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• Armed robbery turns into rape of 2 teens near St. Paul park; 4 arrested, police say - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  06-06-2017 23:26 via twincities.com
  
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  Armed robbery turns into rape of 2 teens near St. Paul park; 4 arrested, police say
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  A night of teens hanging out, talking and eating near a park in St. Paul turned to horror early Tuesday when police say young men approached, robbed them at gunpoint and raped two 18-year-olds. The sexual assaults in a parking lot by Raspberry Island ...and more »
  
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• Police Are Less Respectful Toward Black Drivers, Report Finds - New York Times

  06-06-2017 22:40 via nytimes.com
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  Police Are Less Respectful Toward Black Drivers, Report Finds
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  Police officers conducting a traffic stop near Hempstead, Tex. Credit Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times. Police officers are significantly less respectful and consistently ruder toward black motorists during routine traffic stops than they are toward ...
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• Video: Autistic FL Man’s Family Sues Officers, City Over Interrogation Following Shooting of His Caretaker

  06-06-2017 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Autistic FL Man’s Family Sues Officers, City Over Interrogation Following Shooting of His CaretakerAn autistic man's family is suing the city of North Miami, FL, and four police officers, claiming the disabled man's civil rights were violated when he was interrogated after an officer shot his caretaker. Surveillance video shows an officer trying to question Soto about the incident, but it's clear that he is unable to communicate. At one point, Soto indicates that he wants
  
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• Police make arrest in fight at McDonald's caught on video - USA TODAY

  06-06-2017 21:58 via usatoday.com
  
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  Police make arrest in fight at McDonald's caught on video
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  DES MOINES — The woman believed to be caught on camera fighting a McDonald's employee Saturday in Des Moines has been arrested. Des Moines police arrested Valerie Shepherd, 21, on Tuesday. She was charged with assault causing injury and ...and more »
  
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• French Officer Attacked with Hammer at Notre Dame Cathedral, Suspect Killed

  06-06-2017 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Algerian student reportedly attacked a French police officer with a hammer at Notre-Dame Cathedral Tuesday. The suspect was shot by another officer at the scene.French authorities say the officer was not seriously injured in the assault, CNN reports.The assailant reportedly was also carrying knives on his person. He was taken to a hospital. No report was made about his condition.Reports say the suspect yelled “This is for Syria” during the assault.     &nb
  
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• Crowd at Chicago Murder Asks Police, “Where Were You?”

  06-06-2017 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The sun was setting Monday night as a crowd gathered around the body of the young man lying on a South Side Chicago sidewalk, a blue blanket covering everything but his white sneakers.Chicago police said the man, identified by family as 23-year-old Devonta Dorsey, was shot in the head by a gunman who approached him around 7:40 p.m. Monday.The attacker fled in a car, and Dorsey was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.  He was among six people shot in Chicago over an eight-hou
  
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• Alabama Officer Finds Metal Bolt in Arby’s Sandwich

  06-06-2017 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A uniformed Birmingham, AL, police sergeant bit into a 1-inch bolt in his Classic Roast Beef sandwich last Thursday while eating at a local Arby’s restaurant last week.Sgt. Patrick Cosby said he doesn't know if the bolt was intentionally placed there because he is a police officer - there have been similar incidents around the country in what officers feel is a continuing anti-police sentiment - or whether it was a machine malfunction, which Arby's officials claim.But either way, he said,
  
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• MBTA settles with Roxbury woman in police brutality case - The Boston Globe

  06-06-2017 21:46 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  MBTA settles with Roxbury woman in police brutality case
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  The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has reached a settlement with a Roxbury woman who sued it and two transit officers, alleging police brutality. Mary Holmes sued the officers in 2015 in US District Court in Massachusetts and added the MBTA ...and more »
  
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• Five Killed as Indian Farmers Clash With Police at a Protest - New York Times

  06-06-2017 21:43 via nytimes.com
  Five Killed as Indian Farmers Clash With Police at a Protest
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  NEW DELHI — Five people were killed Tuesday at a protest in central India, as the police battled with farmers demanding debt relief. The farmers, who believe that the government is intentionally keeping crop prices low to meet the demand of the ...and more »
  
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• Las Vegas Officer Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter Over Suspect's Death

  06-06-2017 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Las Vegas police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over an in-custody death that occurred last month on the Vegas Strip.Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer Kenneth Lopera was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter in the Mother’s Day death of Tashii Farmer, 40, at The Venetian casino hotel. He also was charged with oppression under the color of office.The charges stem from an early morning incident on May 14. Farmer approached Lopera and his partner inside th
  
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• Police Shoot Attacker Outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris - New York Times

  06-06-2017 20:45 via nytimes.com
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  Police Shoot Attacker Outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
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  French police officers stood guard at the site of an attack near the entrance of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday. Credit Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency. PARIS — A police officer shot and wounded an assailant armed with a hammer and ...
  Paris Police Shoot, Wound Hammer-Wielding Assailant Outside Notre DameNPR
  Tourists shelter in Notre Dame Cathedral as hammer-wielding assailant at
  
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• Toddler who died waiting for donor heart honored by Boston police - The Boston Globe

  06-06-2017 20:44 via bostonglobe.com
  
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  Toddler who died waiting for donor heart honored by Boston police
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  Kolton Nguyen Hessman, the Knoxville, Tenn., boy who gained national attention on social media because of his love of police cars and law enforcement, was honored posthumously by the Boston Police Department Tuesday morning. Hessman died Jan.
  
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• Video: MN City Pays $1.75 Million to Family of Woman Killed by Officer in 2014

  06-06-2017 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: MN City Pays $1.75 Million to Family of Woman Killed by Officer in 2014The City of Chaska, MN, has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement with the family of Dawn Pfister, a woman killed by a Chaska police officer in 2014.Pfister and her boyfriend, Matthew Serbus, led police on a high speed chase on Highway 212 through Carver County in February 2014 which resulted in the fatal shooting.According to the family’s attorney, Bob Bennett, $1 million will go to Pfister’s family, includ
  
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• In Killing by Police, a Jury Sees What the Dash Camera Saw - New York Times

  06-06-2017 18:07 via nytimes.com
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  In Killing by Police, a Jury Sees What the Dash Camera Saw
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  Officer Jeronimo Yanez, second from left, with his lawyers outside the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul last week. He is being tried on a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Credit David Joles/Star Tribune, via Associated Press. ST. PAUL — The ...
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• Police Prevent Violence Between Dueling OR Rallies

  06-06-2017 02:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesDueling rallies engulfed five blocks of downtown Portland, OR, on Sunday as hundreds of Trump supporters and counter-demonstrators hurled insults but largely avoided physical confrontation during a tense standoff just days after police arrested a known extremist in the grisly killing of two good Samaritans, reports the Oregonian.Officers in riot gear prevented a full-scale clash between protest blocs by restricting access to Terry Schrunk Plaza, where Trump backers and fre
  
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• Police Officer Took On Three Terrorists in London Armed Only With Baton

  06-06-2017 02:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A British Transport Police officer took on all three London Bridge attackers Saturday armed only with a baton, reports the Independent.The officer was one of the first responders to the scene and received stab wounds to his face, head and leg, while attempting to stop the van and stabbing rampage in a busy area of London.Seven people were killed in the terrorist attack, and dozens more were injured, before police shot dead the suspects.The BTP's top officer paid tribute to the "enormous courage"
  
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• Source: Chicago, Federal Government Draft Police Reform Deal

  06-06-2017 02:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The city of Chicago and the U.S. Justice Department have negotiated a draft agreement that calls for an independent monitor to oversee police department reforms, though it is unclear if there will be court oversight at some stage in the future, an official in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration told the Associated Press.A monitor would be appointed if the Justice Department gives final approval to the "memorandum of agreement," which includes a framework for adopting and implementing reforms tha
  
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• FLEOA Foundation Defends NYPD Sergeant Accused of Murder

  06-06-2017 02:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) Foundation released the following statement in opposition to the murder charge the New York City Bronx District Attorney's (DA) Office brought against NYPD Sergeant Hugh Barry. The murder charge relates to an incident that occurred on October 18, 2016, where Sergeant Barry deployed his firearm as a means to defend himself from an assailant initiating a lethal attack in close quarters.The FLEOA Foundation asserts that the Bronx DA succumbed
  
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• Trump Signs Bills to Help Police Officers, Veterans

  06-06-2017 02:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Trump said Friday he was “very happy” to sign into law two bills that would provide help to members of law enforcement and veterans, reports Fox News.Seated at a table in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, Trump approved a measure giving priority for federal grants to those federal and state law enforcement agencies that hire and train veterans. “We are behind you 100 percent,” he said to the public safety officers and vets at the ceremony.The Am
  
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• NYPD Officer Dragged by Car, in Critical Condition

  06-06-2017 02:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An NYPD plainclothes officer was is in critical condition after being dragged by a car Saturday night while questioning people, reports Bklyner.At approximately 11:50pm Saturday, NYPD responded to multiple calls regarding shots being heard in East Flatbush. Six plainclothes police officers responded and began questioning several people who were attending a party at the scene. The officers say the gunfire neighbors heard was most likely fireworks.Police officer Dalsh Veve was questioning a group
  
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