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Why did an Alameda County deputy play a Taylor Swift song while arguing with protesters? FacebookTwitterEmail A screen capture from a video recording an encounter between Anti Police-Terror Project Police Director James Burch, left and Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. David Shelby, right. Shelby is under investigation after he played a Taylor Swift song on his phone during the encounter, in an apparent attempt to ensure the recording of the incident would be automatically removed from social media sites like YouTube and Twitter.Screen capture via Anti Police-Terror Project An Alameda County sher...

The Oakland City Council voted 6 to 2 to reallocate $18.4 million from the Police Department's budget toward violence prevention and non-police social services.

GOP Opposes Weakening Liability Shield for Police Officers The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday linked Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers to problems many law enforcement agencies are having recruiting and retaining personnel, drawing a hard line on the thorniest divide between bargainers seeking compromise on legislation revamping police procedures. The remarks by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested it would be difficult to win crucial Republican votes for a deal erasing the protection that individual officers generally have from civil laws...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday linked Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers to problems many law enforcement agencies are having recruiting and retaining personnel, drawing a hard line on the thorniest divide between bargainers seeking compromise on legislation revamping police procedures.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday linked Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers to problems many law enforcement agencies are having recruiting and retaining personnel, drawing a hard line on the thorniest divide between bargainers seeking compromise on legislation revamping police procedures. The remarks by Senate Minority Leader […]