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FBI: Far-Right Extremist Posed As BLM Protester, Shot Minneapolis Police Precinct
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["A member of the far-right anti-government Boogaloo Bois has been charged with opening fire on a Minneapolis police precinct while pretending to be a Black Lives Matter protester, according to the federal complaint a...
Philadelphia Police Investigating Alleged Plot To Attack Vote Counting
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["Philadelphia police arrested two men armed with guns Thursday night after receiving a tip reporting a plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where city workers are counting mail-in ballots from the presi...
Philadelphia Police Vow To Release 911 Tapes, Body Camera Video Of Black Man’s Killing
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["PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police pledged to release 911 tapes and police body camera footage “in the near future” in the shooting death of a Black man with a history of mental health problems, a death that pr...
Philadelphia Police Pledge To Release Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting Video
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["Philadelphia police on Wednesday promised to release body camera footage captured in the police shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. on Oct. 26, and named the officers involved in the shooting. Wallace’s family said...
New Bill Seeks To Reduce Police Violence Against People With Mental Illness
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["Four years ago, the neighbors of 66-year-old Deborah Danner, a Black woman with schizophrenia, called the police to report that she had been behaving erratically. Minutes after arriving at her New York City apartmen...
Grand Jurors In Breonna Taylor Case Call Police Actions ‘Negligent’ And ‘Criminal’
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["Two of the grand jurors in the Breonna Taylor case said that the actions of the police in Louisville, Kentucky, that led to the high-profile killing were “negligent” and “criminal.” The jurors sat down with journali...
Arkansas Police Chief Resigns After Calling For ‘Death To All Marxist Democrats’
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["The police chief of a small Arkansas town has resigned after writing social media posts calling for “death to all Marxist Democrats” and saying he hoped certain Democratic leaders, including former President Barack ...
Minneapolis Police Union Recruits Retired Cops As Trump ‘Poll Challengers’
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["The Minneapolis police union is facing a warning after recruiting retired cops to work as “poll challengers” in a “problem” area of the city at the request of an attorney for President Donald Trump’s reelection camp...
Paris Police Officers To Remain In Custody After Beating Black Music Producer
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["PARIS (Reuters) ― Three Paris police officers being held over the beating of a Black music producer during an arrest a week ago will remain in custody for now, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said on Sunday. Heitz told ...
Czech Hunter Reports Rifle-Stealing Deer To Police
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["Elena Vafina via Getty Images Cervus nippon, flower spotted deer walking and feeds on in forest of National Park PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech police are seeking help in an unusual case after a deer turned the tables on ...
Amid More Protests Over Son’s Police Death, Walter Wallace Sr. Says Violence ‘Not Helping’
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["Walter Wallace Sr., whose 27-year-old son was shot dead on Monday by Philadelphia police, chastised people perpetuating violence in the city in the aftermath of his child’s death and called for an end to the “chaos....
Philadelphia Police Fatally Shoot Black Man, Sparking Overnight Protests
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["PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent protests that police said injured 30 officers and led to dozens of...
Nigerian Soldiers Shoot At Least Two Protesters Demonstrating Against Police Brutality
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["LAGOS (Reuters) - Soldiers opened fire on Nigerians protesting against police brutality in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday, striking at least two people, four witnesses told Reuters. Th...
Police Stumped By Theft Of Rare Tree In Wisconsin Capital
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["MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police are stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. The 25-foot Algonquin Pillar Swiss Mountain pine was sawed down sometime between Nov. 5 and Nov. 9...
Black Woman Shot By Illinois Police Officer Seeks Justice From Hospital Bed
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["WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-old boyfriend on Satuday told about 200 people gathered at an emotional rally in su...
Dispute Over A Dog Leads To 8 People Shot In Nashville, Police Say
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["Jaime Durkin via Getty Images A dispute in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, (pictured) early Sunday morning led to several people being shot, police said. A dispute over a dog reportedly led to a shooting in Nashville...