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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...
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 ...
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...
Biden, Harris Express Heartbreak After Black Man Is Killed By Philadelphia Police
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["Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his vice presidential running mate Kamala Harris issued a statement Tuesday expressing their heartbreak over the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man who was shot ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Prosecutor Drops Dubious Confederate Statue Cases As Portsmouth Fires Police Chief
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["The elected prosecutor of Portsmouth, Virginia, dropped controversial charges on Monday against a high-ranking state senator, local civil rights leaders and city public defenders in connection with what the local po...
Rapper Mo3 Shot Dead On Highway In Dallas Attack, Police Say
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["DALLAS (AP) — Dallas rapper Mo3 was shot and killed during a daytime attack on a highway in the city, authorities said. The 28-year-old performer, whose real name was Melvin Noble, was driving north on interstate 35...
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 ...