Archive for May, 2009

Man arrested after police pursuit (BBC News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A man is arrested after police follow burglary suspects through parts of Bristol in the early hours.

Police, protesters clash in Kashmir over women’s deaths (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Police and demonstrators clashed in Kashmir Saturday during anti-India protests fueled by accusations that security forces had raped and murdered two Muslim women, police and witnesses said.

Police find Porsche after killing at Paris hotel (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Police said Saturday they had found a Porsche thought to belong to a businessman being hunted after the murder of his girlfriend at a five-star Paris hotel.

Police ‘failed’ custody death man (BBC News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Three police officers face disciplinary action after the death of man who had been in custody in Greater Manchester.

Pakistan police raid shanty dwellings (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Pakistan police Saturday raided shanty dwellings in and around Islamabad, rounding up 70 people they said were mostly Afghan refugees.

Police Believe Oregon Man, 2 Kids Died in Murder-Suicide (Fox News)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
The bodies of two children and a man were found in a nature preserve in Hillsboro in what police said appeared to be a murder-suicide.

NYPD police officer killed by fellow officer (CNN)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A police officer chasing a theft suspect was fatally shot Thursday night by another officer after he failed to drop his weapon when ordered to, authorities said.

Bomb kills 4 north of Baghdad, say Iraqi police (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, May 29th, 2009
A bomb exploded inside a bus station north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 10, police said, the deadliest in a series of attacks in northern Iraq.

NYPD police officer killed by cop (CNN)

Friday, May 29th, 2009
A police officer was shot twice by a fellow cop as he was chasing a man he saw breaking into his car Thursday night. Omar Edwards, 25, was dead less than an hour later.

Bus driver killed after leading police on chase (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, May 29th, 2009
A school bus driver who had just been criticized by his employer was shot and killed by police Friday after he led officers on a chase, ramming police vehicles and other cars.