Police-involved shootings news
Follow RT to get the news and updates on police-involved shootings. Nearly 1,000 people are fatally shot by US police each year, according to a Washington Post database project. RT along and other media monitor the trends in police brutality and regularly pick up stories involving fatal mistakes by law enforcement officers. Find the news and articles on the best known cases of police-involved shootings related to the deaths of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York City, Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, etc. Police-involved shootings in the US sometimes involve racial discrimination. The international activist movement Black Lives Matter claims it campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. Don’t miss the news and updates on Black Lives Matter rallies, protests and other action. There is a lot of footage provided by eyewitnesses showing a police officer committed an unlawful act such as shooting. Check out RT.com to get information on investigations of police-involved shootings, as well as official statements on it. Finally read opinion pieces of experts and authors, who talk to RT on police-involved shootings.
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New York police are testing a new weapon that wraps the target in Kevlar cord. With nearly 1,000 people killed by US cops each year, non-lethal equipment is welcome – but can it break officers’ habit of reaching for the gun first?US News - 'No other civilized country allows the police to kill with impunity,' black activist tells RT
Police in the US act like modern-day slave patrols, Black Agenda Report's Margaret Kimberley told RT, after the historic conviction of Chicago cop Jason van Dyke for the murder of unarmed black teen Laquan McDonald.US News - High school band director suspended after cops-at-gunpoint skit sparks outrage (VIDEO)
A high school band director in the US has been suspended after an ill-advised halftime show saw students dressed as cops being held at gunpoint. The skit sparked massive viral outrage and demands that those responsible be fired.US News - Jury finds Chicago police officer guilty of murder in Laquan McDonald shooting
A Chicago jury has found police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of murder for the fatal 2014 shooting of a black teenager. The shooting ignited widespread protests and fanned racial tensions in the already violent city.US News - Dallas cop shoots and kills innocent man in his apartment, thought apartment was hers
A Dallas police officer shot and killed an innocent man who she thought was an intruder after finishing her shift and entering an apartment that she mistakenly believed was her own home.US News - Shooter down after firing at police near Russian Foreign Ministry
A man has opened fire at two police officers not far from the Foreign Ministry building in central Moscow, injuring one of them. The shooter was critically injured by return fire and reportedly died in hospital.World News
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