In both cases, the officers who discharged their weapons were acting in self defense or the defense of others, the state’s attorney general concludes.
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Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid
Brett Hankison had been charged with 3 counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that went through a sliding-glass side door and a window of Taylor’s apartment and into a family’s unit next door.
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Officers could have saved George Floyd’s life, doctor testifies
A lung specialist says George Floyd might have survived if officers had changed his position on the ground or administered CPR as soon as his heart stopped.
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Recent grand jury indictments include Augusta man on aggravated assault charge
Dozens of area residents were indicted on charges by Kennebec County Grand Jury last week.
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Mom: 14-year-old shot by LA police ‘died in my arms’
Valentina Orellana-Peralta’s family stood outside Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday to call for justice and remember their daughter.
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Former Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright, testifies, ‘I’m sorry it happened’
Kim Potter said she shot Wright in a moment of chaos as he tried to leave a traffic stop as she and other officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation.
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Minneapolis officer gets nearly 5 years in killing of 911 caller
Mohamed Noor’s appeal of his murder conviction was watched closely for implications in the case of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of the same charge in George Floyd’s death.
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Hebron woman sues police over husband’s fatal shooting in 2020
Nicole Gora’s lawsuit alleges that Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputies and Mechanic Falls police officers violated Jason Gora’s rights when they used deadly force against him following a high-speed chase.
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Phippsburg man killed in crash during high-speed police chase
A Phippsburg man died Saturday night after he crashed his vehicle during a police pursuit. James A. Black, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene after he crashed his 2007 GMC Envoy into a utility pole near 610 Main Road in Phippsburg. The crash happened shortly after police used a spike mat to deflate the […]
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New push to disband Minneapolis police after George Floyd’s death
In its place would be a public safety department and licensed peace officers.