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• Video: Chicago Mourns Slain Police Commander

  16-02-2018 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Chicago Mourns Slain Police CommanderMemorials are going up around Chicago to honor the police commander who was shot and killed Tuesday near the Thompson Center in the Loop.Flags fly at half staff and Cmdr. Paul Bauer's 18th District is draped in black and purple. A memorial filled with flowers and balloons pays tribute to the commander, who gave his life for the safety of Chicago.The support doesn't stop there. There have been candlelight vigils in Bauer's Bridgeport neighborhood. Even
  
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• Jury Awards More Than $37M to Family of Maryland Woman Over Fatal Police Shooting

  16-02-2018 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Baltimore County jury has ruled in favor of the family of Korryn Gaines — and awarded more than $37 million in damages — in the civil lawsuit brought by the family of the Randallstown, MD, woman who was fatally shot by a county police officer after a six-hour standoff in 2016.The jury found that the first shot from the police officer who fired at Gaines, killing her and injuring her son, Kodi, was not reasonable, and therefore the civil rights of both Gaines and Kodi were violated
  
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• Video: North Carolina Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Thursday Gunfight

  16-02-2018 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: North Carolina Officer Shot, Suspect Killed in Thursday GunfightA Henderson, NC, police officer was injured and another person was killed during an exchange of gunfire Thursday night at around 9:15 p.m.Henderson police spokesman Lt. Chris Ball said the officer, whose name hasn't been released, was serving a narcotics search warrant at a residence.Ball said Wesley Taylor, 58, exchanged gunfire with the officer and both sustained injuries.The officer was reportedly hit in the chest and back
  
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• Video: Chicago Jail Inmates Applaud Suspected Cop Killer

  16-02-2018 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Chicago Jail Inmates Applaud Suspected Cop KillerAs many as five jail inmates in Chicago may face additional charges for clapping as the suspected killer of Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was escorted from his first court appearance on Thursday.The Cook County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance video that shows a group of detainees waiting in a holding cell to see a judge after suspect Shomari Legghette’s bond hearing.“We are taking all the action in our power to ad
  
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• Texas Officer Mistakenly Shoots Man who Grabbed Gun from Hostage Taker

  16-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Amarillo (TX) Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning in which a Faith City Mission student was wounded while in possession of a gun he wrested away from a suspect. The student was hospitalized but is expected to be OK.Police said the initial call just before 9 a.m. referenced an armed suspect holding approximately 100 people stage in the mission’s chapel.APD Special Crimes Unit investigators believe responding off
  
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• FBI Under Fire Over Failure to Pursue Cruz Tip, Florida Governor Wants Director to Resign

  16-02-2018 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday said it failed to act on a tip that the teenager accused of killing 17 people in Florida had guns and the desire to kill, drawing calls from Florida’s Republican governor for the FBI director to resign.A person close to accused gunman Nikolas Cruz called an FBI tip line on Jan. 5 to report concerns about him, the FBI said in a statement.“The caller provided information about Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kil
  
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• Active Shooters, Gun Control, and Mental Health

  16-02-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even while the horrific crime scene at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, FL, remains active, as it will for days to come, politicians and media pundits are again circling the wagons and inappropriately getting on their soapboxes to use the Valentine’s Day massacre at the school as their spear point to press for more gun control measures.I’m sure that “gun control” is a cause that resonates with many Americans who are uninformed on the many complicated issues we in
  
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• Missouri Bill to Up Penalties for Harming Police Dogs Fails

  16-02-2018 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Missouri lawmakers on Monday voted down a bill that would have increased the penalties for killing or injuring police dogs.The measure needed 82 votes to pass and only 73 House members voted in favor of it. Sixty-eight members turned it down.If enacted, people convicted of killing or incapacitating police dogs and other animals used by law enforcement would have faced at least three years behind bars and possibly 10. The current penalty is up to four years imprisonment, but there's no mandatory
  
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• Video: Wounded Missouri Officer's Recovery from Brain Injury 'A Miracle'

  16-02-2018 01:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Wounded Missouri Officer's Recovery from Brain Injury 'A Miracle'Arnold, MO, Officer Ryan O'Connor, 44, was shot in the back of the head December 5 by a burglary suspect he was transporting to the Arnold Police Department.It was unclear whether he would survive. But now he is making considerable progress in recovering from his traumatic brain injury. Barbara O'Connor says it is nothing short of a miracle that her husband has begun to speak, reports KTVI."He shared his first sentence with
  
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• Video: Man Steps in to Help MO Officer Arrest Resistive Suspect

  16-02-2018 01:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Man Steps in to Help MO Officer Arrest Resistive SuspectA man received recognition this week for coming to the aid of a Kansas City, MO, officer who was struggling with a suspect resisting arrest, reports KCTV.  On Tuesday, the Kansas City (MO) Police Department gave Blake Applebury a certificate of appreciation."Honestly, if it hadn't been for this gentleman, I don't know what would've happened," Sgt. Scott Simons said.Simons was on patrol in July when he spotted a stolen car. He ra
  
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• Accused Gunman Confessed to Florida High School Shooting, Police Say

  16-02-2018 00:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 19-year-old accused of shooting and killing 17 people at his former high school told police he carried out the rampage, according to a probable cause report.In an interview with police, Nikolas Cruz said "he was the gunman who entered the school campus armed with an AR-15 and began shooting students that he saw in the hallway and on the school grounds," the document states."Cruz stated that he brought additional loaded magazines to the school campus and kept them hidden in a backpack until h
  
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• Florida 6th Grader Arrested for Writing Letter Threatening School Shooting

  16-02-2018 00:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Davie, FL, Police detectives have arrested a 6th grade student for writing a letter threatening to kill students and teachers at Nova Middle School, reports WSVN.According to an arrest report, the 11-year-old placed a handwritten note under the assistant principal’s office door that read, “I will bring a gun to school to kill all of you ugly ass kids and teachers [expletive]. I will bring the gun Feb, 16, 18. BE prepared [expletive]!”Police said they have surveillance video sho
  
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• Four-Time Felon Charged in Chicago Police Commander's Shooting Death

  16-02-2018 00:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Police on Wednesday announced charges of first-degree murder and armed violence against Shomari Legghette, a four-time felon accused of shooting Chicago Police Cmdr. Paul Bauer at point-blank range using a gun with an extended-capacity magazine.Legghette, 44, has a criminal history stretching back more than two decades, court records show. He picked up new charges while out on bond, on parole and serving probation, making him the kind of repeat offender whom Bauer recently urged authorities to k
  
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