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• Washington Voters Back Changes to Deadly Force Standards

  07-11-2018 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Law enforcement officers in Washington will face different standards for incidents involving deadly force now that Initiative 940 has reportedly passed with 60% of the vote statewide. In King County, support exceeded 70%, reports the Seattle Times.Passage of the measure means that prosecutors will no longer have to prove law enforcement officers acted with "evil intent" — or so-called "malice" — when considering whether to file criminal charges such as manslaughter. Washington is the
  
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• Philadelphia Officer Shot, Wounded; 2 Suspects in Custody

  07-11-2018 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Authorities say two suspects have been arrested in a shooting that wounded a Philadelphia police officer after he and another uniformed officer apparently interrupted a confrontation between two men in the Kensington neighborhood.Commissioner Richard Ross said 31-year-old Officer Paul Sulock was shot in the leg shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, reports WPVI.Ross said the men were crouched behind cars across the street from each other, one armed and apparently about to shoot the other. "The quick
  
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• Washington State Passes Ballot Measure to Further Regulate Guns

  07-11-2018 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  A state gun-regulations ballot measure seeking to make Washington's firearms laws among the strictest in the country passed Tuesday with 60% of the vote in election-night returns. Votes will continue to be counted in the coming days.The sweeping 30-page measure will raise the legal age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21. To obtain such weapons, people will need to pass an enhanced background check, take a training course and wait 10 business days after a purchase, reports the Seattle Times.I-163
  
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• Michigan Marijuana Legalization Proposal Passes

  07-11-2018 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesThe proposal to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use was on its way to victory early Wednesday morning, making Michigan the first state in the Midwest to approve legal weed.With 71% of the vote counted, the measure had a comfortable double-digit margin statewide, reports the Detroit Free Press."Legalization of marijuana will end the unnecessary waste of law enforcement resources used to enforce the failed policy of prohibition while generating hundreds of millions
  
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• Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing Tennessee Officer

  07-11-2018 21:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tremaine Wilbourn was sentenced by a jury Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murder of Memphis, TN, Officer Sean Bolton.The verdict was read by Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee after Wilbourn had been expelled from the courtroom following an outburst over closing arguments at the end of his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning. He will be forced to return to court Dec. 17 for sentencing on carjacking and weapons charges, Coffee said.The jury was given the option of l
  
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• Challenger Holds Slim Lead Over Current L.A. County Sheriff in Election

  07-11-2018 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what could be a stunning upset in the race to be Los Angeles County sheriff, challenger Alex Villanueva took a narrow lead over Sheriff Jim McDonnell early Wednesday.With 100% of precincts reporting, Villanueva, a retired sheriff's lieutenant, was ahead by 4,927 votes, but provisional and late mail ballots still have to be counted, reports the Los Angeles Times.Heading into the election to run one of the nation's largest law enforcement agencies, McDonnell and Villanueva had been expected to
  
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• Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns

  07-11-2018 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embed from Getty ImagesJeff Sessions has resigned as attorney general effective immediately after being asked to do so by President Trump, sources told ABC News."At your request, I am submitting my resignation," Sessions wrote in an undated letter to the president.The president tweeted that Matthew Whitaker, chief of staff to Sessions, will become the acting attorney general, reports Fox News. "We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions
  
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• FN Announces Release of FN SCAR 20S Precision Rifle

  07-11-2018 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FN America LLC has announced the release of the highly anticipated FN SCAR 20S precision rifle, based on the FN MK20 SSR or Sniper Support Rifle currently fielded within USSOCOM. The 7.62x51mm-chambered rifle has been purpose-built to achieve superior long-range accuracy.“The FN SCAR 20S is the latest addition to our battle-proven line-up of FN SCAR products and the first commercial SCAR release since we launched the 17S in 2010,” said Mark Cherpes, President and CEO for FN America L
  
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• Panasonic Announces Updated Toughbook 31

  07-11-2018 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Panasonic, an industry leading manufacturer of mobile computing solutions that are purpose-built for the way people work, announced the U.S. launch of its newly upgraded Toughbook 31 laptop computer. Specifically designed for the mobile workforce, which has relied on the Toughbook brand for two decades, the Toughbook 31 offers improved safety and functionality to optimize productivity for workers in challenging and extreme environments."Today's announcement reflects the evolution of the best-sel
  
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• Elizabeth City police searching for missing 14-year-old boy - WAVY-TV

  07-11-2018 02:30 via wavy.com
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  Elizabeth City police searching for missing 14-year-old boy
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  ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) -- Police are searching for a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing Tuesday afternoon from Elizabeth City. According to Elizabeth City police, Riley Jackson Stokes was reported missing from the 300 block of East Church ...and more »
  
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• Police: Man threatened to 'shoot everybody' at Washington County polling place - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  07-11-2018 01:24 via post-gazette.com
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  Police: Man threatened to 'shoot everybody' at Washington County polling place
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  A man threatened to “shoot everybody” at a polling place in Washington County Tuesday after poll workers told him he could not vote because he was not registered, Washington County Director of Elections Larry Spahr said. He said Christopher T. Queen ...
  
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