#NYPD opens fire during Bronx car stop

#NYPD opens fire during Bronx car stop

“#NYPD opens fire during Bronx car stop” Police conducting a traffic stop in the Bronx opened fire when the vehicle fled, briefly dragging an officer, police and sources said. Nobody appeared to be struck by gunfire, police said, in the shooting at about 6:30 p.m. near East 167th Street and Walton Avenue. At least one…

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#California driver fatally shot by cops at country club

#California driver fatally shot by cops at country club

“#California driver fatally shot by cops at country club” Deputies fatally shot a Mercedes-Benz driver when he pointed a gun at them on the grounds of a posh California country club this week, authorities said.  The incident began Monday morning when the man followed another driver into a parking lot near Simon Drive and Highway…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021” Misguided defenseThe Jan. 27 opinion piece by Rav Arora supports wrong-headed attitudes about police use of excessive force (“Yellow Journalism 2.0,” PostOpinion). His analysis of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., is misguided and focuses more on officer safety than it does on public safety.Fortunately,…

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#NYPD cop shot in the Bronx

#NYPD cop shot in the Bronx

“#NYPD cop shot in the Bronx” A plainclothes NYPD cop was shot in the Bronx on Tuesday night, police sources said. The male officer, assigned to the Gun Violence Suppression Division, was struck in the back during the shooting near Lafayette Avenue and White Plains Road in Soundview at about 10:30 p.m. police and sources…

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#Phoenix officer fatally shoots armed man holding baby

#Phoenix officer fatally shoots armed man holding baby

“#Phoenix officer fatally shoots armed man holding baby” A Phoenix police officer fatally shot a gun-wielding father who was holding his child in a dramatic encounter that was caught on body camera footage. The officer can be heard pleading with 37-year-old Paul Bolden to put the child down before shooting him outside a hotel on…

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#NYPD officers shoot fleeing Queens car thief

#NYPD officers shoot fleeing Queens car thief

“#NYPD officers shoot fleeing Queens car thief” Police shot and wounded a man who fled from them in a stolen car in Queens on Sunday night, authorities and sources said. The shooting took place just before 10 p.m. at 97th Avenue and Allendale Street in Jamaica following a police pursuit of the stolen vehicle, police…

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