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N.C. Officer Will Not Be Charged In Shooting Death Of Keith Lamont Scott

2:51pm November 30, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Scott's killing unleashed two days of unrest in Charlotte this past September. Scott, authorities said, left his car with a gun and did not listen to police who told him to drop it.

Former North Charleston, S.C., police Officer Michael Slager testifies Tuesday during his murder trial.

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Former South Carolina Police Officer Takes The Stand At His Murder Trial

5:38pm November 29, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Former North Charleston Officer Michael Slager is on trial for shooting a black man named Walter Scott in the back. Slager testified he "fired until the threat was stopped, like I'm trained to do."

Former University of Cincinnati police Officer Ray Tensing shot and killed unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose during a routine traffic stop in July 2015.

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Former Univ. Of Cincinnati Officer To Be Retried Over Killing Of Black Motorist

4:17pm November 22, 2016

by Brakkton Booker

Ray Tensing's first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on murder and manslaughter charges for the July 2015 killing of Sam DuBose.

A woman leaves flowers at a makeshift memorial for slain San Antonio police Detective Benjamin Marconi on Monday. Marconi was fatally shot during a traffic stop Sunday near police headquarters.

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Suspect Arrested In Ambush Killing Of San Antonio Police Officer

8:36am November 22, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A detective was shot while he sat in his patrol car Sunday. Police have arrested Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, who says he was angry about a custody case and "lashed out at someone who didn't deserve it."

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1 Police Officer Killed, 3 Officers Injured In Separate Shootings Sunday

10:59am November 21, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

In apparent ambushes, an officer in San Antonio has been killed and one in St. Louis has been injured. Meanwhile, officers in Sanibel, Fla., and Gladstone, Mo., were also shot on Sunday.

St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez outside the City Council chambers in St. Anthony, Minn., in January 2013.

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Minn. Police Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Is Charged With Manslaughter

2:01pm November 16, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The Ramsey County attorney said the use of deadly force by Officer Jeronimo Yanez in July was not justified.

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Justice Department Will Track Police Killings And Use Of Force

5:45pm October 13, 2016

by Bill Chappell

A pilot program could begin early next year. The announcement amplifies FBI Director James Comey's statement that the bureau is setting up a database that can track police killings.

Mourners and activists hold a candlelight vigil during a rally in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, Calif., on Wednesday, in protest of the police shooting the day before.

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'This Is A Life': Hundreds Protest Shooting Of Unarmed Man In El Cajon

10:50am September 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Police took nearly an hour to respond to a 911 call from a woman who said her mentally ill brother was acting erratically. About a minute after officers arrived on Tuesday, one shot and killed him.

Police in El Cajon, Calif., provided this image, which they say is a still from a bystander's cellphone video of the shooting of an unarmed black man on Tuesday. Police say the man was pointing an object — which was not a weapon — at an officer.

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Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Leads To Protests In San Diego Suburb

10:14am September 28, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

On Tuesday, an officer in El Cajon, Calif., shot and killed an unarmed black man. His sister had called the police to ask them to help her brother, who was acting erratically.

An image from video taken before, during and after the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by Charlotte police. The eyewitness video emerged Friday.

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Video Emerges From Scene Of Charlotte Police Shooting Of Keith Scott

7:26pm September 23, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The scene plays out under bright sunlight, from a vantage point that's a short distance away from the confrontation between Keith Lamont Scott and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers.