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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2009

Minneapolis Cops Kill Car Thief Suspect as He Barrels Toward Them

A suspected car thief fleeing police sped toward other officers and was shot and killed early this morning in north Minneapolis by the targeted officers, authorities say.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2009

Former Officer Charged with Murder in BART Shooting

Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer arrested on suspicion of murdering an unarmed passenger on an Oakland train platform early New Year's Day, waived extradition at a Nevada hearing and will be returned to Alameda County today.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2009

New Hampshire AG's Report Says Concord Sergeant Broke No Laws in Training Accident Shooting

The New Hampshire attorney general's office issued a final report yesterday reaffirming its conclusion that a Concord police sergeant broke no laws when he accidentally shot and wounded another officer during a training session in May.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2009

BART Police Complete Slaying Probe, Forward Results to D.A.

BART police wrapped up their preliminary investigation Monday of the officer-involved shooting New Year's Day of an unarmed man in Oakland and have forwarded the case to the Alameda County district attorney's office, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2009

San Antonio Sees Rise in Justified Police and Citizen Shootings

One week into the new year, San Antonio residents and police have already used deadly force to protect themselves or their homes in three incidents, resulting in two people dead and two injured.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2009

BART Shooting Protest Organizer Devastated by Oakland Riot

When the marchers reached the Lake Merritt BART Station around 6:15 p.m., protest organizer Evan Shamar saw things start to go bad. Marchers began kicking newspaper stands and using papers to start fires. As he saw them throwing bottles and spitting on police cars, Shamar said he wept and returned to the Fruitvale Station.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2009

Officer Involved in BART Shooting Abruptly Resigns

The BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on a station platform early on New Year's Day quit the force Wednesday, avoiding an interview with police internal affairs investigators trying to get to the bottom of an incident that has prompted broad outrage.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 7, 2009

Cop Killer Asks Mo. Supreme Court for a New Trial

A man who received the death penalty for murdering a Kirkwood, Mo., police officer asked the Missouri Supreme Court today to give him a new trial. Kevin Johnson, now 23, was convicted of first-degree murder in November 2007 for the July 2005 shooting of Kirkwood police Sgt. William McEntee, 43.

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Articlesby Michael T. RayburnJanuary 1, 2009

Survival is Your Responsibility

Recent "scientific" studies have shown that officer-involved shootings happen very quickly…DUH! One only needs to talk to any officer who has ever been involved in a shooting to figure that out.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2008

Number of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the U.S. Falls Sharply in 2008

Based on analysis of preliminary data, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) found that 140 officers have died in the line of duty so far this year. That is 23 percent lower than the 2007 figure of 181, and represents one of the lowest years for officer fatalities since the mid-1960s.

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