From the West Yorkshire, UK police Twitter feed (@WYPDogs).
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10:19 pm Thu
Jul 17, 2014
UK police captured The A-Team
Study: bodycams increase some fatal police shootings
“Use of wearable video cameras is associated with a 3.64% increase in shooting-deaths of civilians by the police,” according to a research paper from Temple University. Here’s where this research gets more interesting:
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Hijab-wearing Muslim woman racially profiled as 'terrorist' sues Chicago police
A young Muslim woman is suing Chicago police who decided she was a “lone wolf” terrorist because she wore a hijab, or headscarf, and was walking briskly out of a city subway station on the Fourth of July last year while wearing a backpack.
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#RightToRecord: DOJ must investigate arrests of citizens who document police killings
Editor’s Note: The International Documentary Association has released a petition that asks the Department of Justice to investigate the arrests of citizen journalists who videotape police killings of citizens in marginalized communities. Boing Boing asked documentary filmmakers Laura Poitras and David Felix Sutcliffe to share with our readers why the fight to protect the rights […]
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Mastering AWS and Salesforce could make you extremely valuable
Earlier this spring, Salesforce announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be its preferred public cloud infrastructure provider. Salesforce developers and AWS developers are already in-demand and paid very well for their expertise, but this partnership opens up the opportunity to become an extremely valuable asset by mastering both. Below are two in-depth courses to help you start or progress […]
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WordPress Wizard Bundle: Maybe the first step toward being your own boss, just $49
Whether you’re trying to start a quirky news blog, open a local Irish pub, or sell handmade furniture out of your garage, one thing’s for sure: your business is not going to succeed if you don’t build it a professional-looking website. That’s why we’re excited to share the WordPress Wizard Bundle.This is a bundle that includes 12 courses about […]
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Eliminate your ancient USB flash drive with drag and drop file sharing
If you’ve ever tried to quickly share a file with someone, you know there’s nothing actually quick about it. Between permissions, log-in credentials, size limitations, and download issues, it’s a miracle if you’re ever able to share the document at all. That’s why we think Droplr Pro is so essential.Droplr Pro lets you quickly, easily, and […]
