Police News

• Disturbing video shows Colorado cop PUNCH handcuffed woman in the face after she spat on him
  
  Russell Maranto, 28, a Colorado police officer has been has fired after being captured on bodycam punching a handcuffed woman in the face. He punched Angelia Hall, 59, when she spat at him.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 10 Jun 2023.
• Chicago police investigate pair of Chinatown break-ins at restaurants
  
  Chicago police are investigating a pair of break-ins in the city's Chinatown neighborhood discovered early Friday morning.
  ABC News.  Saturday, 10 Jun 2023.
• 2 shot, 1 fatally, outside NW Indiana Menards store: Merrillville Police Department
  
  Two people were shot, one fatally, outside a northwest Indiana Menards Thursday morning, Merrillville police said.
  ABC News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Police Arrest Pennsylvania Teacher For Posing As 17-Year-Old To Get Sexual Videos From Teens
  
  'People were pretty shocked'
  Daily Caller.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Child is rushed to hospital with serious injuries after falling from window as police rush to scene
  
  Emergency services were called to Christchurch Road (pictured) in Bournemouth, Dorset, at 8pm yesterday.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• 'They're 100% not human': Las Vegas Police investigate reports of extraterrestrial sightings
  
  Dispatchers last month received a 911 call from a Las Vegas area resident reporting extraterrestrial life in his backyard, about an hour after local police witnessed an object falling from the sky.
  Los Angeles Times.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Salford e-bike rider, 15, killed in ambulance crash was kindest boy, mum says
  
  Saul Cookson died when his e-bike collided with an ambulance after he was followed by police.
  BBC News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Hawick Common Riding: Police chief calls for more inclusion
  
  Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone praises progress in Hawick - but says efforts must continue.
  BBC News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing woman, 21, a week on from disappearance
  
  Police are continuing the search for a 21-year-old woman who has been missing for a week in Northern Ireland.
  Sky News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• 'There is no one to blame for his loss, it was God's will': Family statement after boy collapsed at school and died
  
  A 14-year-old boy who collapsed on the grounds of a West Lothian school died from natural causes, Police Scotland has confirmed.
  Sky News.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• LAPD Chief: Too many officers opened fire in fatal South L.A. shooting last year
  
  An internal investigation has faulted several Los Angeles police officers in the July 2022 fatal shooting of 30-year-old Rudolfo Torres in South Los Angeles.
  Los Angeles Times.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Siberian Activist Hospitalized After Falling Ill At Her Trial
  
  A rights activist in Russia's Siberian region of Buryatia, Natalya Filonova, has been hospitalized after she fell ill during her trial on a charge of assaulting police that she and her supporters reject as politically motivated.
  Radio Liberty.  Friday, 9 Jun 2023.
• Liberal Prosecutors Are Revisiting Police Killings but Charging Few Officers So Far
  
  Pamela Price, a new district attorney in Northern California, is the latest to reopen cases that had seemingly been shut, including one from more than 15 years ago.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Man accused of killing girlfriend, cutting up and cooking her body
  
  "When we reached the house and opened the door, we understood it was a case of murder and the suspect tried to hide the evidence," said one senior police officer.
  CBS News.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.
• Bosnian Court Sentences Five Ethnic Serbs To Prison For Crimes Committed During Bosnian War
  
  Bosnia's state court has sentenced five ethnic Serb ex-policemen to prison terms for committing war crimes against Muslim Bosniak civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
  Radio Liberty.  Thursday, 8 Jun 2023.

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