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Society & Culture News tagged with police

Tinley Park Woman Charged With Hate Crime for Tugging on Woman's Head Scarf
Society & Culture  (tags: hate crime, culture, police, religion, rights, women, humans, crime, law )

Lone
- 15 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the head scarf of a Muslim woman in Tinley Park two days after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Girl, 10, Hit With Taser By Arkansas Police Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: police, tasered, 10 year old child, wrong doings )

Lone
- 16 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - -- A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation
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New York Toughens Drunken Driving Law
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, drunk driving, society, politics, police, news, safety )

Cal
- 22 hours ago - cnn.com
t is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.
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Police Investigating Sharon Springs Homicide
Society & Culture  (tags: society, crime, murder, death, family, police, violence, investigation, sadness )

Dee
- 1 day ago - wten.com
SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y.- Authorities are investigating a homicide in the Schoharie County village of Sharon Springs while the son of the victim has been arrested in another state.
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Man Charged With Assaulting Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: society, police, crime, violence, safety, Domestic Violence )

Dee
- 1 day ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A Schodack man is facing charges after an Albany police officer was injured while responding to a domestic call early Wednesday morning.
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Extra Police Patrols in Boise Area Make 36 DUI Arrests After BSU/Idaho Game
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, transportation, DUI offender, police, news )

Lone
- 2 days ago - idahostatesman.com
Traffic patrols with the Treasure Valley DUI task force, which includes Boise, Nampa, Caldwell and Idaho State police, had a busy night after the Boise State/Idaho game Saturday, booking 36 DUI suspects
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Suspect in Custody in Oklahoma Murders of 4, Including Pregnant Reality Show Prostitute
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, murder, police, crime, news, sadness )

Lone
- 2 days ago - foxnews.com
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A suspect in the killing of four people in Oklahoma City, including a prostitute featured in the HBO reality series "Cathouse," turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday, police said
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Classmates Suspected in Stabbing Death of San Jose Teen
Society & Culture  (tags: teens, murder, crime, police, sadness, news )

Lone
- 2 days ago - mercurynews.com
Classmates suspected in stabbing death of San Jose teen
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Fort Worth Officer Not Indicted in Man's Taser Death
Society & Culture  (tags: police, taser death, dishonesty, crime, corruption, death )

Lone
- 2 days ago - dallasnews.com
FORT WORTH- A grand jury has opted not to indict a Fort Worth police officer who used a Taser twice on a man who died about an hour later.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Iraq - and Aims to Transfer Military Tactics to California
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, crime, government, police, obituary, interesting, society, rights )

Cal
- 2 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The governor of California trots out his most famous one-liner wherever he goes but, at the Victory military base in Baghdad today, he apparently meant it.
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Indian Burial Grounds Robbed
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, burial site, robbed, police, crime, sadness )

Lone
- 3 days ago - news.cincinnati.com
ANDERSON TWP. - Residents here are hopeful that the cell phone and vehicle left behind Saturday by those who allegedly robbed a Native American burial ground will lead to their swift arrest
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Bronx Girl, 14, Shot in the Head as She Wanders Into Gun Fight on Way Home From School
Society & Culture  (tags: teenage girl, murder, violence, crime, police, guns )

Lone
- 3 days ago - nydailynews.com
An innocent 14-year-old wearing her high school uniform was shot in the head after wandering into a gun fight on her way home after classes, police and witnesses said
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NJ Man Who Played Santa Imprisoned for Sex Tourism
Society & Culture  (tags: child sexual abuse, crime, police, corruption, children )

Lone
- 3 days ago - nypost.com
A small-time actor and former children's entertainer who was known for playing Santa Claus was sentenced Monday to nearly 20 years in prison for his role in an international sex tourism ring that preyed on young children
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Mother Complains as Son Dies After Being Tasered By Police, Cops Came at Least 70 Times in 9 Years
Society & Culture  (tags: police, taser death, murder, crime, humans, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 4 days ago - nydailynews.com
The mother of a drugged-up Long Island man who died after being shot by a Taser gun while fighting with police officers Saturday said cops didn't have to stun her boy.
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'I'M Sorry for the Mess,' Fatal Tasering Cop Michael Pigott Wrote in Suicide Note to Wife
Society & Culture  (tags: police, suicide, dishonesty, news, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 9 days ago - nydailynews.com
Convinced he was going to jail for ordering the fatal Tasering of a deranged man, a depressed police lieutenant wrote a wrenching farewell note
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