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Jailed for apprehending a violent criminal, (MD) Police Officer Stephanie Mohr is serving her fifth year of a ten-year sentence. Please help us to overturn the court's ruling and reunite her with her young son Adam.
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Charges Dismissed Against Officer Bunn
In a dramatic decision Georgia Superior Court Judge Henry M. Newkirk dismissed the murder and manslaughter charges against officer Raymond Bunn, based on a motion that his actions were justified.
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Georgia Officer Charged with Felony Murder
DeKalb County, GA, Officer Torrey Thompson, is charged with felony murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault and violation of oath by an officer, following the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Matthews, a 22-year-old black male.
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Hartford Sergeant Acquitted of Manslaughter
For four years, Sgt. Robert Lawlor of Hartford, Connecticut, has been embroiled in legal battles to contest a grand jury indictment on charges of manslaughter and assault. On December 8, 2009, he was acquitted of all charges.
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  Sgt. James Crowley is Not the One who should Apologize  
  David H. Martin | June 25, 2009
ARLINGTON, VA -- If anybody should apologize for the arrest of Harvard Professor Louis Henry Gates, it is President Obama, not the arresting officer. The facts bear out that experienced Sgt. James Crowley acted totally within the bounds of proper police action. Here’s what occurred. Sgt. Crowley responded to a call from Lucia Whalen reporting that a break-in was in progress in a neighborhood in Cambridge that had experienced several daytime burglaries. In fact the very house where the suspected burglary was taking place had a defective front door due to a forced entry a month earlier. When he arrived at the house rented from Harvard University by Professor Gates, Sgt. Crowley asked Lucia Whalen, the citizen who had reported that two black men were trying to break into the house, to wait outside while he approached the house.
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