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Ezra Galicia's obsession with police officers was highlighted earlier this year, when his aunt called the police department dispatch line to see if some officers could stop by for his birthday party.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Cop Land starred Stallone as the sheriff of a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with the corrupt New York City police officers who live there.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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His projects have been with athletes, politicians, chief executive officers, the director of a botanical garden, a physician, a Nepalese monk, a theoretical physicist.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a photo shared by police, officers appeared to have recovered stacks of 20-dollar bills, pills in prescription bottles, and a white powdery substance in little baggies.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Over 160 countries observe Labour Day on May 1, the anniversary of the Haymarket Riot, when several protesters and policemen were killed during a demonstration to reduce working hours, according to Time and Date.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Prescott also concluded that two other policemen, Officer Robert Bohm and Det.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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Chenoweth says authoritarians are getting better at controlling information flow, criminalizing protest, hardening security and police forces, and coordinating with other authoritarians.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
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