Green Police
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Beware the green police. They don't carry guns and there's no police academy to train them, but if you don't recycle your trash properly, they can walk up your driveway and give you a $100 ticket.
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 07:40:12 AM
Police Arrest 3 Accused of Shooting Oklahoma City Officer
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police have arrested three people accused of shooting an Oklahoma City police officer Sunday night. Investigators say 27-year-old officer Katie Lawson had just finished helping an Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputy arrest a man, Hector Mercado, for DUI. Shortly after Lawson left that scene, someone with a gun opened fire on her car in the 3900 block of North Miller. Officer Lawson was hit, but managed to return fire and call for help. She's now in the hospital in good condition. Officers took three people into custody at the scene and questioned them. They later arrested 17-year-old Alex...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 07:40:12 AM
Memorial service for Tokuoka, Wallace fills Hoonah's hearts
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HOONAH - Hundreds of people lined the deck of the Hoonah Ferry Terminal on Wednesday, waiting for the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Malaspina to bring the remains of Anthony Wallace and Matthew Tokuoka to this small Tlingit community. Hundreds more waited at the terminal gates, and still hundreds more lined the streets and waited inside the Hoonah Junior/Senior High School gymnasium as the families of the two Hoonah police officers and accompanying law enforcement personnel arrived, along with the urns. A law enforcement color guard posted the colors, signaling the beginning of the memorial service for Wallace and Tokuoka,...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 07:40:12 AM
Villaraigosa call officers who fatally shot man 'heroes'
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Los Angeles police who confronted and fatally shot an apparently drunk man with a knife who was threatening a pregnant woman and her child is a hero, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asserted Wednesday. The mayor also defended police Chief Charlie Beck, who was shouted down at a community meeting meant to calm residents in the neighborhood where the officer-involved shooting occurred Sunday afternoon near MacArthur Park. Protesters have taken to the streets in anger three nights in a row — setting fires, dumping garbage and throwing rocks and bottles at police — since an LAPD bicycle patrol officer shot and killed...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 07:40:12 AM
Boozed-up ex-Brooklyn cop pleads guilty to mowing down woman, faces only 90 days
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The boozed-up NYPD cop who fatally mowed down a Brooklyn woman last year pleaded guilty today and faces 90 days behind bars, authorities said. Officer Andrew Kelly, assigned to the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge, was found reeking of alcohol with slurred speech and bloodshot eyes after his Jeep struck 33-year-old Vionique Valnord, the daughter of a minister, as she left a wedding at around 12:41 a.m. in Flatlands on Sept. 28, 2009. Kelly, 32, faced criminal charges of DWI and vehicular manslaughter after prosecutors charged that he and three buddies -- including another off-duty cop -- were driving home...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 07:40:12 AM
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