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#AlfredOlango Was in ‘Shooting Stance’ Aiming E-Cigarette When He Was Fatally Shot, Police Claim: Report
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police encounter was in a “shooting stance” aiming an e-cigarette. According to NBC News, on Wednesday, 38-year-old Alfred Okwera Olango was killed after, police say, he took a shooting stance and aimed at officers what they later…
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Charles Kinsey, Therapist Shot by North Miami Police, Files Federal Lawsuit
Charles Kinsey, the 47-year-old unarmed behavioral technician who was shot by North Miami police as he tried to assist his autistic patient, is suing the officer who shot him. Kinsey has filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that Police Officer Jonathan Aledda and others wrongfully arrested him and used excessive force, the Miami Herald reports. The…
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Respectability Politics Didn't Keep Charles Kinsey From Almost Becoming a Hashtag
My mother had the talk with me when I was 18. After years of just the two of us in the house, I was leaving for college and would no longer be under her watchful eye. When the police pull you over, do what they tell you to do—no matter what. Always move slowly. Always…