Tuesday, October 18, 2016

On-Duty Texas Police Officers Wore Pro-Trump Hats. That's A Problem. and other top stories.

  • On-Duty Texas Police Officers Wore Pro-Trump Hats. That's A Problem.

    On-Duty Texas Police Officers Wore Pro-Trump Hats. That's A Problem.
    A group of San Antonio police officers violated city policies when they donned “Make America Great Again” hats and posed for photos with Donald Trump on Tuesday.   The Republican presidential nominee recently tweeted a video of the officers in hats bearing his campaign slogan. The footage shows Trump thanking them and some officers responding with a thumbs-up. Text at the bottom of the video reads, “We will make America safe and great again, together.” Thank you Texas! If you haven't registere..
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  • 2 Boston Police Officers Injured, 1 Critically, After Shootout; 1 Suspect Killed

    2 Boston Police Officers Injured, 1 Critically, After Shootout; 1 Suspect Killed
    Police respond to the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Boston on Oct. 12, 2016. (Credit: WCVB) × 2 Boston Police Officers Injured, 1 Critically, After Shootout; 1 Suspect Killed Police respond to the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Boston on Oct. 12, 2016. (Credit: WCVB) A suspect was killed and two Boston Police officers were injured during an apparent shootout late Wednesday, officials said. The incident was reported about 10:50 p.m. ET in the Orient Heights area..
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  • Four women accuse Trump of forcibly groping, kissing them

    Four women accuse Trump of forcibly groping, kissing them
    In the Oct. 9 presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump denied acting on the sexual touching he described in video released by The Washington Post. Now, several women say he forced himself on them. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) This post has been updated Four women accused Donald Trump of groping or kissing them without their consent in news reports published Wednesday, just days after the Republican presidential nominee insisted in a debate that he had nev..
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  • Clashes erupt in Portland, Ore., over new police union contract

    Clashes erupt in Portland, Ore., over new police union contract
    Portland shut down its City Hall on Wednesday after protesters clashed with police over new rules that activists say give officers too much leeway in investigations of police misconduct.Police in riot gear pepper-sprayed demonstrators who blocked streets in front of City Hall, crippling parts of the city’s light rail and bus systems. Police said they were attacked with “projectiles” and that one officer was assaulted. Ten protesters were arrested. The conflict centered largely on rules regardi..
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  • US Cites Bias by San Francisco Police Against Blacks

    US Cites Bias by San Francisco Police Against Blacks
    Photo Protesters gathered outside of a police commission hearing at City Hall in San Francisco in December 2015. Credit Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday criticized this city’s Police Department for bias against African-American residents in its use of force and during traffic stops but stopped short of saying it was the result of racism.Ronald Davis, the director of the Justice Department’s Office ..
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  • DA: Suspect fired assault rifle, 'wanted to kill police'

    DA: Suspect fired assault rifle, 'wanted to kill police'
    USA Today Network Brett Kelman and Barrett Newkirk, The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun 5:38 p.m. EDT October 12, 2016 Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin reads the murder charges filed against John Felix for the killing of two Palm Springs Police Officers at a press conference held at the Riverside County District Attorney Office. (October 12, 2016) Richard Lui/The Desert SunDistrict Attorney Mike Hestrin of Riverside County, Calif., charged John Felix with two..
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  • Highway Patrol identifies man shot by trooper during deadly confrontation in Lumberton - WECT

    Highway Patrol identifies man shot by trooper during deadly confrontation in Lumberton - WECT
    Highway Patrol identifies man shot by trooper during deadly confrontation in Lumberton 2016-10-11T13:57:03Z2016-10-13T00:47:41Z A man was fatally shot by a State Highway Patrol trooper in Lumberton Monday night. (Source: WECT) NORTH CAROLINA (WECT) - The State Highway Patrol has identified the man that was fatally shot by a trooper in Lumberton Monday night. According to Lieutenant Jeff Gordon with the State Highway Patrol, the deceased man has been identified as 53-year-old Den..
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  • Autopsy shows Keith Lamont Scott had four gunshot wounds — including one in the back

    Autopsy shows Keith Lamont Scott had four gunshot wounds — including one in the back
    The location where a police shooting of Keith Scott took place has become a small memorial in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake Keith Lamont Scott was struck at least three times by bullets fired by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer, with at least one of the fatal shots striking him in the back, according to a private autopsy conducted for his family and obtained by The Washington Post. The autopsy, performed on Sept. 30, concluded that Scott, 43, w..
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  • Hacked WikiLeaks emails show concerns about Clinton candidacy, email server

    Hacked WikiLeaks emails show concerns about Clinton candidacy, email server
    WikiLeaks released yet another batch of hacked emails from inside Hillary Clinton’s campaign Wednesday, and with them came another round of embarrassing headlines and new glimpses of internal anxiety over the candidate’s weaknesses. Republican Donald Trump and his allies seized on the emails, which reveal comments by an aide about Catholics, a line from a paid speech in which Clinton might be seen as playing down the threat of terrorism and an internal dispute over potential conflicts of intere..
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  • Religious-Right Operative Ralph Reed Tells Christians They Have a Duty to Vote for Gropey Trump

    Religious-Right Operative Ralph Reed Tells Christians They Have a Duty to Vote for Gropey Trump
    Ralph Reed addresses a gathering sponsored by Patriot Voices at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.Photo Credit: A.M. Stan Donald Trump has had no bigger fan and friend on the Religious Right than Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. On Monday, Falwell invited political operative Ralph Reed, another Trump booster, to speak to Liberty’s students in the wake of a very bad week for Trump. In his speech to the Christian school, Reed made the case that Christians have a d..
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