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Police in Myanmar violently crackdown on protests, arresting 100

By Shehryar Nabi

Protests in Myanmar took a violent turn on Tuesday after police beat students, monks and reporters and detained about 100 people demonstrating against an education law that has been criticized for curtailing academic freedoms.

Unarmed black teen fatally shot by Madison police

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

A white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teen in Madison, Wisconsin Friday night, sparking protests in the state capital.

7 clear ways Ferguson police violated the Constitution, according to DOJ

By News Desk and Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court.

White House task force urges police to build trust in minority communities

By Nedra Pickler, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the deaths of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York show that law enforcement needs to change practices to build trust in minority communities, as a White House task force called for…

Fatal shooting of homeless man by LAPD puts department under scrutiny

By Colleen Shalby

A homeless man on Los Angeles’s Skid Row was killed Sunday after an LAPD police officer shot him. A graphic video surfaced on witness Anthony Blackburn’s Facebook page shortly after the shooting death.

8 people dead in rural Missouri shooting spree

By Laura Santhanam

Seven people were shot dead in rural Missouri before the alleged gunman turned his weapon on himself in a parked car early Friday, media reports said.

New York City killing-free streak ends with murder

By Marina Lopes

New York City’s 12-day, killing-free streak, the longest period the city has gone without a homicide in at least 20 years, ended this weekend with the murder of a 28-year-old Queens resident.

Albuquerque holds police department accountable after many fatal incidents

By PBS News Hour

The Albuquerque Police Department has come under national scrutiny for shootings involving officers, including 28 fatal incidents in the last five years. In March, two policemen shot and killed a mentally ill homeless man, all captured on a body camera.

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Is white clergy’s #UseMeInstead response to police practice targets off the mark? Some think so

By Eric Krupke

Clergy from around the country have been waging a campaign against a Miami police department practice they see as racial profiling.

Miami sniper training halted after target practice mugshots found

By Andrew Mach

Police in North Miami have suspended a sniper training program after it was revealed that trainees used old mugshots of black suspects during target practice.