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Watch: Obama Renews Calls for Stricter Gun Laws After Calif. Mass Shooting
President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to call for tighter gun laws amid threats from “ISIS and other terrorist groups that are encouraging people—around the world and in the U.S.—to commit terrible acts of violence.” The president stopped short of calling last week’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., where 14 people were…
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Laquan McDonald Police Report Dramatically Different From Video
Chicago Police Department documents released Friday evening from the investigation into the shooting death of Laquan McDonald reveal that cops at the scene painted a dramatically different picture from what is shown in the dash-cam video, according to USA Today. The court-ordered release of the disturbing video of Laquan, 17, shows that the victim had been…
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Medical Examiner: Freddie Gray’s Spine ‘Kinked’ in Police Van
Freddie Gray’s spinal cord was “kinked” by the injury he suffered while riding in the back of a police van in April, Dr. Carol Allan testified Friday in Baltimore during the manslaughter trial of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors argue that Porter could have prevented Gray’s “death by buckling…
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Chicago’s Interim Top Cop Warns Officers About Squad-Car Audio, Video
Acting Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante on Friday warned rank-and-file officers that it’s their responsibility to ensure that audio and video equipment is in working order before every tour of duty, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Disciplinary action will follow if equipment problems are not reported in a timely manner, the report says. “We have a good…
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Detroit 4-Year-Old Mauled to Death by Pack of Dogs
A Detroit mother says that she will never be able to forget the day four vicious dogs dragged her son from her and mauled the little 4-year-old to death, the Detroit Free Press reports. “That will never leave my eyes,” Lucillie Strickland, who is identified as “Dolly” in some reports, said. “Never leave my mind.”…
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Ohio Barber Confronts White Man Walking Around Black Neighborhoods Carrying Gun
An Akron, Ohio, barbershop owner had enough of one young white man who was walking around the neighborhood with a rifle on his back, so he confronted the 25-year-old outside his shop on Thursday and called the police, Cleveland.com reports. Deone Slater, owner of Kangaroo Kutz, did not want Daniel Kovacevic in front of his…
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Accused San Bernardino Attacker Tashfeen Malik Pledged Allegiance to ISIS on Social Media: Report
There is still little known about Tashfeed Malik, who, along with husband Syed Rizwan Farook, is accused of carrying out a bloody massacre at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif. Now, however, a source with knowledge of the investigation told NPR that Malik had pledged allegiance to ISIS, or Islamic State, leader Abu…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Allegedly Videotaped at Party With Beer Pong
Ethan Couch, the wealthy Texas teen whose deadly drunk driving killed four people, may have landed himself back in trouble after a video surfaced allegedly showing the now-18-year-old laughing over a game of beer pong, WFAA reports. According to the report, Twitter user @BlondSpectre posted a video that the user claims depicts the teen, who…
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Minneapolis Police Dismantling of Protest Camp Sparks Rally at City Hall
About 300 protesters in Minneapolis rallied yesterday at City Hall after authorities dismantled their police-precinct encampment, the Star Tribune reports. Following the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark, a group of protesters set up a vigil outside the 4th Precinct headquarters in north Minneapolis. They vowed to remain there until authorities released surveillance video of…
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Chicago Police Investigating Facebook Video Apparently Showing Toddler Smoking Joint
Chicago police are looking for leads as they investigate a video that was posted to Facebook showing a toddler sitting in a diaper, apparently smoking a marijuana joint, as a man offscreen can be heard egging the child on to “smoke,” the Smoking Gun reports. A community activist reportedly tipped off the authorities yesterday, and…