state police
Americannoun
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Louisiana state police are leading the investigation and working with the FBI, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
At the time, Snyder wrote she was “constrained” to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve-out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
The 80 people escaped on the day they were taken but hid in neighbouring villages for a fortnight "due to fear of being captured again", state police spokesman Mansur Hassan told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Lauren Bonds, executive director of the National Police Accountability Project, said that many local and state police departments are “much more transparent” than CBP when officers shoot people.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026
Two miles outside Chamisaville the agent stopped at the state police bungalow.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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