The Department of Justice unleashed a shocking and often violent unconstitutional nationwide dragnet — detaining as many as 10,000 people — on this day in history, Jan. 2, 1920. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, appointed to the office 10 months earlier by President Woodrow Wilson, led the sweep against suspected …
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A vehicle fleeing a suburban Madison police traffic stop crashed overnight, killing all three people who were riding inside, authorities said. Monona police tried to stop “a suspicious vehicle” about 9 p.m. Monday, but the driver fled, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation said. After a Dane …
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U.S. Army Sergeant Quornelius Radford, the man accused of shooting five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia on the morning of Wednesday, August 6, is now facing multiple charges. Radford was charged with two specifications of attempted premeditated murder, four specifications of attempted unpremeditated murder, one specification of domestic violence, …
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CINCINNATI – Five of the seven individuals charged in the viral Cincinnati beatdown appeared in court Thursday morning to be arraigned on additional charges in a tense back-and-forth over the case. The first suspect to appear was Montanez Merriweather, who was slapped with an additional federal charge for illegally having …
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Seattle, Washington police have released a video of a man they suspect randomly attacked two people with a hammer in Beacon Hill last week, with hopes the public can help identify the suspect. The Seattle Police Department said officers responded to reports of two assaults on the 2700 block of …
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Iowa state troopers responding to a routine jump-start of a stalled car were met with a gruesome surprise: a dead man who had been shot twice and concealed under a pile of clothing. Driver Jihad Abdul Malik Gasaway, 23, was initially charged on Tuesday with abuse of a corpse and …
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Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison announced a surprise resignation late Thursday evening, according to a report. The resignation comes months after Harrison helped lead his department to arrest Gilgo Beach serial murder suspect Rex Heuermann. Harrison said in a memo to his officers that being police commissioner “one of …
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A five-year-old boy was stabbed to death by his twin brother during a fight between the pair in California earlier this week, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office announced via a social media post. The incident took place Wednesday just before 4 p.m. at the family home on Tucker Road …
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A man on death row in Oklahoma was executed Thursday morning for the fatal shooting of two men in 2001 and made a single request for his final meal. Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, requested only fried chicken — no sides — for his last meal, The Oklahoman reported, citing the …
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Wild footage out of the U.K. shows a police officer commandeering a civilian’s bike in order to track down and tackle a drug dealer who was in possession of a stash of drugs disguised as candy. “This incident was an example of good old fashioned policing where our officers and …
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