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News Articles: Police Shootings

Rayon Edwards rallies protesters during a march Thursday for Marcellis Stinnette, who was killed by police in Waukegan, Ill.

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Protesters in Waukegan, Ill., Call For Federal Probe After Police Kill Black Man

Illinois State Police are investigating the police shooting of Marcellis Stinnette in Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago. At a rally Thursday, protesters say they want police accountability.

October 23, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Police hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality in the morning hours of May 31 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Investigations

Political Divisions Drive Police Brutality Lawsuit Settlements

Most of the largest civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas in the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions on policing.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Robert Benincasa
A protester talks with a deputy of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department during demonstrations following the death of a Black man identified as Dijon Kizzee on Monday in Los Angeles.

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Deputies Shoot And Kill Black Man In South LA, Sparking Protest

Homicide detectives are investigating Monday's shooting, which officials say happened after sheriff's deputies tried to stop the man, identified as Dijon Kizzee, while he was riding a bike.

September 01, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A man on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., during protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday.

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  • Law

Wisconsin Deploys National Guard After Shooting Of Black Man Sparks Protests

A video that appears to show police shooting a man several times at close range has been met with outrage. Gov. Tony Evers on Monday has deployed the state's National Guard.

August 24, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker and
  • Emma Bowman
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said her office will be reviewing a 2011 police shooting of a Black man that was ruled an accident.

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  • National

Massachusetts Prosecutor To Review 2011 Probe Into Shooting Of Black Man By Police

Eurie Stamps was killed during a drug raid at his home. Police were reportedly looking for his stepson and another man. Prosecutors said the shooting was accidental and the officer wasn't charged.

August 21, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Former state Trooper Jacob Gordon Thompson has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the killing of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, a 60-year-old Black man.

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Georgia State Trooper Faces Felony Murder Charges In Traffic Stop Shooting

Former Georgia state Trooper Jacob Thompson faces felony murder and aggravated assault charges stemming from the killing this month of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis.

August 17, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Omega Menders cries as she speaks to protesters demonstrating the shooting death of 27-year-old Anthony Hill by a police officer, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Decatur, Ga. Robert Olsen faces prison time when he is sentenced on four charges Nov. 1, 2019.

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  • Law

Policy, Training, Bias: The Issues Behind Ongoing Police Shootings Of Black People

Eric Garner. Michael Brown. Laquan McDonald. Freddie Gray. Anthony Hill. The list of officer-involved deaths is long and the death of Atatiana Jefferson...

October 23, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Ellen Eldridge ,
  • and 1 more
A Johns Creek woman died Saturday after a police shooting.

'Mental Illness Should Never Be Death Sentence,' Says Civil Rights Group

A 36-year-old woman was shot and killed by police in Johns Creek Saturday morning, officials said. Police said the family of Shukri Said called 911...

July 26, 2018
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  • Ellen Eldridge

On Second Thought For Monday, July 25, 2016

Police shootings of unarmed African American men have sparked protests across the country, including in Atlanta. The protests in the city have been...

July 25, 2016
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  • Celeste Headlee

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