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Video: Hackers Threaten To Shut Down PD's Website

The hacker group Anonymous threatened to shut down the Manteca (Calif.) Police Department's website if the agency doesn't remove an officer who used deadly force.

December 31, 2012

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Mother Sues SF Police Over Son's Death

The mother of a Washington state parolee who accidentally shot himself to death during a gunfight with San Francisco police last year has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.

August 6, 2012

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Jury Orders Death for Calif. Cop's Killer

Earl Ellis Green was convicted of fatally shooting Riverside police officer Ryan Bonaminio in a church parking lot. Green smiled as the verdict was read.

June 6, 2012

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Standoff Follows Okla. Parole Officer's Slaying

After a brief standoff, Midwest City (Okla.) Police officers arrested a man who fatally shot a probation officer at a residence. Lester Kinchion faces a murder charge for allegedly shooting Jeffrey McCoy, a probation and parole officer.

May 20, 2012

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California's Prison Realignment Plan Off To a Terrible Start

State leaders might have seen an ideal budget fix in their new law allowing felons with prison terms of six years or less to be housed in local jails and then supervised by local law enforcement agencies, but the past few days have already given us two examples of just how terribly bad this idea will turn out.

January 9, 2012

Special Units

U.S. Marshals and Cleveland SWAT Corner Fugitive

Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) and officers with Cleveland Police SWAT have arrested one of the leaders of the Heartless Felons gang.

January 6, 2012

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Ga. Parole Board to Determine Fate of Convicted Cop Killer

Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles is now meeting to determine whether to grant clemency to Troy Anthony Davis or allow his execution set for Wednesday to go forward as planned. Davis sits on death row for the 1989 murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer, Mark Allen MacPhail.

September 18, 2011

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Calif. Gov. Approves Release for 81% of Convicted Killers

So far, Gov. Brown has upheld 207 of the parole board's 253 decisions to release convicted killers, as a response to the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate to the state reduce overcrowded prison populations.

September 7, 2011

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Chicago Cop's Accused Killer Denied Bail

Antwon Carter, 24, has been charged with murder and attempted robbery in the fatal shooting of Officer Michael Bailey. As detectives investigated the case, Carter was sitting in the Illinois Department of Corrections on a parole violation.

July 26, 2011

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Line-of-Duty Deaths: The War on Cops

A cursory glance at the numbers seemingly underscores such concerns. Thirty-one officers were feloniously shot and killed from January through mid-May 2011—a 34 percent increase over the same period a year before.

July 24, 2011

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Parolee Fired on 2 Chicago Officers

A parolee has been charged with firing on two Chicago Police officers in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Daniel Jones, 27, is charged with firing on the officers who had approached him during an apparent drug deal with a second person.

July 20, 2011

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Calif. Parolees Include Meth Addict with Flame Thrower

Law enforcement leaders around the county say state cutbacks leading to the freeing of so-called nonviolent offenders will lead to the release of offenders who are clearly a danger to society.

July 20, 2011