US policing

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Rapper Young Scooter dead after jumping fence in Atlanta police chase
Authorities say 39-year-old suffered an injury while fleeing police and later died in the hospital

Maya Yang

29, Mar, 2025 @4:27 PM

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New Jersey police chief accused of defecating on floor to harass co-workers
North Bergen’s Robert Farley allegedly drugged coffee pot and shaved body hair on colleagues in series of ‘pranks’

Adam Gabbatt

27, Mar, 2025 @3:08 PM

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Arizona officers who beat deaf Black man with cerebral palsy are suspended
Tyron McAlpin was attacked by police responding to a report of a white man causing a disturbance in a store

Maya Yang

26, Mar, 2025 @6:27 PM

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‘Defend yourself’: the Memphis gun club educating Black women and children on firearm safety
A Tennessee chapter of the National African American Gun Association (Naaga) is teaching their community self-defense as more Black adults in US become firearm owners

Adria R Walker

26, Mar, 2025 @11:00 AM

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While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine
Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons

Judith Levine

05, Mar, 2025 @10:00 AM

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Pardoned January 6 rioter said ‘I’m shooting myself’ before Indiana deputy fatally shot him
Killing of Matthew Huttle, 42, during traffic stop ‘legally justified’ and will not lead to criminal charges, lawyers say

Ramon Antonio Vargas

01, Mar, 2025 @9:00 AM

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‘Back injuries’ and ‘a tripping hazard’: New Orleans officials still resisting anti-ramming barriers after deadly vehicle attack
Unearthed emails detail concerns about injuries and work duties in utilizing devices that might have prevented New Year’s terrorist attack

Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans

28, Feb, 2025 @1:00 PM

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Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct
Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline

Gloria Oladipo

22, Feb, 2025 @3:53 PM

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Cameras have appeared outside homes of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ activists. Why are they there?
Cameras are hidden in unmarked boxes on utility poles in a move residents and advocates call ‘creepy’ and ‘corrosive’

Timothy Pratt in Atlanta

14, Feb, 2025 @1:00 PM

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Family of Sonya Massey, killed by police in her home, receive $10m settlement
An officer of Sangamon county, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Massey

Adria R Walker

12, Feb, 2025 @6:41 PM

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Abuse claims are rife in California detention centers. Now the facilities are poised to expand
A court has allowed one of state’s largest centers to resume operations, weeks after reports Ice wants to build new ones

Justo Robles

05, Feb, 2025 @2:00 PM

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Portland police chief apologizes to mass shooting victims falsely said to be armed
Investigation first published by the Guardian proved volunteers at 2022 Black Lives Matter protest were unarmed

Robert Mackey in Portland, Oregon

01, Feb, 2025 @2:00 PM

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