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POLICE

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.
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
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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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2016
Violence again convulses 2016 election campaign, testing Trump, Clinton
In the hours after a gunman shot 12 police officers in Dallas, killing five, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled campaign events. Their Twitter accounts largely went quiet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2016
Spike in police-linked killings feared as Duterte takes power in Manila
Two things catch the eye in the office of Joselito Esquivel, a police colonel enforcing a national crackdown on drugs in the Philippines' most crime-ridden district: a pair of boxing gloves in a display cabinet and an M4 assault rifle lying beside him.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2016
Texan put baby in fridge after leaving her in hot car
A Texas man charged with causing the death of his 6-month-old daughter by leaving her in a hot car put the baby in a refrigerator after finding her in desperate condition in the back of his vehicle, a document released on Wednesday said.
WORLD
Jun 21, 2016
No explosives found after man detained in Brussels bomb scare
Belgian police detained a man who was believed to be carrying explosives near a central Brussels shopping center early on Tuesday, prompting a meeting of the prime minister and the national crisis response center.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 21, 2016
Hong Kong leader presses Beijing on case of missing booksellers
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he had asked China whether its handling of the booksellers case violated the "one country, two systems" formula under which the city returned to Chinese rule, the strongest response yet from the former British colony.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2016
Baltimore cop testifies Freddie Gray sought help up during fatal ride, claims driver agreed he needed medical aid
A Baltimore police officer testified on Monday that black detainee Freddie Gray asked for help while being transported in a police van, where he suffered a broken neck.

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