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• Russians Bought Black Lives Matter Facebook Ad Targeting Ferguson, Baltimore

  28-09-2017 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  At least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, MO, and Baltimore, sources with knowledge of the ads told CNN.Ferguson and Baltimore had gained widespread attention for the large and violent protests over police shootings of black men. The decision to target the ad in those two cities offers the first look at how accounts linked to the Russian government
  
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• FL Trainer Injured by Marking Round

  28-09-2017 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  A retired veteran Jacksonville sheriff’s officer was injured Wednesday morning during a training exercise when a member fired a gun loaded with marking rounds at him, according to the Sheriff’s Office.Chip Williams was training 10 officers at the Criminal Justice Center next to Florida State College of Jacksonville on Capper Road when the incident occurred. Director Tom Hackney said Williams was working with a corrections officer in a use-of-force training event.“One of the stu
  
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• FL Corrections Deputy Killed in Crash Driving Home from Work

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  A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy was killed in a crash in Palmetto on Thursday morning.Shaun Feverston, 28, was on his way home from work when the crash occurred, said sheriff’s office spokesman Dave Bristow. Feverston, a four-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, was part of a family of sheriff’s office employees. His brother, Bristow said, is a patrol deputy and his father works as the head of the fingerprint unit, Bradenton.com reports. &n
  
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• DA Clears MA Troopers in Fatal Shooting of Cop Killer

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  Massachusetts State Police troopers who fatally shot Jorge Zambrano, the man who killed Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. in May 2016, used appropriate deadly force, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. The conclusion by Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. was released Wednesday. Early states a thorough investigation into the shooting of Zambrano was conducted. Police reports obtained by MassLive detail the numerous interviews with Zambrano's f
  
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• CA Officer Critically Injured in Motorcycle Crash

  28-09-2017 01:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Oxnard (CA) Police Department officer was in critical condition after a motorcycle crash in Kern County on Tuesday afternoon, the agency said.Officer James Langford, a 12-year veteran of the department, was on a training ride when the incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. on Highway 58, just west of Highway 33, according to a press release. No other vehicles were involved, reports KABC.Langford was airlifted to a local hospital after the collision, whose cause was being investigated by the Califo
  
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• Video: OH Sheriff Prohibits Off-Duty Detail at NFL Games After Anthem Protests

  28-09-2017 00:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: OH Sheriff Prohibits Off-Duty Detail at NFL Games After Anthem ProtestsGeauga County, OH, Sheriff Scott A. Hildenbrand has prohibited any off-duty details at NFL games and is promising not to attend any games the rest of the season after this past weekend's NFL protests, reports WJW-TV.In a massive show of defiance this past weekend, more than 200 NFL players protested words spoken by President Donald Trump by choosing not to stand for the national anthem. Many coaches locked arms with th
  
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• Teen Stole Uncle's Police Uniform, Gun, and Patrol Car to Impress Girl

  28-09-2017 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Florida teen who wanted to impress his girlfriend stole his uncle's deputy uniform, gun, and patrol car, picked up a friend, pulled over a speeder, and called in another police agency over a convenience store disturbance, authorities said.Isael Ibrain Lima, 18, broke into his uncle's locked bedroom while he was away for a few days and went on to impersonate him, a Marion County (FL) Sheriff's Office news release said. Lima later admitted he did it to impress his girlfriend, reports the Associa
  
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• Off-duty LAPD Officer Arrested as DUI Suspect in Crash That Killed 3

  28-09-2017 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an administrative investigation after one of its officers was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a boy and his parents Tuesday night, reports the Los Angeles Times.The officer, 26-year-old Edgar Verduzco, was driving a 2016 Chevy Camaro in the southbound carpool lane of the 605 Freeway about 10:30 p.m. in Whittier, CA, when, for reasons still unknown, he steered the vehicle to the right and into the fast lane, where
  
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