Crime
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Police who covered badges, made obscene gestures should be fired, Lightfoot says
Jun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago police officers who covered their badge numbers and nametags and were photographed making an obscene gesture toward protesters should be fired, Mayor Lori Lightf...
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Knee on neck never appropriate, local leader of police chiefs group saysJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Placing a knee on a suspect's neck is an inappropriate use of force, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police said Friday as the Minneapolis Po...
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UN office denounces human rights violations in Philippines
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights office called on the Philippine government in a new report Thursday to end all violence targeting suspected drug offenders and to dis...
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Autistic Palestinian's killing draws Floyd parallel, outcry
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Eyad Hallaq liked to watch cartoons. He loved dressing up and wearing cologne. He even dreamed of getting married. But his favorite activity was walking...
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Emotions run high as anti-lynching bill stalls in Senate
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate impasse over a widely backed bill to designate lynching as a federal hate crime boiled over on Thursday in an emotional debate cast against a ...
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Brooklyn bishop accused by 2nd man of sex abuse in the 1970s
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, already under a church investigation for alleged sex abuse, has been accused by a second man of abuse in the 1970s...
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ACLU sues over police force on protesters near White House
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration Thursday, alleging officials violated the civil rights of protesters who were forceful...
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Barr: Divide between African Americans, police 'must change'
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr sought on Thursday to quell tensions over the death of George Floyd in police custody, acknowledging a divide between man...
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Experts: Floyd's health issues don't affect homicide ruling
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - George Floyd had drugs in his system and severe heart disease when a Minneapolis police officer put a knee to his neck, but independent experts said the medical problems...
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Sheriff: Will of 'Tiger King' star's missing husband forged
Jun 04, 2020 7:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Someone forged the will of the missing husband of Carole Baskin, a woman prominently featured in Netflix's 'œTiger King" documentary series, a Florida...