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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 29, 2015

University of Cincinnati Officer Charged with Murder for Traffic Stop Shooting

"I'm treating him like a murderer," prosecutor Joseph Deters said during a news conference when describing the warrant out for a police officer who killed Samuel Dubose, 43, earlier this month.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2015

California Officer Killed in Traffic Stop Shooting

The officer, Sergeant Scott Lunger, was killed by an occupant of a vehicle he had stopped. An investigation has led police to a person of interest, but no arrest had been made.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeJune 18, 2015

Unlawfully Prolonged Traffic Stop

Is it OK under the Fourth Amendment to turn a traffic stop into a criminal investigation? Of course it is, provided the justification for the additional investigation is developed during the reasonable duration of the traffic stop—not after.

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoMay 21, 2015

YouTube Legal Advice Traffic Stop

As you approach the vehicle you notice that her window is rolled up and she has a sign pressed up on her window that says, "I am NOT talking to you, NO you can't search my vehicle, and I want my attorney." She also has her driver's license pressed onto the glass so you can see it.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2015

Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops

The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years of racial animosity leading up to an officer's shooting of a black teenager last summer.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2015

Man Shot After Charging at Baltimore Officer During Traffic Stop

A man shot and wounded by Baltimore police on Sunday was captured on city video surveillance charging at a police officer without apparent provocation.

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Videosby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2015

Michigan Officer Injured at Traffic Stop When Car Skids on Ice

The officer was out of his vehicle assisting a motorist who had gone off the roadway into the median when another driver lost control and struck the officer’s patrol car and then the disabled vehicle. More Here.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2015

Video: Michigan Officer Injured at Traffic Stop When Car Skids on Ice

The officer was out of his vehicle assisting a motorist who had gone off the roadway into the median when another driver lost control and struck the officer’s patrol car and then the disabled vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2015

Oklahoma Officer Struck, Wounded by Truck

A McAlester, Okla., police officer was struck by a suspected drunk driver while conducting an early morning traffic stop.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2015

Video: Dashcam Footage Released of Controversial New Jersey T-Stop Shooting

Video and audio of a traffic stop shooting released by the Bridgeton (N.J.) Police Department on Tuesday shows two officers ordering Jerame Reid not to move before Reid appears to push his way out of the passenger side door and is shot by officers.

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