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One student was feared shot dead on Saturday during a clash between #ENDSARS protesters and police operatives in Ogbomoso, Oyo state. It was learnt the protest was allegedly hijacked by hoodlums who attempted to free detained suspects in Owode Ogbomoso Area Command Police station. But the Police Command denied it shot any protester dead, stating…
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Several dozen women protested in support of French police in central Paris on Saturday as discontent within the country’s law enforcement agencies swells over what they feel is the government’s unfair treatment of officers over racism. Police have been holding wildcat protests everyday in towns and cities across France at government attempts to change their…
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Residents of Clayton County, Georgia are calling for the firing of a police officer who was filmed pulling a gun on five teenagers, leading to a tense confrontation with neighbors. In a video shared on Instagram, the officer can be seen pointing the gun at the Jonesboro teens as neighbors urge him not to shoot. “There…
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More than 50 politically left-of-centre groups in the United States have signed a letter to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, warning he could lose Black voters’ support unless he commits to more transformative policing reforms. Biden’s criminal justice agenda has drawn renewed attention following weeks of nationwide protests since George Floyd, an unarmed Black man,…
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Officer Galen Hinshaw heard the call over the radio. One of his fellow officers was in trouble. A crowd of protesters had surrounded a police cruiser at the base of the Clark Memorial Bridge. The officer inside radioed for help as protesters — strobed in blue and red patrol car lights — banged on the car’s hood and windshield. Hinshaw,…
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Armed robbers on Thursday killed a Divisional Police Officer and seven other policemen when they invaded a community in Kogi State to attack an old generation bank. The incident, which took place in Isanlu under Yagba East Local Government Area of the state has since sent panic across the region. Media reports confirm that the armed…
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Oprah shared a moving tribute to George Floyd on Friday shortly after third-degree murder charges were brought against the police officer charged with his murder in Minneapolis Monday. “I’ve been trying to process what can be said or heard in this moment,” she wrote in statement posted to Twitter. “I haven’t been able to get the…
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A high school wrestling coach who aimed to defend police in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is now defending himself from charges of racism. Dave Hollenbeck, a wrestling instructor at Bethel High School in Washington state, posted images of himself in which he is on the ground with someone’s knee…
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A Port St. Lucie, Florida woman was arrested after police said she organized a fistfight between her 15-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old girl because the two were arguing over unwanted text messages being sent from the latter to the former. For her role as the Don King of Florida teenage girl fights, Heather Salerno, 52,…
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A 5-year-old boy in Utah was pulled over Monday while trying to drive to California — to buy a Lamborghini. At about 12:15 p.m., a highway patrol trooper was trying to catch up to a speeder on southbound Interstate 15 in Ogden when he came across what he initially thought was an impaired driver or…
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A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least one in the torso, as anger sparked by the recent death of a student spilled into the rush hour commute. The shooting, which was broadcast live on Facebook, is the latest escalation in more than five months of seething pro-democracy…
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A boy found wandering alone outside a mall in Dubai was handed in by the woman who had been caring for him, police revealed on Thursday. Dubai Police said the Filipina shopper who claimed to have found the boy outside Al Reef Mall in Deira on September 7 was actually his carer. Police said she…
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A vice-principal and two classroom teachers in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district have been accused of sexual molestation. The suspects allegedly raped a class 4 pupil in the primary school’s sickroom, police said on Monday. An FIR was registered at Katras police station against two teachers from the Topchanchhi-based school after the rape victim (a girl) accused…
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Raghuveer Kumbar, 21, an unemployed degree-holder was hooked on mobile games consisting of PUBG and Final Combat, killed his father for always complaining about gaming addiction. Raghuveer attacked the unsuspecting 63-year-old father in his sleep, after locking his mom’s room from the outside. He chopped off Shekarappa Revappa Kumbar’s head and left leg. The crime…
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A manhunt is underway for an Arizona couple who escaped police custody Monday in Blanding, Utah, while they were being transported from New York to Pima County, Arizona, to face charges in the April murder of 72-year-old Frank Bligh in Tucson. Susan and Blane Barksdale overpowered two security guards and escaped custody as they were…
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A 13-year-old boy is among ten people arrested on suspicion of murder after a Thames Valley police officer was killed near Sulhamstead, Berkshire. PC Andrew Harper was responding to a reported burglary at around 11.30pm on Thursday when he was killed, iTV reports. The suspects, all males aged between 13 and 30, are in police…
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