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On July 15, 2017, Justine Damond (née Ruszczyk), [3] a 40-year-old Australian-American woman, [4] was fatally shot by Minneapolis Police Department officer Mohamed Noor after she had called 9-1-1 to report the possible assault of a woman in an alley behind her house.
This list compiles incidents alleged or proved to be due to police brutality that attracted significant media or historical attention. Many cases are alleged to be of brutality; some cases are more than allegations, with official reports concluding that a crime was committed by police, with some criminal convictions for offences such as grievous bodily harm, planting evidence and wrongful arrest.
To draw attention to the issue of police brutality in America, multiple basketball players for the NBA, including Kyrie Irving and LeBron James, wore shirts labeled "I Can't Breathe", referring to the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the New York City Police Department on July 17, 2014. [203]
Barnes was shot by police after a stolen car chase. [18] 2017-07-05: Alexander Bonds (34) New York (Bronx) Bonds, who had a long history of severe mental illness (including schizophrenia) and anger at the police, killed New York City Police Officer Miosotis Familia while she was posted at an "R.V.-style police command" vehicle in the Bronx. New ...
This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in May 2017, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer ...
That makes it hard for police to respond, he noted. "A single vehicle has the potential to cause a large mass casualty incident that overwhelms local and mutual aid resources," he wrote in his ...
Police said Ramos presented “an immediate and lethal threat” to a 16-year-old who police said was down on his back. Police said Ramos was shot four times and died at the scene. Officer Jacobsen was cleared by the DA in a February 2018 report. [34] [35] 2017-01-23 Rogers, Daniel (27) Illinois (Springfield) [36] 2017-01-23 Wigley, Gary (52)
2017-10-31 Paul Landis Gorden (39) White Livingston, TN [5] 2017-10-30 Robert James Lightfeather (33) Native American Washington (Federal Way) Police were called after reports of a man threatening two others with a gun. Lightfeather reportedly raised his gun at police when the responded. Police fired on his, killing him. [6] [7] 2017-10-30