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U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- A 26-year-old mentally ill man died today following a struggle with four Richmond police officers, authorities said. The altercation occurred after officers were called to a Richmond home for mentally ill people at 3:11 a.m. because the man, Uriah Sams.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 2:03pm neoform

USA Today -- A Minneapolis police SWAT team kicked in the wrong door yesterday during an early morning raid, prompting the man of the house to grab his gun and open fire on the officers who entered the house. "He took out his shotgun and he said if they are bad guy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Nov 18, 2007 @ 11:12am neoform

New York Times -- It was done after three men were shot in Queens a year ago in a hail of 50 police bullets. It occurred again on Monday, after five officers fired 20 shots at Khiel Coppin outside his Brooklyn home, killing him. A man is down, on the ground, bleeding, a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 3:52pm neoform

Seattle Times -- An amateur photographer who was taken into custody last year after shooting pictures of two Seattle police officers making an arrest on a public street received an $8,000 settlement this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington announced Thu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 19, 2007 @ 12:04pm neoform

MSNBC -- The Air Force is planning to fire at least five officers for an incident in which nuclear-armed missiles were mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the U.S. — the worst known violation of nuclear security rules in decades. Defense Secre.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 3:10pm neoform

BBC News -- The acquittal of a US army colonel on charges relating to the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib means no officers have been found criminally guilty. The episode stained the reputation of the US military and may well have acted as a recruiting agent for.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 1:59pm neoform

FOX News -- Sheriff's officials in Yuma County are asking for felony charges against a female inmate who allegedly had sex with three sheriff's detention officers. The detention officers were arrested last month and have been charged with felonies for alleged inci.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 10:39pm neoform

FOX News -- Some of the armed officers with dogs that turned up this week around airports, subways and bus stops are part of special Transportation Security Administration teams sent to protect mass transit sites over the July Fourth holiday. The "VIPER" teams wer.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 6, 2007 @ 10:52pm neoform

USA Today -- Police Chief William Bratton said Sunday that up to 60 members of an elite squad that swarmed into a park and fired rubber bullets during a May Day immigration rally are no longer on the street. Bratton said he spent the weekend viewing video of the Ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 30, 2007 @ 4:56pm neoform

FOX News -- The Supreme Court on Monday gave police officers protection from lawsuits that result from high-speed car chases, ruling against a Georgia teenager who was paralyzed after his car was run off the road. In a case that turned on a video of the chase in s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 10:25am neoform

Reuters -- Two Secret Service officers were injured on Tuesday after a gun held by another Secret Service officer accidentally fired inside the White House gate, according to a spokesman, Darrin Blackford. Their injuries are non-life threatening, the spokesman sa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 12:15pm neoform

CNN -- Cho Seung-Hui was referred to a mental health facility in 2005 after officers responded to accusations he was suicidal and having inappropriate contact with female students, police said Wednesday. Police first investigated Cho in November 2005 after a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 8:40am neoform

USA Today -- Three police officers surrendered Monday to face charges in the shooting outside a nightclub that killed a groom on his wedding day. The policemen where they were being fingerprinted and processed before their arraignment later Monday. Michael Olive.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 2:02pm neoform

Yahoo News -- One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the electronic devices, but did not tell the officers the object was harmless... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 9:27am mrmdc

Newsday -- A woman who miscarried her fetus a day after she was thrown in jail is suing the police department and two arresting officers who ignored her pleas for medical help... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 2:02pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Seven police officers were indicted Thursday on murder or attempted murder charges in a pair of shootings on a bridge that left two people dead during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 4, 2006 @ 10:34am mrmdc

O.C. Register -- Huntington Beach chief says officers routinely employ tactic with civilian vehicles as part of training exercises... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 8:18am neoform

CBS News -- UCLA Police Department officers administered multiple taser shots to a 23-year-old student in the Powell Library computer lab, it was reported Wednesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- Two Union City police officers will be honored today for saving the life of a 11-month-old boy who was choking at a shopping center in March. Officers Jimmy Martin and Eric Wittner were on foot patrol at the Union Landing shopping complex March 7 when.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 7, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- US police are investigating a video showing a group of officers in Philadelphia apparently pulling three suspects out of a car and beating them. The incident was filmed by a TV helicopter overhead. The officers were responding to reports of a shooting.. Read More