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Police shooting of Black man near Portland raises tensions amid ongoing protestsFriends and family identified the dead man as Kevin E. Peterson Jr., 21, and said he was a former high school football player and the proud father of an infant daughter.WorldOct 30, 2020
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Jacob Blake’s father says son paralyzed from waist down after Kenosha police shootingJacob Blake, a Black man, was shot seven times in the back by Wisconsin police officers in an incident caught on video.TrendingAug 25, 2020
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Lawyers for men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery say ‘don’t rush to judgment’“So often the public accepts a narrative driven by an incomplete set of facts, one that vilifies a good person, based on a rush to judgment, which has happened in this case,” one lawyer said.CrimeMay 14, 2020
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‘Justice for Ahmaud’: Outcry erupts over video of Black jogger’s killingLeBron James, Joe Biden and Bernice King have joined the growing call for justice in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. No arrests have been made.TrendingMay 7, 2020
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Ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger indicted for murder in black man’s deathAmber Guyger, a white former Dallas police officer, has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of her black neighbour, Botham Jean, at his apartment.WorldNov 30, 2018
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Thurman Blevins: Police body-cam footage shows black man shot from behind during chaseBody camera footage shows Thurman Blevins, a 31-year-old black man, was fleeing police on foot when he was shot in the back, over what Minneapolis police say was a gun in his hand.WorldJul 30, 2018
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Louisiana cop fired over fatal shooting of Alton Sterling in 2016A white Louisiana officer was fired for the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man shot in a 2016 incident that inflamed the U.S. debate on racial bias in law enforcement.CrimeMar 30, 2018
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Sacramento protesters block streets after funeral for police shooting victim Stephon ClarkClark was killed by two Sacramento police officers who believed he had a gun. He was holding a cellphone.CrimeMar 29, 2018
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Sacramento mayor ‘horrified’ by video of cops gunning down unarmed black man"Like any compassionate person, I was horrified by the death of a young Sacramento man who we later found out had two kids," Mayor Darrell Steinberg said.CrimeMar 22, 2018
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