Walmart is making an unusual move to deter theft by providing police a workspace inside one of its stores

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Aside from deterring shoplifters, the planned workspace in an Atlanta Walmart would provide a spot for police in the area to recharge batteries and do paperwork.

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Elon Musk, who is known for pushing boundaries, will reportedly escape a fine for using his phone while driving a Tesla

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Elon Musk.

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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black

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A senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union called facial recognition technology in law enforcement "an extremely dangerous practice."

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Texas police held a Black family at gunpoint and handcuffed their son after an officer mistyped while running their license plate

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The Frisco, Texas police officers held the family at gunpoint.

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Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states

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Maryland police agencies purchased drones from the Chinese technology company DJI.

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A pair of Florida crime scene cleaners handle everything from blood to feces with a smile, documenting their long days to millions of fans on TikTok

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Tom (right) and Junior (left) spend a lot of time living in hotels and driving up and down the East Coast disposing of dangerous materials.

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Ron DeSantis and the Florida GOP want to make it harder for public-sector unions to collect dues — with exceptions for police and firemen

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Japan's 'sushi terrorism' spree has led to 2 more arrests by the nation's police force

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A conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.

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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'

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FILE - Hoan Ton-That, CEO of Clearview AI, demonstrates the company's facial recognition software using a photo of himself in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. In a Monday, May 9, 2022 legal filing, the company has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people's photos without their consent.

A Philly cop has been charged with assault over a bar fight. In 2011, the Fraternal Order of Police made sure he didn't lose his job after being accused of punching his wife in the face.

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Not the officer in question. Philadelphia Police Sgt. James Graber Jr. is accused of assaulting three people at a Roxborough bar after someone played music he didn't like on the jukebox.

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