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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2012

Calif. Sheriff, Deputy Face $10M Suit Over Seized Horse

A former Carmel woman is claiming that a Putnam County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputy who was president of the Putnam Humane Society confiscated her $35,000 horse in 2006 and sold it to the deputy's sister for $100.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 1, 2012

Police: Calif. Professor Plotted Mass Murder

A University of California, Irvine professor who was grieving the suicide of his teenage son is accused of writing in e-mail that he would commit mass murder at his late son's high school.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 27, 2012

Oakland Police Radios Failed During Obama Visit

This city's year-old $18 million police radio system failed repeatedly during President Barack Obama's visit to Oakland on Monday and during protests surrounding it.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2012

Anti-Police Protesters Vandalize Calif. Police HQ

More than 20 people were arrested as a crowd of 1,000 protesters clashed with police and damaged businesses in downtown Anaheim on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, as unrest over two fatal officer-involved shootings this weekend continued into a fourth day.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2012

Gang Member Gets Life for Killing Calif. Cop

The Vineland Boys street gang member who shot and killed a Burbank (Calif.) Police Department officer during a traffic stop pleaded guilty to the crime Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2012

Video: Protesters Storm Anaheim Police HQ

Demonstrators filled the lobby of the Anaheim (Calif.) Police Department on Sunday, chanting and carrying anti-police signs to protest several officer-involved shootings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2012

S.F. Mayor Considers 'Stop and Frisk' Plan

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a nonbinding resolution urging Lee not to adopt a stop-and-frisk policy like that of New York City, where officers can stop and search people they deem suspicious.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2012

Video: Calif. PD Criticized for Action-Packed Recruiting Video

Huffington Post described the video this way: "In the action-packed police recruitment video (above), badass officers pull guns, scale walls and are armed with vicious dogs. Funny enough on its own, the cheeseball '80s-esque video is made golden by the fact that it's supposedly portraying the life of a cop in one of the ritziest beachside cities in Southern California - Newport Beach."

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2012

Calif. Deputy Filed Free Speech Suit Against Sheriff

A Trinity County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputy reprimanded by his superiors for writing letters to the editor of the community's weekly newspaper has filed a federal lawsuit against the county, its sheriff's office, and Sheriff Bruce Haney.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJuly 17, 2012

The Black Guerrilla Family Prison Gang

The Black Guerrilla Family was founded by George Jackson, a former Black Panther and excellent orator who rallied inmates by speaking about the system's injustice to prisoners, especially black inmates. He vowed to form an organization that would support his imprisoned people like a family and become a vanguard in the coming revolution against the U.S. government.

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