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• Video: Bat-Wielding Suspect Fatally Shot by NY Officer

  15-03-2018 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Bat-Wielding Suspect Fatally Shot by NY OfficerNassau County, NY, police say an officer fatally shot a bat-wielding suspect in Great Neck Monday morning following an apparent road rage confrontation. The suspect reportedly attacked and injured two people who needed to be hospitalized.Police say around 10:30 a.m. the male suspect was stopped in a Volkswagen at a stop sign with two vehicles behind him. Police say the suspect became enraged when one of the drivers honked their horn.According
  
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• New York Cop Killer Granted Parole, Murdered 2 Officers in 1971

  15-03-2018 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  A cop killer who murdered two of New York’s Finest — killing one officer with the officer’s own gun as he begged for his life — will soon walk out of prison a free man.Domestic terrorist Herman Bell, one of three Black Revolutionary Army members who in 1971 shot and killed NYPD Officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones in a cowardly ambush, has been granted parole, authorities announced Wednesday.Despite decades of insisting that he’s a “political prisoner&
  
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• Video: Surveillance Footage Captured During Parkland School Shooting Released

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  VIDEO: Surveillance Footage Captured During Parkland School Shooting ReleasedAuthorities on Thursday released video surveillance footage showing the outside of the Parkland, FL, high school where a gunman inside killed 17 people and wounded.Citing “strong public interest,” a Broward County judge last week ordered public release of the four video clips from the surveillance system at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. The clips do not show the carnage inside Building 12, but depict police
  
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• San Francisco Police Commission Approves Restrictive Taser Policy

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  The San Francisco Police Commission voted to adopt a policy Wednesday night regulating how officers can use Tasers, bringing a months-long debate over the less-lethal tools to an end and clearing the way for the rollout of the devices at the end of the year.The Police Commission approved arming officers with Tasers in November. The commission voted 6-1 Wednesday in favor of the policy developed by the Police Department and several community working groups.The 24-page addition to the Department G
  
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• Man Wanted for Questioning in Murder of Kentucky Officer Arrested

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  Kentucky police have arrested a man who was wanted for questioning relating to the shooting death of a police officer earlier this week.Pikeville Police Department Officer Scotty Hamilton was shot and killed in the line of duty late Tuesday night in Pike County, Kentucky. Investigators later obtained an arrest warrant for John Russell Hall, 55, of Pikeville, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Investigators want to question Hall about Hamilton's death, according to a press release
  
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• Judge Dismisses "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed's Lawsuit Over Hoax Bomb Arrest

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  Embed from Getty ImagesA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Irving (TX) ISD, the city of Irving and several individuals by the father of a teen who was arrested after bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb. The federal lawsuit had alleged that Ahmed Mohamed's civil rights were violated in September 2015 when Irving police officers took him into custody at MacArthur High School and charged him with making a "hoax bomb." The then-14-year-old was also
  
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• CA Deputy Dies in Crash

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  A Marin County, CA, sheriff's deputy died in a crash early Thursday morning just north of Point Reyes Station in west Marin County.According to the California Highway Patrol, a preliminary investigation indicates the deputy, who has been identified as Deputy Ryan Zirkle, 24, was responding to a 911 call when he lost control of his vehicle as he entered a left curve in the roadway on Highway 1 near Cypress Road, reports KTVU.The vehicle went off the right side of the road and collided with a tree
  
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• Chicago PD Debuts New Vehicles With New Graphics

  15-03-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago police Officer Jennifer Jacobucci drew inspiration from a lot of influences, including psychedelic rocker Jim Morrison, as she sketched out what would become the winning images, colors, and other designs adorning the department’s new squad cars.Now the department is rolling out the first of the 2018 Ford Police Interceptor Utility models with her design. The SUVs are white, with the lower part of the doors stamped with two rows of dark blue and gray checkerboard. Below that is whit
  
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• Florida Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Parkland Shooting Suspect

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  Embed from Getty ImagesThe state attorney in Broward County, FL, announced Tuesday he intends to seek the death penalty in the Parkland school shooting case.In a news release, Broward State Attorney Michael Satz said he had filed the Notice of Intent to Seek Death in the case against 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, reports NPR.Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month.The Sun-Sentinel reports tha
  
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