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In Selma: For the movie “Selma,” filmmakers returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge to re-create the scene where state troopers clashed with nearly 600 voting-rights marchers in 1965, an event known as Bloody Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The juvenile sat there for more than an hour as troopers waited for wildlife officials to arrive, with local broadcasters capturing gripping footage of the cub in the middle of the roadway.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“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

Abrego Garcia was pulled over for speeding with eight other passengers and told troopers they were doing construction work in Missouri.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

At the front of the rank an authoritative cluster of state troopers and policemen marched ahead, heads bent, talking in low voices as a barking German shepherd dog circled around them at a trot.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt