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The police officers testified they were trying to move Martin Gugino out of their ‘personal space’ during the George Floyd protest Photo: Martin Gugino bleeds on the sidewalk after being shoved by two Buffalo police officers June 4, 2020, in Buffalo, New York. Video screengrab via WBFO 98 April 2022 | Dan Herbeck | Buffalo…
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Police forces across America are adopting new surveillance technologies that increase public safety Photo: Spot can also work as a robot supermodel. Boston Dynamics 20 March 2022 | Natlawreview Police across the United States are increasingly relying on emerging technologies to make their jobs more efficient and to increase public safety. Police are using drones,…
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Police in England and Wales have issued more than 14,000 fines for alleged ‘flouting’ of lockdown laws from 27 March to 11 May 2020. Photo: Getty Images 15 May 2020 | BBC News Police in England and Wales have issued more than 14,000 fines for alleged breaches of lockdown laws. The figures, from 27 March…
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Former Nottingham Police chief says he would have to drive a marked car around in circles while her colleague – nicknamed ‘Pervert’ – would visit the house of a woman he met on the job. Screenshot: Priti Patel announces inquiry into Sarah Everard murder 13 September 2021 | Lamiat Sabin | The Independent A former…
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Fifty years after the Attica prison uprising in New York, the families of slain and injured prison guards say they’re still waiting for an apology from the state Photo: FILE — In this Sept. 1971 file photo, Inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility, in Attica, NY, raise their hands in clenched fists in a show…
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LAPD issued ‘field interview cards’ to record a civilian’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media accounts. Photo: Police detain people during the George Floyd protests in Los Angeles on 1 June 2020. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock 08 September 2021 | Sam Levin | The Guardian The Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect the social…
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Photo: Two officers fired Tasers, but police say the man continued to move toward them so they shot him. But officer Jason Fletcher, not shown, was later charged with manslaughter. One consulting firm is contracted with 100 California police agencies 16 May 2021 | DAVID DEBOLT | Bay Area News Group via Mercury News The videos…
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