All posts tagged "Police Shootings"
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Jury Finds The Life Of A Black Man Killed By Police Is Worth Only A Few Cents
The life a Black man who was killed by an officer under unclear circumstances was worth little to nothing, according to a federal court juryâs...
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Lawyers For A Black Man Killed By Police Say He Was No Threat
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Lawyers for the family of an unarmed black man killed by police in a busy Southern California...
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Kendrick Lamar Makes History As First Rapper To Win A Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music Monday, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the...
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NYPD Officers Kill Mentally Ill Man Holding Pipe They Thought Was Gun
NEW YORK (AP) â Police officers responding to reports of a man threatening people with a gun on Wednesday fatally shot a man carrying a...
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Sacramento Police Chief Struggles With Change After Shooting
Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn had his first major encounter with officers as a kid who...
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Dashboard Video Shows Sheriff’s Car Hitting Clark Protester
Screenshot SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Video shown Monday that was taken by a dashboard camera inside a sheriff’s vehicle shows it hitting a protester...
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Officer Who Shot Alton Sterling Fired
Source: Pacific Press / Getty The Baton Rouge police officer who shot and killed Alton Sterling has been removed from the force. Baton Rouge...
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Pathologist: Stephon Clark Was Shot 8 Times, 7 From Behind
 Stephon Clark SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist...
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Stephon Clark Is Buried In Sacramento; Protests Continue
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â A standing-room-only crowd packed into a church Thursday to celebrate the life of a 22-year-old black man who was shot to...
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Emotions Run High At Wake For Stephon Clark
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Family, friends and strangers, some expressing anger and frustration, gathered in Sacramento on Wednesday for a public wake for 22-year-old Stephon...
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Louisiana District Attorney To Meet With Alton Sterling’s Family
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â Louisiana’s attorney general plans to meet Tuesday with relatives of Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed by a white...
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Why Did ABC Decline To Air A ‘Black-ish’ Episode?
It’s the Black-ish episode the world will never see. The popular sitcom, starring Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson has tackled some controversial topics before....
