In a country whose criminal justice system rarely holds police officers accountable for killing on the job — not in Ferguson, Mo., not in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, not in the case of Eric Garner in New York — the trial of Mr. Chauvin is seen as a test of whether anything has changed
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February 5, 2021
UK – REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF DEATHS AND SERIOUS INCIDENTS IN POLICE CUSTODY, 2017
Also known as the Angiolini Review. Published 2017
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October 10, 2020
JONATHAN PRICE
According to statements from witnesses, Price was trying to defend a woman involved in a domestic dispute at a convenience store in Wolfe City, Texas, sometime after 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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October 10, 2020
ALVIN COLE
The prosecutor reviewing Alvin’s case revealed on October 7 that Mensah will not be charged for his death.
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September 27, 2020
MICHAEL BROWN
Michael Brown, the unarmed Black teenager who was killed by a police officer, sparking protests around the nation, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy performed on Sunday found.
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September 26, 2020
ATATIANA JEFFERSON
She wasn’t doing anything wrong. I can’t even say ‘wrong place, wrong time,’ because she was in her house.
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September 25, 2020
ERIC GARNER
For the officer to disregard a human life like that … in other words it was business as usual.
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September 25, 2020
AIYANA STANLEY-JONES
Seconds after entering the house, where the grenade had caused Aiyana’s blanket to catch fire, Officer Joseph Weekley fired one fatal shot. It went straight through the child’s head.
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September 25, 2020
DIJON KIZZEE
Until we change that warrior mentality to more of a guardian mentality, there’s going to be more (families) who have lost loved ones,
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September 25, 2020
GEORGE FLOYD
Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, while three other officers involved in the incident were sacked.