Tag: Cop Killers: Page 39

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California Murder Suspect Confesses in Court: "I Killed Them Cops"

“I killed them cops,” Bracamontes said, as Sacramento Superior Court Judge Steve White stepped down from the bench. “I did it … I’m guilty … I want a date of execution.”

February 4, 2015

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Minnesota Officer's Killer Convicted, to Get Life

Brian Fitch Sr. will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Stearns County jury convicted him of the murder of Mendota Heights police officer Scott Patrick.

February 3, 2015

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Video: Jury Sees Video of Minnesota Officer's Shooting Death, Officers Testify

Jurors in the Brian Fitch Sr. murder trial watched video Thursday afternoon captured by Mendota Heights (Minn.) PD Officer Scott Patrick's squad car that showed the traffic stop and shooting of the 18-year veteran officer. The dramatic footage brought a hush to the courtroom.

January 26, 2015

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FOP President Wants to Expand Hate Crimes Law to Protect Police

Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, has called on Congress to expand the Federal hate crime laws to protect law enforcement officers and punish those who target them.

January 6, 2015

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Christie Tells Obama to Demand Return of New Jersey Cop Killer Before Restoring Relations with Cuba

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has called on President Barack Obama to demand that Cuba return a woman convicted of killing a New Jersey State Police officer in 1973 before the United States moves forward with a plan to restore diplomatic relations with the communist nation.

December 24, 2014

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Ex-Con Charged with Sunday Murder of Florida Officer

Authorities charged Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., a 23-year-old released from prison in March and wanted for an alleged probation violation, with the first-degree murder of the officer.

December 22, 2014

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Brooklyn Ambush killer Had Criminal Record, History of Mental Illness

By Saturday, he had seized on the deaths at the hands of police officers of Eric Garner on Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., focusing his rage against the authorities. In his short life, during which Mr. Brinsley failed to finish high school, to hold a steady job or, seemingly, to commit even the smallest crime without being caught, thoughts of revenge seemed to be the one thing giving him purpose.

December 22, 2014

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Gang Members Charged with Killing Virginia Reserve Will Not Face Death Penalty

Four gang members who were charged with the murder of a reserve Virginia police officer, Kevin Quick, will not be facing the death penalty, federal prosecutors told reporters Friday.

November 17, 2014

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Ambush Suspect Frein to Face Terrorism Charges

Eric Matthew Frein admitted to Pennsylvania State Police shortly after his capture last month that he shot two state troopers because he wanted to "wake people up, because it was all he could do" (to effect government change), state police said Thursday in filing two counts of terrorism against the 31-year-old.

November 14, 2014

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Cop Killer Mumia Sues Over Pennsylvania Law That Could Silence Him

Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is seeking to overturn a new Pennsylvania law that allows violent crime victims to sue offenders whose speech continues to cause them "mental anguish."

November 10, 2014

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Ohio Cop Killer's Death Sentence Upheld

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously upheld Ashford Thompson's aggravated murder conviction for the 2008 slaying of a Twinsburg, Ohio, police officer, but split 4-3 in deciding that the death penalty was appropriate.

November 3, 2014

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Frein Charged with Murder, Could Get Death Penalty

Cop killing suspect Eric Frein was arraigned on nine charges in a Pike County, Pa., court Friday, including murder, attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and having a weapon of mass destruction. The prosecutor has said he would seek the death penalty should Frein be convicted.

October 31, 2014