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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy appear at a news conference on Tuesday.

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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy Fired

8:25pm December 01, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said public trust in the city's police had been "shaken" and "eroded" by the shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. Protesters had called for the chief's ouster.

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4 Men Charged In Shooting Of Black Lives Matter Protesters In Minneapolis

3:59pm November 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A county prosecutor said the men were charged with what the evidence supported, and that charging them with hate crimes would not add "one iota of time" to their possible sentences.

City marshals Norris Greenhouse, left, and Derrick Stafford are seen in their booking photos provided by Louisiana State Police in New Orleans. The pair were arrested Friday on charges of killing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding his father during

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Two Louisiana Officers Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 6-Year-Old Boy

12:01pm November 07, 2015

by Emma Bowman

Two of four local deputies involved in a shooting in Marksville, La., are charged with second-degree murder. The police chase that ended in gunfire Tuesday also left the boy's father wounded.

Images released by the Kentucky State Police show Trooper Cameron Ponder (left) and the man suspected of killing him, Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks.

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Kentucky State Trooper Shot And Killed; Suspect Dies After Manhunt

11:20am September 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Kentucky state police believe the suspect, Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, led Trooper Cameron Ponder on a nearly 10-mile pursuit before shooting at his police car.

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Motive Still Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Texas Sheriff's Deputy

3:50pm August 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Authorities have charged 30-year-old Shannon J. Miles in the "execution-style" murder of Deputy Darren Goforth, but investigators have yet to make public any motive for the killing.

This undated photo provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office shows sheriff's deputy Darren Goforth who was fatally shot Friday.

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Suspect Arrested In Killing Of Texas Deputy At Houston-Area Gas Station

9:12am August 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said the Friday evening shooting was unprovoked; he has called it a "cold-blooded execution." A suspect is now in custody and facing capital murder charges.

Brad Miller was fired from the police force in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, after the department's chief said he was troubled with how Miller acted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man Friday.

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Texas Police Officer Fired After Fatally Shooting Unarmed College Student

10:58am August 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The shooting occurred in the early hours of Friday, after a 911 caller reported that a "thin black man with a blond mohawk" was jumping on top of a car at a dealership.

A number of state lawmakers have passed bills to bolster body cameras or have more streamlined investigations of police shootings. But State Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis) says, "Folks in Missouri are afraid to have the race conversation."

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Missouri Slow To Advance A Post-Ferguson Agenda

11:22am June 13, 2015

by Jason Rosenbaum

While several states have passed new laws aimed to curb excessive force by police, there's been surprisingly little traction in Missouri, where Michael Brown's death spurred international protests.

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Charges Recommended For Cleveland Officers Who Fatally Shot 12-Year-Old

8:09am June 12, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Tamir Rice was carrying a replica gun outside a recreation center in the city in November when he was killed by two police officers.

Police and protesters square off outside the Ferguson Police Department, in March.Earlier in the day, the resignation of Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson was announced in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting

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Fatal Shootings By Police Twice As High As Official Number, Report Says

3:30pm May 31, 2015

by Scott Neuman

An analysis by The Washington Post shows that the number of such incidents is more than twice as high as official federal figures.