CLANTON, Ala. (TheBlaze/AP) — An investigation is underway in Alabama after a Clanton police officer and a Chilton County deputy shot and killed Michael Lamar Robinson.
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CLANTON, Ala. (TheBlaze/AP) — An investigation is underway in Alabama after a Clanton police officer and a Chilton County deputy shot and killed Michael Lamar Robinson.
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Cedrick Chatman, 17, was shot & killed in January 2013 by Chicago police. The video had been sealed under protective order.
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Cedrick Chatman, 17, was unarmed when he was shot
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Las Vegas, NV — The mother of a police officer is recovering from her injuries after being shot by her own child and in-law with whom she lives.
North Las Vegas police announced last week that no charges will be filed against the officer and her husband who fired more than two dozen rounds at their mother as she returned home around 11:30 pm.
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GOLDEN, Colo. — A grand jury decided Wednesday not to indict an Aurora, Colo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man wanted for violating parole.
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Quintonio LeGrier was killed Saturday by Chicago police. He and at least 246 other people with mental health problems have been fatally shot by U.S. police in 2015.
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Police in Maryland Heights, Missouri reported that 26 year-old James C. Blanton shot and killed 35 year-old Yi-Ping “Peter” Chang on the afternoon of December 13, when he knocked on Chang’s door complaining about “loud bass music”.
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Long Beach, CS – Last year, two Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies stopped a man for wearing headphones while biking, and when he attempted to continue on his way, he was thrown to the ground and then shot and killed.
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A California police officer will not face criminal charges after he shot a DUI suspect. The officer says his pistol “accidentally discharged.” CNN affiliate KRCR contributed to this report.
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Laquan McDonald (1997?-2014) was a 17-year-old Black American teenager killed by Chicago police on the night of October 20th 2014. His killer, Jason Van Dyke, was White. McDonald was armed with a knife – but was shot in the back.
On that night, McDonald was walking down the middle of the street with a knife. He does not seem to know what is going on.Four police cars show up. McDonald is walking away from the police when one of the officers shoots him. McDonald spins and falls to the ground. For the next 13 seconds the officer keeps shooting. McDonald’s body moves only when struck by bullets. They kick away his knife – and then leave him there like a piece of trash.
He was still alive when the ambulance arrived, but died on the way to the hospital.
The next morning the medical examinercounts 16 bullets, two in the back.
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