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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with police

Police Use Painful New Weapon on G20 Protesters
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: crowd control, deafness, police, abuse, crime, terrorism, usa, ethics )

David
- 59 days ago - alternet.org
Pittsburgh police demonstrated the latest in crowd control techniques on protesters when they used "sound cannons" to blast the ears of citizens near the G-20 meeting of world economic leaders. Technology also used in Iraq as an "ant-insurgent" weapon!
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Vets Head to D.C. to View Memorial
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, World War II veterans, police, Marine Corps, motorcyclists, memorial, americans, war )

Dee
- 68 days ago - capitalnews9.com
SCHOHARIE COUNTY, N.Y.-A group of 31 World War II veterans get a special send off Saturday morning as they left Schoharie County escorted by motorcyclists, local police officials and the Marine Corps. on their way to Washington D.C. to visit the World War
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Gun Buyback a Sellout in Troy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Senator Bruno, Gun buyback Program, weapons, incentive, reducing gun violencesafety, police )

Dee
- 68 days ago - troyrecord.com
TROY-The city's first-ever gun buyback program took almost 160 guns off the street, including about 80 firearms that were collected in less than two hours Saturday at a local church.
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LaGuardia Terminal Evacuated in NYC, 1 in Custody
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, N.Y.C., police, bomb scare, evacuation, LaGuardia Airport, Suspect )

Dee
- 119 days ago - news.yahoo.com
NEW YORK - The main terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning, stranding hundreds of passengers, after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said.
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PETITION Michigan Governor for RELEASE of LATINO HONOR STUDENT SERVING 3 LIFE SENTENCES for CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: injustice, wrongful conviction, Efren Paredes, police, prosecutor, unethical conduct, betrayal public trust, mediafed false info, Paul Ciolino, chief investigative advisor, Northwestern U Law School's, Center on Wrongful Convictions )

Alba
- 132 days ago - theunapologeticmexican.org
Learn about innocent 15-yr-old Latino former high school honor student Efren Paredes, Jr. wrongly convicted of 1989 murder&armed robbery. World renowned wrongful convictions expert Paul Ciolino & NationalLawyersGuild endorse efforts to free Efren.
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Hidden Drug Lounge Raided at Empire State Plaza Garage
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Government, State workers, crime, drugs, cover-up, police, law )

Dee
- 133 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y.-A state janitor and his supervisor are accused of creating a hidden drug lounge at an Empire State Plaza parking garage where authorities said they'd smoke pot and sleep during their shifts.
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UPDATE: Shooting Near the Capitol
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, crime, shooting, police, death, murder )

Dee
- 135 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A few more details. Capitol police say the man they shot was 35-years-old. Eyewitnesses say multiple gunshots were fired. The shootings happened a few blocks away from where the third day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia- -
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Judge Rules Against City in Police Discipline Case
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, police, law, crime, dishonesty, public hearings, corruption, ethics, protecting the guilty )

Dee
- 135 days ago - capitalnews9.com
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.-"Judge ruled against the city," said Schenectady Corporation Counsel John Van Norden, reacting to a justice's ruling that disciplinary hearings for two officers accused of breaking the law can't be public.
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Behind the Badge: Animals Helping Out APD
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Government, Police, Albany PD, Mounted Police, Animals, law, crime, safety )

Dee
- 156 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y.-It's hard to imagine anyone messing with mounted police officers. That's precisely why the APD uses officers on horseback to control big crowds, like the ones you'll see at Alive at Five.
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Mexico Detains 25 Police Officers for Drug Ties
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Mexican government, Drugs, Police, corruption, dishonesty, crime )

Dee
- 179 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MEXICO CITY - At least 25 police officers were detained in northern Mexico on Monday for alleged ties to drug traffickers, authorities said.
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Fight to Save Troy Davis Continues on Two Fronts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troy davis, pope benedict XVI, jimmy carter, governor perdue, georgia, news, law, world, u.s., Human Rights, rights, activists, petitions, rallies, marches, protests, crime, police, cover-up, corruption, constitution, government )

SirRobert
- 184 days ago - workers.org
More than 100 vigils, rallies, marches and other actions were taken on May 19 by an outraged public! Davis, a Georgia man facing execution based upon coerced testimony is supported by Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI requesting review.
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Urgent!!! Petition: "INVESTIGATE THE INJUSTICE"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troy anthony davis, HumanRights, CivilLiberties, ethics, government, politics, law, u.s., society, activists, petition, crime, death, execution, SupremeCourt, georgia, police, murder, humans, rights, freedoms, americans, constitution, corruption )

SirRobert
- 192 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
What we have here is a circumstantially coerced case of testimony and lack of evidence, framed upon a black man (Troy Anthony Davis) facing his fourth execution date for killing a white policeman in 1989, and held in a 'Georgia' prison. 'Shadow of Doubt'!
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Baucus' Raucous Caucus: "We Need More Police"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, corruption, abuse, free, speech, dishonesty, lies, obama, americans, health, healthcare, medicine, protection, treatment, single, payer, universal, insurance, police, arrests, doctors, nurses )

Tom
- 197 days ago - truthdig.com
Single-payer advocates have been protesting in Senate Finance Committee hearings, chaired by Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Last week, at a committee hearing with 15 industry speakers, not one represented the single-payer perspective.
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U.S. Has a 45-Year History of Torture
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: usa, americans, torture, government, cover-up, crime, abuse, lies, war, south america, violence, humans, society, rights, police, culture, abuse, ethics, freedoms, humanrights )

Tom
- 208 days ago - latimes.com
The difference between American involvement in South American atrocities in 1964 and 'enhanced interrogation' now is that then, U.S. officials felt they had to deny condoning torture. Now many of them seem to be defending torture, even boasting about it.
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US Patriot Act Might Be Used To Prosecute Pot-Growers As Terrorists
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Patriot Act, police, politics, propaganda, war-on-drugs, dishonesty, freedoms, Govtfearmongering, terrorism, americans )

Barb
- 227 days ago - indybay.org
The USA Patriot Act's mention of incidental criminal networks-opened the door for police under the Act's anti-terrorism provisions to broadly use wiretaps and spy on U.S. Citizens....
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