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• Would Trump's 'Blue Lives Matter' Effort Really Help Protect Police? - FiveThirtyEight

  22-02-2017 21:48
  
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  Would Trump's 'Blue Lives Matter' Effort Really Help Protect Police?
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  Police officers salute during funeral services for slain Dallas Area Rapid Transit police officer Brent Thompson last year. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images. President Trump earlier this month announced a new effort to impose harsh penalties on people ...
  
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• Video: DC Officers Rescue Man from Burning Car

  22-02-2017 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: DC Officers Rescue Man from Burning CarVideo footage from a Washington, D.C., police officer’s body-worn camera captures the rescue of a man from a burning vehicle on Monday night.A driver crashed at about 10:20 p.m. and when police arrived, the car was on fire. The responding officers reached into the smoke-filled car and dragged the injured driver to safety.“I guess I’ve seen too many movies, because I’m thinking the car’s going to blow up the whole ti
  
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• Video: ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump Protests

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  VIDEO: ACLU Calls for Portland PD to Change Response to Trump ProtestsThe ACLU of Oregon and other groups are calling for Portland police to change the way they respond to protests.“When police show up in riot gear, it has the effect of escalating the situation,” said ACLU of Oregon spokeswoman Sarah Armstrong. “We think police policies should aim for de-escalation.”“Portland has a long history of civil disobedience,” Armstrong told KGW TV. “What seems t
  
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• Suspect in Slaying of Whittier Officer Arrested 5 Times in Last 7 Months

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  A man suspected of killing a Whittier police officer in a shootout Monday, hours after slaying his cousin, was arrested five times in the past seven months while under supervision of county authorities as part of a controversial program many law enforcement agencies blame for an uptick in crime, according to records and authorities.Michael Christopher Mejia, 26, of Los Angeles, was identified Tuesday as the suspect in the fatal shootings of Whittier police Officer Keith Boyer and 46-year-ol
  
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• MA Agency Ends "High Five Friday" Program with Local Kids After Some in Public Raise Concerns

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  Northampton (MA) police officers are ending a program they "really enjoyed" after hearing concerns that it may have made certain children feel uncomfortable.Northampton officers got the idea for "High Five Friday" last fall, during the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in San Diego. The department said it was a free way to "positively engage" with youth in the community."We loved the idea! We reached out to Superintendent Provost and asked him if he would support the progr
  
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• Florida Sandwich Shop Donates Ballistic Shields to Sheriff's Department

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  A Florida Firehouse Subs restaurant has donated over $10,000 worth of safety equipment to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.The sheriff's office posted photos to Facebook Tuesday honoring the restaurant on Veteran's Boulevard at Tamiami Trail for donating eight ballistic shields, Fox 4 TV reports. 
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• Trump Administration Issues New Immigration Enforcement Policies

  22-02-2017 01:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Trump administration on Tuesday sought to allay growing fears among immigrant communities over wide-ranging new directives to ramp up enforcement against illegal immigrants, insisting the measures are not intended to produce "mass deportations," reports the Washington Post.Federal officials cautioned that many of the changes detailed in a pair of memos from Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly will take time to implement because of costs and logistical challenges and that border patrol
  
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• Drunken Driver Gets 12 Years Plus for Killing PA Officer

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  A man will spend at least 12 years in prison on third-degree murder, drunken driving, and other charges for a wrong-way crash that killed a western Pennsylvania police officer, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Clair Fink III, 33, was sentenced today by a Westmoreland County judge.Fink pleaded guilty in September in the head-on crash that killed Ligonier Township Police Lt. Eric Eslary in May 2015. The crash left Eslary’s police dog, Blek, injured.Police said Fink and a co-worker had bee
  
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• Woman Shoots, Kills Man Attacking Indiana Officer

  22-02-2017 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Rising Sun, IN, woman shot and killed a man Monday who was fighting with an Indiana Conservation Officer, police said, reports Cincinnati.com.The officer responded to the 8300 block of State Road 56 between Rising Sun and Aberdeen around 12:30 p.m. for a report of a suspicious person, the Indiana State Police reported in a news release.At the scene, the officer reported finding Justin K. Holland, 32, near a vehicle on the roadside. Police said at some point during the interaction, Holland bega
  
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• Video: Rogue Bull Leads Police on Chase in NYC

  22-02-2017 00:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Rogue Bull Leads Police on Chase in NYCA rogue bull that escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse and led police on a wild, hours-long chase through neighborhood streets Tuesday, ducking under caution tape and sidestepping officers, has died, NYPD officials confirmed.The bull, which was seen with at least a dozen tranquilizer darts in its side over the course of the miles-long chase, died at some point before 2:30 p.m., nearly three hours after it escaped a Beaver Road slaughterhouse and went
  
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• Video: NC Ranger Dragged 30 Feet, Driver Charged

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  VIDEO: NC Ranger Dragged 30 Feet, Driver ChargedRangers said a man impatient to enter Crowders Mountain State Park in Gaston County, NC, dragged a park ranger with his car Sunday.As a ranger was talking to him, John Bolin drove away with the ranger holding onto the vehicle door handle, dragging him for 30 feet, reports WSOC-TV.Gastonia police later stopped Bolin, who was driving with a car full of people. Bolin was charged with using the car as a deadly weapon and possession of marijuana.The ran
  
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