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• Matthew McConaughey Brings Lunch to Houston Officers for First Responders Day

  29-10-2018 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  American actor Matthew McConaughey stopped by the Houston Police Department and the Houston Fire Department to bring lunch for First Responders Day on Sunday.McConaughey teamed up with Wild Turkey to serve officers turkeys and bourbon and thanked them for their services during Hurricane Harvey, reports KPRC."It's our pleasure and honor to be here today, which happens to be National First Responders Day," McConaughey said. "Thank ya'll, specifically for the first responding work you did with Harv
  
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• Assistant Chief Dies One Week after Suffering Brain Aneurysm

  29-10-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Assistant Chief of Police Dennis Vincent with the Brigham City (UT) Police Department died one week after suffering a brain aneurysm while participating in his annual physical fitness evaluation, according to Fox News.The incident occurred at a local high school on October 18, 2018. Vincent was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died on October 26, 2018.Vincent began his law enforcement career with the Willard Police Department in 1990, eventually serving as chief of police.In 1994, Vinc
  
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• Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Made Anti-Semitic Statements on Fringe Social Media Site

  29-10-2018 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesRobert Bowers—the 46-year-old man who opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in an attack that left 11 dead and six injured—reportedly made anti-Semitic statements on a social media website that has become a haven for white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other extremists, according to the New York Times.The social media site—Gab—is reportedly interested in what the company calls an "underserved" segment of the population: "conservative
  
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• Georgia High School Football Team Will Wear Initials and Badge Number of Slain Officer

  29-10-2018 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Football players with South Gwinnett High School in Georgia will add stickers to their helmets reading "ADT1808"—the initials and badge number of Officer Antwan Toney, a member of the Gwinnett County Police Department who was recently killed in the line of duty.The team will wear the stickers for the remainder of the 2018 football season, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution."In memory of his dedication and service to our community, the football team will celebrate his life and wh
  
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• Illinois Officer Dies from Injuries Sustained in Fall from Bridge

  29-10-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Two suspects have been arrested following a pursuit on Saturday afternoon that led to the death of 44-year-old Auxiliary Police Officer Ricardo Davis.According to Fox News, officers from the Washington Park Police Department were in pursuit of a vehicle when it struck two cars on a bridge. The suspect vehicle stopped and the suspects fled on foot.Officer Davis pursued one of the occupants on foot but fell over a barrier separating two spans of the bridge. Officer Davis was transported to a local
  
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• Michigan Man Fleeing Police Reportedly Rams Squad Car

  29-10-2018 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  A motorist fleeing police in Macomb County, MI, reportedly rammed a police car before causing a three-car traffic collision, according to Macomb Daily.Clinton Township police were investigating a traffic incident involving a black Chevrolet Trailblazer when the Trailblazer's driver backed up and rammed an officer's patrol car.A brief pursuit was called off by commanders, seconds before the driver of the Trailblazer crashed into two other vehicles at an intersection.The driver of the Trailblazer
  
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• Colorado Police Officer Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries in Shooting

  29-10-2018 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  An officer with the Denver (CO) Police Department was shot in the leg while responding to a shooting call. Officers were at the scene of a shooting and assisting a victim when a gunman opened fire. Officers returned fire, and the suspect retreated into a home, according to Fox News Denver.Other officers applied a tourniquet to the injured officer, who was then transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.About an hour after the shooting, SWAT officers entered the home and
  
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• Judge Says Accused Cop Killer Mentally Fit for Death Penalty if Found Guilty

  29-10-2018 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A judge in California has ruled that the man accused of killing two officers with the Palm Springs Police Department in an ambush attack is mentally fit to face the death penalty if he is found guilty at trial, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.Superior Court Judge Anthony Villalobos rejected a motion filed by defense attorneys to strike the death penalty for 28-year-old John Hernandez Felix, who faces two counts of murder with the special circumstances of multiple murders, murder of a po
  
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• Ohio Police Determine Reports of Active Shooter in Movie Theater to be a Hoax

  29-10-2018 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The chief of police for the Brooklyn (OH) Police Department told reporters that a report of an active shooter at an AMC movie theater in that city was a hoax, according to Fox News.Authorities said that 911 calls came in at just before 2300 hours local time with reports of a loud "pop" in the theater.Police arrived soon after the calls, as the theater was being evacuated. A search of the building revealed no evidence of a shooting.The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Parma police, and Parma Heights po
  
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• Anti-Police Protesters Show Up Outside Charlotte Stadium to Support Kneeling NFL Player

  29-10-2018 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid continued his anti-police protest by kneeling during the national anthem at the Panthers-Baltimore Ravens game in Charlotte Sunday, and just outside the stadium, about 30 people joined him.The group carried signs with the names of people killed by police in Charlotte and around the country, Seeking Justice Consortium founder and organizer Kass Ottley told the Charlotte Observer. As the anthem began, they knelt in the intersection of Mint and Graham streets.&ldq
  
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