Bomb-carrying robot used to kill the Dallas police shooter raises new ethical...
When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology's use as a crime-fighting weapon.In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic,...
View Article'I do not advocate killing cops': Public Enemy member responds to being named...
The Dallas Police Department, in its ongoing investigation into the police ambush that left five officers dead on Thursday, has been sharing information on its findings via its blog, The DPD Beat.In an...
View ArticleHere's what we know about the police officers who died in the Dallas shooting
Five police officers died and seven others were wounded in a shooting at a rally in Dallas on Thursday night.It was the deadliest day for US police officers since the 9/11 attacks in 2001.So far, the...
View ArticleA week of bloodshed has further divided a nation already fractured over race
The week began with images of a black man sprawled across the ground in Louisiana, a victim of a shooting critics say was another example of a quick trigger-pull from police.In Minnesota the next...
View ArticleThe GOP may be making a big change in how it deals with race relations
Republicans are normally hesitant to acknowledge how race can play a role in how an individual experiences life in America.But after two black men were fatally shot by police this week, and after a...
View ArticleDallas Police Department completes search after reports of a new threat
Dallas police completed a search near its headquarters after receiving an anonymous threat on Saturday."The Dallas Police Department received an anonymous threat against law enforcement across the city...
View Article'There was lettering written in his own blood': New details have emerged...
The man who killed five police officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Dallas on Thursday had been plotting a much larger attack but "fast-tracked" his plans in the wake of police...
View ArticleAfter Dallas, conservatives rebel against the Drudge Report
"BLACK LIVES KILL."Those were the three words that blared across the Drudge Report early Friday morning after five Dallas police officers were killed in a horrific ambush attack.And immediately upon...
View ArticleCuba Gooding Jr. cried when he realized he'd met one of the police officers...
Cuba Gooding Jr. had a chance meeting with one of the five police officers who was killed in Dallas last week, and the actor told reporters that he "cried" when he heard the news. The "People v. O.J....
View ArticlePolice forces across the country are rethinking their tactics in the wake of...
Police departments across the United States are searching for new tactics for a more difficult era of racial tension, increasingly lethal mass shootings and global terrorism.After last week's killing...
View ArticleThe Dallas shooter was 'ostracized' by black power groups before he opened...
New details have emerged about Micah Xavier Johnson, the man who shot 12 police officers in Dallas last Thursday, killing five.In an interview with The Blaze, Johnson's parents and stepmother said his...
View ArticleObama criticized for gun control comments during Dallas memorial speech
President Barack Obama was criticized on Twitter for a statement about guns during a speech in Dallas to honor the victims of last week's attack.After delivering a set of unifying remarks, Obama veered...
View Article'We're not as divided as we seem': Obama delivers powerful address at Dallas...
President Barack Obama stressed a theme of unity during a Tuesday speech on race and policing in America. He was at a memorial service for the five Dallas police officers who were killed last week in...
View ArticleGOP Congressman: Obama 'reaped what he sowed' in Dallas
A Republican congressman from Virginia said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has reaped "what he has sowed" in the slayings of five police officers during a peaceful protest last week in Dallas.In...
View ArticleA 12-year-old boy who was shielded by Dallas police officers tells Obama he...
Shetamia Taylor and her sons were protected by Dallas police officers after a sniper opened fire July 7.One of her sons, Jermar, has decided that he wants to become a cop when he grows up.During a town...
View ArticleOne day in 1970 changed US policing forever
Five police officers were killed in Dallas last week, making it one of the deadliest days for police in U.S. history outside of terrorist attacks. The killings weren’t the first time officers were...
View ArticleMilitary veterans disgusted, embarrassed by recent police killings
Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement.Veterans and active-duty...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter is still important after shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge
Before the shooting in Dallas that took the lives of five police officers and the one in Baton Rouge that resulted in the deaths of three more, Black Lives Matter had begun to gain traction.Among other...
View ArticleDallas Police Department applications have tripled since the recent shooting
After five police officers were killed during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas earlier this month, Dallas Police Chief David Brown offered a solution to protesters unsatisfied with their law...
View ArticleThe recent rise in police killings turns out to be a dramatic decline...
At first glance, the numbers are startling.Less than a month after gunmen killed eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., a new report shows the number of officers shot and killed...
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