Baton Rouge Shooting
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Barack Obama meets with family of Alton Sterling, man who was killed by policePresident Barack Obama met Tuesday with the family of Alton Sterling, the black man in Louisiana whose death last month in a police shooting sparked protests and mass arrests.PoliticsAug 23, 2016
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Armed ‘White Lives Matter’ group protests outside Houston NAACPProtesters carrying Confederate flags held up a banner that read “White Lives Matter” outside the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's office in Houston.WorldAug 22, 2016
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NYPD arms cops on the beat to combat rampaging shootersAt a time when the New York Police Department is encouraging beat cops to be more approachable to law-abiding citizens, it's also equipping them to do combat with rampaging shooters.WorldAug 6, 2016
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Black Lives Matter activist sues Baton Rouge over arrestActivist DeRay Mckesson sued police and the city of Baton Rouge on Thursday, saying officers responded in a "militarized and aggressive manner" in arresting him and others.WorldAug 4, 2016
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Coroner: Judge has sealed Alton Sterling’s autopsy reportA federal judge has ordered officials not to publicly release an autopsy report on the death of Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man shot and killed during a struggle with two white police officers last month, a Louisiana coroner said Tuesday.CrimeAug 2, 2016
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Baton Rouge shooting: VP Biden to speak at vigil honouring 3 fallen officersice-President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are scheduled to speak Thursday at a Baton Rouge vigil honouring the three law enforcement officers who were killed by a lone gunman.WorldJul 28, 2016
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Shooting deaths of police officers in U.S. spike in 2016: reportShooting deaths of law enforcement officers spiked 78 per cent in the first half of 2016 compared to last year.WorldJul 27, 2016
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Baton Rouge shooting: Mother of gunman believes son suffered from PTSDThe mother of the man who shot and killed three law-enforcement officers in Baton Rouge said her son would "pretty much lose it" when he heard about a black man being shot by police.CrimeJul 22, 2016
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Funerals set for 3 officers killed in Baton Rouge shootingFuneral arrangements are set for three Baton Rouge police officers shot to death in an ambush by a lone gunman.CrimeJul 21, 2016
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‘It was all rants and raves’: Baton Rouge gunman’s manifesto describedThe man who ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in Louisiana purportedly described his actions as a "necessary evil" in a self-described, handwritten manifestoCrimeJul 20, 2016
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