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Police Shooting

A man is arrested at a protest against the shooting of Kimani Gray, March 13, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot and killed by police on March 9, provoking protests and unrest in the neighborhood. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

2 NYPD officers who shot Kimani Gray had faced lawsuits

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Two police officers who killed a 16-year-old boy on a New York City street have been sued for alleged civil rights violations related to other encounters with the public, the Daily News reported Saturday...
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Local members rallied protesters for the hour-long march in Brooklyn Thursday night. (Photo by Lilly Workneh)

Kimani Gray protest day 4: Community vs. cops

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO REPORT - The controversial death surrounding 16-year-old Kimani Gray has sparked a fourth day of protests in Brooklyn and theGrio headed out to East Flatbush to record the community’s sentiments.
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Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a march after a vigil held for Kimani "Kiki" Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Kimani Gray's family to speak out

Jake Pearson, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The family of a New York City teenager shot to death by police said they would speak out Thursday about the case after a candlelight vigil resulted in 46 arrests...
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Kimani Gray, 16 (Courtesy: NBC New York)

Fatal teen shooting by cops protested

Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC News - The fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy by undercover police sparked a protest in New York City on Monday night.
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Police and swat team members respond to a call of a shooting at the Azana Spa in Brookfield, Wis. Sunday,Oct. 21, 2012. Multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at the spa near the Brookfield Square Mall. Deputies are still looking for the gunman. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

Study: Half of people shot by cops mentally ill

David A. Love
theGRIO REPORT - A new study in a Maine newspaper sheds light on a national problem of police and the fatal shooting of the mentally ill...
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 10: Police stand guard in Times Square on July 10, 2012 in New York City. Both New York and Chicago have recently witnessed spikes in crime and shootings. In New York City a violent Fourth of July saw at least a dozen people fall shot by gunfire. Murders in New York City have risen to 21 from 18 at this point in 2011, a jump of almost 17 percent.While some experts say the recent rise in shootings is an anomaly, others fear the rise in shootings is part of a violent new trend. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NY police accidentally shoot shop worker to death

Tom Hays, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A city police officer accidentally shot and killed a bodega worker who was fleeing an armed robbery, authorities said Friday...
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Bree Coleman, right, wears a tee shirt with a picture imprinted on it she says she made of Chavis Carter, in Jonesboro, Ark., as Sakhiya Bell, 4, runs past Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. About 20 people marched in protest of the July 28 death of Carter that was ruled a suicide in the back of a Jonesboro Police Department car. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Police memo gives new details, raises fresh questions in Chavis Carter case

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Jonesboro, Arkansas police on Wednesday released two new documents that offer significant new details in the case of Chavis Carter -- the 21-year-old Mississippi man who police say shot himself to death in the back of a patrol car where he had been detained -- in handcuffs -- by officers...
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Christopher Middleton, 26, was shot dead by an off-duty police officer following an altercation with the officer after his motorcycle skidded into his daughter. Middleton's family now plans to take legal action.

Family of man shot by off-duty officer speaks out

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Blanca Winters, 47, of Chicago, said it was 'a shocking moment' when she heard that her 26-year-old son Christopher Middleton was shot dead following an altercation sparked after a police officer’s motorcycle skidded into his daughter...
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Darrius Kennedy being surrounded by NYPD officers

NYPD shooting caught on tape by bystanders

Deepti Hajeta, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Lincoln Rocha had just taken some photographs of his wife while they visited crowded Times Square on a hot summer day when he saw a man nearby start to back away from police officers who were talking to him...
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Detroit police chief gives details on fatal hug

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - The contact that came when a woman hugged an off-duty Detroit police officer from behind caused his gun to go off, fatally shooting her in the chest, the police chief said Monday...
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