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Texas trooper suspended after conducting roadside cavity searches:

Trooper Kelly Helleson was suspended one day after two women filed a lawsuit against her for violating their bodies in search of marijuana. The two women had initially been pulled over by a male trooper for throwing a cigarette butt out the window. After claiming he smelled marijuana, he called his colleague, Helleson, to search the women's bodies. Ref. Source 6

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Texas: Cops Fired After Video Captures Them Beating Black Woman:. Video:

Cunningham violently grabbed Diggles by the hair and slams her head into a counter. The officers then slam Diggles to the ground. One of the officers tried to drag her to the jail cell Ref. Source 9

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Why Police Brutality Goes Unpunished:

An investigation into the Houston police department reveals why officers rarely face the consequences of beatings or shootings. Ref. Source 5

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How a Texas Cop Who Killed a Double Amputee Holding a Ballpoint Pen Got Away With It:

Police misconduct in shootings is "Very, very difficult" To prove, an FBI agent says. Ref. Source 2

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Family sues after cops shock Texas man to death with Taser:

Police Tasered 32-year-old Marcus Dewayne Slade to death in January of 2013 and ignored his sister's pleas for officers to obtain medical assistance. Ref. Source 3

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Dallas to pay $900,000 to family of unarmed man killed by police:

The city of Dallas has agreed to pay $900,000 to the family of an unarmed man fatally shot in 2010 by a police officer, an attorney for the man's family confirmed Friday. Ref. Source 7

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6 dead, 4 children, in shooting at suburban house in Texas

A man involved in a domestic dispute opened fire at a suburban Houston home Wednesday evening. Ref. Source 5

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Texas deputy tests negative for Ebola

Sgt. Michael Monning, a deputy who accompanied Dallas County health officials into the apartment of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, has tested negative for Ebola. The deputy had been ordered to go inside the unit with officials to get a quarantine order signed. No one who went inside the unit that day wore protective gear, and Monning objected strenuously to that decision. Ref. USAToday