use of force
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Police Accountability
Tool for police reform rarely used by local prosecutors
SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Auburn police officer Jeff Nelson…
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Police Accountability
Supreme Court revives St. Louis police in-custody death case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court revived on Monday claims that St. Louis police officers used excessive force against a…
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News
Police accused of arresting woman for filming other arrests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses two St. Louis police officers of slamming a woman to…
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News
Rethinking police: How Camden, N.J. reimagined its force
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — To Scott Thomson, changing the culture of policing in America is a relatively simple process. It’s…
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Crime
Bill would toughen city policy on police use of force
CITY HALL – Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed wants to make sure that city police can’t use the kind…
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News
U.S. police ‘woefully undertrained’ on using force, experts say
BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Seattle officers hold down a protester, and one repeatedly punches him in the face. In another…
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