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Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead

Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, have released police body camera footage showing the moments when an officer on a nonemergency call fatally shot a Black man who was holding a cellphone as he emerged from a garage.

Footage of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death shows Philadelphia Police officers telling him to drop a knife before firing their guns.

The shooting of a Black man by Washington state authorities threatens to increase tensions around Portland, Oregon, where protesters against racial injustice have clashed repeatedly with right-wing groups in recent months

Wallace’s family and their attorney said they want to see all Philadelphia Police officers equipped with Tasers.

A viral video captured a chaotic scene in West Philadelphia as a man, who investigators say was armed with a knife, approached police while his mother tried desperately to stop him moments before the officers opened fire and killed him.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that no charges could be filed against the two detectives who fired shots that hit Breonna Taylor because the detectives’ use of force was authorized after they were fired upon first.

Police in Pennsylvania have deployed tear gas on a crowd of people protesting early Monday after an officer shot and killed a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

Demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay Wednesday got face-to-face with police outside the 7th District station Saturday night.

Three of Jacob Blake’s five sisters spoke at a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to call for justice in their brother’s shooting. Police officers shot Blake seven times in front of his children on Sunday, possibly leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, according to family lawyers.

LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers was emotional while discussing the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which has sparked national outrage and some violent protests. “All you hear is Donald Trump and all of them talking about fear,” Rivers said Tuesday following the Clippers’ win over the Dallas Mavericks. “We’re the ones getting killed. We’re...

Julia Jackson, mother of police shooting victim Jacob Blake, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday calling for demonstrators to protest peacefully, saying, “It doesn’t reflect my son or my family. If Jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased.”

Jacob Blake, Sr., father of Jacob Blake, who was shot by police, spoke at a press conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, saying, “They shot my son seven times. Seven times. Like he didn’t matter. But my son matters.” Blake was left paralyzed from the waist down after officers shot him in the back in front of his children on...

A Florida man is in police custody after he went on a 40-minute shooting spree on a Tampa highway and city streets

Louisville, Kentucky, has banned the use of controversial “no-knock” warrants and named the new ordinance for Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by officers who burst into her home. The city’s Metro Council unanimously voted Thursday night to ban the controversial warrants after days of protests and calls for reform. Taylor, who was studying to become a nurse, was...

Calls for an outside investigation into the fatal police shooting of a Kentucky emergency medical technician are growing, two months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home

Police in Indianapolis are facing protests after officers fatally shot two men and killed a pregnant pedestrian in three separate incidents just hours apart.

Sweet images of cops carrying little kids and walking children across the street provided a little hope on an otherwise dark day for police and Philadelphia.

Charles Childress acted quickly after he saw a bullet pierce the window of a car in front of him and heard the screams of two children inside during Monday’s frightening shootout that killed a California Highway Patrol officer in Riverside.

The Volusia County Sherriffs Office released bodycam video of a shootout between police and a man who shot his estranged wife in front of their children in 2016. The woman and her three children were rescued by police and the man was arrested.