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Suspect in Killing of Memphis Officer Charged with Murder:  The man accused of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer over the weekend turned himself in on Monday, and has been charged with murder and is being held under $9 million bail.  Fox News reports that 29-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn shot 33-year-old Officer Sean Bolton on Saturday evening after the officer interrupted a drug deal and the confrontation turned physical.  Wilbourn was free on supervised release after a robbery conviction, for which he received a sentence of over 10 years, but was released on probation last summer.  After using marijuana in December 2014, he was ordered to undergo mental health treatment on July 7, less than a month before the murder.

Massive Search for CA Murderer:  Kern County Sheriff's deputies, police officers and rangers are scouring the desolate area of Weldon, California in pursuit of a suspect who wounded two deputies late Saturday night and is also believed to have fatally shot a retired Tehachapi dentist the day before.  Lauren Foreman of the Bakersfield Californian reports that the shootout occurred when deputies from the Sheriff's SWAT team followed the suspect's tracks to a ranch, where he used a large-caliber handgun to fire at officers.  In all, 60 personnel from at least eight different agencies are involved in the manhunt, which covers five to eight square miles of "rugged terrain."  The suspect, who has not been identified, is considered armed and dangerous, and may also be connected to an east Kern County kidnapping.

Dash-Cam Video Debunks Racial Profiling Claims:  Audiotape of a traffic stop has proven that a college professor who accused a Connecticut state trooper of racial profiling was lying.  Fox News reports that according to 32-year-old Minato Roychoudhuri's story, she was pulled over on May 9 and was asked by the policemen if she could speak English and if she knew why he had stopped her, further emphasizing that he did not give her a reason as to why he pulled her over.  She concluded that the officer's "asking if I could speak English shows that he had racially profiled me and was not able to give me a concrete reason for stopping me."   In the recording taken from dashboard camera of the police cruiser, the officer can be heard asking Roychoudhuri if she knows why she had been stopped, and proceeds to explain that she failed to drive in the established lane.  At no point did he ask her if she spoke English.  Roychoudhuri has been arrested for giving a false statement.

Alleged Child Molester Kept DACA Amnesty:  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that a California camp counselor charged with child molestation and distribution of child pornography maintained his status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as well as his job prior to his arrest, despite being considered a high risk to public safety.  Caroline May of Breitbart reports that Edgar Covarrubias-Padilla received DACA status on May 22, 2013, and he began being investigated for child molestation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on November 17, 2014.  USCIS says that they were unaware of the investigation until March 31, 2015, despite their impression that ICE "typically apprise[s] USCIS when a recipient of DACA or an immigration benefit is an investigation target."  The revocation of Covarrubias-Padilla's DACA status occurred several days after his arrest even with the knowledge of both ICE and USCIS.

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