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Mississippi Subway Worker Fired for Celebrating Murders of Hattiesburg Officers

An employee at a Laurel, Miss., Subway has been fired after she celebrated on social media the shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police officers Saturday night.

May 11, 2015

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'Hacktivists' Outside U.S. Stir Baltimore Unrest via Social Media

Bad actors and so-called "hacktivists" descended on Baltimore — electronically, at least — last week, flooding social media with automated accounts and inauthentic images in an effort to spur violence.

May 4, 2015

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De Blasio Defends Tactics of NYPD Officer at This Week's Protests

“When the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” he said. “When the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk. And that has to be respected. There’s no debate about the fact that the announcements were made multiple times.” More Here.

May 1, 2015

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Video: De Blasio Defends Tactics of NYPD Officer at This Week's Protests

“When the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” he said. “When the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk. And that has to be respected. There’s no debate about the fact that the announcements were made multiple times.”

May 1, 2015

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Over 140 Arrested in New York Protests Over Baltimore Death

In a response designed to tamp down early signs of unrest, the police arrested 143 people in Manhattan on Wednesday night as protesters marched in a show of solidarity with demonstrators in Baltimore angered by the death of Freddie Gray.

April 30, 2015

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Seattle PD Prepares for Possibly Violent May Day Protests

With what's happening in Baltimore and a "Black Lives Matter" event planned on Friday, police expect to see a lot of people downtown. They've already met with at least one of the groups planning to march for workers' rights. They say that meeting went well.

April 28, 2015

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Protests Continue in Baltimore Over In-Custody Death, Union Chief Compares Crowd to "Lynch Mob"

A sixth day of protests over the death of Freddie Gray while in custody of the Baltimore PD is expected Thursday, with various demonstrations scheduled throughout the day.

April 23, 2015

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All Lives Matter

What really angers me, however, is the fact that the protesters are using the rally cry, "Black Lives Matter." While they are correct in what they say, wouldn't a better cry be "All Lives Matter?" And that includes the lives of law enforcement officers who have to make split-second decisions while under attack.

April 10, 2015

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Denver Driver Charged with Assault for Slamming into Bike Officers at December Protest

Booker, 42, is being held on suspicion of first-degree assault, vehicular assault, forgery and attempt to influence a public servant. Witnesses say Booker had a "medical condition" — what appeared to be a seizure — when he struck the officers.

March 26, 2015

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San Francisco Meeting Over OIS Shut Down by Protesters

Protesters repeatedly shouted down San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr Monday night at a public meeting as he tried to explain why his officers shot and killed a 24-year-old woman last Tuesday.

March 24, 2015

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Suspect Held in Ferguson Officer Shooting

A man who participated in a protest outside the Ferguson police station Wednesday night returned to the area and fired shots — possibly at someone other than police — that wounded two officers, authorities said Sunday.

March 16, 2015

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2 Officers Shot in Ferguson During Protest

Two police officers were shot just after midnight Thursday outside the Ferguson police department. One officer was hit in the face, the other in the shoulder. The wounds have been described as "very serious" but not "life-threatening." More Here.

March 12, 2015