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Watch: Tenn. Officer Fatally Shoots Woman Carrying Ax
Gallatin, Tenn., police released graphic body-cam footage that shows an officer fatally shooting a woman who police claim had already attacked a Sumner County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputy with an ax. According to a preliminary investigation, Laronda Sweatt, 40, allegedly attacked Sumner County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Gary Pickard after he and several members of the local…
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Former Texas Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Woman Found Not Guilty
A former Texas police deputy who shot and killed an unarmed woman without warning immediately after she opened the front door of a friend’s house was found not guilty Thursday, The Guardian reports. Daniel Willis was acquitted of murder in a Bastrop County, Texas, District Court by visiting District Judge Albert McCaig. During the incident,…
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2 Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas
Two people were found dead at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas in an apparent murder-suicide, local authorities believe, the Associated Press reports. Bexar County, Texas, sheriff’s spokesman James Keith said that the two bodies were discovered Friday morning inside a room at a building at the U.S. Air Force base. It is believed that the…
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Super Dad Selling Comic Book Collection to Fund His Superhero’s College Education
For most of Al Sanders’ life, he collected comic books, and over time, that collection amassed into some 5,000 rare and vintage editions that span the superhero spectrum from Iron Man and X-Men to Batman and Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. “I’ve got them all in 10 boxes, and the boxes in theory hold 500…
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Family of Conn. Lawyer Found Shot Dead in Overturned Car Accuses Police of Conspiracy and Cover-Up
It’s been just over two years since the body of Gugsa Abraham “Abe” Dabela was discovered in his wrecked car, a gunshot wound to his head, in Redding, Conn. The family, after years of waiting and pleading for answers, has decided to file a lawsuit against the town of Redding; officers of the Redding Police…
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Atlanta Hawks Forward Thabo Sefolosha Sues NYPD Officers, NYC Over Arrest
Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha has filed a $50 million suit against the city of New York and five New York City police officers claiming charges of false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment during a 2015 incident in which he suffered a broken leg. According to ESPN, Sefolosha and Hawks teammate Pero Antic…
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Felony Child-Abuse Charge Dropped Against Baltimore School Cop Who Slapped Student
Anthony C. Spense, a Baltimore school police officer, has escaped a felony child-abuse charge after being caught on video slapping and kicking a student outside a city high school last month, the Baltimore Sun reports. Prosecutors dropped the felony charge Thursday, Spense’s defense attorney, Warren Brown, announced. Now only two misdemeanor charges—second-degree assault and misconduct—remain. In…
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San Antonio School District Launches Investigation After Viral Video Shows School Cop Body-Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl
The San Antonio Independent School District has launched an investigation after viral video surfaced showing a school police officer tossing a 12-year-old to the ground, Fox San Antonio reports. In the incident, which took place March 29 at Rhodes Middle School, the sixth-grader, identified as Janissa Valdez, was picked up and slammed to the ground…
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Chicago Police Make 6-Year-Old Cancer Patient’s Wish Come True
Six-year-old Madison Pruitt is battling a rare muscular cancer, but that hasn’t stopped her from dreaming. For as long as she can remember, she has wanted to be a Chicago police officer. On Wednesday, she was all set to make a visit to police in the city’s 6th District, but Madison wasn’t feeling well enough…
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Judge: Probable Cause to Charge 911 Caller in John Crawford III’s Death
An Ohio judge has found that there is probable cause to prosecute the 911 caller who claimed that John Crawford III was pointing a gun at people inside a Wal-Mart store in August 2014. Ronald Ritchie “created the incident that resulted in the death of not only John Crawford but another shopper by the name…