Posts Tagged ‘police officers’

Medical Examiner’s Report: Police Electrocuted Man to Death as He Screamed, “They’re Going to Kill Me”

Broward County, Fl — Last Friday, three months after Calvon Reid died at the hands of police, the Broward County medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide. Records show the 39-year-old died as a result of being electrocuted from repeatedly by Coconut Creek police officers. As we previously reported, the incident occurred on February […]

New Limits On Police Use Of Military Equipment

Print Friendly Above photo: An armored police vehicle passes by the burned down a CVS store on the intersection of North and Pennsylvania avenues in Baltimore on 1 May.  (Bryan MacCormack/Left in Focus) President Barack Obama on Monday banned police departments from using certain military hardware and restricted the use of riot shields and other equipment, following unrest in […]

Obama Scales Back Military Equipment Sharing for Cops

The programs have garnered attention as public concern has grown about the blurred lines between policing and military operations, especially as relations between law enforcement officers and the communities—particularly minority communities—have soured, and images of police confronting protesters in heavy military gear have spread via the news media. President Obama will announce today that […]

Bomb attacks kill 15 Iraqi security forces in Ramadi

  According to Iraqi police and army officials, speaking on condition of anonymity on Sunday, four nearly simultaneous bombings took place in the Malaab district in the southern part of Ramadi, killing 10 police officers and wounding 15 others. The Iraqi sources said Colonel Muthana al-Jabri, Malaab police chief, was killed in […]

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