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News Articles: law enforcement

Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Bowdoin, Maine.

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4 are killed in a Maine home and 3 others are wounded in a linked highway shooting

Four people were fatally shot at a Maine house on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a highway, in crimes that are linked, authorities said. A man was charged with murder.

April 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Afroman, pictured performing in 2018, made music videos featuring home video footage of a police raid of his house last year. Now some of the officers are suing him, and he plans to countersue.

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  • Music News

Afroman put home footage of a police raid in music videos. Now the cops are suing him

A police search of the rapper's Ohio home didn't lead to charges, but spawned music videos, merchandise, theft accusations and an invasion of privacy lawsuit. Afroman tells NPR he plans to countersue.

March 24, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer walks to her seat at a meeting between President Biden and governors from around the country at the White House on Friday. Whitmer and Biden were both mentioned in alleged threats made by a Michigan man arrested on firearms charges.

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  • National

Michigan man arrested on firearms charges after allegedly threatening Biden, Whitmer

Randall Robert Berka II has been charged with possessing a firearm as a prohibited person, but not with making the threats. He hasn't yet entered a plea.

March 11, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
This combination of images provided by the Memphis Police Department shows, from top row from left, officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith.

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  • National

Prosecutors will review all cases of the ex-officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

The Shelby County District Attorney's Office says it will review all "closed and pending" cases of the five former Memphis police officers charged in Nichols' death. Four had prior violations at work.

February 10, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Law enforcement officers aim their weapons at a home during a standoff in Grants Pass, Ore., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Police said the standoff involving a man suspected in a violent kidnapping in Oregon who was barricaded underneath the home had been "resolved."

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  • National

Oregon kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot, police say

A suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody following a standoff with law enforcement, a police spokesman said.

February 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators protest the death of an environmental activist, who went by Tortuguita, in Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023.

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Violent protest in downtown Atlanta over killing of activist

A protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta on Saturday night in the wake of the death of an environmental activist who was killed this week after authorities said the 26-year-old shot a state trooper.

January 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
State senator with policeman.

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Sen. Sonya Halpern on her ride-along with law enforcement

​State Sen. Sonya Halpern, an Atlanta Democrat who represents District 39 in the Georgia Legislature, recently participated in an evening ride-along with the Georgia State Patrol.

January 20, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger will speak on behalf of his department at a  Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for his officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 failures 'largely' fixed but extremism threat persists

USCP Chief Tom Manger says problems that led to the Capitol riot have been addressed, and he is focusing on expanding field offices to be better prepared for rising threats to congressional members.

December 06, 2022
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  • Deirdre Walsh
Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting, the Uvalde school district on Friday, Oct. 7 pulled its entire embattled campus police force off the job.

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  • National

One student repeatedly called 911 during the Uvalde shooting, reports say

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

November 02, 2022
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  • Katia Riddle and
  • Ayana Archie
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Paul Pelosi (L) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attend the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 28, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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  • National

Nancy Pelosi says she is traumatized by hammer attack on her husband Paul

Pelosi said she is grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and medical experts, and leaning on her Christian faith in a difficult time.

October 30, 2022
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  • Robbie Griffiths
Close up of woman using cell phone touch screen

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  • News

How might law enforcement use digital tracking to enforce Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law?

Digital privacy and enforcing laws on abortion could intersect, concerning privacy activists.

August 30, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Police body camera recordings show interactions between Columbus police officers and Muscogee County Sheriff’s deputies during a conflict over booking prisoners at the jail in July 2022.

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  • News

Columbus police chief and sheriff sparred over jail operations before July standoff, emails show

On July 16, a dispute sparked a standoff between Columbus police officers and county deputies at the Muscogee County Jail. But the city police department and county sheriff’s office disagreed over crime suppression details long before that.

August 25, 2022
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  • Tim Chitwood
A man in his vehicle receives a traffic ticket from a police officer.

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  • Law

Minor traffic tickets and private probation land many poor Georgians thousands of dollars in debt

A broken taillight can lead to insurmountable debt for many poor and rural Georgians due to something called private probation.

August 01, 2022
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  • Leah Fleming
Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

These are the 4 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting investigation report

The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.

July 18, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie and
  • Emma Bowman
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington.

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  • Law

First Amendment advocates respond to a new Arizona law limiting recording of police

Recently signed legislation in Arizona would bar people from recording video of police officers within 8 feet after being told not to.

July 10, 2022
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  • Austin Cope
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