police shootings

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Akron to pay $4.8 million to Jayland Walker's family over police shooting

1:33am October 22, 2024

The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was fatally shot by eight police officers, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor's office said.

Protests Continue Over Death Of George Floyd, Killed In Police Custody In Minneapolis

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A journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests is dying of her injuries

11:15am June 21, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Linda Tirado, 42, lost her eye and suffered a brain injury after being shot by Minneapolis police in 2020. The National Press Club said she developed dementia as a result and "is at life's end."

Attorneys for family of teen slain by police say shooting was not justified

4:46pm April 14, 2023

by Paul Garber

Attorneys for the family of a teen who died after an encounter with Greensboro police last year are speaking out against a decision not to charge the officer involved.

A still image from Atlanta Police body-worn camera footage showing Officer Garrett Rolfe speaking with 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks during their 40-minute encounter.

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Atlanta to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, killed by police in 2020

2:25pm November 22, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, had fallen asleep in his car in a Wendy's drive-through lane when police were called. The city's payment will settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his widow.

Only when the caller cannot or will not collaborate on a safety plan and the counselor feels the caller will harm themselves imminently should emergency services be called, according to the hotline's policy.

Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Here's what you need to know

5:00am August 11, 2022

by Aneri Pattani

Mental health advocates celebrated the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, but some people voiced concerns that using the service could lead to police involvement or forced hospitalization.

Three Sharon Hill police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons into a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing Bility and injuring three people.

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3 officers face manslaughter charges in the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl

9:29pm January 18, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

A two-month-long grand jury investigation led to the filing of criminal charges against three Philadelphia-area officers who fired their weapons at a car amid crowds of people.

Naisha Wright, aunt of Daunte Wright, pauses after speaking during a news conference in April, in Minneapolis. Wright tells NPR that true justice would be to bring Daunte Wright back, but that Potter's conviction provides accountability.

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Daunte Wright's aunt says Kim Potter's conviction is 'bittersweet'

1:28pm December 24, 2021

by James Doubek

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

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Tamala Payne (center) and attorney Sean Walton participate in a Dec. 11, 2020, protest of the shooting of her son, Casey Goodson Jr., by a Franklin County deputy sheriff in Columbus, Ohio.

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The deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. 5 times in the back is charged with murder

1:29pm December 02, 2021

by The Associated Press

Jason Meade, the white Ohio sheriff's deputy fatally shot Goodson, who was Black, in an encounter that led to racial justice protests. Goodson's family has filed a federal civil rights suit.

Race

Family Files $30M Suit Over Deputies' Shooting Of Black Man

11:44am July 14, 2021

by Associated Press, Ben Finley

The family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina says he died because of the officers' “intentional and reckless disregard of his life,” according to a $30 million civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Rayon Edwards rallies protesters during a march Thursday for Marcellis Stinnette, who was killed by police in Waukegan, Ill.

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Protesters in Waukegan, Ill., Call For Federal Probe After Police Kill Black Man

2:18pm October 23, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Illinois State Police are investigating the police shooting of Marcellis Stinnette in Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago. At a rally Thursday, protesters say they want police accountability.