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• California Legislators Want to Require Police Shootings to be "Necessary," Not "Reasonable"

  03-04-2018 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  California state lawmakers are proposing legislation that would impose new restrictions on when a law enforcement officer can open fire.Under the legislation, officers would only be allowed to open fire if “there were no other reasonable alternatives to the use of deadly force." The Associated Press first reported the legislation, which is supported by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups.The proposal comes after the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark in Sacr
  
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• National Dogfighting Awareness Day is April 8

  03-04-2018 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesSunday April 8 is National Dogfighting Awareness Day. To help law enforcement tasked with investigating dogfighting crimes, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has partnered with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).National Dogfighting Awareness Day, which takes place annually on April 8, was established by the ASPCA to raise awareness about the prevalence of dogfighting in the U.S.
  
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• NY Parole Board That Released Cop Killer Broke Law, Police Union Charges

  03-04-2018 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  New York parole board members who authorized three-time cop killer Herman Bell’s release never reviewed the minutes of the four-decades-old sentencing before making their decision — a clear violation of the law, the city’s largest police union charged Wednesday.The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is trying to use this alleged misstep to demand a new hearing for Bell, who is expected to be released from prison this month, reports the New York Daily News.Bell, 70, along
  
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• Louisiana Deputy Wounded, Suspect Killed in Easter Sunday Gunfight

  03-04-2018 00:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A police chase followed by a shootout turned Easter morning into a deadly scene Sunday morning near Goodbee, LA, in western St. Tammany Parish.Authorities said their pursuit of 24-year-old Joseph Walden Johnson Jr. ended after his car crashed into a ditch on Railroad Avenue between La. 1077 and U.S. 190.At that point Johnson and pursuing St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office deputies exchanged gunfire. Johnson was killed and 36-year-old Deputy Justin Nail was wounded, the Advocate reports.The pursu
  
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• Video: Protester Hit by Sheriff's Vehicle at Stephon Clark Vigil

  03-04-2018 00:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Protester Hit by Sheriff's Vehicle at Stephon Clark VigilA protester at a vigil Saturday night for Stephon Clark was hit by a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department vehicle.The collision occurred as protesters marched in south Sacramento.The activist struck was Wanda Cleveland, a regular at Sacramento City Council meetings. She lay immobile on her side in the street until a fire department crew arrived to pick her up.Cleveland was released from Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical C
  
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• California Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing DNA Collection Upon Arrest

  03-04-2018 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The California Supreme Court decided 4-3 Monday that the state may continue to take DNA from people arrested for a felony crime.The ruling upheld a provision in Proposition 69, approved by California voters in 2004, that said any adult arrested or charged with a felony in the state must consent to have his or her cheek swabbed for DNA, reports the Los Angeles Times.Even if the arrestee were ultimately not charged or acquitted, the ballot measure required that the DNA profile would remain in the
  
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