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News Articles: Police Shooting

K'Aun Green is suing the city of San Jose after he was shot by a police officer after disarming a restaurant patron who was brandishing a gun, a lawsuit says.

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  • Law

A man shot by police after disarming a gunman during a brawl files a civil rights suit

K'aun Green, a college student, took a weapon from a patron at a restaurant who was brandishing it at others inside, a lawsuit says. But police shot Green when they arrived.

April 08, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
At a ballfield a few blocks from where Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by a sheriff's deputy in Elizabeth City, N.C., Daquail Alexander organized a vigil and protest in Brown's memory.

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  • National

'It Didn't Change': North Carolina Town Demands Answers After Another Fatal Shooting

Residents of Elizabeth City, N.C., are pressing for answers after a Black man, Andrew Brown Jr., was shot dead by a sheriff's deputy carrying out a search warrant on Wednesday.

April 22, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Two boys hold signs at an April 6 news conference, days after a Chicago police officer fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

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  • National

Chicago Releases Video Showing Fatal Police Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo

The highly anticipated footage was released to the public on Thursday, more than two weeks after the seventh-grader was killed by an officer following an alleyway foot pursuit.

April 15, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • and 1 more
Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia's attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.

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  • Law

District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis says the actions of her predecessor have forced her to relinquish the police shooting case to another prosecutor.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice (pictured in a memorial).

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  • Race

Justice Department Declines To Prosecute Cleveland Officers In Death Of Tamir Rice

The department announced that it found insufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges" against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback.

December 29, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Advocates against police brutality organized a caravan protest after the killing of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio.  Officer Adam Coy was fired from the Columbus Police Department on Monday for his role in fatally shooting the 47-year-old on Dec. 22.

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  • Race

Columbus, Ohio, Officer Who Shot And Killed Andre Hill Is Fired

"This is what accountability looks like," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said Monday. "Mr. [Adam] Coy will now have to answer to the state investigators for the death of Andre Hill."

December 28, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
This image from a Columbus police body camera shows the moments before Officer Adam Coy fatally shoots Andre Maurice Hill early Tuesday.

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  • National

Ohio Officer's Bodycam Shows He Shot Unarmed Black Man Within 10 Seconds Of Encounter

The Columbus Division of Police released silent video of the fatal shooting Wednesday. The officer who fired the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave.

December 24, 2020
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  • Gabriel Rosenberg
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer was removed from duty temporarily following the fatal shooting of a Black man early Tuesday. The officer behind the shooting didn't turn on his body-worn camera to record the shooting.

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  • National

Ohio Officer Removed From Duty After Fatal Shooting Of Black Man

The shooting of the as-yet unidentified man in Columbus is the second this month where officers' body cameras weren't switched on.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin issued a citywide curfew Friday afternoon ahead of two planned protests over racial justice and police brutality.

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  • National

Raleigh, N.C., Sets Citywide Curfew Ahead Of Racial Justice Protests

Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said it will begin Friday, 10 p.m. and continue through Saturday, 5 a.m., citing the need to keep events under control, as the city braces for protests against police brutality.

October 30, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Golda Barton and her son, Linden Cameron, in an undated photo posted to Facebook.

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  • National

13-Year-Old Boy With Autism Disorder Shot By Salt Lake City Police

The boy's mother says she called 911 to get help for her son, who was experiencing a mental health crisis. She says she told officers he was unarmed. No weapon was found.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Law enforcement holds a line Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. The union representing police officers in Kenosha says Jacob Blake, who was shot multiple times at close range and severely wounded by a police officer, was armed with a knife.

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  • National

Police Union In Kenosha, Wis., Provides Account Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The union says Blake was armed with a knife and fought with the officers who tried to arrest him, putting one of them in a headlock.

August 28, 2020
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By:
  • David Schaper
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Fatal Police Shooting Of Black Man In Louisiana Sparks Outrage And Protest

An investigation has been opened into the killing of Trayford Pellerin, 31, who was shot as he walked away from police toward a convenience store holding a knife, according to authorities.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Attorney Edward Ahmed Mitchell (left) discusses on July 24 what Aisha Hussein saw when she and family members watched the April 28 police dashcam footage of her younger sister's shooting.

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  • Mental Health

Sister Speaks After Watching Footage Of Johns Creek Police Shooting

In April, two Johns Creek police officers shot a woman they said had a knife. Shukri Said’s family recently watched dashcam footage of the shooting that...

July 30, 2018
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Edward Ahmed Mitchell (left) and Ibrahim Awad speak on behalf of the family of Shukri Said, who was shot and killed Saturday by Johns Creek police officers.

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  • Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Month Begins As GBI, Lawyers Investigate Shooting

The GBI is investigating after a 36-year-old woman was shot and killed by police in Johns Creek Saturday morning. Lawyers for the family of Shukri Said...

May 17, 2018
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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