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Police departments sell their used guns. Thousands end up in crimes.

Police departments sell their used guns. Thousands end up in crimes.

CBS News — Police agencies routinely resell or trade in their used duty weapons, a practice that has contributed to more than 52,000 police guns turning up at crime scenes since 2006, according to newly obtained data from the ATF.
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Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it

Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it

CBS News — If someone steals money from their employer, they could be guilty of a serious crime. But what if an employer takes money from their employee's paychecks? There's a good chance they'll get away with it, a CBS News investigation found.
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Handcuffs in Hallways: Hundreds of elementary students arrested at U.S. schools

Handcuffs in Hallways: Hundreds of elementary students arrested at U.S. schools

CBS News — "Don't make a wrong move," the officer said as he pinned the struggling subject to the ground. "Period." The officer tightened the handcuffs around the subject's thin wrists. "Ow, ow, ow, it really hurts," the subject exclaimed. The officer pressed his weight into the subject's small body while school staff watched it all unfold.
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A "coin flip": Nearly half of U.S. murders go unsolved as cases rise

A "coin flip": Nearly half of U.S. murders go unsolved as cases rise

CBS News — Police called Denita Williams in April and gave her the address of a gas station in their town of Jackson, Mississippi and asked how long it would take for her to get there. "When I pulled up, all I see is this crime tape," Williams told CBS News.
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Left in the Dark: The Failed Promise of Chicago Police Body Cameras

Left in the Dark: The Failed Promise of Chicago Police Body Cameras

WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL) — CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) - Marcus Smith arrived at the Pulaski Orange Line Station on Chicago's Southwest Side at about noon. It was Thanksgiving Day, 2017, and his mother was waiting for him in a parked car beneath the tracks.
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Fire Sale: Dealers rush to sell ghost gun parts before restrictions take effect

Fire Sale: Dealers rush to sell ghost gun parts before restrictions take effect

CBS News — With just days remaining until new federal rules will effectively ban so-called ghost guns on Aug. 24, many companies are scrambling to sell parts needed to make the largely untraceable firearms - and gun enthusiasts continue to build them.
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Half of all Texas school districts have no mental health services

Half of all Texas school districts have no mental health services

CBS News — After eight students and two teachers were murdered in 2018 at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott vowed to find solutions for the lack of mental health resources in schools. "We need to do more than just pray for the victims and their families," said the Texas governor.
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As Many Chicago Schools Remove Cops From Hallways, Data Shows Some Schools Send Kids To Police At...

As Many Chicago Schools Remove Cops From Hallways, Data Shows Some Schools Send Kids To Police At...

WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL) — CBS Chicago By Dave Savini, Christopher Hacker, Michele Youngerman October 6, 2021 CHICAGO (CBS) - In January 2019, a cell phone video from inside Marshall High School on Chicago's West Side was posted to Facebook. It shows a student, then-16-year-old Dnigma Howard, at the bottom of a staircase, and two Chicago Police officers trying to handcuff her.
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Names, Private Information Of Child Sex Crime Victims Were Illegally Made Public In Cook County C...

Names, Private Information Of Child Sex Crime Victims Were Illegally Made Public In Cook County C...

WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL) — CBS Chicago By Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker, Brad Edwards Cook County officials the personal information of child sex crime victims in public court records, violating a state law that requires those details be kept hidden.
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"It's going to happen again": Some say Texas' mass shooting responses fall short

"It's going to happen again": Some say Texas' mass shooting responses fall short

CBS News — When shots rang out in Uvalde, Texas, they echoed among a small group of people who knew all too well the pain the survivors at Robb Elementary were experiencing. They'd gone through it themselves, just a few years earlier, at another Texas school. Many in Texas know the same pain.
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