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Police Report: Handcuffed Teen Dies from Suicide
Investigators in Jonesboro, Arkansas say they are awaiting the results of an autopsy and toxicology reports to help determine what happened in a police cruiser…
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Mom Condemns Violence in Wake of Police Shooting
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Police maintained a heavy presence on the streets of Anaheim to guard against further violent protests in the wake of the…
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Holder to Announce New Orleans Police Reforms
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder will announce a series of court-supervised reforms of the New Orleans Police Department on Tuesday that are…
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Chicago to Settle Two More Police Torture Lawsuits
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago City Council committee has signed off on settlements in two lawsuits filed by men who allege they were victims of…
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Deadly Force Against Blacks Rises
A sobering new study finds that at least one black person dies nearly every day at the hands of law enforcement, a security guard or…
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Pittsburgh Police Lawyers Ridicule Beating
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Attorneys for three white Pittsburgh police officers accused of wrongfully arresting and beating a young black man ridiculed his version of the…
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Four Atlantic City Policemen Brutally Beat Black Teen
A nationally respected attorney intends to file a federal complaint against four Atlantic City, New Jersey, police officers who allegedly beat an African American teen…
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$21 Million Lawsuit Filed in NY Police Shooting
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Police in suburban New York responding to a medical alert used excessive force when they killed an emotionally disturbed 68-year-old…
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Rodney King Remembered at Funeral as Forgiving Man
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rodney King was remembered in Los Angeles on Saturday as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating…
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Chicago Police Taser Pregnant Woman
A Chicago police department civilian watchdog group is now spearheading the probe into allegations that not only did officers taser a woman who was eight…
