fractured skull and trauma to his brain, WBMA reported.and more »
  
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• Greek police fire tear gas on rallying pensioners - Aljazeera.com

  03-10-2016 19:33
  
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  Greek police fire tear gas on rallying pensioners
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  Athens, Greece - Riot police used tear gas to disperse protesting pensioners, causing widespread outrage and forcing the government to ban the tactic in future. Thousands of pensioners took to the streets of the capital Athens and tensions boiled over ...
  Greek police use tear gas on pensioners at anti-austerity protestBBC News
  Greek police pepper spray protesting pensionersTelegraph.co.uk
  Greek police fire teargas at pens
  
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• Luke Cage's Police Brutality Story Is Confusing - Vulture

  03-10-2016 19:29
  
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  Luke Cage's Police Brutality Story Is Confusing
  Vulture
  Global super-brand Marvel has a long history of awkwardly addressing zeitgeist-y sociopolitical flashpoints. In the near-apocalyptically tense year of 1968, co-writers Stan Lee and Jack Kirby took on countercultural protest by having Thor tell a bunch ...and more »
  
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• Police release video of fatal downtown Nashville shooting - The Tennessean

  03-10-2016 19:22
  
  The Tennessean
  Police release video of fatal downtown Nashville shooting
  The Tennessean
  In an effort to capture a killer, Metro police on Monday released surveillance video taken the night a 30-year-old California businessman was fatally shot in an apparent robbery attempt in downtown Nashville's entertainment district. Central Precinct ...and more »
  
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• Family seeking answers after Markham club police shooting of Maywood man - WLS-TV

  03-10-2016 18:46
  
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  Family seeking answers after Markham club police shooting of Maywood man
  WLS-TV
  As of Monday morning, Donte Jones' family says they had still not heard from police. WLS. Monday, October 03, 2016 11:46AM. MARKHAM, Ill. (WLS) --. As of Monday morning, Donte Jones' family says they have still not heard from Markham police, Illinois ...
  Authorities: Man killed in Markham police-involved shooting identifiedChicago Tribuneall 37 news articles »
  
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• Angry mob busted: California police arrest 3 in attack on patrol car - Fox News

  03-10-2016 18:38
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Angry mob busted: California police arrest 3 in attack on patrol car
  Fox News
  California police arrested three men believed to have been part of an angry mob that kicked a patrol car while yelling “'F the police, we run the streets”, in an incident that was caught on video and widely shared on social media. The arrests were ...
  Arrests made in CHP vehicle attack that was caught on cameraKFSN-TVall 46 news articles »
  
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• Federal judge dismisses Ferguson protesters' $41.5 million lawsuit against police - STLtoday.com

  03-10-2016 18:03
  
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  Federal judge dismisses Ferguson protesters' $41.5 million lawsuit against police
  STLtoday.com
  Tracey White talks to the media in front of the Federal Courthouse in St. Louis during a press conference about a $40 million lawsuit filed against police and the governments of Ferguson and St. Louis County on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. White, one of ...
  Judge tosses $40 million civil rights lawsuit over police tactics in Ferguson An error occurred.Hot Airall 8 news articles »
  
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• Feds enlist police to scan gun-show customers' license plates, report finds - Fox News

  03-10-2016 16:17
  
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  Feds enlist police to scan gun-show customers' license plates, report finds
  Fox News
  Federal agents have persuaded police officers to scan license plates to gather information about gun-show customers, government emails show, raising questions about how officials monitor constitutionally protected activity. Emails reviewed by The Wall ...
  WSJ: Federal agents once 'persuaded' police officers to scan license plates of gun show customers to gather intelTheBlaze.comall 10 news article
  
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• Watch John Oliver Argue Against 'Bad Apples' Police Defense - RollingStone.com

  03-10-2016 15:46
  
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  Watch John Oliver Argue Against 'Bad Apples' Police Defense
  RollingStone.com
  John Oliver argues that America's police problems are far more complex than the "few bad apples" defense. By Rolling Stone. 14 hours ago. More News. Watch Vic Mensa Reveal Personal Experience With Police Brutality Snoop Dogg on Police Violence, ...
  John Oliver Takes on Police Accountability and "Bad Apples"Mother Jones
  John Oliver Aims His Spotlight at the Police on Last Week TonightTIME
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• A&E Sets Live Police Docuseries Hosted By Dan Abrams & Dallas PD Detectives - Deadline

  03-10-2016 15:07
  
  A&E Sets Live Police Docuseries Hosted By Dan Abrams & Dallas PD Detectives
  Deadline
  A&E is jumping in to the national conversation on policing in America with Live PD, a weekly live documentary series that takes viewers inside the country's busiest police departments and the communities they patrol in real time. The network has ...and more »
  
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• How Ford police vehicles will get even sneakier - USA TODAY

  03-10-2016 09:03
  
  USA TODAY
  How Ford police vehicles will get even sneakier
  USA TODAY
  Just when it seemed like undercover police cars couldn't get any stealthier, along comes this. After having introduced red- and blue-emergency lights that inside the front visors of unmarked police cars, Ford said Monday it is introducing rear ...
  
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• John Oliver Aims His Spotlight at the Police on Last Week Tonight - TIME

  03-10-2016 08:56
  
  TIME
  John Oliver Aims His Spotlight at the Police on Last Week Tonight
  TIME
  John Oliver knows that the police have a “difficult, dangerous, challenging job,” which is made even more difficult because they frequently have to deal with “humanity at its worst” — as proved by a video clip of a Montana cop arresting a Ron Paul ...and more »
  
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• Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint in Paris, millions in jewels taken: poli... - Reuters

  03-10-2016 08:09
  
  Reuters
  Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint in Paris, millions in jewels taken: poli...
  Reuters
  FILE PHOTO - Kim Kardashian West participates in a television interview as she arrives for the 20th Annual Webby Awards in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo. PARIS Masked men robbed U.S. reality TV star Kim ...
  Kim Kardashian West robbed at gunpoint by men disguised as police in ParisThe Guardianall 546 news articles »
  
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• Protests erupt in South LA for a second night after police fatally shoot an armed teen - Los Angeles Times

  03-10-2016 06:53
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Protests erupt in South LA for a second night after police fatally shoot an armed teen
  Los Angeles Times
  Angry demonstrators poured into the streets of a South Los Angeles neighborhood Sunday night, the second night of protests over the fatal shooting of an armed 18-year-old man. The rowdy crowd shut down traffic at 108th Street and Western Avenue, where ...
  Activists Wants Names, Answers for Fatal Police ShootingABC News
  Fatal police shooting of black man in Los Angeles
  
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• Indian police say gun battle has ended at Kashmir army camp - Fox News

  03-10-2016 06:23
  
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  Indian police say gun battle has ended at Kashmir army camp
  Fox News
  SRINAGAR, India – A gun battle with a group of militants who attacked an Indian army camp in the Indian portion of Kashmir that killed one Indian paramilitary soldier and wounded another has ended early Monday morning, police said. A senior police ...and more »
  
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• Sacramento grappling with video that appears to show police trying to run over mentally ill man they later fatally shot - Los Angeles Times

  03-10-2016 04:44
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Sacramento grappling with video that appears to show police trying to run over mentally ill man they later fatally shot
  Los Angeles Times
  A graphic police video that appears to show two Sacramento police officers trying to run over a mentally ill homeless man with their cruiser has sparked tough questions from both city leaders and some law enforcement use-of-force experts who say it ...
  Sacramento Police Tried to Run Over Man Before Shooting Him, Video ShowsNewsweek
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• Gunshots heard at Concord Police Department headquarters - SFGate

  03-10-2016 03:59
  
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  Gunshots heard at Concord Police Department headquarters
  SFGate
  Concord Police Department dispatchers heard gunshots outside of police headquarters at 11:15 p.m. Saturday, according to Concord police Cpl. Chris Blakely. Officers found bullet impacts near the front entrance of the building, he said. Witnesses heard ...and more »
  
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• Police make third arrest in slaying of FSU professor - CBS News

  03-10-2016 03:47
  
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  Police make third arrest in slaying of FSU professor
  CBS News
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Police have made a third arrest in the 2014 killing of a Florida State University law professor, a woman who they say has ties both to the family of the victim's ex-wife and one of the alleged shooters. The Tallahassee police said ...
  Police: Magbanua was 'conduit' in Markel slayingTallahassee.comall 17 news articles »
  
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• Teen in critical condition after police shooting - CNN.com - CNN

  03-10-2016 03:25
  
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  Teen in critical condition after police shooting - CNN.com
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  A 14-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition after St. Louis Metropolitan police officers shot him, officials said Sunday.
  St. Louis police wound 14-year-old who shot at themUSA TODAYall 40 news articles »
  
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• Teen in critical condition after police shooting - CNN

  03-10-2016 03:25
  
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  Teen in critical condition after police shooting
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  (CNN) A 14-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition after St. Louis Metropolitan police officers shot him, officials said Sunday. Officers were investigating a possible carjacking Sunday morning when they encountered the unidentified black teen ...
  St. Louis police wound 14-year-old who shot at themUSA TODAY
  14-yo black teen critically wounded after shootout with Missouri policeRT
  Police: boy, 14, critically wounded in shootout wi
  
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• New Orleans Police: 3 Pedestrians Killed in Tow Truck Crash - ABC News

  03-10-2016 02:53
  New Orleans Police: 3 Pedestrians Killed in Tow Truck Crash
  ABC News
  The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a crash involving a tow truck that left three people dead and two others injured. WWL-TV ( http://bit.ly/2dA6pgE ) reports the wreck happened Sunday just before 5 p.m. at a Mid-City intersection ...and more »
  
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• State police: West Side woman dies in Ryan crash - Chicago Tribune

  03-10-2016 02:38
  
  Chicago Tribune
  State police: West Side woman dies in Ryan crash
  Chicago Tribune
  Illinois State Police troopers work the scene of a fatal crash near 47th Street on the southbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway on Oct. 2, 2016. Illinois State Police troopers work the scene of a fatal crash near 47th Street on the southbound lanes ...and more »
  
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• Authorities: Man killed in Markham police-involved shooting identified - Chicago Tribune

  03-10-2016 02:20
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Authorities: Man killed in Markham police-involved shooting identified
  Chicago Tribune
  One man was killed in Markham in an officer-involved shooting at the Stadium nightclub early Oct. 2, 2016. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune). Tony Briscoe and Michael Nolan. A brawl that erupted outside a nightclub ended with police fatally shooting a ...
  Markham police officer fatally shoots man outside nightclubWLS-TV
  Man shot and killed by police outside Markham nightclubWGN-TV
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• Philadelphia School District, police taking "scary clown threats" seriously - WPVI-TV

  03-10-2016 00:58
  
  Philadelphia School District, police taking "scary clown threats" seriously
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  The Philadelphia School District says it is taking "scary clown threats" on social media very seriously and police are investigating. (WPVI). WPVI. Bob Brooks. Sunday, October 02, 2016 11:32PM. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --. The Philadelphia School District ...and more »
  
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