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Sentencing Near in Police Beating of Disabled Man
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Defense lawyers say a former Spokane police officer should not spend any time in prison for using excessive force against a…
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Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Volte-face. It’s a French term, one that comes from the Italian word “voltafaccia.” The definition, according to the Web site http://www.thefreedictionary.com, means “a reversal,…
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Family of Man Killed By Police Billed For Damages
“Isn’t there any respect for the dead?” That’s the head-scratching question John Torrence now grapples with after his nephew was struck and killed by a…
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Philly Mayor Apologizes to Woman Hit By Officer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's mayor is apologizing to a woman shown on video being punched by a police lieutenant at a parade last weekend. Mayor…
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Philly Officer Caught on Video Hitting Woman
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have launched an internal investigation after a video was posted online that shows an officer striking a woman twice in the…
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Attorney Benjamin Crump Takes on LAPD
Trayvon Martin family attorney and noted civil rights activist Benjamin Crump has signed on as lead counsel in a boiling probe of the Los Angeles…
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5 LAPD Officers Investigated in Death of Woman
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least five police officers are under investigation after a woman died during a violent arrest in which an officer kicked…
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Georgia Mom Sues City Over Son’s Death While in Police Custody
A Georgia mother has filed federal suit against the city of Pelham police department alleging wrongful death and gross civil rights violations in the death…
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Autopsy: Death of Handcuffed Man in Ark. a Suicide
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man whose hands were cuffed behind him in the back seat of an Arkansas patrol car shot himself in…
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Police Shoot, Kill Man Near NYC Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Police shot and killed a man they say lunged at them with a knife in a confrontation that began in Times…
