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Police brutality involves physical or psychological harm to a person and can involve beatings, killing, intimidation tactics, racist abuse, and torture. In the 2000s, the federal government attempted tracking the number of people killed in interactions with US police, but the program was defunded. [1]
Pellerin was shot and killed by police while trying to enter a convenience store allegedly armed with a knife. A witness's cell phone video of the shooting was published on social media. [23] [24] 2020-08-15 Anthony McClain (32) African American California McClain was shot and killed by Pasadena police after fleeing a traffic stop.
The police responded by firing "less-lethal munition" in the direction of the medics carrying Howell. [15] On July 25, Garrett Foster was killed in a shooting during a protest in Downtown Austin. Initial reports reveal that Foster was carrying a rifle when he approached a vehicle. A person in the vehicle pulled out a firearm and shot Foster.
The police set their trained dog on the protesters, who responded by killing it. [21] The police then began to shoot directly at the children. Among the first students to be shot dead were the 15-year-old Hastings Ndlovu and the 12-year-old Hector Pieterson, who were shot at Orlando West High School. [22]
Steve Biko is widely believed to have been killed by police as a result of anti-apartheid demonstrations in South Africa. [8] 1981: three people were killed by plastic bullets fired by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland during the 1981 Irish hunger strike protests, [9] [10] and many others were badly injured.
The stepsister of Jose Flores, one of the 19 children killed in the Texas school shooting, said he wanted to be a police officer when he grew up to protect people from "the bad guys." Lilia ...
The reserve officer then shot and killed Moore. [43] 2022-05-13 Michael Foley (33) Unknown New Boston, New Hampshire: Foley was shot and killed by a police officer and a security guard near the New Boston Space Force Station. [44] 2022-05-13 Unknown Unknown Memphis, Tennessee: A police vehicle hit a pedestrian crossing an interstate. [45] 2022 ...
(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers continue to arrest single military age men in Texas border counties, including Special Interest Aliens from Afghanistan and Iran.