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Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death
Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city's handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, Mayor Lovely Warren said Tuesday.
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Many Black people say police killings aren’t ‘going to be fixed overnight’
Nearly 65% of Americans agreed that the country "needs to continue making changes to give Black Americans equal rights with white Americans."
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Frustrated Carney calls yet another Delaware inclusion on travel quarantine list ‘stupid’
Delaware needs to have fewer than 97 new coronavirus cases a day over a week to avoid being on the list. Sometimes, it’s under, and sometimes over.
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Review of federal charges in Portland unrest shows most are misdemeanors
That finding by NPR is in stark contrast to the Trump administration's description of the Oregon city as being under siege by radical leftists.
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Jacob Blake shares bedside video from hospital: ‘Every 24 hours there’s pain’
Blake spoke about recovery and community from his hospital bed after being shot seven times by police in Kenosha, Wis. last month.
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Bethlehem, Pa., police chief retires after offensive Facebook post share
The mayor of Bethlehem said in a statement that Chief Mark DiLuzio's retirement "is a result of the consequences of his recent re-posting of an offensive Facebook post.
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Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin
A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.
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Philly Police: Homicide clearance rate on the decline as murder rates rise
Police are arresting suspects for less than half of the city’s homicides and shooting victims are getting younger, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
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Slain shooting suspect was a regular at Portland protests
Reinoehl was himself killed Thursday when he pulled a gun as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
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Rochester mayor suspends officers involved in man’s suffocation death
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced the suspensions at a news conference amid criticism that the city kept quiet about Daniel Prude's death for months.
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Pa. inspector general reviewing legality of some state police traffic stops, searches
The Inspector General is conducting a review of whether Pennsylvania State Police troopers are following the law when initiating traffic stops and then searching vehicles.
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Protests in Rochester, N.Y., after bodycam footage released of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death
Daniel Prude was arrested by Rochester Police in the early hours of March 23, after his brother, concerned for Prude's safety, had called 911.
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Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests
He has repeated conspiracy theories that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in “dark shadows” intent on undermining his reelection prospects.
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‘A slap in the face’: West Philadelphians, police decry vandalism of mural honoring slain sergeant
The incident has outraged Sgt. Robert Wilson III’s fellow officers and community members — even those who are distrustful of law enforcement.
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Lawyer: Plea offer implicated Breonna Taylor in drug ring
“Why would they put her name on there?” Aguiar, the lawyer for Taylor's family, said in a statement sent to news media. “It’s outrageous.”
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