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Black Lives Matter Withdraws from San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade Over Increased Police Presence

On Tuesday, SF Pride announced that this year’s events would have a “significant police presence” and that, for the first time in the celebration’s 46-year history, attendees at the festival would be required to pass through security screening.

June 27, 2016

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Officers Who Responded to Orlando Nightclub Massacre Haunted by Experience

It is of his first look inside the Pulse nightclub. Dozens of people were motionless on the blood-soaked dance floor, and the Eatonville police officer had just burst through the club’s patio door for a rescue.

June 24, 2016

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Video: FBI, DOJ Release New, Full Transcript of Orlando Shooter's 911 Call

Under pressure from Republican leaders, the Justice Department on Monday afternoon reversed itself and released a full, uncensored transcript of the Orlando terrorist's 911 call on the night of the massacre.

June 21, 2016

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FBI, DOJ Release New, Full Transcript of Orlando Shooter's 911 Call

Under pressure from Republican leaders, the Justice Department on Monday afternoon reversed itself and released a full, uncensored transcript of the Orlando terrorist's 911 call on the night of the massacre, calling the morning’s furor over omissions in the document "an unnecessary distraction." More Here.

June 21, 2016

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DOJ Releases Redacted Transcript of 911 Calls from Orlando Nightclub Terrorist

The Department of Justice today released redacted transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to Orlando Police — made during his assault on the Pulse gay nightclub — that included Mateen’s claim of responsibility, as well as identifying himself to police as an Islamic soldier. But all other references to ISIS or Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were scrubbed clean by the DOJ. More Here.

June 20, 2016

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Video: DOJ Releases Redacted Transcript of 911 Calls from Orlando Nightclub Terrorist

The Department of Justice today released redacted transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to Orlando Police — made during his assault on the Pulse gay nightclub — that included Mateen’s claim of responsibility, as well as identifying himself to police as an Islamic soldier. But all other references to ISIS or Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were scrubbed clean by the DOJ.

June 20, 2016

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2 Florida Deputies Hospitalized After Car Crashes into Orlando Massacre Victim’s Funeral Procession

Two Osceola County, FL, deputies were injured late Saturday morning after a driver crashed into a funeral procession for a victim of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the Florida Highway Patrol said. More Here.

June 20, 2016

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Video: 2 Florida Deputies Hospitalized After Car Crashes into Orlando Massacre Victim’s Funeral Procession

Two Osceola County, FL, deputies were injured late Saturday morning after a driver crashed into one of them during a funeral procession for a victim of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

June 20, 2016

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Orlando SWAT Captain Answers Criticism of Team’s Response to Nightclub Massacre

“Officers were running inside and grabbing people and throwing them in pickup trucks” to be taken to hospitals, said Capt. Mark Canty of the SWAT team. “There was never a time we were sitting there twiddling our thumbs. My guys were doing things from the beginning. We weren’t just sitting idly by. We were doing what we needed to do to save lives.”

June 20, 2016

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Mark Cuban to Donate $1 Million to Support Dallas Police After Orlando Shooting

Technology billionaire and owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban plans to donate $1 million to the Dallas Police Department, in support of its response in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

June 16, 2016

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Florida Sheriff Challenges Obama on Militarization of Police After Orlando Massacre

A statement from Lee County (FL) Sheriff Mike Scott in the hours following the mass shooting in Orlando has drawn mixed reactions from the public.

June 16, 2016

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More Details Revealed on Police Response to Orlando Club Shooter

He was met by gunman Omar Mateen. Armed with a .223 caliber semiautomatic rifle and a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, Mateen started exchanging gunfire with the officer.

June 16, 2016