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Akron to Pay $4.8M to Family of Black Man Killed by Police

The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, …

Deputy ID’d in Florida Shooting That Killed One, Injured 2 Other Officers

Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded two other deputies as they tried to reach him after all responded to a disturbance in a home. Master Deputy …

Experts Say Gun Alone Doesn’t Justify Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting of Florida Airman

On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a complaint about an argument. Fortson’s supporters …

Alabama Agency Completes Review of Fatal Police Shooting in Repo Incident

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Tuesday that it has completed an investigation into a fatal police shooting where a man was killed in his front yard during a dispute with a tow truck driver. The …

Wife of Troubled Grammy Winner Killed by Nashville Police Sues City

NASHVILLE (AP) — The wife of Grammy-winning sound engineer Mark Capps, who was killed by police in January, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Nashville and police Officer Ashley Coon on Monday. Three police officers, including Coon, said …

Mississippi Jury Finds Officers Justified in 2017 Wrong-House Shooting

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi jury has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house. A federal court jury in Oxford on Thursday …