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• Armed Robbers Shoot at TX Police, Escape

  03-01-2017 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Five to 10 armed men escaped police Monday night after robbing a home in north Harris County, TX, and firing dozens of rounds toward responding officers, police said.Three children escaped the robbers who pistol-whipped their father and stole more than $50,000 in cash from the home, which contained large quantities of drugs, a police spokesman said.About 6 p.m. Monday a teenage girl called police from a home near the Greenspoint area and said her father was being beaten by armed men, Harris Coun
  
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• TX Officer Injured in Shooting Released From Hospital

  03-01-2017 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Weatherford, TX, police officer who was shot during a traffic stop last week was released from the hospital Monday, according to a police press release. Officer Chris Bumpas is expected to make a full recovery, the release said.Police believe Bumpas was shot once in the abdomen by a fellow officer who was trying to assist Bumpas during a struggle with a suspect, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.Bumpas, who was wearing a protective vest, was struck in the gun belt area and the bullet went i
  
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• Police oversight body told to improve investigative process - San Francisco Examiner

  03-01-2017 23:16 via sfexaminer.com
  
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  Police oversight body told to improve investigative process
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  A recent report on the effectiveness of the Office of Citizen Complaints is set to be discussed during Wednesday's meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner). By Jonah Owen Lamb on January 3, 2017 1:00 am.
  
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• German police renew profiling debate amid refugee surge - Fox News

  03-01-2017 23:11 via foxnews.com
  
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  German police renew profiling debate amid refugee surge
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  German police who tried to head off a repeat of the previous New Year's Eve, when migrants sexually assaulted hundreds of women, instead coined a new "N" word and sparked a national debate on racial profiling. Cops in Cologne, where the final day day ...
  Cologne police under fire for alleged racial profiling on New Year's EveCNN
  German police said they wanted to prevent sexual assault, but many question whether 'Nafris' w
  
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• Charges filed against man shot by Chicago police after chase - Chicago Tribune

  03-01-2017 23:11 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Charges filed against man shot by Chicago police after chase
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  Charges have been filed against a man who was shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police over the weekend while allegedly resisting arrest after a chase, authorities said. Dwane Rowlett, 43, was charged with one felony count of aggravated fleeing, ...and more »
  
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• Wounded Washington Officer Shocks Wife by Speaking First Words Since Shooting, "I'm OK"

  03-01-2017 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mount Vernon police officer Mike McClaughry, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head, “is doing quite well”  and even shocked his wife by speaking to her from his hospital bed for the first time, his daughter said Tuesday.In mid-December, McClaughry, 61, and the father of three, was shot in the head and critically wounded while investigating a weapons offense call near Laventure Road in Mount Vernon. The men responsible, said police, were holed up in a home. An hours-lo
  
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• Lawsuit: Police Wrongly Killed Man at Alabama Animal Shelter - ABC News

  03-01-2017 19:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Lawsuit: Police Wrongly Killed Man at Alabama Animal Shelter
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  A federal lawsuit claims that police in Dothan, Alabama, needlessly killed a man who had gone to an animal shelter to drop off a stray dog. Dothan police were called to the shelter when Robert Earl Lawrence refused to show his driver license to the ...and more »
  
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• OK Officer Shot During Traffic Stop, Suspect in Custody

  03-01-2017 17:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Valley Brook, OK, police officer was shot in the leg and seriously injured in southeast Oklahoma City.According to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office, Officer Brian Southerland was making a traffic stop on Interstate 240 near Eastern around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, reports KOCO.The sheriff's office said Southerland made contact with the driver and when he was walking back to his cruiser, he was shot in the leg. At least one other vehicle was hit with gunfire, but no other injuries were reported.Acc
  
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• Indian police probe report of mass sexual assault - USA TODAY

  03-01-2017 16:44 via usatoday.com
  
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  Indian police probe report of mass sexual assault
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  A large number of women may have been groped during New Year's Eve celebrations in Bangalore, India, in a mass molestation that if confirmed would recall similar assaults a year ago in Germany. Reports of the incident Saturday night emerged this week ...
  Bangalore police detain six men over New Year's Eve 'mass molestation'The Guardian
  Police detain 6 for New Year's Eve molestations in BengaluruHindustan Timesall 427 new
  
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• Myanmar Holds Officers After Video Purports to Show Police Beating Rohingya - New York Times

  03-01-2017 09:08 via nytimes.com
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  Myanmar Holds Officers After Video Purports to Show Police Beating Rohingya
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  A video posted on Facebook on Saturday appears to show officers beating two unarmed men in the restive border state of Rakhine in Myanmar. By RO NAY SAN LWIN on Publish Date January 3, 2017. . HONG KONG — Myanmar has detained four border ...
  Myanmar: Video prompts investigation into police brutality against RohingyaCNN
  Police to investigate abuse of Rohingya caught on videoAljazeera.com
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• Two police-involved shootings mark rocky start to 2017 in Chicago ... - Chicago Tribune

  03-01-2017 01:05 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Two police-involved shootings mark rocky start to 2017 in Chicago ...
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  Less than two days into the new year, authorities already had opened investigations into two separate shootings of unarmed men by Chicago police officers.and more »
  
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