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Mistaken identity turned violent arrest lays ground for lawsuit against Bakersfield police

by Brian Seay

Tatyana Hargrove, 19, says she’s paranoid after a violent arrest in Bakersfield on Father’s Day, in which an officer punched her and a K-9 bit her thigh.

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Man charged after accidental discharge in grocery store (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Police say the man was carrying an unholstered handgun in the waistband of his pants, and he grabbed it after it began to slip.

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Armed citizen holds stabbing suspect at gunpoint until police arrive

by Jennifer Cruz

The suspect initially tried to snatch a woman’s purse in a grocery store parking lot but ended up stabbing three people before police arrived.

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Mass murder-suicide at rural Pennsylvania supermarket leaves 4 dead

by Jennifer Cruz

The gunman detailed his plans to carry out the massacre on social media nearly a month ago while expressing deep depression and a need to leave his “mark.”

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6-year-old boy fatally shot after suspects find him sleeping in back seat of stolen car

by Jennifer Cruz

The boy’s mother left him sleeping in the back seat as she quickly ran into a grocery store, but when she returned, her car – and her son – were gone.

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FL man pleads guilty to hate crimes, threatening Muslim store owners

by Jennifer Cruz

Jones told one man he would “blow up all Muslims and get this land back” then told the other “for your safety and your family’s safety” he should leave.

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Gun-shaped cell phone case leads to police response

by Jennifer Cruz

“This incident could have very easily ended tragically. Please reconsider carrying items like this in public,” authorities stated in a press release.

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Machete-wielding suspect shot by store clerk

by Jennifer Cruz

After being asked to leave the store earlier in the day, the suspect refused and was subsequently physically removed. But the man threatened to return.

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Teen’s birthday ruined after bakery refuses to make ‘Trump 2016’ cake (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

The grocery giant was quick to respond to scrutiny, noting the refusal was not a matter of politics but rather a misunderstanding about copyrighted phrases.

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Parents of slain woman blame lack of waiting period for daughter’s death

by Jennifer Cruz

The parents of a girl fatally shot outside a Wisconsin grocery store said she could have been saved if the state still had waiting periods in place for the purchase of handguns.

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Authorities on the hunt for meat-snatching, pistol-packing woman (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

When the woman was confronted about the meat, she became irate and ran out of the store, but when a security guard followed her, she pulled a gun on him.

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Armed citizen stops carjacker on second car of the day (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

A man wanted for several felonies was fatally shot by an armed citizen while trying to steal a woman's car in the parking lot of a Orem, Utah, grocery store Saturday morning.

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