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Was Dylan Touring The Boss' Backstreets?

(Newser) - When police detained Bob Dylan last month they may have inadvertently busted up a nine-month rock heritage tour by the music legend, speculates ABC News. Clueless New Jersey cops picked up Dylan wandering around just blocks from a house where Bruce Springsteen penned Born to Run, Thunder Road, and Backstreets...

NJ Cops Treat Dylan Like a Complete Unknown

Officers pick up rock legend out on walk

(Newser) - A New Jersey police officer in her 20s didn't recognize Bob Dylan when she responded to a call about a suspicious, shabbily dressed man staring into a vacant house, the Asbury Park Press reports. "What is your name, sir?" she asked. "Bob Dylan," he replied. "OK,...

Undercover Texas Cops Sting Dog-Fighting Ring

(Newser) - A pair of Houston cops recently put away nearly 100 dog fighters, but to do so they had to become “dogmen” themselves. Texas Monthly recounts the undercover sting and provides a look at the brutal sport. The cops were reluctant at first—“we just figured it was piddly...

9/11 Responders Show Increased Risk of Rare Blood Cancer

(Newser) - The incidence of multiple myeloma in 9/11 responders appears to be higher than in the general population, according to what one researcher calls "very preliminary" stats. Eight cases of the blood cancer were diagnosed in 28,000 emergency personnel followed between 2001 and 2007; statistically, that number should be...

Health Club Gunman Questioned, Freed by Cops

Shooter quizzed over grenade report

(Newser) - The Pennsylvania man who shot up a women's aerobics class, killing three people and then himself, was questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said today. Police let George Sodini...

Police Brutality? It Could Just Be Excited Delirium

Research may help clear cops who end up with dead perps

(Newser) - New research could help exonerate police officers accused of using excessive force to restrain unruly perpetrators, New Scientist reports. So far the American Medical Association has not recognized “excited delirium,” a condition describing an agitated, combative person who exhibits superhuman strength and high body temperature—a rare condition...

Cop Suspended for Gates Slur Sues Over Civil Rights

(Newser) - The Boston police officer suspended for referring to Henry Louis Gates as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” is suing the city and the department for violating his civil rights, the Globe reports. The BPD, police commissioner, and mayor are “conspiring to intentionally inflict emotional distress” and interfering with Justin...

Cops Seeking Tab Dirt in Parker Birth Busted

(Newser) - A pair of Ohio police chiefs have been arrested for allegedly breaking into the home of Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate mother to hunt for tabloid fodder they could sell for profit, AP reports. The woman gave birth to Parker and Matthew Broderick's twin girls last month. Local officials confirmed that...

Gates: 'Thank God' for Cops
 Gates: 'Thank 
 God' for Cops 


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Jul 31, 2009 4:57 AM CDT

Gates: 'Thank God' for Cops

But don't forget about racial profiling

(Newser) - The beer meeting at the White House has come and gone, but Henry Louis Gates offers a postscript: "I thank God that I live in a country in which police officers put their lives at risk to protect us every day," he writes in the Root, where he...

Beer Summit Is Ho-Hum; Gates, Crowley to Talk Again

(Newser) - Turns out the president was right: the beer summit was pretty boring. In fact, it wasn't even the first time Skip Gates and Officer Crowley had gotten together after the arrest. "Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together...

It's Beer Time at White House
 It's Beer Time at White House 
Jul 30, 2009 5:02 PM CDT

It's Beer Time at White House

(Newser) - It's happy hour at the White House. President Obama, Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and James Crowley are clinking beer glasses in the White House Rose Garden, but alas, the media isn't invited to listen in. Earlier, the president sought to tamp down expectations, noting that he's "fascinated...

Boxer Gatti's Death Suicide, Wife Off Hook: Brazil Cops

(Newser) - Boxer Arturo Gatti's death was ruled a suicide by Brazilian police today, and a judge ordered the release of his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion. Investigator Paulo Alberes says authorities decided Gatti killed himself July 11 while at a seaside resort. When asked if police had determined...

Cops Suspended for Running Background Check on Obama

(Newser) - Two Atlanta-area police officers have been placed on paid leave for running a background check on President Obama, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Secret Service was notified after the president's name was sent to the National Crime Information Center from a computer in the cops' police car. The Internal...

Caller in Gates Arrest Didn't Mention Race

Tapes show I'm not a racist, says woman who alerted police

(Newser) - The Massachusetts woman who called 911 on Henry Louis Gates and his chauffeur as they wrestled with the Harvard professor’s front door said today she never mentioned race to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested Gates. Lucia Whalen’s statement contradicts the police report filed by Crowley, which...

Powell: Gates, Cops Both at Fault

Both sides overreacted; people should 'cooperate' with police

(Newser) - Speaking to Larry King about Henry Louis Gates’ arrest, Colin Powell said he’d faced racial profiling “many times,” and suggested both the professor and the police were at fault in the incident, the Huffington Post reports. Gates “should have reflected on whether or not this was...

DEA Raids Jacko Doc's Vegas Home, Office

Follows search of Houston office last week

(Newser) - DEA agents and police raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray this morning after a raid last week on his Houston office, Fox News reports. Murray is a suspect in the manslaughter investigation of Jackson's death; the warrant served last week called for “...

Cops Release Gates Arrest Tapes

Officer calls for more cars; 911 caller unsure on men's race

(Newser) - In audio from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr, released today by Cambridge police, the arresting officer tells the dispatcher to “keep the cars coming” as he faces an “uncooperative” suspect, the Boston Herald reports. An earlier tape reveals the 911 call in the case, in which...

Have Mercy, Officer: I Can't Think of a Good Excuse

(Newser) - Every time a cop pulls someone over, he or she is liable to hear an excuse. And every so often, a driver manages to surprise even the most jaded ticket-writer, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Like the pair of Frenchmen one officer caught speeding on Highway 101. They’d...

Horses Laid Off as Cop Budgets Trimmed

Police, locals 'heartbroken' to see them go

(Newser) - It’s not just humans facing unemployment these days: horses are seeing their jobs disappear as police in Boston, Toledo, and other cities cut their mounted units, the Wall Street Journal reports. The units are said to bolster crowd control, with one mounted cop worth 15 on foot. And “...

19 Men Busted in Canary Fight Ring
19 Men Busted in
Canary Fight Ring
Jul 27, 2009 3:00 AM CDT

19 Men Busted in Canary Fight Ring

(Newser) - Police busted 19 men suspected of operating a canary fight ring in Connecticut, reports WFSB TV. Some 150 canaries and saffron finches were confiscated in Shelton. “There were 100 canaries fighting, and they were betting on them 'til they were dead. It’s absolutely shocking,” said a neighbor....

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