Police Gunshot
A mother sued the New York City Police Department in Bronx Supreme Court, claiming her child was wounded by a careless and reckless police gunshot.
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Fort Worth Panel to Investigate Police Shooting of Woman in Her Own Home
Fort Worth officials Friday named the eight members of a promised independent panel tasked with investigating the city’s embattled police department in the wake of a white officer shooting and killing Atatiana Jefferson in her own home last month.
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No Immunity for Myrtle Beach Police Officer in Excessive-Force Suit
A South Carolina officer involved in the shooting of a Myrtle Beach man – paralyzing him – after storming into his house without knocking, is not immune in an excessive-force lawsuit, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreChicago Cop Fired After Shooting Deaths of Grandmother, College Student
A Chicago police officer was removed from the force Thursday evening after hearings involving the shooting deaths of a college student and grandmother in 2015.
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Fort Worth Leaders Want Judicially Enforced Police Reform
Community and faith leaders on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to open a civil rights investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department after a white officer shot a black woman to death in her home, saying the goal should be police reform plan enforced by a federal judge.
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Texas Cop Arrested, Charged With Murder for Shooting Woman in Her Home
A white cop who shot and killed a black woman in her home during a welfare check was arrested and charged with murder, Fort Worth police announced Monday night.
Read moreCommunity Outraged After Police Kill Texas Woman at Home
A white Fort Worth cop is on administrative leave after he shot and killed a black homeowner through her window during a welfare check Saturday, angering a community still reeling from the murder conviction of former Dallas cop Amber Guyger two weeks ago for killing her unarmed black neighbor.
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Texas Judge Denies Venue Change in Murder Trial of Fired Dallas Cop Amber Guyger
A Texas judge Monday denied a motion by fired cop Amber Guyger to move her murder trial out of Dallas, rejecting her claims that the media’s “hysteria and false narratives” prejudiced potential jurors in her trial for the shooting death of an unarmed black man in his own apartment.
Read moreLAPD Officer Must Face Some Claims in Shooting of Teens
The Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity Wednesday to a Los Angeles police officer facing excessive-force claims for firing into a group of teenagers after he mistook a replica gun for a real weapon.
Read morePhoenix Joins US Cities Eyeing Civilian Oversight for Police
Dozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past run-ins with Phoenix police officers and ways to hold them accountable.
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Five Years After Ferguson Shooting, Racial Tension Still Simmers
Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer was a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected and court policies were revised.
Read moreJury Finds Cop Not Negligent in Shooting Death of Ugandan Immigrant
Six men and six women deliberated for less than two hours Wednesday before unanimously finding an El Cajon police officer was not negligent when he fired four shots and killed a Ugandan immigrant in September 2016 while responding to a call for mental distress.
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Wife of Ugandan Immigrant Shot and Killed by Officer Testifies in Civil Trial
The day before he was shot and killed by a police officer in El Cajon, California, in 2016, Alfred Olango stopped by his family’s house to tell his estranged wife and his teen daughter he loved them, his wife testified during his wrongful death trial Monday, recalling his “strange” behavior.
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A Tennessee appeals court affirmed immunity for the White County sheriff who erroneously told a mother that sheriff’s officers had shot and killed her son.
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San Francisco Approves $400,000 Settlement for Police Shooting Death
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $400,000 settlement over the 2015 police shooting death of Mario Woods, an event that prompted years of litigation and a federal review of the city’s police department.
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Reversing, the 11th Circuit found that a Coffee County, Georgia, deputy sheriff is entitled to immunity for wounding a child when he tried to shoot a dog but missed.
Read moreNinth Circuit Revives Suit Over San Diego Police Shooting
Reversing summary judgment in favor of a police officer in a shooting case, the Ninth Circuit found Thursday there is a genuine dispute whether the officer’s use of force in shooting and killing a mentally disabled man was reasonable.
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