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• Video: Arrested Ohio Woman Attacks Officer with OC Spray from Back of Patrol Vehicle

  28-04-2017 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Arrested Ohio Woman Attacks Officer with OC Spray from Back of Patrol VehicleVideo recorded in the back of a Columbus, OH, police cruiser shows a woman and a police officer spraying OC at each other Wednesday morning.Video shows 26-year-old Quivonna Bonner handcuffed and without a shirt in the back of a Columbus police cruiser. The video shows her screaming, cursing and making obscene gestures.According to court documents, Bonner repeatedly told officers she intended to “mace”
  
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• Trump Tells NRA Convention “Assault” on Second Amendment Over

  28-04-2017 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump spoke to the National NRA Convention in Atlanta Friday and declared that an "eight-year assault" on Second Amendment rights has come to a "crashing end."Assailing former president Barack Obama’s record on guns, Trump told the crowd, “You have a true friend and champion in the White House.”The president was received as a hero during his speech, in part for successfully installing a conservative Supreme Court justice, Neil M. Gorsuch,
  
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• Prisoner Serving Time for Attempted Murder of Officers Escapes in Maryland

  28-04-2017 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maryland police agencies are looking for escaped prisoner David M. Watson. Watson, serving time for attempted murder of police officers, escaped police custody Friday morning while being transported to a mental evaluation.Police say they've found “several articles of clothing” in the woods he escaped into. They say they also found his handcuffs and waist chain. It’s unclear if he was wearing leg shackles, WJLA TV reports.Watson was alleged to have gone on a shooting spree in 20
  
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• Virginia State Police Shut Down E-mail to Thwart Malware Attack

  28-04-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Virginia State Police shut down its email system on Wednesday night to strengthen its defense against a sophisticated new form of malware that infected the law enforcement agency’s network at the end of last week.State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty said the agency hoped to restore email service, allowing computer communication with its public affairs office and updates to the Sex Offender Registry that have been disrupted since the shutdown after 8 p.m. on Wednesday.“I
  
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• On Eve of Rodney King Riots Anniversary LAPD Chief Says Force Will Never “Fail” City Again

  28-04-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesLos Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has written an editorial for the Los Angeles Times on the 25th anniversary of the Rodney King riots, saying the department will never “fail” the city again.Beck wrote: “We truly believed that we were at war and that more arrests and tougher policing was the solution to the plague of violence sweeping through the city…But after years of trying to arrest our way out of the problem, it became obvious that our effo
  
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• Ohio Man Called 911 Asking for a Police Dog to Help Him Find Stolen Heroin

  28-04-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Bath Township, OH, man was arrested earlier this year after he called 911 requesting a police dog to help him track down some heroin that was stolen from him, police say.The call — made in January, but released to News 5 this week — is one of the strangest calls that Police Chief Mike McNeely has heard in 41 years in law enforcement. 
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• New York State Police to Join Fight Against MS-13 on Long Island

  28-04-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSuffolk County (NY) Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said Thursday state troopers will begin increased patrols of parks and other state-owned land in the Brentwood and Central Islip area to help the county combat the MS-13 gang.Sini told county lawmakers the gang — suspected in the killings of four young men in Central Islip last week — along with the opioid crisis are the top challenges facing the police department, Newsday reports.“Obviously, this is a
  
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• Suspect allegedly chased Delaware state trooper before gunning him down, police say - ABC News

  28-04-2017 01:13 via abcnews.go.com
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  Suspect allegedly chased Delaware state trooper before gunning him down, police say
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  The 26-year-old suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Delaware state trooper on Wednesday chased the officer before gunning him down, police said. The suspect, identified today as Burgon Sealy, allegedly shot 32-year-old Cpl. Stephen Ballard, and ...
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• TX Authorities Searching for Missing Officer Who is Reportedly Experiencing Emotional Distress

  28-04-2017 00:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Texas authorities are searching for a missing Austin police officer who is reportedly experiencing emotional distress.Police did not release his name, but said that his vehicle was found Tuesday morning at Lake Amistad in Val Verde County, that's in far West Texas just north of Del Rio, TWC News reports. 
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• Arkansas Chief Shot Trying to Disarm Suicidal Subject

  28-04-2017 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Booneville (AR) Police Chief Albert Brown was recovering Wednesday from a leg wound he suffered when he was shot while responding to a call that a man was suicidal.A news release from the Police Department said Brown and two other officers responded to a 911 call about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment where a man emerged holding a long gun and a handgun."The man came out of his apartment armed," the release said. "Chief Brown tried to disarm and tackle the suspect. During the struggle, Chief
  
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• WATCH LIVE --ANN COULTER BERKELEY PROTEST: Police prepare for demonstrations today - KGO-TV

  28-04-2017 00:23 via abc7news.com
  
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  WATCH LIVE --ANN COULTER BERKELEY PROTEST: Police prepare for demonstrations today
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  Protesters gathered peacefully in Berkeley Thursday to demonstrate on issues of free speech. (KGO-TV). KGO. By Amy Hollyfield. Thursday, April 27, 2017 05:25PM. BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) --. Police erected barricades and dispatched officers in riot gear ...
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• Missing toddler found dead in Joliet Township home - Chicago Tribune

  28-04-2017 00:15 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Missing toddler found dead in Joliet Township home
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  Area residents and neighbors pray for 16-month-old Semaj Crosby outside the house where she was found dead, in the 300 block of Louis Road Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Joliet. Semaj was reported missing Tuesday and was found dead inside the home ...and more »
  
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• Police charge suspect in fatal shooting of Chicago judge - USA TODAY

  28-04-2017 00:10 via usatoday.com
  
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  Police charge suspect in fatal shooting of Chicago judge
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  CHICAGO — Police charged a suspect Thursday in the killing of a Chicago-area judge, who was repeatedly shot in front of his home after he came to the aid of his girlfriend during an armed robbery. Authorities charged Earl Wilson, 45, with first-degree ...and more »
  
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