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About 200 people gathered outside the Minnesota Governor's Residence in St. Paul on Thursday, protesting the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer. Philando Castile was shot in a car Wednesday night in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights.

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'I'm Outraged': Mother Of Philando Castile, Slain By Police, Speaks Out

2:56pm July 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Valerie Castile says that while her son was "trying to do the right things, and live accordingly by the law, he was killed by the law." Philando Castile died in a police shooting Wednesday.

The Triple S convenience store was the scene of a shooting shortly after midnight Tuesday — and the site of protests later that day, after video of a police-involved shooting circulated.

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Video Of Baton Rouge Man's Fatal Shooting By Police Sparks Protests, FBI Inquiry

8:49pm July 06, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In the video, Alton Sterling is on the ground when one of the officers kneeling over him yells "He's got a gun!" Then at least one officer draws a weapon from his holster. The FBI is investigating.

Police stand guard during demonstrations in reaction to a Cleveland police officer being acquitted of manslaughter charges on May 23, 2015, in Cleveland.

Watch Live: PBS Presents, 'Armed In America'

9:01pm May 09, 2016

PBS explores gun violence in the United States during its two-night Armed In America special, which will include town hall discussions moderated by All Things Considered weekend host Michel Martin.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck speaks as his department releases a broad use-of-force report Tuesday. The report says that when LAPD officers fire at suspects, their targets are disproportionately black or mentally ill.

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LAPD Reports Shooting 38 People In 2015; A Third Of Cases Involved Mental Illness

9:51am March 02, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In a city where blacks make up 9 percent of the population, nearly a third of those shot by police over a five-year period were black suspects.

New York City police Officer Peter Liang sits in court as testimony is read back for jurors during deliberations in Brooklyn Supreme Court this week.

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NYC Police Officer Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Shooting Of Unarmed Man

9:32am February 12, 2016

by Bill Chappell

In 2014, a rookie police officer fired his gun in a stairwell. His bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit Akai Gurley, 28, on a lower floor.

Criminologist Joseph Richardson is skeptical that the federal government alone can solve the data problem for police shootings. "There has to be a more pioneering, innovative approach to doing it," he says.

Could Hospital ERs Provide Missing Data On Police Shootings?

6:18pm February 04, 2016

by Vanessa Rancaño

If police violence is considered a public health issue, then doctors and nurses might be able to compile basic information about shootings involving law enforcement that go unreported.

Cleveland police Officer Michael Brilo and other officers have been fired over the fatal shooting of the occupants of a car in 2012, seen here in a photo taken by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

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6 Cleveland Police Officers Are Fired Over Deadly 2012 Chase And Shooting

3:35pm January 26, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Last May, Michael Brelo was found not guilty of two counts of voluntary manslaughter — in part, because it was too hard to determine which shots had killed the pair.

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Prosecutor Declines To Charge Officer Who Shot Chicago Man In The Back

2:58pm December 07, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Ronald Johnson, the state's attorney Anita Alvarez found, had a gun in his hand as he ran away from police. But, Alvarez, said that doesn't mean the officer didn't feel threatened.

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.