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Obama says it is ‘probably useful’ for US to review police militarization after Ferguson

19
Aug
2014

President Obama today gave his longest and most detailed statements about the weeklong clashes between protesters and heavily armed police in Ferguson, Missouri, saying he was open to the idea of reviewing the collection of federal programs that supply local police departments with surplus military gear. I think its probably useful for us to review how the funding […]

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Canadian teen arrested for making more than 30 swatting calls

12
May
2014

A 16-year-old Ontario resident has been arrested for a string of fraudulent calls to police, including a number of \swatting calls\ that attempted to summon teams of heavily armed police to the targets home. Working from the Twitter account @ProbablyOnion2, the teen offered to call the police on any target, and ended up making dozens of […]

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