Feds reviewing Calif. police dept's practices

The Department of Justice is reviewing procedures and tactics used by a Southern California police department's officers involved in use-of-force incidents

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Civil liberties union sues NYPD over race records

The New York Civil Liberties Union has sued the New York Police Department seeking records identifying the race of everyone shot by city police officers since January 1997.

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Philly Police Faulted for Shootings

For the second year in a row, city officials are being asked how police officers responding to celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire ended up shooting innocent bystanders.

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Shooting Fuels Outcry Over NYPD Training

A candy bar, a wallet, even a pair of baggy pants can draw deadly police gunfire.

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Television and Media Depictions of Police Officers at Work Contributing to Violence Against Them

Ever since television shows such as 'Cops' appeared on the scene, police officers have been consistently depicted as harsh, Star Wars storm-trooper types who overreact and slam people into the ground every chance they get.

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Alabama police, currently in hot water for beating an unconscious suspect, are also implicated in fatal shooting of 77 year old man.

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One summer evening in 2005, an Inglewood police officer stood with his gun aimed at a schizophrenic man who had been stopped for drinking beer in public.

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North Montreal is still tense and residents are angry about last Saturday's shootings of 3 people.

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FRESNO, Calif. - A man with a history of mental illness burst into a packed courtroom Monday wielding two carving knives and was shot to death as he threatened a judge he may have blamed for his misfortune, authorities said.

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The three undercover detectives charged in the case elected to have a judge decide their fate, rather than a jury.

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A cop-bashing art exhibit at a taxpayer-funded museum in Brooklyn portrays the city's Finest as trigger-happy racists who have put bull's-eyes on the backs of black New Yorkers.

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The country's most senior police officer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, is set to face a vote of no-confidence on Thursday over the fatal shooting of a Brazilian electrician mistaken by officers for a suicide bomber.

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A police officer has fired a stun gun at a runaway deer on the Gold Coast. The stag's run from the law started at Burleigh Heads and lasted around two hours. It dodged traffic along the Gold Coast Highway and briefly took to the ocean off Broadbeach.

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