Crime
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Democrats ask for investigation of force against protesters
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - Three Democratic lawmakers are asking federal watchdogs to investigate whether U.S. Park Police broke any laws in routing demonstrators from the square in front of the W...
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Video shows struggle before New Jersey trooper fired on man
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - A New Jersey state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York state man after a struggle erupted during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway last mont...
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New York passes bill to unveil police discipline records
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state lawmakers repealed a decades-old law Tuesday that has kept law enforcement officers' disciplinary records secret, spurred by the natio...
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Anger, activism grow over police abuse amid French lockdown
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - With France confined to fight the virus, a video circulated online in April showing a young man lying on the bloody ground next to two police officers - and...
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Sudan militia leader in custody on Darfur war crimes charges
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) - In a significant breakthrough in the pursuit of justice for crimes in Darfur, Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb, who is charged...
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Kane state's attorney: Don't defund police, but pass needed reformsJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - State lawmakers need to equalize education funding and pass a "duty to intervene" law for police if local departments won't initiate their own policies, Kane County Stat...
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France to abandon police chokeholds amid Floyd death anger
Jun 08, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French police will no longer be allowed to use chokeholds during arrests, the interior minister said Monday, banning the immobilization technique after it c...
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Officer charged in Floyd's death held on $1 million bail
Jun 08, 2020 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge on Monday kept bail at $1 million for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd's death. Derek Cha...
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Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd
Jun 08, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Just days after Seattle's mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the department used ...