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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2008

Suspect Nabbed in Michigan Deputy, Police Chief Shooting

Authorities captured a man Thursday who is accused of shooting and critically wounding the Capac, Mich., police chief, grazing a deputy and retreating into a house that was soon surrounded by officers. At some point, he slipped away on foot.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 27, 2008

Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Sentencing Hearing

A federal appeals court today refused to reinstate the death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 1, 2008

When Is a Death Sentence Not a Death Sentence?

Even with appeals, Jesse Timmendequas should have been scragged, toe-tagged, and bagged long before the Y2K celebrations.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 9, 2007

Broward County Sheriff Says Suspect Admits Killing Elderly Deputy

Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff Al Lamberti reported Thursday that career criminal Michael Mazza has confessed to killing Dep. Paul Rein Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 2, 2007

Feds Join Philly Police in Search for Cop Killer

The FBI, the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, and the DEA have joined the manhunt for a man who killed Philadelphia officer Chuck Cassidy.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 1, 2006

Video Violence

Back in college my favorite arcade game was Pole Position. And I can honestly say that this Grand Prix racing video game affected the way I drove in real life.

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Articlesby David GriffithJuly 1, 2005

Short Bursts

To be honest, I've never liked writing a hodge-podge of an editorial note. It's kind of a cheat. But I have a lot of things to talk about this month and, since this is my only platform to do it, I'm going to machine-gun some stuff at you.

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Articlesby David GriffithApril 1, 2005

Childhood's End

Records show that on Sept. 23, 1997, North Carolina Highway Patrol Sgt. Ed Lowry pulled a car with South Carolina plates on I-95 near Fayetteville. The reason for the stop was reported as a seat belt violation, but the real reason was probably just that feeling that some veteran cops get that something just ain’t right.

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Articlesby Gerald W. GarnerJanuary 1, 2005

Fatal Errors: Surviving Arrest and Control

In the Southwestern U.S., a patrolman with about a year on the job was shot twice in the back of the head while transporting two robbery suspects in the back seat of his patrol car. The officer had failed to find a .380 caliber handgun concealed on one of the robbers. The officer died of the wounds he received in the 3:30 a.m. incident.

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Articlesby Gerald W. GarnerJanuary 1, 2005

Fatal Errors: Surviving Traffic Duty

It is easy to get careless while engaged in something you do a great deal. If you are a uniformed police officer and don’t work in a jail, chances are that traffic and vehicles are the bread and butter of your existence.

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