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18 shot during New Orleans Mother’s Day parade
Update: Following this story’s publication, police raised the estimate of those shot to 18, including two 10-year-old children. A dozen people are believed to have been shot at a parade in the southern US city of New Orleans, police said Sunday. Garry Flot, a spokesman for the local police department,…
Woman accuses NYPD of handcuffing 7-year-old son for 10 hours
A New York City woman has threatened to sue the local police department for $250 million for allegedly handcuffing her 7-year-old son and accusing him of beating up another child over $5. The New York Post reported on Wednesday that, according to Frances Mendez, she found her son, Wilson Reyes,…
Seattle residents protest police plan to use drones
Seattle residents spoke up against their local police department’s plan to start using unmanned drones at a community meeting Thursday. The Seattle Times reported that most of the 100 people at the meeting expressed their mistrust at the authorities’ use of two Draganflyer X6 Helicopter Techs, which was recently approved…
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