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A 6th police officer is relieved of duty in the Tyre Nichols death investigation

1:09pm January 30, 2023

Nichols, 29, was pulled over on Jan. 7 for what police said was reckless driving. After trying to flee on foot, Nichols was severely beaten by police. He died in a hospital days later.

Demonstrators are seen outside the nation's capital on Friday evening, following the release of footage showing the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

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Protests erupt across the country after the release of the Tyre Nichols footage

10:38pm January 27, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The National Guard is already present in Atlanta. Other protests shut down a major highway in Memphis and Grand Central Station in New York City.

A young girl's note to the police department asked to test for evidence of Santa.

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Girl asks police to run DNA test on Christmas cookie for evidence of Santa Claus

5:00am January 22, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

A young girl wrote to a Rhode Island police department asking them to run a DNA test on a cookie and carrots left for Santa Claus and his reindeer.

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A woman was arrested for killing her terminally ill husband at a Florida hospital

7:52pm January 21, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

Police said the two had made a pact weeks beforehand. She could be charged with first-degree murder.

In this image made from Windsor, Va., Police video, a police officer speaks with Caron Nazario during a traffic stop, Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va.

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Trial set to begin for Black soldier suing police over violent stop

3:35am January 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

A trial in federal court in Virginia is set to begin Monday for the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police during a traffic stop.

Shyleana Sausedo-Day, from Portsmouth, Va., places flowers near the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday in Chesapeake, Va.

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Police identify the gunman behind the Virginia Walmart shooting

3:33pm November 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Walmart employee opened fire in a Virginia store late Tuesday during what are normally popular pre-Thanksgiving shopping hours. It's the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days.

Norma Thornton is arrested. Her misdemeanor charges for violating a city ordinance were later dropped.

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An Arizona grandmother was arrested for giving food to the hungry. Now, she's suing

5:00am October 30, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Bullhead City, Ariz., says Norma Thornton, 78, violated a city ordinance that prohibits people from giving out cooked food in public parks without a permit.

In this image taken from Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, police body camera video and released by the San Antonio Police Department, Erik Cantu looks toward San Antonio Police Officer James Brennand while holding a hamburger in a fast food restaurant parking lot.

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A now ex-police officer is charged after shooting a teenager eating in a parking lot

4:44am October 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a parking lot.

Police keep watch as an ambulance is parked outside the PNP Custodial Compound in Camp Crame police headquarters, Metro Manila, Philippines on Sunday Oct. 9, 2022.

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Filipino police kill 3 inmates in jail rampage after ex-senator was held hostage

11:10am October 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

Philippine police killed three detained militants linked to Islamic State after they staged a Manila jail rampage that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator held hostage.

A New Orleans police vehicle patrols Bourbon Street.

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A former New Orleans police officer is accused of sexually assaulting a victim

6:48pm September 23, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The U.S. Justice Department alleges that Rodney Vicknair committed a civil rights violation when he sexually assaulted a victim in 2020.