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Police in the Chicago suburb of Midlothian allegedly shot and killed a security guard who had stopped a bar shooting and was holding a suspect at gunpoint.

On Friday afternoon, a Cook County jury pronounced Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of teenager LaQuan McDonald.

Police identified the man who opened fire on officers in Florence, South Carolina, Wednesday as 74-year-old Fred Hopkins, a Vietnam veteran and former attorney.

A concealed carry permit holder in Cicero, Illinois, intervened Thursday afternoon and shot at a suspect who allegedly shot a police officer.

Video shows a suspect shoot and wound a female officer at point blank range before being shot and killed by her partner.

A judge sentenced a Honduran national to nearly three years in federal prison last week for shooting the son of an off-duty cop.

Body cam footage has been released showing 43-year-old William James Hughes shot multiple times by police after allegedly raising a gun while facing them.

Chicago Police Department released body cam footage of an officer fatally shooting an armed man Saturday on the city’s South Side.

A video released May 12 shows an off-duty female officer in Brazil draw her gun and shoot a would-be robber as he approached and allegedly pointed his gun at mothers and their children gathered on the sidewalk.

During a speech at the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila on Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte went off-script to give some advice to a local police chief whose mayor was recently killed in a drug raid.

(AP) – Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland have made two more arrests.

Orlando Master Sgt. Deborah Clayton was shot and killed early Monday morning. At least 13 schools are on lockdown and a massive manhunt is underway as Orlando police hunt the cop killer.

A pair of police officers serving a warrant outside of Macon, Georgia, were shot early Monday morning, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials.

A migrant stopped for a routine check by police in Athens opened fire on officers, wounding one before apparently turning the gun on himself. The man was questioned by a motorcycle patrol, who asked to see his papers. Instead he

“It’s a very tough, unfriendly world when Politifact starts asking whether we have really lost the most officers, and when a state senator falsely claims Texas has lost more officers in car accidents than gun violence,” the leader of the largest law enforcement union in Texas said. He added that this is the atmosphere in which peace officers now find themselves.

Police in Berlin shot dead an asylum seeker as he attempted to stab another migrant over claims he had sexually abused his eight-year-old daughter.

“It’s unbearable, and it needs to become intolerable,” Hillary Clinton said, pointing to a “long list of African Americans killed by police officers.”

Football players and coaches in a Texas youth league took a knee during the national anthem “to protest violence against black youth” on September 10.

SAN DIEGO, California — One suspect and a possible second have been taken into custody after the shooting of two San Diego police officers left one dead and another fighting for his life late Thursday night.

Sources inside the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) are now admitting that the FBI had credible information before Thursday’s officer-involved shooting that a black power gang intended to target police for assassination.

HOUSTON, Texas — #PrayforHouston was trending on Twitter on Saturday after Houston police officers had to shoot an armed black man who pointed a gun at them. Alva Braziel died at the scene in Houston around 12:30 Saturday morning after officers fired what was reported as numerous shots at the man.

Video has emerged of a police shooting last month of an unarmed 19-year-old male in broad daylight in Fresno, California. The man, Dylan Noble, was shot four times.

On July 7, The Atlantic looked at officer-involved shootings that took the lives of two armed black men, Alton Sterling (Baton Rouge) and Philando Castile (Minneapolis).

An Austin police SWAT officer was shot early Thursday morning while executing a search warrant. He was the second Texas police officer shot in the past twelve hours. The officer is in stable condition recovering from his wound.

Large demonstrations with heavy participation by Chinese-Americans were held in support of former NYPD officer Peter Liang over the weekend, in both New York and Los Angeles. The New York Times reports other demonstrations planned for Washington, D.C., Orlando, Philadelphia, and San Diego.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday afternoon that the federal Department of Justice will sue the cash-strapped city of Ferguson, Missouri, because the city council rejected an expensive deal negotiated by federal officials.

Nearly two dozen Chicago police officers have been called before a federal grand jury, which is investigating the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, shot by a fellow officer 16 times in 2014.

As the investigation and the recriminations over Chicago’s handling of the Laquan McDonald shooting continues to rile the Windy City, witnesses of the shooting are now coming forward to claim that the Chicago Police Department coerced them to change their stories to better conform to the statements of officers on the scene and even threatened those who refused to obey.

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson joined The David Webb Show on SiriusXM with conservative radio host David Webb and reacted to the cop who was ambushed and shot “in the name of Islam” in Philadelphia.

A gunman ambushed 33-year old Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett on Thursday night. His attacker is in custody and claims it was an attempted “execution” in the name of Islam.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Minnesota Judge Karen Janisch refused to halt a large Black Lives Matter protest planned for Wednesday at the Mall of America.

The family of Walter Scott, the South Carolina man seen on video being shot by a North Charleston police officer, is asking a judge to approve a $6.5 million wrongful death settlement.

Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing growing calls for his resignation a full two weeks after the city released the shocking police dashcam video of a city police officer shooting an African-American teen to death.

After more than a week of protesters flooding the streets of Chicago over the death of an African-American teen shot by a city police officer over a year ago, the Department of Justice is poised to finally launch a probe into the actions surrounding the shooting.

Cleveland Police Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback gave statements—released Tuesday—in which they claim 12-year-old Tamir Rice put them in a must-shoot situation by lifting his shirt and reaching into his waistband instead of showing his hands.

MINNEAPOLIS—Some participants in the funeral procession for Jamar Clark waved liquor bottles and chanted “fuck the police” as the procession made its way though the block that protesters have occupied as part of a Justice For Jamar campaign.