Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A state lawmaker from Louisville has introduced a bill that would make it a hate crime to target police officers, firefighters or emergency medical service workers. Republican state Rep. Kevin Bratcher filed the legislation on Thursday. It comes after Louisiana's Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a similar law last […]
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La. mourns slain deputy as 2 more officers wounded
By Cain Burdeu and Rebecca Santana Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A 19-year-old suspect accused of killing a Louisiana sheriff's deputy faces four charges including first-degree murder Thursday, as a state reeling from that slaying learned that two more deputies were wounded in a separate incident. The first shooting happened Wednesday when authorities say Jerman […]
Pa. officer shot multiple times, suspect in custody
Associated Press FOLCROFT, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer is in critical but stable condition after being shot, while a three-hour manhunt ended with at least one person in custody. Train service has meanwhile resumed in the area just south of Philadelphia. Heavy police presence at Penn Hospital after Folcroft Officer shot multiple times. @6abc […]