Police Shootings

Police Shoots Teen In Classroom Break-In Investigation

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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PASADENA, Texas — A police officer told investigators Tuesday that he shot a 14-year-old boy suspected in the overnight break-in of a Houston-ar...

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NAACP Asks Pasadena For Police Shooting Documents

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

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PASADENA, Calif. -- The NAACP has asked Pasadena officials for documents, audio recordings and ballistic reports related to last month's police shooti...

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Cops Got 'Bounty' For Fatal Shootings, Says Victim's Father

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 05.23.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to $500 under a union...

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DJ Henry and the Training of Police Part Two

Phillip Martin | Posted 12.31.2011

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Phillip Martin

A New York grand jury in Westchester County earlier this year declined to indict Officer Aaron Hess in the shooting death of Danroy "DJ" Henry, a black college student from Easton Massachusetts.

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Boy, 13, Shot Eight Times By Cops While Allegedly Holding A BB Gun

Posted 09.25.2011

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Jimmell Cannon was in serious to critical condition late Monday night at Chicago's Stroger Hospital, as the 13-year-old was riddled with bullets -- tw...

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Chicago Cops Win 24-Hour 'Cooling Off' Period After Shootings

Posted 08.30.2011

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Though the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) had previously required any Chicago police officers involved in a shooting to talk with investig...

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NYPD Had Fewest Fatal Shootings In 2010

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Police officers in the city last year shot and killed the fewest people since their department started keeping such data decades ago,...

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The F Word: Charges in Police Killings Just a Start

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Flanders

Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina, six New Orleans police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations for the shooting and killing of James Brissette and Ronald Madison.

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Killings by Concealed Handgun Licensees Hit 139 Since May 2007

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Sugarmann

The number of killings by concealed handgun permit holders since since May 2007 has hit 139, including nine dead law enforcement officers, 13 mass shootings, and 11 murder-suicides.

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New Orleans Police Shot 10 Civilians, 4 Of Whom Died, After Katrina, New Probe Finds

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to interv...

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Senate Vote at Noon on Nationalizing Concealed Handgun Laws

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Sugarmann

After more than two decades, at noon today the gun lobby's efforts to enact a national concealed handgun law will have its first chance at success when the U.S. Senate votes.

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'Steeler Country' Has Not Forgotten

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Pilecki

AP coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers' visit to the White House omits five special guests: Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper and officers Edward De...

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Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Peete

America can no longer afford to wait for an Attorney General to be selected by the next president to address the breakdown in control over the nation's police departments' use of force policies.

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