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• Texas police department commends teen nearly fired for offering ... - Fox News

  13-07-2017 22:13 via foxnews.com
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  A Texas police department on Wednesday honored a teen who was almost fired after he bought an officer a free cookie earlier this month.and more »
  
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• Brutal Viral Video Shows Police Dog Mauling Black Man - The Root

  13-07-2017 22:06 via theroot.com
  
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  Brutal Viral Video Shows Police Dog Mauling Black Man
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  A video of a San Diego police dog viciously attacking a handcuffed black man has caused outrage after millions of people viewed it on social media. NBC San Diego reports that police received reports of a man screaming, jumping on cars and acting out in ...
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• Judge: City's police fitness test discriminated against women - Police News

  13-07-2017 21:17 via policeone.com
  
  Judge: City's police fitness test discriminated against women
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  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A fitness test given to Colorado Springs police officers discriminated against women and violated civil rights laws, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a two-year lawsuit. The test "shamed and ostracized" the 12 plaintiffs ...and more »
  
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• Video: Dallas Police Unions Oppose Inclusion of Activist on Chief Search Panel

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Dallas Police Unions Oppose Inclusion of Activist on Chief Search PanelThe Dallas Police Association is against Dominique Alexander of the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) interviewing the seven finalists to become the next Dallas Police Chief.He’s is one of 56 panelists from various neighborhood groups and police-affiliated organizations selected by Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax to speak with the candidates and then give him feedback.“Th
  
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• SC K-9 Shot and Killed in Kennel at Handler's Home

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Yancey County (SC) Sheriff’s Office announced the death of K-9 Chris Wednesday morning. The 8-year-old Dutch shepherd was found with a gunshot wound in his kennel at the home of his partner, Deputy Austin Wilson, in the Bald Mountain community. Chris was taken to Reach Animal Hospital in Asheville, NC, where he died.The Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook, “Chris was a beloved member of the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office for the past seven years. The Yancey County She
  
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• OR Deputy Sues Man Who Shot Him for $1 Million

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Lane County, OR, sheriff’s deputy has filed a nearly $1 million civil lawsuit against a man who used a semi-automatic AK-47-style rifle to shoot him nearly two years ago.The deputy, Todd Olson, is suing Carlos Roa for assault and battery in connection with an incident that unfolded on property outside Cottage Grove on the evening of Sept. 25, 2015.A jury last year convicted Roa of attempted aggravated murder, concluding that he had tried to kill Olson and two other sheriff’s deputi
  
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• NLEOMF Reports 65 Law Enforcement Duty Deaths in First Half of 2017

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund issued a new report with preliminary data through June 30, 2017, revealing that 65 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty in 2017—a thirty percent increase over the same period last year (50).Of these 65 officers, 26 were killed in traffic-related incidents, 23 were killed by gunfire and 16 died due to other causes such as job-related illnesses.Traffic-related fatalities, including officers being struck by vehi
  
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• Judge Rules CO Agency's Fitness Test Discriminates Against Female Officers

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fitness test given to Colorado Springs, CO, police officers discriminated against women and violated civil rights laws, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a two-year lawsuit.The test "shamed and ostracized" the 12 plaintiffs - many of them decorated officers with decades of service - while providing "meaningless" results, ruled U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch.Performing poorly on the mandatory test left officers at risk of losing their jobs, despite the benchmark scores being "arbitrary" an
  
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• CA Law Firm That Represents Police Vandalized After Honoring Slain NYPD Officer

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The headquarters of a Sacramento, CA, law firm known for representing police officers in use-of-force cases was spray-painted with anti-police graffiti after it lowered a “Blue Lives Matter” flag to half-staff in honor of a New York City police officer killed in the line of duty, the firm said Wednesday.David Mastagni, the founder and managing partner at Mastagni Holstedt, said he arrived at work shortly before 9 a.m. to find a two-word epithet cursing police spray-painted in red acr
  
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• Albuquerque Officer Shot at Domestic, Suspect Arrested After Standoff

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A man is in custody after Albuquerque police say he opened fire on officers Wednesday night, hitting and injuring one officer, near Montgomery and Wyoming NE.Maximilano Villegas, 38, was booked into the county jail after a SWAT standoff early Thursday morning and is charged with aggravated battery on a police officer, false imprisonment, child abuse, and misdemeanor domestic violence charges.Officer Fred Duran, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said the officer was struck in the should
  
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• ACLU Sues Ohio Police Over Pepper Spraying of Anti-Trump Protesters

  13-07-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has sued Columbus police for three protesters pepper-sprayed in the face during a Jan. 30 rally against Trump administration policies.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, contends that police used excessive force, committed assault and battery on the protesters, and violated their right to free speech.“Police gratuitously attacked several demonstrators by shooting them with pepper spray directly in the face — inte
  
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• Video Shows Orlando Police Pulling Over Florida State Attorney - New York Times

  13-07-2017 20:16 via nytimes.com
  
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  Video Shows Orlando Police Pulling Over Florida State Attorney
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  Aramis D. Ayala, the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Florida, during a traffic stop by the police in Orlando, Fla. Credit Orlando Police Department. Footage from a body camera worn by a police officer in Orlando, Fla., shows him ...
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• Texas Police Promised to Drop Charges Against 2 Teens if Mom Surrendered Video Footage of Arrest, Activists Say - The Root

  13-07-2017 20:14 via theroot.com
  
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  Texas Police Promised to Drop Charges Against 2 Teens if Mom Surrendered Video Footage of Arrest, Activists Say
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  Activists in Arlington, Texas, have accused local officers of promising to drop charges against two teenagers in exchange for a video that their mother took of their arrests. According to the Dallas Morning News, Next Generation Action Network, a ...and more »
  
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• Police punch teen girl after mistaking her for wanted man - USA TODAY

  13-07-2017 18:33 via usatoday.com
  
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  A black teen punched in the mouth by a Bakersfield officer and bitten by a police dog after she was mistaken for a male suspect represents the latest in a series of issues facing the beleaguered police department in California's San Joaquin Valley. The ...
  'That's not the guy': Teen says Bakersfield police beat her after mistaking her for male suspectLos Angeles Times
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• NY Teenager Played "F___ Tha Police" at Officers During Familia Funeral

  13-07-2017 00:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Bronx teen blasted the NWA song “F— Tha Police” out his third-floor apartment window Tuesday as thousands of officer were gathered below to mourn Miosotis Familia. The act prompted a house call from about 20 officers.The teen, who identified himself as Julien Rodriguez, 16, said it was “satisfying” to play the song on repeat from his apartment on East 188th Street, claiming that his older brother and best friend were unjustifiably killed by cops.“Since they
  
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• Hundreds of NYPD Officers Turn Backs to Mayor de Blasio During Familia Eulogy

  13-07-2017 00:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSeveral hundred New York City police officers turned away in protest Tuesday morning as the mayor delivered his eulogy at the Bronx funeral of slain Officer Miosotis Familia.The demonstration of contempt was spurred by the mayor’s excursion to Germany to join anti-Trump protesters at the G20 summit one day after last Wednesday’s execution of 12-year NYPD vet Familia. Photos showed hundreds of police officers standing on the Grand Concourse with their backs to t
  
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• 8-Year-Old Girl Prays with San Antonio Officers

  13-07-2017 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Eight-year-old Paige Vazquez of San Antonio, TX, always prays for people, especially police officers since she knows their job is really hard. She says that every little prayer helps, so when she noticed a group of local police officers at a local restaurant, she walked over and asked if she could pray for them.The officers were touched by the gesture and bowed their heads to pray with Paige. Paige did not know that these officers were still grieving over the loss of a fellow officer who lost hi
  
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