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Hundreds of protesters marched in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday night after a Black teenage girl was shot and killed by the police while they saved another girl’s life in the process. Protesters gathered outside of the Columbus police headquarters for hours on Tuesday after 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was identified by her family as the victim in the police shooting. Paula Bryant told local 10TV that her daughter, whom she described as an honor-roll student, was shot dead in the incident on Tuesday afternoon. Videos below: Twitter LinkTwitter LinkThe protests could turn into riots again as BLM protesters are seen again...

FLEETWOOD, Pa. - About a month and half ago, in Lancashire, England, in the coastal town of Fleetwood, a teenager having suicidal thoughts sent a message to the Fleetwood Police Department's Facebook page. His distraught state of mind prevented him from realizing the message went a continent away, to Fleetwood, Berks County, and to the attention of police Chief Steven Stinsky. Stinsky engaged with the teen on Facebook Messenger. "I started looking through social media," Stinsky recalled. "I ended up finding the subject's Facebook page, and based on the vernacular he used in conversations, it wasn't long before I realized...

A Lincoln County family and Sheriff's Office deputy had quite a scare earlier this month when a two-year-old child ran into a busy highway right in front of a moving patrol vehicle. It was caught the evening of Jan. 9 on a black-and-white dash cam video that shows the child appear out of nowhere on U.S. 101 near Newport's northern city limits before Deputy Jeremy Bautney stopped and scooped him up. Seconds later, a large semi-trailer can be seen passing the deputy and the child. At the same time, the child's family was frantically looking for the child, who left...

At the time, she was hanging onto the bridge’s ledge with one hand, dangling approximately 80 feet over asphalt, according to the release. The child was described as “sobbing and desperate” by police. Perez stopped his car on the bridge and walked calmly over to the area and began speaking to her, officials said in the release. While talking with the girl, Perez learned she was from a group home in Los Angeles and had fled the facility “for severe emotional reasons, wanting to die,” the release stated. ... The officer then asked the girl if he could approach and...

Two Louisville Police Officers are being credited with saving the life of a two-year old boy who was seriously injured after an accident. The family of 2-year old Littson...say the police are their angels...and because of them...their baby boy is happy...healing...and alive. "I want to say them, thank you so much they help my baby, my baby now is happy and has the life."

Emmett Township Public Safety Officer Ben Hall is being called a hero because he didn't give a 25-year-old mom a ticket after pulling her over because her daughter was in the backseat without a booster seat. Officer Hall saw Lexi de Lorenzo driving near downtown Battle Creek with her daughter in the back seat. She had a seatbelt on but Michigan law requires a booster seat for children less than 8 years old.

ALT LAKE CITY — Police have released dash-cam footage in a chase on I-15 last week that led police through Salt Lake County. The chase started at about 12:50 p.m. on I-15 near 12300 South. Dash-cam footage shows a woman driving a black Volvo passing a Utah Highway Patrol trooper in the emergency lane. The woman, identified as Lisa Anne Sovereen, 44, refused to pull over as speeds reached 80 mph. Sovereen called 911 and asked the dispatcher "that the trooper get off her back," according to UHP Cpl. Todd Johnson. She said she believed the trooper would try to...

Star did exactly what you're supposed to do when you get lost. She found a police officer. It was about midnight. D.C. police Sgt. James Black was stopped at a red light at 42nd Street and Benning Road NE, when suddenly a dog leapt through the open window of his unmarked cruiser. The dark-colored female pit bull jumped on his lap -- and began licking his face. "I went from being startled to laughing," said Black, who has spent 15 years on the force. Scott Giacoppo, vice president of the Washington Humane Society, said he's never heard of a dog...

Hey, I'm a Police Officer in Baltimore City. I am originally from Wilkes-Barre, and I am a fan of your organization and Pit Bulls. Today I received a call while on duty about a vicious dog chasing kids. When I came on the scene, I noticed people yelling out their windows at the dog. I followed the dog into an ally to see how it was acting. Going on my own approach, being a dog lover, I got out of my car and called the "vicious dog" over to me. The dog came over with it's tail between it's legs...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Officer Ed Paden was fresh off a training swim in the Chesapeake Bay when the jellyfish stings were getting to him. So he finished his workout and headed back to Montgomery County, and though he was off-duty, he headed back to his station. That's when the 911 call came in on Sept. 1, 2010: A gunman -- reportedly with explosives strapped to his body -- had taken three hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring. Paden worked the Silver Spring district and knew the Discovery building well. He sped to the scene -- still...

UPPER CHICHESTER — A stray dog was rescued from Marcus Hook Creek on Monday morning after a police officer pulled the canine out of water up to its neck. According to an Upper Chichester police report, Locust Street resident Richard Plummer discovered a boxer in watery trouble when he went to investigate a whimpering sound emanating from the rear of his property. As he was washing the shed in his backyard, Plummer chalked up the dog barks he heard to a neighborhood pet, but when the barks turned into cries, he knew something was wrong. “He was standing in the...

SEATTLE -- Seattle police are investigating what they call an assault of an officer in South Seattle. However, a police officer is seen punching a 17-year-old girl in the face during the incident captured by a video camera on Monday. According to Seattle police, the incident began when an officer spotted a man jaywalking in the 3100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S. at approximately 3:10 p.m. The man was some 15 feet away from a pedestrian overpass, police said.

A video showing a New York City police officer knocking a bicyclist to the ground has become a YouTube hit and cost the officer his badge and gun. An anonymous bystander posted the 70-second video over the weekend. In two days, it was viewed over 260,000 times. Viewers had rated it five stars and provided 647 reviews as of Tuesday. The video shows bicycle riders in Critical Mass pedaling through the streets of Times Square on Friday. The footage shows the incident first in real-time, then in slow motion. The officer stood in the street as some cyclists passed by,...

A rookie cop - the son of a highly respected New York City detective - has been stripped of his badge and gun after being caught on video viciously attacking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration.

Bangor ready to re-enact Brady Gang shootoutBy Dawn GagnonSaturday, October 06, 2007 - Bangor Daily News BANGOR - People who come downtown for Sunday’s re-enactment of the shootout between the infamous Al Brady gang and the law will find themselves transported back to Central Street as it appeared 70 years ago, or so organizers promise."There are going to be a lot of surprises on Sunday," said Gerry Palmer, a Bangor city councilor and executive director of Northeast CONTACT, the nonprofit consumer advocacy group the event will benefit."We have been planning this for nine months and our goal is accuracy," said...

WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- A police officer accused of using a stun gun on a woman while she was handcuffed has been placed on paid administrative leave. Video taken from Patrolman Richard Kovach's cruiser shows him jolting a woman with a Taser gun at least twice after she was handcuffed, police and city administrators said. The woman, who had been ordered out of a bar, fell face-first to the pavement in the bar's parking lot after being struck the final time with the electrical disabling device, officials said. Mayor Michael O'Brien said Kovach was removed from street duty about a...

Bill Clinton is one shrewd politician. The former president has announced that he will campaign for Joe Lieberman in Connecticut. Bill Clinton has scheduled a July 24th appearance with Lieberman in Waterbury, Connecticut to campaign for Joe. Surprised? One shouldn't be. The two politicians have known each other since Clinton worked on Lieberman's first campaign for state Senate in 1970. But that has precious little to do with Bill Clinton's visit. Joe Lieberman's August 8 primary challenger Ned Lamont (D) has surged ahead of the incumbent Senator and now holds a razor-thin 51% to 47% lead among likely Democratic primary...

DUBAI, 2 November 2005 — Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani said he would oppose the use of Iraqi territory as a launch pad for any US military strike on Syria. “I absolutely reject that Iraqi territory be used as a launch pad for any military strike against Syria or any other Arab country,” Talabani told Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News. “But this is my personal opinion and my capabilities are limited in confronting America’s might ... I cannot impose my opinion on them,” Talabani added in an interview. US President George W. Bush said last month that military...

A former Inglewood, Calif., police officer who was fired for punching a black teenager and slamming him against a patrol car in an incident that was captured on videotape was awarded $1.6 million Tuesday by the jury in a discrimination lawsuit he and his partner brought against the city. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of the verdict for Jeremy Morse, said defense attorney Gregory Smith. He said the jury was unanimous in awarding $810,000 to Morse's partner, Bijan Darvish, who had been disciplined in connection with the 2002 incident. "This is not the first time police officers have been...