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People gather during a demonstration outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday as opening statements were given in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the killing of George Floyd.

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What We Learned From Day 1 Of The Chauvin Trial

11:32am March 30, 2021

by Rachel Martin

Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd, and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.

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A Jacob Blake sign was on display as the motorcade of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden passed by in Kenosha Wis., on Sept. 3, 2020. A team of attorneys representing Blake have filed an excessive force lawsuit against the officer who shot and paralyze

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Jacob Blake Files Excessive Force Lawsuit Against Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Him

1:03pm March 26, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Attorneys for Jacob Blake have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey over the August shooting, which left Blake paralyzed and sparked days of unrest.

Los Angeles police officers run to formation during a protest on June 1.

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LA Police Reassigns 7 Officers As It Investigates Complaints Of Excessive Force

9:42pm June 11, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The department says it's looking into dozens of complaints of "allegations of misconduct, violations of Department policy, and excessive force" during the recent protests in the city.

Protesters gather in front of Dallas City Hall on Tuesday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and local officials were inside to discuss the response to protests in Texas over the death of George Floyd.

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Dallas Police Adopts 'Duty To Intervene' Policy To Prevent Abuse

2:12pm June 05, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

The rule requires police to act to prevent officers from using excessive force. The order comes after widespread outrage over the killing of George Floyd while being restrained by Minneapolis Police.

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Race

Video Shows Arrest Of Hanes Magnet Middle School Student By SRO

4:21pm November 09, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

Body-camera footage has been released of the controversial arrest of a black female student by a white school resource officer at Hanes Magnet Middle School.

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Ministers’ Conference Disputes D.A.'s Comments In SRO Case

4:17pm November 08, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

Winston-Salem religious leaders are disputing comments made in court by the Forsyth County District Attorney.

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at a civics event in January in Seattle. Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent about police shootings Monday.

Police Shootings Stir Outrage Among Some, But Not The Supreme Court

9:57am April 03, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court sided with police on Monday when it tossed out a lawsuit against a policeman after he shot a woman in her own front yard.

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'Invisible No More' Examines Police Violence Against Minority Women

9:00am November 05, 2017

by Cheryl Corley

Author Andrea Ritchie wants the incidents of police violence involving women of color and transgender women to get as much attention as black men and boys have received in recent years.

Friends of Paul O'Neal attend a vigil to remember him on Aug. 5, 2016, in Chicago. O'Neal, an unarmed 18-year-old man, was shot and fatally wounded the month before when Chicago police officers tried to arrest him for allegedly stealing a car from the sub

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Shots In The Back, Children Tasered: DOJ Details Excessive Force By Chicago Police

5:53pm January 13, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

An investigation by the Justice Department found that Chicago police are poorly trained in use of force, can easily collude to conceal acts of brutality and are rarely punished for violations.

Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., is one of several New York state prisons under scrutiny for incidents involving officers' excessive use of force.

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Reports Of Prison Guard Brutality In New York Draw A Harsh Spotlight

7:18pm October 20, 2016

by Brian Mann

A rash of incidents involving guards' use of violence against prisoners, sometimes caught on video, is fueling calls for accountability. Others say the focus should be on increasingly violent inmates.

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