Congress awaits ‘monumental’ police reform as mandatory kill count advances

“The Guardian investigation found people were being killed by officers at twice the rate cited by the much-criticised FBI system. The Boxer-Booker plan would require mandatory reporting on a series
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Ferguson mayor: Outsiders ‘openly funded’ protests

The mayor of Ferguson, Mo. said on Sunday that politically motivated groups outside his city helped fund some of last summer’s civil unrest. Mayor James Knowles III said external interests
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Cultural Deficiency, or something more? Killer of Westland teens causes stir at sentencing.

Source: Detroit News   Detroit — A convicted killer’s controversial comments stirred up the sentencing hearing Wednesday of two men involved in a high-profile, brutal murder of two Westland teens.
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[Hands up, don’t shoot…] The saga of Shawn Parcells, the uncredited forensics ‘expert’ in the Michael Brown case

Source: Washington Post  By Radley Balko December 2 at 11:53 AM Shawn Parcells speaks about findings in the autopsy of Michael Brown during a press conference at the Greater St.
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