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No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake, Sparking Kenosha Protests, Killings

By NPR News January 5, 2021

In a September 2019 selfie taken in Evanston, Ill., Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. Blake was shot multiple times by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer on Aug. 23. CREDIT: Adria-Joi Watkins/Via AP

"It is my decision now, that I announce today before you that no Kenosha law enforcement officer in this case will be charged with any criminal offense," Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.Read More

Police Shooting of Black Man In Kenosha, Wis., Sparks Protests

By NPR News August 24, 2020

A person on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., during protests following the police shooting of Black man Jacob Blake on Sunday. Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA Today/Via Reuters

Authorities say officers were responding to a domestic incident on Sunday. A video that appears to show police shooting a man several times at close range has been met with outrage.Read More

The Georgia Police Department That Led Arbery Shooting Case Has A Troubled Past

By NPR News May 14, 2020

People return to their vehicles after gathering to honor the life of Ahmaud Arbery at Sidney Lanier Park on May 9 in Brunswick, Ga. Arbery was shot and killed while jogging in the nearby Satilla Shores neighborhood on Feb. 23.

The Glynn County Police Department was the initial investigative agency in Ahmaud Arbery's killing. The department had a tangled history of corruption and scandals long before the Arbery case.Read More

Former Fort Worth Officer Charged With Murder In Shooting Of Atatiana Jefferson In Her Home

By NPR News October 15, 2019

Bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals are piling up outside the Fort Worth, Texas, home of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot to death early Saturday morning by a police officer. CREDIT: Jake Bleiberg/AP

Aaron Dean fired through the window of Atatiana Jefferson's home after responding to a call from a neighbor.Read More

Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder

By NPR News October 2, 2019

Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger leaves the courtroom after a jury found her guilty of murder Tuesday. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor, in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. CREDIT: Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP

Amber Guyger, who is white, had testified that she entered Botham Jean's unit after a long day at work, thinking it was her own home and mistaking the 26-year-old black accountant for an intruder.Read More

Trial Begins For Former Dallas Cop Who Killed Unarmed Neighbor

By NPR News September 23, 2019

Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home told a 911 dispatcher, "I thought it was my apartment" several times as she waited for emergency responders to arrive. Guyger is charged in the September, 2018 killing of Botham Jean. Mesquite Police Department via AP

Amber Guyger, who is white, said she entered the wrong apartment thinking it was her own, and shot Botham Shem Jean, 26, because she thought he was a burglar. Her trial begins on Monday.Read More

New Opera ‘Blue’ Takes On The Tragedy Of A Police Shooting

By NPR News July 21, 2019

Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter and Aaron Crouch play The Father, The Mother and The Son in the world premiere of Blue at the 2019 Glimmerglass Festival. Karli Cadel/Courtesy of the festival

The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence. Read More

Police In Chicago Suburb Fatally Shoot Black Security Guard Who Detained Shooting Suspect

By NPR News November 13, 2018

A police officer arriving on the scene shot and killed Jemel Roberson, a uniformed security guard who had detained a suspect after a shooting in a suburban Chicago bar.Read More

Dallas Police Officer Kills Man In His Apartment, Says She Thought It Was Her Home

By NPR News September 7, 2018

The Dallas police chief says she plans to charge the unnamed officer with manslaughter. The victim, 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean, is being remembered as a devout, joyful man. Read More

Washington Initiative Activist Tim Eyman Demands Public Vote On Police Deadly Force Law Change

By Tom Banse March 12, 2018

On the final day of the Washington legislative session last week, lawmakers passed a bill to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings. It was a compromise agreed to by groups on all sides to keep a potentially divisive initiative off the November ballot.Read More

How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence

By NPR News March 2, 2018

Unarmed black people are much more likely than unarmed whites to be fatally shot by the police. A new study finds that that disparity gets wider in states with more racial segregation.Read More

Fallen Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Memorialized In Tacoma Procession

By Will James January 17, 2018

Law enforcement officers from across the state and as far as Canada are remembering a fallen Pierce County sheriff’s deputy. They gathered at Pacific Lutheran University to honor Daniel McCartney. He was shot and killed last week while chasing two burglary suspects near Frederickson.Read More

After Seattle Police Shooting, Renewed Call For Change In Law

By Austin Jenkins June 20, 2017

A state senator from Seattle is renewing his call to rewrite Washington’s police deadly force law. Democrat David Frockt represents the legislative district where Seattle police shot and killed Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four on Sunday.Read More