A Mother’s Death, a Botched Inquiry and a Sheriff at War

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Rusty Rodgers did not fit everyone’s image of a law enforcement officer, particularly in deeply conservative northeast Florida.

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After Baton Rouge, a weary fear builds among those who protect and serve

Baton Rouge police officer Montrell Jackson had expressed the exhaustion, frustration and vulnerability of being a cop as well as any officer in these chaotic weeks.

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For NYC Firefighters Learning Mandarin, Service Starts With 'Ni Hao'

On Thursday nights near the Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront, an old firehouse turns into a schoolhouse, where the drills are in Chinese. The students are some of New York's bravest.

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After Settlement, Florida State Shows Sympathy for Victim: Itself

John Thrasher, the president of Florida State University, is a former politician who once was chairman of the Rules Committee in the Florida Senate and served a stint as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. He knows how to spin, and how to play hardball.

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The Chicago Police Scandal

The cover-up that began 13 months ago when a Chicago police officer executed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on a busy street might well have included highly ranked officials who ordered subordinates to conceal information.

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The ugliness I learned about Chicago police while reporting on gun violence

All year I’d been bracing for the police video that would come out of Chicago. Then the footage of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was hit with 16 bullets in 15 seconds, was released. And it wasn’t merely an officer-involved shooting. It looked like an execution.

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Where's the Conservative Outcry on Ferguson Police Abuses?

The ideological movement needs a better response to governments that violate the Constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. Conservatives are typically eager to disparage politicians and bureaucrats who conspire to seize wealth.



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Alabama police fire, arrest the officer who badly injured Indian grandfather during sidewalk stop

Madison police officer Eric Parker today turned himself in to face assault charges, following the severe injuries to an Indian citizen who was walking down the street outside his son's new home.



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Montana Shooter Found Guilty Despite State's 'Castle Doctrine'

More than 30 states have laws that allow people to use deadly force if they have a reasonable fear for their life or property. But this week, a Montana jury said that type of law has its limits, finding a homeowner who shot a teenager in his garage guilty of deliberate homicide.



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Protests After Grand Jury in Eric Garner Chokehold Case Doesn’t Indict Officer

A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday ended the criminal case against a white New York police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed black man led to the man’s death, a decision that drew condemnation from elected officials and touched off a wave of protests.



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St. Louis cops demand that Rams players be punished for “Hands up, don’t shoot” entrance

The St. Louis Police Officers Association (SLPOA) has issued a statement condemning the St. Louis Rams players who entered the field last night with their hands raised in a “Hands up, don’t shoot” gesture, calling it “tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.



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‘No Justice, No Profit’: Hollywood stars join #BlackoutBlackFriday online campaign

The ‘No Justice, No Profit’ campaign – led by a movement of celebrities and activists – is calling for a nationwide boycott of retail outlets to protest the recent grand jury decision not to indict a white officer for killing an unarmed black teenager.



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Telling My Son About Ferguson

COLUMBUS, Ohio — MY son wants an answer. He is 10 years old, and he wants me to tell him that he doesn’t need to worry. He is a black boy, rather sheltered, and knows little of the world beyond our safe, quiet neighborhood.



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Bob McCulloch’s pathetic prosecution of Darren Wilson

Ferguson reminds us that we still have a race problem in America. But the face of this problem is not Darren Wilson’s. It’s Bob McCulloch’s. Wilson, the Missouri police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, is the target of most public ire.



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The Meaning of the Ferguson Riots

The St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who in August shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, would have generated widespread anger and disappointment in any case.



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Justice Scalia Explains What Was Wrong With The Ferguson Grand Jury

On Monday, Prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced that a grand jury had decided not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who killed Michael Brown. But that decision was the result of a process that turned the purpose of a grand jury on its head.



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His Fraudulent Story Exposed, Jim Hoft Tries to Edit History

Right wing blogger Jim Hoft’s bogus claim on August 19 that officer Darren Wilson suffered an “orbital blowout fracture of the eye socket” at the hands of Michael Brown was shared on Facebook almost 900,000 times, and Hoft has continued to relentlessly repeat this claim for months, in post aft



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St. Louis prosecutor McCulloch roasted online for indicting everybody but Darren Wilson

St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D) was criticized as much on Monday night for the decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson as for his 20-minute statement leading up to it.



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Baltimore's 'Running Man' Attacked During Run

FOX45 News has learned the 'Running Man,' (real name: Keith) was attacked while out on one of his runs through Baltimore. Keith says he was beaten on Thursday as he ran through a southwest Baltimore neighborhood. He is still recovering from his wounds.



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Anonymous Operation #HoodsOff IDs St. Louis Klan Members -- Including Cops

Twitter, Facebook and Google + accounts are being deleted right and left today, as Anonymous Operation #HoodsOff continues in response to a letter from the Klan threatening Ferguson protesters.



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