By Michael Balsamo Associated Press NEW YORK — A teenager was convicted Thursday of setting a mattress fire that killed a New York City police officer and severely injured his partner after the two were overcome by smoke and carbon monoxide. Marcell Dockery, 18, was convicted of murder, arson and assault charges in connection with […]
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Anger alert: Olympic wrestler fights 7 officers and 4 more stories that infuriated cops
By PoliceOne Staff Facebook recently launched a new extension of their ‘like’ feature that allows readers to more accurately express their feelings about a story – something police officers aren’t shy about doing. This week, a controversial shooting of a wounded animal, a Nevada lawmaker’s troubling comments about LE, and the brutal ‘gang hit’ beating […]
2 Atlanta police vehicles crash while responding to call
Associated Press ATLANTA — Two Atlanta police vehicles crashed while officers were responding to the same call. Atlanta police spokesman Officer Lukasz Sajdak tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/1q3iKzt) the officers were responding to a call of shots being fired behind a nightclub about 9 p.m. Thursday when the police SUV and patrol car collided. Carolyn […]