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Colorado man opens fire on officer with AR-15 at traffic stop for no headlights
A Colorado man is in critical condition on Wednesday after he used an AR-15 assault rifle to fire at an officer and then was shot himself. A Longmont Police Department press release obtained by the Coloradoan said that the 36-year-old police officer had stopped the suspect at about 2:15 a.m.…
Boston transit shut down in hunt for second bomb suspect
Thousands of heavily armed police went door-to-door through a Massachusetts town on Friday in an unprecedented massive hunt for the remaining Boston marathon bombing fugitive. Authorities halted all public bus and train services in the Boston region and told hundreds of thousands of people in several towns around Watertown to…
Iowa cop rescues teen from burning vehicle
A police officer from Urbandale, Iowa saved the life of a lucky 18-year-old over the weekend by pulling the unconscious teen from his burning vehicle. Ian Waseskuk, 18, crashed his car while attempting to drive in circles in a snow-covered church parking lot on Sunday, according to The Associated Press.…
Main accused man in Delhi gang-rape commits suicide
The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi in December hanged himself in jail Monday while in solitary confinement, prompting outrage from the victim’s family. Ram Singh, one of six people on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead shortly before…
Judge discards video evidence of Philadelphia cop sucker punching Puerto Rican woman
A Philadelphia judge ruled Tuesday that a police officer who was caught on camera last September sucker punching a woman in the face is not guilty of assault. Video evidence of former police officer Jonathan Josey punching victim Aida Guzman was not considered during the trial, as Municipal Judge Patrick…
Tulsa cop kills suicidal Hispanic man holding BB gun
A police officer in Tulsa is on paid leave after he reportedly killed a suicidal Hispanic man over the weekend. Officer Daniel Madewell and other officers were called to an apartment building on Saturday after a resident reported that he had chased the suspect out of his apartment with a…
China ousts police chief ‘who owns hundreds of houses’
A Chinese police chief has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card, state media said Wednesday in the latest scandal to fuel public outrage over corruption. Zhao Haibin was stripped of his public offices for “engaging in business deals using a fake identity…
Aurora shooting suspect ‘was out of it’ after arrest, police officer tells court
The man accused of shooting dead 12 people inside a Colorado cinema was relaxed but “out of it” in the moments after the massacre, a court has heard . James Holmes, who is alleged to have sprayed the audience of a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises with bullets,…
Appeals court: Motorist cannot be stopped for giving police the middle finger
A motorist cannot be stopped for “giving the finger” to a police officer, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a lawsuit against two police officers, the court held the insulting gesture did not constitute “reasonable suspicion that criminal activity or a traffic violation was afoot.” The lawsuit was…
Indian teen kills self after police pressure her to marry rapist
A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped committed suicide after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday. Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi earlier this month, the…
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