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Riot Aftermath: Still-Shaken Lawmakers, Troops Still Stand Guard

A month ago, the U.S. Capitol was taken over by Trump supporters. Five people died. A look back and the fallout since.
By Kevin Freking, Nooman Merchant and Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

2nd Officer Who Responded To U.S. Capitol Insurrection Dies By Suicide, Chief Says

Jeffrey Smith died Jan 15, just over a week after he responded to the violent Capitol Hill insurrection.
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Trump Seems To Endorse Extrajudicial Killing: 'There Has To Be Retribution'

"That's the way it has to be," Trump said after U.S. marshals killed a man suspected in a deadly shooting in Portland, Oregon, last month.
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'Implicit Bias' Trainings Don't Actually Change Police Behavior

Anti-racism courses are too short, too simplistic — and may be making things worse.
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Florida Man Arrested Twice In 2 Days For Impersonating Police Officer

Officials said the 60-year-old suspect pretended to be a cop in order to avoid paying a $2 bridge toll.
By AP

Former Attorney General Eric Holder Shreds William Barr As ‘Unfit,’ ‘Incapable’

Holder accused Barr of taking actions that are "so plainly ideological, so nakedly partisan and so deeply inappropriate for America’s chief law enforcement official."
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17 Babies Born To Deputies In Missouri Sheriff's Department This Year

A joke has been going around the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department that the influx of new babies is due to a recent raise in deputies' salaries.
By AP

California Lawmakers Pass Bill Aimed At Curbing Deadly Police Shootings

The legislation would raise the standards for police officers' use of force.
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Cop Coup: Sheriffs Refuse To Enforce Washington Crackdown On Assault-Style Rifles

State Attorney General warns law enforcement officers not to highjack democracy.
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For Third Straight Year, Police Suicides Outnumber Line-Of-Duty Deaths

Law enforcement agencies across the country lost at least 159 officers to suicide in 2018.
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