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PublishedMarch 14, 2023
Augusta man shot while assaulting federal officer sentenced to prison
Derik Broox Wight allegedly held a knife near the throat of a federal officer before he was shot by another officer at the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta last year.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2023
Augusta police failed to identify themselves until last seconds in 2019 shooting of man
The Maine Deadly Force Review Panel, created the same year as the Augusta incident, recommends officers identify themselves as police officers loudly when knocking at someone's door.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
Nichols' fatal encounter with police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is a glaring reminder that efforts to reform policing have failed to prevent more flashpoints in an intractable epidemic of brutality.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2023
Maine attorney general says officers were justified in 3 separate shootings
The shootings occurred in Limerick, Lewiston and Newport. The AG's office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2022
Bangor police justified in shooting despite 37-foot distance, attorney general finds
Officers were checking on Brian Barker and saw that he had a knife, which they repeatedly asked him to put down.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2022
Ex-Illinois cop charged in 2020 fatal shooting of Black man
The shooting came just weeks after an officer in nearby Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot and wounded a Black man, Jacob Blake.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2019
Suspect killed by York County deputy was Massabesic High School student
Police say the suspect shot in the attempted armed robbery was a 16-year-old boy from Limerick, but they released few other details about the incident.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2016
Charlotte police officer cleared in fatal shooting that sparked protests
Officer Brentley Vinson was justified in shooting Keith Scott, the district attorney says, because Scott had a gun and the officer feared he would shoot.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2016
Iowa police capture suspect after ‘ambush-style’ killings of two officers
Scott Michael Greene, 46, was named as a suspect in the shootings that killed police from Des Moines and nearby Urbandale.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2016
Two Boston officers out of surgery after being shot by man with tactical shotgun
Their assailant, who was killed by other officers, was not licensed to have a gun in Massachusetts.
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