Posts Tagged ‘the-police’

Bronx 18-Year-Old Fatally Shot By an Officer After a Chase

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

A man, 18, who was being chased by the police, was killed in his family’s home in the Bronx.

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Bronx 18-Year-Old Fatally Shot By an Officer After a Chase

Body Parts Found in Los Angeles’ Bronson Canyon

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The body parts — a head, hands and feet likely belonging to the same person — offered ghastly evidence of a killing that the police said must have occurred within the last few days.

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Body Parts Found in Los Angeles’ Bronson Canyon

US court hears IRA tape challenge

Monday, January 9th, 2012

A court in the United States will be asked later to rule that a confidential Troubles archive should not be handed over to the police in Northern Ireland.

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Firebomber Picked Targets to Settle Scores, N.Y.C. Police Say

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

A man arrested Tuesday has confessed to attacks in Queens and on Long Island on New Year’s Day, the police said.

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Firebomber Picked Targets to Settle Scores, N.Y.C. Police Say

Thatcher ‘debated arming police’

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Margaret Thatcher considered arming the police during the riots of 1981, newly-released National Archives files show.

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In Dark Brooklyn Doorway, Officer Confronts Gunman, and Dies

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

An officer who had been on the police force for 22 years was shot in the face in a basement apartment that had been robbed in Brooklyn. The officer, Peter J. Figoski, died five hours later.

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In Dark Brooklyn Doorway, Officer Confronts Gunman, and Dies

Thousands Protest in Moscow, Russia, in Defiance of Putin

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

By midafternoon on Saturday, the police estimated that 15,000 protesters had gathered in the center of Moscow as organizers hoped to mount the largest anti-Kremlin demonstration since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Thousands Protest in Moscow, Russia, in Defiance of Putin

Castlerock murder probe ‘flawed’

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

An initial police investigation into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan in 1991 was deeply flawed, a report by the police ombudsman suggests.

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City Room: Two Men Shot Dead, One on a Bus in Queens

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

A man was fatally shot on a crowded Q111 bus by a man who had just killed another man two miles away and told the police he “had a beef to settle,” the authorities said.

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City Room: Two Men Shot Dead, One on a Bus in Queens

Police response ‘fuelled riots’

Monday, November 28th, 2011

A lack of confidence in the police response to the initial riots in London in August led to further disturbances across England, a report finds.

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Police response ‘fuelled riots’

Jose Pimentel Is Charged in N.Y.C. Bomb Plot

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Jose Pimentel, who had been under surveillance, was arrested in Washington Heights after coming close to completing an explosive device, the police said.

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Jose Pimentel Is Charged in N.Y.C. Bomb Plot

Zuccotti Park Protesters: ‘It’s Happening’

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

When the police arrived, protesters emerged from their tents, some urging calm and others voicing alarm.

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Zuccotti Park Protesters: ‘It’s Happening’

Charity warns over young runaways

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Tens of thousands of children run away from home every year in England but only a small minority are reported to the police as missing by their parents, a report suggests.

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Police to ‘adjust tactics’ for dealing with Occupy D.C. protesters, chief says

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

The one-month-old Occupy D.C. movement has grown “increasingly confrontational and violent,” the District’s police chief said, citing Friday night incidents in which some demonstrators trapped conservative activists inside the city’s convention center and four protesters were hit by a vehicle. The police department will “adjust tactics as needed to assure safety,” Cathy L. Lanier said Monday. She did not detail those adjustments, but they could mark a turning point in the police department’s relationship with the group camped at McPherson Square. Read full article > >

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‘Dozens die’ in Nigeria attacks

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

A series of bomb attacks on churches and the police in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Damaturu kill at least 63 people, the Red Cross says.

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