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7 #SanAntonio cops shot in armed standoff before death of man on city's #NorthSide. The deceased #shooting suspect was identified as 46-year-old Brandon Scott Poulos who was out on bond after being held for three violent offense charges he had been arrested for this past Saturday including attacking a woman in her 60s. Six of the wounded officers #shot at #Sonterra Apt Complex off #StoneOakParkway have been released from hospital.

ksat.com/news/local/2025/01/23

sanantonioreport.org/7-san-ant #TX #WildWest #CopWatch #Guns #SWAT

mysanantonio.com/news/local/ar

The FBI "already knew Torswats’ real name and address. But it had still done nothing to stop him—a fact that was particularly appalling to the man who had practically handed Torswats’ identity to the FBI: a lone private investigator living outside Seattle named Brad Dennis." —@dmehro and @agreenberg for Wired

longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-s

#ALPR strikes again. "During Robinson’s arrest, a #SWAT team surrounded her and her two-year-old autistic son while they were sitting in the Charger in the driveway of her home. Her son was placed in the back of a police cruiser and her car was impounded for nearly a month. Now the city has a lawsuit on its hands" jalopnik.com/police-wrongly-ar

Jalopnik · Police Wrongly Arrest Woman Using License Plate Scanner Data For A Shooting She Wasn't Involved InBy Lawrence Hodge

#ALPR strikes again. "During Robinson’s arrest, a #SWAT team surrounded her and her two-year-old autistic son while they were sitting in the Charger in the driveway of her home. Her son was placed in the back of a police cruiser and her car was impounded for nearly a month. Now the city has a lawsuit on its hands" jalopnik.com/police-wrongly-ar

Jalopnik · Police Wrongly Arrest Woman Using License Plate Scanner Data For A Shooting She Wasn't Involved InBy Lawrence Hodge