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• Hunt for Oklahoma fugitive ends in deadly shootout with police; arrest of alleged accomplice - CNN

  31-10-2016 23:30
  
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  Hunt for Oklahoma fugitive ends in deadly shootout with police; arrest of alleged accomplice
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  (CNN) Five people shot, including two police officers. Two people stabbed and killed. Three vehicles stolen, including one police vehicle and another taken in a carjacking. And those are just the crimes police know about, Oklahoma County Sheriff John ...
  Okla. crime rampage suspect killed in shootout with policeWashington Post
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• Williams Sworn in as First Female Chief of Phoenix Police

  31-10-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jeri Williams was sworn in Friday as the 45th police chief of the Phoenix Police Department. She is the city's first female chief.Williams has said that recognition as the city's first female police chief is an honor, but she quickly adds that "She’s a police officer first, just like the men and women she serves with, side by side.”Williams began her career as a police officer trainee with the Phoenix Police Department in 1988 after graduating from Maryvale High School and receiving
  
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• Video: NC Deputy Fired After Accidentally Shooting Her Daughter

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  VIDEO: NC Deputy Fired After Accidentally Shooting Her DaughterAn off-duty Lincoln County (NC) Sheriff's deputy was showing her service weapon to people at her house when she accidentally fired the gun, causing a bullet to go through a wall and hit her 11-year-old daughter, officials said. Misty Flowers, 38, who works at the Lincoln County courthouse, was at her home Saturday night on Loop Road when the accident happened.The Lincoln County sheriff fired Flowers on Monday and said
  
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• Oklahoma Manhunt Subject Killed in Gunfight, Deputy Wounded

  31-10-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Michael Vance, who was the subject of a weeklong nationwide manhunt after he allegedly engaged in a shooting spree that left two dead and four wounded, has been killed in a shootout with police in western Oklahoma.The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office late Sunday night updated a widely publicized wanted poster of Vance to read "DECEASED" in block letters in a Facebook post."This evening, we were informed double homicide suspect Michale Dale Vance was killed near Leedey in Dewey County. The Dewey
  
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• Louisville Detective Killed in Lexington by Alleged Drunk Driver

  31-10-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two pedestrians — including a Louisville police officer — were killed early Saturday when police say they were hit by a drunken driver on South Upper Street in Lexington.Louisville police identified the officer as Detective Jason Schweitzer. The Fayette County coroner’s office identified the other victim as Timothy Moore, 56, of Lexington, a University of Kentucky employee.Lexington police charged the driver with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of driving
  
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• Details of Charlotte Riots Released in Lawsuit Filings

  31-10-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesAgainst the fury of a mob and a hailstorm of stone, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were powerless to rescue even themselves in the earliest hours of September’s rioting.Filings last week in federal court provide the most detailed accounting to date of two nights of unprecedented violence that crippled Charlotte after the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on the afternoon of Sept. 20.Details of the city’s response are contained in a filing made by city attorne
  
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• Illinois Officer Killed in Pursuit Crash

  31-10-2016 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 22-year-old Chester, IL, police officer died after crashing his squad car while attempting to stop another vehicle, and authorities are searching Saturday for the man they say was the subject of the pursuit.Officer James Brockmeyer died about 10 p.m. Friday after his squad car left Palestine Road and flipped in rural Randolph County, about two miles north of Chester. Chester is about 70 miles southeast of St. Louis.Brockmeyer joined the department about 10 months ago, according to the Bellevil
  
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• Florida Deputy Killed in Collision with Logging Truck

  31-10-2016 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Taylor County (FL) Sheriff's deputy was killed Monday morning in a rear-end collision with a logging truck.About 6:50 a.m., Deputy Scott Williams was driving north on U.S. Highway 19 near Beach Road, where he collided with the back end of the semi truck's trailer. Florida Highway Patrol said the collision caused Williams' car to travel across a grass median and two southbound lanes before resting on the west shoulder.The 46-year-old from Steinhatchee died after he was taken to Doctors' Memoria
  
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• Pakistani Opposition Leader, Imran Khan, Calls Off Protest - New York Times

  31-10-2016 19:22
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  Pakistani Opposition Leader, Imran Khan, Calls Off Protest
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  Pakistani riot police officers fired tear gas on supporters of the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as they marched toward Islamabad on Monday. Credit A Majeed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Clashes erupted ...
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• Police Killing of Mentally Ill Black Man Is, 5 Years Later, Headed to Trial - New York Times

  31-10-2016 18:24
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  Police Killing of Mentally Ill Black Man Is, 5 Years Later, Headed to Trial
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  Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. outside of his father's former home in White Plains. His father, who had bipolar disorder, was fatally shot by the police in 2011. Credit Bryan Anselm for The New York Times. WHITE PLAINS — Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. had ...and more »
  
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• Police Killing of Mentally Ill Black Man Is, 5 Years Later, Headed to ... - New York Times

  31-10-2016 18:24
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  Police Killing of Mentally Ill Black Man Is, 5 Years Later, Headed to ...
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  The City of White Plains, a New York suburb, is facing a $21 million lawsuit by the family of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a former Marine fatally shot by the police in ...and more »
  
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• A cop's wife tried to pin a burglary on 'BLM,' police say - Washington Post

  31-10-2016 11:36
  
  Washington Post
  A cop's wife tried to pin a burglary on 'BLM,' police say
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  On Oct. 17, Maria Daly reported she had been robbed. Intruders had broken into her house in Millbury, Mass., and made off with some $10,000 in jewelry and other items while she and her husband were asleep, she told police. Outside, Daly reported ...
  Mass. cop's wife faked home robbery, blamed Black Lives Matter, police sayCBS News
  A Police Officer's Wife Faked a Robbery and Blamed Black Lives Matter, Autho
  
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• Chicago's Grim Era of Police Torture - New York Times

  31-10-2016 08:21
  New York Times
  Chicago's Grim Era of Police Torture
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  Americans who think of officially sanctioned torture as something that happens in other countries will be shaken when they confront the grim holdings of the Chicago Torture Archive, an online research repository set to open early next year. The archive ...
  
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• Ballard baby shower ends in 'large disturbance,' police say - The Seattle Times

  31-10-2016 00:38
  
  The Seattle Times
  Ballard baby shower ends in 'large disturbance,' police say
  The Seattle Times
  Seattle Police and Fire departments responded to a brawl near the Ballard Senior Center Saturday evening. (Fred Nelson / The Seattle Times). Multiple officers responded when a rowdy crowd filled an intersection to watch two men brawl, resulting in ...and more »
  
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