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Month: April 2021

Video shows Colorado police officers laughing over bodycam footage of 73-year-old woman’s violent arrest

The family of a 73-year-old woman who alleges that she was violently arrested is calling for the firing of the arresting officers involved and the removal of “city leadership that hired these individuals and fostered this culture of abuse,” according to a statement from the family’s attorney released Tuesday Karen Garner, who has dementia, was

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DC police officer: ‘It’s been very difficult’ seeing elected officials trying to whitewash brutal insurrection

A DC Metropolitan Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Tuesday evening that it’s been difficult to watch some elected officials and others “whitewash” the episode in its aftermath. Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the attack, told

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With virtual reality police training, Sacramento tries to ‘get to a much better place’

With police training programs across the country under intense scrutiny after Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction, one department in California is using several high-profile police killings of Black Americans as it trains the next generation of officers to better anticipate and respond to high-risk encounters. The Sacramento Police Department’s training techniques have been largely shaped by

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Tennessee governor declares that Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency with only 25% of state’s residents fully vaccinated

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signaled Tuesday that he will not renew any public health orders, saying “Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency in our state,” though only 25% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated. “A widely available vaccine changes everything and it’s a new season in Tennessee,” Lee said in a tweet. Health

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