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US police get antiterror training in Israel on privately funded trips
The clouds of tear gas, flurries of projectiles and images of police officers outfitted in military-grade hardware in Ferguson, Missouri, have reignited concerns about the militarization of domestic...
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Police say one thing about arrest but video tells a different story
Listen to this story In 2011, cellphone video that was uploaded to YouTube captured two transit police officers in Washington, D.C., forcefully throwing a homeless man in a motorized wheelchair onto a...
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Criminal suspects challenge legality of warrantless cellphone tracking
Four men charged in federal court with attempted murder in the shooting of an Oakland, California, police officer in 2013 are seeking to have evidence – including the officer’s gun, which was found at...
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Los Angeles sheriff invests in new tech to expand biometric database
If you’re stopped by a sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County, get ready to have your photo taken. The sheriff’s department will equip deputies with mobile facial recognition technology to expand the...
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Chicago and Los Angeles have used ‘dirt box’ surveillance for a decade
The Los Angeles and Chicago police departments have acquired “dirt boxes” – military surveillance technology that can intercept data, calls and text messages from hundreds of cellphones...
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What you need to know about new federal rules on surveillance
Digital Receiver Technology’s cell-site simulator – also known as a DRT box – is one of the surveillance devices used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S.Credit: Serhat Akavci/Shutterstock.com...
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In Louisiana, a heavily armed response to protesters
Protests broke out Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling at the hands of police. Protesters were met with a heavily armed response from the...
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Milwaukee to feds: We follow immigration law
As California and eight other jurisdictions nationwide face a looming Friday deadline to prove they cooperate with U.S. immigration agents or risk losing federal grants, at least one county has told...
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The government won’t talk about its training for officers and troops at the...
With President Donald Trump deploying 7,000 troops this month to help the U.S. Border Patrol confront a migrant caravan from Central America, one important question stands out: How well are government...
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The uprising
As Americans in all 50 states take to the streets, protesters in Minneapolis, Miami, San Francisco and other cities tell us why they’re speaking out. Then host Al Letson speaks to Minnesota Attorney...
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