3 hours ago Footage of Arizona police punching and tasering deaf Black man sparks outcry

Body camera video shows two Phoenix officers violently assaulting Tyron McAlpin, a deaf man with cerebral palsyPhoenix police are facing widespread criticism following the release of body camera footage that showed two white officers violently using a stun gun on and punching a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy.On Monday, attorneys for 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin, who has been charged with resisting arrest and two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, released body camera footage of McAlpin’s arrest on 19 August outside a Circle K convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Minnesota school district bans officer from teaching after he reenacted George Floyd's murder

A Minnesota school district has banned a police officer from working as a substitute teacher after what it describes as a series of “racially harmful” actions

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4 hours ago Phoenix police under investigation for punching and tasering deaf Black man with cerebral palsy during arrest

The two officers involved are still actively working with the police force

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6 hours ago Team GB swimmer Antony James who appeared at London 2012 guilty of EIGHT child sex offences

Antony James, who was working as a trainee police officer when arrested, was today found guilty of eight separate offences including three counts of raping a child

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7 hours ago Man randomly attacked stranger with metal bar in the middle of high street

A police officer has said 'it would have caused a great deal of alarm'

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9 hours ago Police dramatically catch Welshman on UK's 'most wanted' list after years on the run

Calvin Parris, 34, from Cardiff, was detained by Portuguese Judicial Police officers near the town of Boliqueime in the Algarve, Portugal, on October 3

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13 hours ago This Morning's Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley leave fans frustrated as they beg 'please stop'

ITV This Morning presenters Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley were dressed as police officers as they opened the show on Wednesday, leaving many viewers unimpressed with their antics.

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27 hours ago Veterans dismissed over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy given honorable discharges

US policy in effect from 1994-2011 removed thousands of LGBTQ+ service members, many less than honorablyNearly all US service members who were forcibly separated from the military when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was in place have now been honorably discharged, defense department officials announced on Tuesday.The “don’t ask, don’t tell policy, which went into effect on 28 February 1994 during then president Bill Clinton’s administration, barred service members from being openly gay, lesbian or bisexual – otherwise legally defined as those with “a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts”. Under the policy, other service members were also not allowed to ask each other about their sexual orientation. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago Met marksman who shot Chris Kaba tells court he ‘did not intend to kill him’

Martyn Blake, 40, said he only wanted to stop the car Mr Kaba was driving in order to protect fellow police officers at the scene

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