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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
At the beginning of the siege, Ihor became a volunteer policeman, tasked with keeping order in a city that was becoming more lawless by the day.
Both Saint-Hilaire and Negron lived a short distance from the scene of the fatal crash, cops said.
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Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
The movie is about how Irwin and his brother, a high-rolling ex-cop named Gary (Adam Driver), get involved in a financial scheme that ensnares them in the tentacles of the Russian mob.
The victims were found at Narragansett Town Beach after police officers responded to the crowded scene amid reports of violence.
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Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
According to a State Attorney’s Office spokesperson, there have been as few as two convictions in Florida of police officers who fired their weapons in the line of duty in the last two to three decades.
Before joining the Sandy Springs police, Citta worked as a Utah state trooper.
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Jamal Goss,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
But in too many cases, that message isn’t heeded, which recently resulted in the death of a state trooper who sacrificed his life to stop a wrong-way driver from causing further havoc.