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Sheriff asked to investigate ballot-box surveillance

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An elections director in Washington state's most populous county says her office is asking the sheriff’s office to investigate people who posted signs near ballot boxes warning voters they were “under surveillance.” The Seattle Times reports King County Elections Director Julie Wise blasted Tuesday what she called an effort to scare voters. The signs were posted near ballot boxes in Seattle and suburban locations, and included a scannable QR code that linked to a King County Republican Party website and a form encouraging people to submit “incident reports." King County Republicans chair Mathew Patrick Thomas said he was disbanding the its so-called election integrity committee whose members were involved in planting the signs.

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East Texas ex-deputy pleads guilty to using excessive force

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Officials say a former East Texas deputy pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for punching a restrained detainee in the chest repeatedly with a shock gun. Former Van Zandt County sheriff's deputy David Yager pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge arising from a February 2021 assault on a detainee. The man was in a restraint chair with one arm free when he banged his food tray against a cell door, then knocked a shock gun from Yager's hand. Angered, Yager assaulted the detainee until another deputy persuaded him to stop. He faces up to 3 1/2 years in prison.

Police laud actions of man who killed Indiana mall attacker
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Police laud actions of man who killed Indiana mall attacker

  • By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press
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Authorities say a 20-year-old man likely assembled a rifle in the bathroom of a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall before shooting five people in the food court, killing three of them before an armed shopper fatally shot him. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said at a news conference Monday that Jonathan Sapirman of Greenwood apparently was facing eviction before he opened fire at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening. He says Sapirman continued shooting people until 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, of Seymour, shot and killed him. Authorities say Dicken was shopping at the mall with his girlfriend and that he acted heroically. Ison says investigators are still trying to determine a motive.

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Police officer suspended after handcuffing EMT at hospital

  • By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

A Rochester police investigator seen in a widely circulated video handcuffing an emergency medical technician in a hospital emergency room has been suspended with pay. The suspension of the unidentified investigator was announced by city police Monday, a week after he handcuffed the EMT, a Black woman, after she bumped his vehicle while unloading a patient from an ambulance. The video obtained by WHEC-TV shows the investigator backing her into a corner as she stood beside a patient on a stretcher. He grabs her arm, cuffs her hands behind her back and takes her outside. Police said the incident was being investigated.

California board OKs parole of ex-Mexican Mafia killer
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California board OKs parole of ex-Mexican Mafia killer

  • By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
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California parole officials have approved releasing a notorious former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader who has been cooperating with law enforcement for nearly 20 years. Two consecutive governors previously blocked parole for Rene Enriquez. They argued in part that he is safer in prison than on the streets where he may be targeted by his old cronies. But his lawyer said Tuesday that officials can't block his parole just because he might be in danger. Authorities have taken extraordinary steps to protect him over the years. Enriquez plans to keep cooperating with federal authorities as they are again prosecuting the leadership of the prison-based gang.

School Shooting-Florida
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School Shooting-Florida

  • Mike Stocker - pool, Pool South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Dara Hass wipes away tears as she testifies in court about the shooting in her classroom during the penalty phase of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. His brother, Nicholas Dworet was also shot, and was killed in the rampage. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

School Shooting-Florida
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School Shooting-Florida

  • Mike Stocker - pool, Pool South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Michael Powell testifies about hearing the school shooting on the floor above his classroom during the penalty phase of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. His brother, Nicholas Dworet was also shot, and was killed in the rampage. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

School Shooting-Florida
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School Shooting-Florida

  • Mike Stocker - pool, Pool South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Michael Powell testifies in court about hearing the the school shooting on the floor above his classroom during the penalty phase of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. His brother, Nicholas Dworet was also shot, and was killed in the rampage. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

School Shooting-Florida
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School Shooting-Florida

  • Mike Stocker - pool, Pool South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz looks down as a witness testifies during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

School Shooting-Florida
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School Shooting-Florida

  • Mike Stocker - pool, Pool South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz looks up as a witness testifies during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)