US Police
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U.S. Senate talks on police reform collapse as Democrats, Republicans fail to reach dealTalks had moved slowly for months, and it had became clear over the summer that the chances for a breakthrough were all but hopeless.WorldSep 23, 2021
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U.S. House passes George Floyd police reform bill a 2nd time after Biden’s blessingThe sweeping legislation, which was first approved last summer but stalled in the Senate, would ban chokeholds and "qualified immunity" and create national standards for policing.WorldMar 3, 2021
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Law enforcement agencies across U.S. report 911 outagesIt was not immediately clear what was causing the outage, or if functionality had been restored to all affected forces.WorldSep 28, 2020
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Rochester police pressed city officials to keep Daniel Prude video secret: emailsRochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude's suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd, newly released emails show.WorldSep 15, 2020
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Kentucky prosecutor drops felony charges against Breonna Taylor protestersThe protesters who were charged had gathered at the Kentucky Attorney General's home to demand justice over her death.WorldJul 17, 2020
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Violence rises in U.S. cities amid coronavirus, anti-racism protests, unemploymentThe recent bloodshed has led to debates over the merits of police reform and criticisms of ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.WorldJul 8, 2020
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Facial recognition company vows review after software leads to wrongful arrest in U.S.Robert Williams, who is Black, spent over a day in Detroit police custody in January after Rank One's face recognition software connected his driver's license photo to surveillance video of someone shoplifting.TechJun 25, 2020
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Wisconsin calls in National Guard after protesters topple statues, incite violenceTuesday night's violence broke out as a group protested the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat.WorldJun 25, 2020
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In U.S., arbitration allows police officers fired for misconduct to return to jobsSome experts in law and in policing say appealing cases to an arbitrator who then overturn discipline stands in the way of real accountability.WorldJun 24, 2020
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New York police misconduct records to become public again after state law repealedThe measure to make officers’ records and misconduct complaints public is among several police accountability bills racing through the state legislature.WorldJun 9, 2020
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