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Expert: DOJ’s Baltimore PD smackdown will lead to more violent crime

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Justice's scathing condemnation of the Baltimore Police Department is likely to lead to more violent crime in the Maryland city, according to one expert on criminal law. On Wednesday, the DOJ released a report accusing the city's law enforcement officers

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Mother of slain Mass. officer wishes police got more respect

BOSTON (AP) — The mother of a Massachusetts police officer who was shot dead during a weekend traffic stop says she wishes police got more respect. Sharon Tarentino's comments come as she prepares to bury her son later this week. "I just wish people had a little bit

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Dartmouth Black Lives Matter protesters tear down memorial to slain police

A controversy has erupted at Dartmouth College after a pro-police display was torn down by Black Lives Matter activists, who denounced it for memorializing the "perpetrators" of "state violence."

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Dartmouth students defend tearing down police display

Black Lives Matter activists at Dartmouth College are circulating a lengthy letter justifying their decision to tear down a display honoring police officers. Ironically, the letter argues that activists would be "silenced" if they did not actively suppress the speech of others.

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FBI Director: ‘I worry very much’ that young people won’t join police force

(CNSNews.com) – "I worry very much — especially with a lot of controversy around law enforcement these days, and sometimes healthy skepticism becoming cynicism — that young men and women may be discouraged from pursuing this kind of service (police work)," FBI Director James Comey said last Friday. Comey, speaking