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Hillary Clinton Calls for Public Release of #KeithLamontScott Shooting Video
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became one of the many people calling for public release of body-camera footage showing the Sept. 20 police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. On Friday, Clinton posted this appeal to her Twitter account: The Charlotte Observer reports that Clinton’s post comes after an earlier release from North…
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Funeral for 13-Year-Old Tyre King Set for This Weekend in Columbus, Ohio
The family of Tyre King says that his funeral will take place this Saturday, WOSU reports. As previously reported by The Root, King, 13, was fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Bryan Mason on Sept. 14. Mason, a nine-year veteran of the force, was responding to reports of an armed robbery—in the amount…
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Okla. Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Charged With Manslaughter
The Tulsa, Okla., police officer involved in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher has been charged with first-degree felony manslaughter, NPR reports. On Friday, Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shot Crutcher on a Tulsa highway after his car broke down. Video of the shooting showed Crutcher raising his hands as he walked to his vehicle,…
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#CharlotteProtest: NC Gov. Pat McCrory Declares State of Emergency, Calls in National Guard
As fiery protests in Charlotte, N.C., stretch into the third day, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has issued a state of emergency, activating the National Guard to “assist local law enforcement” in silencing protests that exploded in the wake of police fatally shooting Keith Lamont Scott, 43. As previously reported by The Root: By early Wednesday morning,…
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Justin Carr: Man Shot During Charlotte Protest Has Died
Updated Thursday, Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. EDT: Justin Carr, 26, a man shot in Charlotte on Wednesday while protesting the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, has died, reports the Charlotte Observer. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police claim they found Carr after “responding to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon.” Before Carr was officially identified, his…
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No Officers Charged in Korryn Gaines' Case
There will be no criminal charges filed against any of the officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines, in an incident that also left her 5-year-old son injured, according to WBAL-TV. Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger is expected to “advise the family that he completed his monitoring of the police investigation into…
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Tulsa, Okla., Police Release Graphic Video of Unarmed Black Motorist in Fatal Shooting
Police in Tulsa, Okla., released video footage Monday of an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man. Both dashcam footage and helicopter footage show that 40-year-old Terence Crutcher had his hands in the air and was unarmed when he was shot by white Police Officer Betty Shelby on Sept. 16. PBS NewsHour reports that Police…
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Chicago Police Move to Fire 5 Cops Involved in Shooting Death of Laquan McDonald
Chicago police are looking to fire five officers who were involved in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, The Guardian reports. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has filed administrative charges against five officers, including Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan 16 times. As CNN notes, with his criminal indictment, Van Dyke…
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2 Body Cameras Captured Footage of Sylville Smith Shooting Death, Attorney General Says
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says that two body cameras captured the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith in Milwaukee, CBS News reports. According to the report, the vantage points of the two videos are similar. Smith was shot to death Aug. 13 by an officer after fleeing a traffic stop. Authorities say that footage…
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Body Camera of Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Teen Was Not Recording During Incident: Police
The family of Paul O’Neal, the 18-year-old who was shot in the back and killed by police last week, is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit, an attorney for the family announced Monday, CBS Chicago reports. The wrongful death lawsuit claims that officers effectively “executed” O’Neal, who was a suspect in a car theft. “Paul O’Neal’s…