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Shoot to kill? Duterte's statements on killing drug users
Human rights groups and foreign leaders are concerned that Duterte s statements are an apparent endorsement of extrajudicial killings – an allegation the Palace vehemently denies

Lawyers' group opposes death penalty, 'shoot-to-kill' policy
The Free Legal Assistance Group says the proposals of President elect Rodrigo Duterte are illegal and unconstitutional and would render our legal system impotent and meaningless

Cebu City: Mayor Osmeña, who 'inspired' vigilante killings, is back
The returning mayor praises cops who killed robbers in Cebu then tells Davao s Rodrigo Duterte: Duterte 0; Osmeña 1 Mr President your turn old friend

Cleveland to pay $6M to family of black boy shot dead by police
The deal shields the US city from a potential federal civil rights trial involving the 2014 death of 12 year old Tamir Rice

Two US TV journalists killed in on-air attack
8th UPDATE Vester Lee Flanagan II a former reporter and suspect in the shooting kills himself after a high speed chase with state police

Confederate flag comes down at South Carolina legislature
UPDATED The flag has been a focal point of controversy in South Carolina since it was raised in the early 1960s atop the State House dome in defiance of the civil rights movement then sweeping the United States

US study says mass killings may be contagious
Mass killings in the United States may be contagious according to a study that finds each deadly tragedy can increase the likelihood that another will soon follow

Protesters target Confederate flag after Charleston killings
Symbols of hate have no place in our government The Confederate flag is not a symbol of Southern pride but rather a symbol of rebellion and racism reads an online petition

US gunman who killed six 'was director's son'
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown brands the killing as the work of a madman

Duterte warns cocaine peddler: Your wife will be a widow
The Davao city mayor says authorities have an idea who s hiding the remaining two bricks of cocaine missing from various raids and his shoot to kill order stays

Palace reminds Duterte: We don't just shoot criminals
All government officials whether local or national have the basic responsibility to uphold the rule of law a presidential spokesman says
Purisima returns 'poorly organized' Quezon report
Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima returns the report submitted to him on the shooting in Quezon that killed 13 because it was unclear and badly formatted