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Families Show Solidarity For Ambushed Winston-Salem Officers

Families and the police chief of the two Winston-Salem police officers who were ambushed at a Bojangles restaurant on Wednesday by an armed gunman kept a vigil for the men, one of whom was gravely injured when he was shot in the face, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

October 7, 2009

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Widow of Slain S.C. Deputy Pleads for Information on Killer

Tabatha Compton pleaded through tears Wednesday for someone, anyone, to come forward with information about who shot and killed her husband, Colleton County (S.C.) Deputy Dennis Compton, nearly a month ago.

September 3, 2008

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The Aggrieved: Survivor Maureen Faulkner

Maureen Faulkner knows the truth, and she wants everyone else to know it. Danny Faulkner was a good cop, a decorated officer who loved his job, loved his family and friends, and loved serving his community. And Mumia Abu-Jamal was, and is, a cold-blooded killer who was motivated by his pure hatred of all cops to murder her husband.

April 30, 2008

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Justice Denied

In 1982, when Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death, Maureen Faulkner believed that she would soon see justice for her husband. But over the last 26 years she has seen nothing but injustice.

April 30, 2008

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Suicide is Not Painless

Killing yourself is an act of emotional violence against your friends and family.

April 30, 2003

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Police Suicide: Survivor Stories

Judith Gentry’s husband Tom killed himself six years ago in their bedroom. A trained ICU nurse, Gentry’s no stranger to the stress and trauma of emergencies, but when she heard a gunshot and found her husband dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, she called a girlfriend instead of dialing 911.

April 30, 2003