An off-campus party at the University of Colorado in Boulder lasted from the daytime hours well into Saturday evening, resulting in a police response reportedly including a municipal SWAT team, before a crowd estimated as high as 800 people was dispersed. Local media accounts noted that the crowd, believed to …
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday from injuries suffered in Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the department’s chief resigned following withering criticism over his handling of the situation. In a statement Thursday night, the Capitol Police said Officer Brian Sicknick, a 12-year veteran of the department, …
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As my brain tried processing the incompressible death of George Floyd, I filtered it through the lens of my 25 years of urban policing, and the recurring theme I continued circling to, was that of police culture. I wasn’t the only cop grappling with what I saw. My social media pages …
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This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of six, currently at her peak Karen power, went from thinking about police work as a deeply flawed system that needed to be reformed because it is a necessary part of functional communities, to becoming a passionate advocate for #abolishthepolice …
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Authorities are turning to thermal imaging technology in some parts of Britain to help police enforce social distancing guidelines. Police and other authorities have been forced to use controversial methods, such as drones, to enforce the new guidelines after citizens have openly flouted the government’s rules. Now MarketWatch has learned …
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Britain has become the latest European country in lockdown as the U.K. government announced a raft of restrictions preventing the population from leaving home apart from four exceptions. There is now a blanket travel restrictions, and police will have powers to fine or disperse people who venture onto the street …
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