Posts Tagged: police

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Keechant Sewell First Woman to Lead New York Police Department

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Keechant Sewell has been named the first woman to lead the New York Police Department (NYPD) as police commissioner.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams (right) named Sewell at a press conference announcing her as the New York Police Departments' police commissioner on Wednesday, December 15.

Adams held the press conference at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, where Sewell grew up.

"Chief Sewell's appointment today is a powerful message to girls and young women across the city: there is no ceiling to your ambition," Adams said.

"She exudes what it means to be emotionally intelligent, calm, collected, confident," Adams said.

Sewell is a 22-year veteran of the police force and a former member of the hostage negotiations team. She steps down from her position as chief of detectives in Nassau County to become the NYPD's first woman police commissioner.

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Video Contradicts Taraji P Henson’s Claim That Her Son Was Racially Profiled by Police

Taraji P Henson and son Marcell Johnson

A police dashcam video seems to contradict actress Taraji P. Henson's claims that her son was racially profiled by police at USC.

The 40-minute video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows that Glendale police followed proper procedure when Marcell Johnson was pulled over on Oct. 18.

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20-year-old suspect arrested in Ferguson shooting

Jeffrey Williams

A 20-year-old black man is being held on $300,000 bond in the shooting of 2 police officers during a peaceful demonstration in Ferguson, MO., on Thursday, Mar. 12. The police officers were wounded in the face and shoulder. They were treated and released on the day of the shootings.

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Update: Police Confirm Call to Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach Home Was a Hoax

Lil Wayne joint

UPDATE: Police confirm the call was a hoax. SWAT have searched the whole house and found no indication of any shooting, and are now leaving (because lunchtime). (via Miss Info)

Keep it moving. There's nothing to see here.

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Manhunt Continues in Las Vegas for Suspect Who Shot Mom of 4 in Road Rage Incident

Tammy Meyers

The manhunt is widening for a driver who shot a Las Vegas mom during a road rage incident last week. The Las Vegas Police Dept. released surveillance video of the gray or silver car believed to be driven by a man involved in the fatal shooting of Tammy Meyers, 44, on Thursday.

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Cops: Drugs Found in Bobbi Kristina’s Home

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Roswell police found drugs during a 2nd search of Bobbi Kristina Brown's home -- a contradiction of earlier reports that no drugs were recovered after Bobbi was found unresponsive and face down in a tub full of water.

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Boxing Champ Fires Gun, ‘Threatens to Kill 3 Kids’ at MLK Parade

Jermain Taylor

A Little Rock, Arkansas woman says her Martin Luther King holiday was marred by a drunken champion boxer who threatened to kill her entire family.

The NY Post reports middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor threatened to shoot Toya Smith's husband and their 5-, 3-, and 1-year-old children at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on Monday.

Smith, 40, said she was watching the MLK parade with her family when Taylor stepped out of the crowd, showed her his championship belt and offered to take a picture with her son.

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