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Police, ambulance tapes reveal horror of Colorado shooting
The first call from the Aurora police dispatcher comes in at 12:39 am, a little over half-an-hour after the start of a midnight showing of the new Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises.” “Shooting at Century Theater. They’re saying someone is shooting in the auditorium,” the female dispatcher says. “There…
D.C. officer allegedly threatened to shoot Michelle Obama
A D.C. police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for White House officials is under investigation for allegedly threatening to shoot First Lady Michelle Obama. The Washington Post reported that the officer allegedly told his colleagues he wanted to shoot the First Lady and described the firearm he would…
Detroit woman accidentally shot while hugging police officer
A Detroit woman who was celebrating her 25th birthday was accidentally shot at party over the weekend when she hugged an off-duty police officer, causing his firearm to discharge. Authorities said that a bullet pierced Adaisha Miller’s heart and lung after she hugged an officer from behind while she was…
Israeli police officer caught kicking Palestinian boy on video
A video showing an Israeli police officer kicking a nine-year-old Palestinian boy has prompted an official investigation. The footage, released by the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, shows the child, Abd a-Rahman Burqan, on the ground as he is held by a border police officer. Another police officer then kicks the boy.…
Hong Kong residents evacuated as WWII bomb is found
Hong Kong police on Tuesday evacuated scores of people from homes and offices after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered at a construction site. Workers found the British artillery shell near a busy road in the Fortress Hill neighbourhood, and a police bomb disposal squad was called to…
Florida man arrested for trying to ‘eat’ police officer
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has tried to assure Americans that the country is not facing a threat from zombies, but this was probably little comfort for the North Miami Beach police officer who a homeless man threatened to “eat” over the weekend. Arrest reports obtained by NBC Miami…
Chicago police attack credentialed press photographer
The uncredentialed livestreamers and reporters who cover Occupy Wall Street protests may feel that taking their chances with the police is part of their self-appointed role. On Saturday, however, a credentialed photographer for The UpTake, who was wearing a highly visible press badge, ran afoul of the Chicago cops. Tracy…
Policeman looks back on LA riots with shame
Lieutenant Andrew Neiman remembers the shame he felt when Los Angeles descended into chaos 20 years ago, after a white jury absolved police of a brutal video-taped beating of a black man, Rodney King. For more than six hours, as looting, arson and violence engulfed the city’s predominantly black South…
Texas cop filmed threatening to arrest men for being afraid of Taser
A video published to YouTube on Friday appears to show a police officer at a Walmart store in Houston, Texas threatening several black males with a Taser, then claiming he would arrest them, apparently because they cowered away from his weapon. Reached by Raw Story, a Houston police spokesman said…
Chicago cop tells reporters: ‘Your First Amendment right can be terminated’
If one Chicago police officer is to be believed, American citizens can lose their most fundamental rights simply by standing near an irritable cop. That’s what two members of the press found out on Sunday, when an angry police officer told them they would be arrested if they did not…
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