2022 Fatal Police Shootings Up Again, But Causes Up for Debate
Last year, police shot and killed more people than at any point since the Washington Post began tracking these incidents in 2015, with...
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- Feb 16
- 2 min
Feds Now Looking Into MS Police Shooting
Mississippi and federal investigators are probing allegations that six white sheriff's deputies falsely accused a Black man of selling...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Memphis Police Kill Man In Library After He Shoots Officer
A Memphis police officer shot and killed a man in a public library on Thursday after the man shot another officer, critically wounding...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 3
- 2 min
OH Police Kill Fleeing Man They Say 'Almost Struck' Officer With Minivan
Joe Frasure, 28, died on Tuesday after being shot by Wyoming, Oh., police officers the day before. Family members say Frasure was...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 2
- 2 min
$12 Million Settlement By IL Police Agency Over Shooting Of Boy, 12
Twelve-year-old Amir Worshop was sitting on his bed hands raised when an Illinois police officer shot him in the knee with an AR-15-style...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 12
- 1 min
L.A. Chief Moore 'Deeply Concerned' About Recent Fatal Police Shootings
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings, including one in which officers failed to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Louisville Settles Lawsuits By Breonna Taylor Friend For $2M
The city of Louisville settled lawsuits brought by Breonna Taylor‘s boyfriend, who was there when police fatally shot her during a raid...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Feds Record Fewer Fatal Police Shootings As National Total Rises
Fewer fatal police shootings are recorded by the federal government every year, despite renewed scrutiny of police use of force and...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 16, 2022
- 1 min
Off-Duty NY Cop in Murder-Suicide
An off-duty police officer from a suburban Rochester, N.Y., department killed herself after shooting two women, one fatally, according to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Former TX Police Officer Acquitted in 2020 Shooting of Black Man
A white police officer who shot and killed a 31-year-old Black man in Texas two years ago and whose response was deemed “not objectively...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
No Charges Against KS Officer Who Killed An Unarmed 17-Year-Old
The Justice Department will not file criminal civil rights charges against a police officer in Overland Park, Ks., who shot and killed an...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
Ohio Probing Columbus Police Killing of Unarmed Black Man in Bed
This summer, Donovan Lewis shoved his wife LaTonya Lewis out of a chair at a park, she said, so she fled and called police. The call set...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Family of Pregnant 16-year-old Killed by Police Wins $21 Million
A federal jury awarded $21 million to the family of 16-year-old pregnant girl who was fatally shot by police in Fremont, Ca., in 2017,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Judge Bars Florida Newspaper From Naming Deputies In Fatal Shooting
The Sarasota, Fl., Herald-Tribune says is seeking to overturn an emergency injunction granted by a judge the Sarasota County Sheriff’s...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
$3M Settlement In NC Deputies Killing of Unarmed Black Man
A North Carolina sheriff’s office announced a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Police Officer Identified in Michigan's Lyoya Death
A Michigan police chief reversed course on Monday and publicly identified the officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the...
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