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SEE IT: Off-duty officer apparently shoots unarmed autistic teen from his car
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Newly-released home surveillance and dashcam footage apparently show an off-duty Illinois police sergeant shooting an unarmed autistic man in a 2017 incident that law enforcement initially portrayed as an armed confrontation. The Guardian reported that footage released Tuesday by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) shows Chicago police Seargent Khalil Muhammad shooting then-18-year-old Ricky Hayes in front …

Officer pulls female driver over, gets in her car and rapes her: Cops
Police
October 16, 2018

Officer pulls female driver over, gets in her car and rapes her: Cops

Authorities in Maryland say a fellow law enforcement officer raped a woman as part of a traffic stop last week. According to Fox News, Ryan Macklin was arrested on Monday, four days after stopping the alleged victim. The Prince George’s County Police Department indicated the suspect has been an officer employed with the agency for …

Botham Jean: Officials reportedly REFUSE to release 911 call, autopsy in off-duty officer’s fatal shooting of unarmed black neighbor
National
October 9, 2018

Botham Jean: Officials reportedly REFUSE to release 911 call, autopsy in off-duty officer’s fatal shooting of unarmed black neighbor

City officials in Dallas, Texas, are being accused of launching a cover-up as they’ve reportedly refused to release a 911 call recording, autopsy report, and other crucial information related to ex-officer Amber Guyger’s fatal shooting of her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean. The Dallas Morning News said they requested the 911 call Guyger placed the night …

Military vet bragged about shooting skills before gunning down 7 officers, killing 1: Cops
Police
October 4, 2018

Military vet bragged about shooting skills before gunning down 7 officers, killing 1: Cops

By JEFFREY COLLINS and MEG KINNARD, Associated Press FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Vietnam veteran and disbarred lawyer accused of shooting seven law enforcement officers, killing one, bragged online about his marksmanship and love for the “smell of gunpowder” in the years before the deadly standoff, records and social media posts unearthed Thursday showed. Frederick Hopkins …

Police
October 3, 2018

Officer killed, 6 other officers wounded in South Carolina

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot, one fatally, in a confrontation with a suspect who held children hostage in a home and fired on deputies, officials said. The suspect was taken into custody after a two-hour standoff. Spokesman John Wukela in the city of Florence, where the deadly encounter …

Cops nab suspect after shooting leaves two officers dead: Reports
Police
September 29, 2018

Cops nab suspect after shooting leaves two officers dead: Reports

By THOMAS GRANING, Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Two police officers were shot and killed following an early Saturday morning confrontation in Mississippi, authorities said. Warren Strain of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said at a news conference that the officers were called to a house in the city of Brookhaven at about 5 …