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POLICE

JAPAN
Jul 26, 2016
Anti-terrorism squad to be deployed at Tokyo fireworks display
A police anti-terrorism squad will be deployed at the annual Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo this weekend amid heightened security concerns in the wake of terrorist attacks overseas, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2016
Four men held after nine people are hurt by tear gas during Kobe beach brawl
Four men were arrested on a beach in Kobe after they went on a rampage and sprayed tear gas at a convenience store, injuring nine bystanders, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2016
Spy agencies struggle to spot threats from lone, mentally ill attackers
Recent attacks on civilians in the U.S. and Europe have exposed a gap in the intelligence community's efforts to track suspected extremists and prevent mass killings, half a dozen American, British and French counterterrorism officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2016
Munich gunman was fixated on mass killing, had no Islamist ties
A German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich was a deranged lone gunman obsessed with mass killings who drew no inspiration from Islamist militancy, police said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016
Plot against Rio Olympics raises fears of lone wolf terrorist attacks
Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in isolation cells at a maximum security jail on Friday as police combed their computers and mobile phones for information about possible threats to next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016
German-Iranian man, 18, kills nine in Munich shooting rampage
An 18-year-old German-Iranian who apparently acted alone opened fire near a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack on civilians in Western Europe in eight days.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2016
Fixing ties between the people and the police
To truly protect and serve the public, U.S. cops need to stop carrying guns and stop acting as shakedown thugs for municipal governments.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2016
Florida to probe police shooting of unarmed black man lying on his back with hands up
An investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black man as he lay on the ground with his hands in the air is being undertaken by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, North Miami's police chief said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2016
In some U.S. cities, police push back against 'open-carry' gun laws
Tents, ladders, coolers, canned goods, tennis balls and bicycle locks are banned in the area surrounding the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Hong Kong candidates must pledge city is an 'inalienable' part of China under Beijing's direct control
Candidates in Hong Kong's September elections must by law pledge that the city is an "inalienable" part of China, and advocating independence could end their candidacy, the head of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2016
Taiwan nabs three of 16 foreigners sought in $2.5 million ATM cyberheist
Police in Taiwan said on Sunday they had arrested three out of 16 foreign suspects they believe hacked into the cash machines of a major local bank, withdrawing more than $2 million.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2016
Baton Rouge ambush leaves three police dead, three wounded; gunman killed
Three police officers were shot to death and three others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday, in what authorities said was an ambush less than two weeks after a black man was killed by police, sparking nationwide protests.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 17, 2016
Feeling despair from a distance as black lives taken
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it — always." — Mahatma Gandhi
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2016
D.B. Cooper's final escape: FBI halts case 45 years after legendary U.S. skyjacking
It looks as if the man known as D.B. Cooper — the legendary criminal who hijacked a U.S. passenger plane, extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted to an uncertain fate — may have gotten away with it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016
Focus on police shootings obscures larger issue
A new U.S. study shows that whites are more likely to be shot by cops than blacks and Hispanics, but the latter experience non-lethal violent encounters with cops far more often.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2016
U.S. cops protect violent, racist system
Black or white, the U.S. police are paid to oppress, not protect, and citizens of all races have good cause to be afraid of them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2016
Police are killing, and dying, in a vicious circle
What's at stake in the U.S. is the preservation of police legitimacy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2016
Three nations urge U.S.-bound travelers to be cautions, amid protests
Three countries have warned their citizens to stay on guard when visiting U.S. cities rocked by sometimes violent protests that erupted after a string of police shootings of black Americans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2016
Black boys, men ponder avoiding becoming the next one killed
AP
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2016
As people protest police violence against African-Americans, 'Black Lives Matter' becomes mantra
"Black Lives Matter" has become a mantra for people protesting police violence against African-Americans.

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