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🌱 Patch AM: What investigators are examining in the Stanford Shopping Center Taser incident

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In today's newsletter:

  • What investigators are examining in the Stanford Shopping Center Taser incident

Also on today's calendar: Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Wednesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 79, low: 56.
  • Friday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Probe launched after officer fires Taser, injures man at Stanford mall (paloaltoonline.com) — A Palo Alto police officer's July Taser use on a man at Stanford Shopping Center, which left him with a fractured vertebra and head injury, is now under review by the department and the city's independent auditor. The article explains what body-camera footage shows, outlines PAPD's Taser policies, and describes how the OIR Group will report its findings to the City Council.
   

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  • PSA: The trail along the water at Byxbee Park—the one that connects to Shoreline—will be closed until October 15.
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Los Altos Hills

  • SJPD officer fired after using Flock cameras to help cousin accused of domestic violence (ktvu.com)

Stanford

  • Netflix Sets 'New Stanford Prison Experiment' Unscripted Series for October Release (EXCLUSIVE) (variety.com)
  • LinkedIn Releases List of Top 100 Business Schools (townandcountrymag.com)
  • Start-up Reward AI Launches OM-1 Foundation Model (techiexpert.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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