trooper
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The state trooper reportedly said the other driver was at fault, but the at-fault drivers’ insurer is waiting for the official report before accepting liability.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In one instance witnessed by a Journal reporter in July, ICE officers in Lake Worth, Fla., snapped pictures of two Guatemalan men whom a state trooper had just stopped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Noem starred in Yoho’s ads herself, dressing up as a dentist, a plumber and a state trooper as she touted her state’s growing economy.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2025
“Everything is illegal,” a Connecticut state trooper explained to me once.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2024
I couldn’t imagine a 101st trooper crying or moping when he got hurt.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Schroyer was part of a team of troopers who drove in an armored vehicle to recover the fallen deputy’s body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The alliance of German industrialists and Nazi storm troopers almost a century ago weakened and ultimately sank the Weimar Republic.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
“Shame!” and “We all saw this!,” a reaction resulting in one man’s quick expulsion from the Capitol by state troopers as the senators watched, some filming the altercation on their phones.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
"Nowhere will be safer than New Orleans now," he said, as he gestured at a small group of state troopers on Bourbon Street.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
He was supposed to help pursue cases for the highway patrol that were taking a lot of time, that the individual troopers didn’t have resources to pursue.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
