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Report: Chicago Police overtime spending result of ‘wide scale waste and…abuse’

by Brian Seay

The Chicago Police Department has spent nearly $100 million a year on officer overtime in the last few years, according to an internal investigation.

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Teen girl who fatally shot abusive dad will spend time in treatment center, not jail

by Jennifer Cruz

Defense attorneys say the father of Bresha Meadows dished out years of abuse before the girl shot him in the head with a .45-caliber handgun as he slept.

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Former South Carolina cop takes plea deal in federal shooting death case

by Brian Seay

The officer took a plea deal with prosecutors nearly a year after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the shooting death of Walter Scott.

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Parris Island personnel under investigation following USMC recruit’s death

by Jennifer Cruz

A number of officials are accused of ongoing abuse and maltreatment, with drill instructors accused of “hat-hazing.”

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Man with history of violence kills estranged wife while out on bail

by Jennifer Cruz

Despite having recently beaten and tortured the woman, the judge denied prosecutors’ requests to increase Kevin Ewing’s bond.

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SC bill imposes harsher penalties, bans guns for domestic abusers

by Jennifer Cruz

While the state's lawmakers all agree that domestic violence remains an unsolved problem in South Carolina, not all agree that more laws – particularly gun restrictions – will do anything to actually combat the issue.

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Florida girls charged in shooting death of abusive brother (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

"It's hard for us to get our arms around this act," Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter said. "This is the stuff nightmares are made of."

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Restraining order sought against Nordstrom shooting suspect, but denied (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Nadia Ezaldein's family said she was severely beaten when she broke up with Marcus Dee and a restraining order was filed after months of harassment. But the judge threw out the petition, citing lack of sufficient evidence.

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School shooter talked down by bookkeeper sentenced to 20 years (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

“He knew because there were children the police would come there and they would fire at him and he would die,” Hill's attorney, Annie Deets, told the judge. “He is a 21-year-old man who had the deck stacked against him from birth. He reached out for help but our system, as it exists, is not equipped to give people like Mr. Hill help.”

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Domestic violence victim fatally turns gun on attacker following five-hour assault

by Jennifer Cruz

The man had held the woman against her will in a bedroom of the home for more than five hours, repeatedly assaulting her and threatening to kill her. But the tables were quickly turned when she was able to gain control of her attacker's rifle.

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10-year-old who fatally shot neo-Nazi father sentenced to state youth facility (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Despite pleas from the defense to send the boy to a private facility where he could receive treatment after years of being surrounded by abuse and violence.

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Does the presence of a firearm escalate domestic violence to murder?

by Jennifer Cruz

If the goal truly is to save lives – and who would argue with that – why not put more emphasis on the things which have been proven to reduce the violence before it increases to a deadly level?

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