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4 San Jose officers are on leave while Facebook posts are investigated

4 San Jose officers are on leave while Facebook posts are investigated

(CNN)Four San Jose Police Department officers are on administrative leave while their department investigates comments made in a private Facebook group reportedly for current and former San Jose officers, the department confirmed to CNN Monday. The reportedly racist and anti-Muslim comments allegedly made by current and retired SJPD officers came to light when purported screenshots of the posts were shared online in an anonymous article posted on the website Medium by a person claiming to be "the partner of an active law enforcement officer in a San Francisco Bay Area police department." In...

June 30, 2020
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Three police officers shot in Texas while responding to call at a home | CNN

Three police officers shot in Texas while responding to call at a home | CNN

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Three police officers in Cedar Park, Texas, were shot while responding to a call at a home Sunday, according to a tweet from the police department.The officers are in stable condition at a local hospital and “doing well,” Cedar Park Interim Chief of Police Mike Harmon said at a press briefing Sunday night.The call came from a woman who said her son “had kicked in the door and was acting very aggressive,” Harmon said.When the officers went inside the house, “they were met with gunfire,” he said. “Our officers returned gunfire,” though it is...

August 16, 2020
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Facebook takes down videos targeting California public health officers

Facebook takes down videos targeting California public health officers

(CNN)Facebook has removed at least four videos posted by a group accused of targeting California public health officers over their directives to stay home and wear face masks to prevent spread of the coronavirus. The move comes as from people angered by restrictions during the pandemic.The group, Freedom Angels Foundation, says it organized protests on its Facebook page and broadcast live on the platform from outside health officers' private residences to the group's more than 22,000 followers. The group describes itself as "Patriot Mothers who won't stand down. Our arms don't get tired,...

June 23, 2020
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Video shows police arrested a black man after he was seen dancing in the street

Video shows police arrested a black man after he was seen dancing in the street

(CNN)A black man dancing in the street of a Northern California city was pinned to the ground and placed under arrest by police after officers were called to the scene, newly-released officer bodycam video shows. The incident in Alameda has prompted the city's police chief to request an independent investigation into the officers' actions. The May 23 arrest occurred after police received a call from a woman who said "an African-American man is dancing in the street and clearly something is wrong with him."A series of bodycam videos released on Saturday shows police officers approach the...

June 9, 2020
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Phyllis Lyon, famed LGBTQ activist, dies

Phyllis Lyon, famed LGBTQ activist, dies

(CNN)Activist Phyllis Lyon, who spent more than 50 years fighting for LGBTQ rights, died of natural causes. She was 95.California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared the news of Lyon's death in a post on Twitter on Thursday, calling her a "dear friend."When Newsom served as mayor of San Francisco, he officiated the wedding between Lyon and her late partner Del Martin In 2004, San Francisco officials allowed gay couples in the city to wed, prompting a flood of applicants to the City Hall clerk's office. The officials chose Lyon, then 80, and Martin, then 83, to take the first vows.Those unions were...

April 9, 2020
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Elon Musk's promised ventilators never delivered to California hospitals, governor's office says

Elon Musk's promised ventilators never delivered to California hospitals, governor's office says

Welcome,said last month he had obtained more than to help California hospitals treating patients infected with the coronavirus, an effort California Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed as "heroic."Now, more than three weeks later, the governor's office says none of the have been received by hospitals.At a March 23 news conference, Newsom said the devices, which can provide life-saving support to patients infected with the virus, had already arrived in Los Angeles and were on their way to hospitals in need."I told you a few days ago that he was likely to have 1,000 ventilators this week," Newsom said....

April 17, 2020
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Elon Musk says he sent ventilators to California hospitals, they say they got something else instead

Elon Musk says he sent ventilators to California hospitals, they say they got something else instead

(CNN Business)California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded Thursday to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's claim that the company had delivered more than 1,000 ventilators to the state's hospitals treating a surge of coronavirus patients. In a series of tweets early Thursday, Musk asked Newsom to "please fix this misunderstanding" after the governor's office told CNN the state's hospitals had not received ventilators promised last month by the Tesla CEO. Included in the tweets from Musk was a partial list of hospitals that he said had been sent ventilators. In another tweet, he said the donations were "based...

April 16, 2020
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