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According to police, the demonstrators sprayed bottles with an unknown substance on officers
The extent of the officers’ injuries was not reported, but they were both taken from the scene for treatment
Buses carrying police in full riot gear and shields arrived near the downtown location where police said significant property damage was reported
Several protesters were seen in handcuffs, and city and county police later tweeted that they had arrested at least nine people
One officer suffered a dislocated shoulder and another suffered a possible broken jaw after protests erupted following an officer’s acquittal in a fatal 2011 OIS
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Rodolfo Ballardo crashed the stolen big rig at a gas station where he shot at Border Patrol agents before he was killed
Police said Miguel Richards was asked 44 times to drop the knife and six times to drop a gun he held in his right hand
The trooper was not seriously injured during the incident
Police Officer William Mathews was remembered as a conscientious officer with a friendly smile and big heart
Police say the explosion was a terrorist attack, the fifth in Britain this year
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While police were interviewing someone who reported shots fired, suspect Benjamin Chavez fired several shots at officers
The officer was stuck with the needle while searching a woman’s purse
Const. Francis Deschenes pulled over to help change an SUV’s flat tire when a van collided with the parked patrol car and the SUV
Andrew C. Bice fired at Officers Miguel Moreno and Julio Cavazos before running from the scene and killing himself
Police Chief Andrew Greenwood said officers would make “very strong, rapid arrests” of protesters wielding weapons and wearing masks
Miguel Richards didn’t comply with repeated requests to drop the knife and pulled out what later turned out to be toy gun with a laser sight and pointed it at police
Shannon Miles accepted a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the slaying of Darren Goforth
Police Chief Art Acevedo described Sgt. Steve Perez as “a man that had faith in his community and his family and his mission”
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Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said at the scene that the shooter was in custody
The suspect initially fled but was later taken into custody
The suspect rammed his truck into a gate and parked patrol car at a Sacramento police substation
Walter Mallinson leaves behind his wife and two children
Activists recently promised mass disruption if Jason Stockley is acquitted for killing Anthony Lamar Smith