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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2021

Chicago Man Gets 3 Years Probation for Burning Police SUV

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told Jacob Fagundo that he could have hurt or killed someone when he set fire to the police SUV on May 30, 2020. But the judge agreed the crime appeared to be an aberration in Fagundo’s behavior.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2021

NC College Offering Course on Abolishing Police

The "critical Black studies" course aims to take a philosophical look at the relationship between Blackness and policing in the U.S., according to a course description.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2021

NYC Mayoral Nominee Changes Mind Says He Will Use COVID Money to Hire Police

After a White House meeting Monday, Eric Adams rejected President Biden’s plan that cities should use COVID money for law enforcement. Adams said Monday, “The first thing we need to do is to do an assessment of how we are using our police officers now. Far too many police officers are doing clerical duty.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2021

St. Paul Chief Releases Stop Video, Demands Apology from Politician Claiming Racial Profiling

The bodycam footage was released after St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell demanded an apology from the state representative for accusing the officer of racially profiling him.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 15, 2021

NYPD Officers Sue Over Attacks During Brooklyn Bridge Protest

Both officers are seeking unspecified damages for their injuries, which include “contusions, abrasions, soreness, sleeplessness and agitation, and significant pain and suffering,” according to their largely identical suits filed separately in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

MA Officers Used LRAD to End Standoff with Rise of Moors

SWAT teams used a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) to disable the defendants to end the July 3 Wakefield standoff.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

WI Sheriff Says Deputy Stopped Mass Shooting by Killing Gunman

The deputy shot and killed a a 32-year-old from Hartland — who had, just minutes before, shot and killed a 22-year-old man from Elkhorn “for no reason” at the Pilot Travel Center near Interstate 94 in Caledonia.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

TN Officer Pulls Disabled Woman from Exploding House

Columbia Police Corporal Allen Ervin was first to arrive at the scene. As soon as the 12-year veteran got out of his cruiser, his body cam recorded a major explosion that blew out the windows and pieces of the front of the house.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

Teen Charged with Hate Crime After Destroying Pro-Police Sign in Utah

“Due to the demeanor displayed by Gibson in attempts to intimate law enforcement while destroying a ‘Pro Law Enforcement’ sign the allegations are being treated as a ‘Hate Crime’ enhanced allegation,” Deputy Cree Carter wrote in his affidavit.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021

Alert AZ Officers May Have Saved Life of Waitress

"She was totally different than what we normally deal with," said Officer Tony. "You just could see the way she was walking around, and it was just totally off. At one point, we saw her actually sit down and started complaining about some pain in her back."

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