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Report: 4 Arrested for Helping Fla. Murder Suspect Escape
A Florida murder suspect remains at large while his girlfriend and three others have been arrested in what authorities say was a plot to help him escape, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the suspect, Dayonte Resiles, disappeared Friday after running from a courtroom. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said that Resiles’ girlfriend,…
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Dallas Gunman Micah Johnson Did Not Have 'Large Stockpile' of Bomb Materials, Officials Say
The gunman behind the attack that killed five police officers in Dallas did not have a “large stockpile” of materials to make a bomb in his home, two officials told the Associated Press Friday. Contradicting earlier claims that Micah Xavier Johnson had enough explosives in his possession to implement a larger attack, the officials, who…
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Outpouring of Kindness for Homeless Teen Who Biked 6 Hours to Get to College and Slept in Tent
Fred Barley is nothing if not persistent. Officers found the 19-year-old sleeping in a tent outside Georgia’s Gordon State College over the weekend and listened to his amazing story about why he was doing something that could have been considered trespassing, WSB-TV reports. Barley is homeless. He told officers that he had ridden his little…
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BLM Activists Speak on ‘Manipulative,’ ‘Disingenuous’ Town Hall on Race
Thursday’s ABC town hall with President Barack Obama was anticipated with bated breath. Many were looking forward to an honest conversation about race and about the current tensions between the black community and police officers in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and the attack in Dallas that left…
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Man Accused of Shooting Into Indiana Cop’s Home to Face Charges
A man who allegedly shot at an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer’s car and home will be facing charges, WWTV reports. The incident unfolded around 2 a.m. Tuesday, officials say. Officers were called to their colleague’s home because of reports of a man wearing a “Black Lives Matter” shirt who was firing shots at the home…
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Police Kill Gunman Who Shot at Plainclothes Officers in West Baltimore
Police shot and killed a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle, who opened fire on four plainclothes officers in an unmarked car Thursday night in West Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun reports. The incident unfolded after officers responded to reports of gunfire near apartments in Bridgeview-Greenlawn. Officers say that the unidentified gunman was shooting before they…
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Death Toll in Nice, France, Truck Attack Rises to 84
At least 84 people have now been confirmed dead after an apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France, in which a truck driver plowed the vehicle through a crowd, and also opened fire on people, before being shot dead by police, the Washington Post reports. Another 18 people were in critical condition, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced early…
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Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Says She Was 'Railroaded' by ABC News at Presidential Town Hall
During Thursday night’s presidential town hall on race, hosted by ABC News, Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who was choked to death by New York City police in 2014, would not be silenced. According to BuzzFeed, the activist stormed out of a taping of the town hall after she said she felt she…
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Richmond, Va., Police Chief Calls Vandalism of Memorial Statue 'Cowardly' Act
A memorial statue dedicated to fallen officers from the Richmond, Va., Police Department was vandalized Wednesday morning in an act that Police Chief Alfred Durham is slamming as “cowardly,” the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The statue, which had just been moved to the city’s Byrd Park three weeks ago, was marked with red paint, a large…
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Fresno, Calif., Police Release Video of Fatal Shooting of Unarmed White Man
Fresno, Calif., Police Chief Jerry Dyer has publicly released body-camera footage taken during the fatal shooting of an unarmed white man in June, acknowledging that “some of this video will answer many of the questions out there in this community,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Dyer said during a Wednesday news conference that he decided to…
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