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President Obama to Deliver Remarks at Interfaith Memorial Service for Slain Cops in Dallas
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Dallas on Tuesday to attend an interfaith memorial service held in memory of the five police officers who were killed Friday during an attack at what had been a peaceful protest, the White House reports. Alongside the Obamas, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden,…
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9-Year-Old Girl Uses Money to Buy Lunch for Detroit Cops Following Dallas Shooting
Instead of spending her birthday treating herself, a 9-year-old Detroit girl decided to show her appreciation for some of the city’s cops by bringing them lunch, WWJ reports. According to the news station, Samya McLaughlin brought the city’s 11th Precinct officers bagged lunches of sandwiches, chips, fruit and a cookie, paying for the lunches with…
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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Stripped of Badge, Gun
The off-duty NYPD officer who fatally shot Delrawn Small during a road rage incident July 4 has been placed on modified duty, CBS New York reports. It had been previously reported that the officer, identified as Wayne Isaacs, shot and killed Small after Small got out of his vehicle and punched Isaacs repeatedly in the head, prompting…
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Mich. Courthouse Shooter Identified as Larry Darnell Gordon
The man who fired shots inside the Berrien County (Mich.) Courthouse Monday, killing two bailiffs and injuring two others, has been identified as Larry Darnell Gordon, WOOD TV reports. According to the report, a deputy was escorting Gordon from a holding cell to the courtroom when Gordon overpowered the deputy, snatched his gun and started…
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Detroit Police Detective Demoted After Rant Against Black Lives Matter
A Detroit Police Department detective has been demoted and an internal investigation is being launched following a Facebook post that blasted the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit Free Press reports. The detective involved was identified as Nathan Weekley, the brother of Police Officer Joseph Weekley, who shot and killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a…
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NBA Champ Tim Duncan Retires After 19 Seasons
It’s been almost 20 years, and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs is ready to slow down a bit. On Monday he announced his retirement, signaling the end of an era, CBS News reports. It’s been a long ride, marked with five NBA titles, two NBA MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances, ESPN notes,…
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Video Appears to Show Alva Braziel With His Hands Up Prior to Being Shot by Police
Alva Braziel was shot and killed by police in Texas early Saturday morning. Houston police said Braziel was waving a gun when they approached him. Authorities said the officers gave multiple commands for him to drop the weapon, but Braziel, they said, pointed his gun at officers, prompting them to discharge their weapons, ultimately killing Braziel.…
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Man Who Shared Video of Alton Sterling's Shooting Death Arrested
A day after Chris LeDay started circulating one of the graphic videos of police officers gunning down Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., he was arrested, Complex reports. Coincidence? Could be, but LeDay believes that his arrest was an act of retaliation by police, Complex notes. As the site note, LeDay did not film the…
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Parents of Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Break Silence
The parents of the now-deceased gunman responsible for a rampage in Dallas that killed five officers have broken their silence, detailing in an exclusive interview with The Blaze on Sunday how Micah Xavier Johnson’s behavior changed after he was discharged from the U.S. Army in 2015. Delphine Johnson, the 25-year-old’s mother, detailed how she watched…
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Mark Hughes, Wrongly Identified as Dallas Shooting Suspect, Has Received Death Threats, Is Forced to Run for Life
The worst fear of Mark Hughes, the man who was wrongly identified as a shooting suspect in the Dallas rampage that left five officers dead, has come true. According to a report by the New York Daily News, Hughes and his family were forced into hiding and then forced to run again after they say they were…
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