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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2015

Officer at Texas Pool Party Had Responded to Two Suicide Calls, Lawyer Says

A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground and brandished his gun outside a pool party, his lawyer said, but rather was fraught with emotion after responding earlier to two suicide calls.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2015

Video: Houston Officer Shot in Back Expected to Make Full Recovery

Houston Police are looking for the person who shot an officer in the back yesterday while he was in the line of duty. Officer Smith is listed in stable condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2015

Texas Officer Resigns After Pool Party Video Goes Viral

A McKinney, Texas, Police Corporal has resigned after video showed him pushing a 15-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and drawing his service weapon on other teens.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2015

Protesters Call for Firing of Texas Officer Suspended for Pool Party Incident

Carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and chanting "All lives matter," demonstrators called for the officer to be fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2015

Video: Texas Officer Suspended Following Pool Party Incident

A McKinney, Texas, police corporal was placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced Saturday showing him pulling a 15-year-old girl to the ground and pinning her down outside a pool party Friday night in the expansive Craig Ranch subdivision. Seconds later, he pulled his gun and pointed it at two teens who appear to try to come to her aid.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 4, 2015

Video: Suicidal Texas Man Torches Car, Injures Responding Officers

Officers arrived at the Texaco Gas Station at Interstate 35 and Stassney Lane around 2 a.m. and found 47-year-old Andrew Guerrero outside the car. Officers said they asked him to come over, but he instead rushed inside the car that had apparently been doused in combustible substance.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2015

Texas Officers Disciplined for Ending Chase with Armored Vehicle PIT Maneuver

Officer Dennis Alice was driving a Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle when he performed a "PIT maneuver," or a Precision Immobililzation Technique, to force the driver's vehicle into a spin to end the pursuit.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2015

Video: Texas Officer Who Notified Teen of Parents' Death Attends His Graduation

Lt. Eric Ellison of the Orange (Texas) Police Department was tasked with telling 18-year-old Kazzie Portie his parents died on May 24 when a pickup truck smashed into their motorcycle.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2015

Video: Texas Car Chase Ends in Crash With SWAT Vehicle

A Fort Worth SWAT BearCat slammed into the side of the car, causing it to strike a center concrete barrier on eastbound I-30 near Ballpark Way in Arlington.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2015

Texas Chiefs: Open Carry "Handcuffs" Law Enforcement

Texas police chiefs are urging Gov. Greg Abbott to veto legislation repealing certain handgun restrictions in Texas if lawmakers do not remove a controversial provision the chiefs fear would allow criminals to carry firearms without repercussions.

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