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During the incident, a police officer was hit with a metal trash can thrown by someone in the crowd, and another was tackled by a suspect who wrapped his arms around the officer’s neck, according to a police department statement.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
There is a piece of crumpled paper on the floor of the interviewer’s office, not far from a trash can.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The store clerk, who sustained a broken nose and two black eyes from being pistol-whipped during the robbery, later identified Talley and her wallet, which police found in a trash can near the store.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Mann repeated her prior testimony about Weinstein using the bathroom before the attack and her later finding a syringe in the bathroom’s trash can afterward.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
There is a piece of crumpled paper on the floor of the interviewer’s office, not far from a trash can.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The store clerk, who sustained a broken nose and two black eyes from being pistol-whipped during the robbery, later identified Talley and her wallet, which police found in a trash can near the store.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Mann repeated her prior testimony about Weinstein using the bathroom before the attack and her later finding a syringe in the bathroom’s trash can afterward.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Trash can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20can. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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