Witness in ex-Dallas officer’s murder trial shot and killed

DALLAS (AP) — A witness in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor has been killed in a shooting, the Dallas Morning News reported, citing authorities. The newspaper reported that authorities said Joshua Brown, who lived in the same apartment complex as Amber Guyger and Botham Jean,... Read More

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Amber Guyger, Joshua Brown

October 7, 2019

Ex-officer not guilty of manslaughter in Georgia shooting

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed black man was acquitted Saturday of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter. The jury, however, found Zechariah Presley guilty of violating his oath of office in the 2018 shooting of Tony Green, 33, in coastal Camden County near the Georgia-Florida state... Read More

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Zechariah Presley

October 7, 2019

US Supreme Court to review Kansas’ lack of insanity defense

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to consider how far states can go toward eliminating the insanity defense in criminal trials as it reviews the case of a Kansas man sentenced to die for killing four relatives. The high court planned to hear arguments Monday in James Kraig Kahler’s case. He... Read More

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James Kraig Kahler

October 7, 2019

Dallas mayor: Avoid speculation after Guyger witness death

DALLAS (AP) — The mayor of Dallas is urging people to avoid speculation after a key witness in a Dallas police officer’s murder trial was shot to death days after the officer’s conviction. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said on Twitter that he trusts Dallas police will conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Joshua... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 4, 2019

Jury convicts man in killing of Chicago boy lured into alley

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury convicted a man of first-degree murder Thursday night in the shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was lured into an alley with the promise of a juice box. Prosecutors contended that Dwright Boone-Doty and fellow gang member Corey Morgan planned the November 2015 killing of Tyshawn Lee before... Read More

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Dwright Boone-Doty

October 4, 2019

Judge’s hug not embraced by all after Dallas officer’s trial

DALLAS (AP) — Judges don’t usually hug convicted murderers in the courtroom or hand them Bibles before sending them off to prison. That is what made Judge Tammy Kemp’s actions so extraordinary in the closing moments of the trial of a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor. The tearful embrace... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 4, 2019

Jury weighs manslaughter charge against Georgia officer

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A prosecutor asked jurors Thursday to convict a former Georgia police officer for a “fatal mistake,” while the officer’s attorney argued the he justifiably “feared for his life” when he shot and killed a fleeing, unarmed man after a traffic stop. Closing arguments by attorneys ended the trial of the white... Read More

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Zechariah Presley

October 4, 2019

Fate of Georgia ex-cop who shot naked man is in jury’s hands

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Prosecution and defense lawyers told jurors Thursday that they must decide whether a white former Georgia police officer acted reasonably when he fatally shot an unarmed, naked black man. Robert “Chip” Olsen, now 57, was a DeKalb County police officer in March 2015 when he responded to a report of a... Read More

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Robert “Chip” Olsen

October 3, 2019

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is expected to plead guilty in a case charging him with gun and drug offenses. Federal prosecutors have described Christopher Hasson as a domestic terrorist, but they haven’t filed any terrorism-related charges against... Read More

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Christopher Hasson

October 3, 2019

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced to a decade in prison in a stunning courtroom scene that included the dead man’s brother and the black judge embracing the sobbing officer. People outside of... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 2, 2019

Lawyer: Uber driver killed passenger in self-defense

DENVER (AP) — An Uber driver charged with first-degree murder in the death of a passenger shot the man in self-defense after he touched, punched and pulled his hair as he was speeding down an interstate, his lawyer told jurors Tuesday. In opening arguments in Michael Hancock’s trial, Johnna Stuart said Hancock asked a driver... Read More

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Michael Hancock

October 2, 2019

Lawyers to argue again on video in newspaper shooting

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear arguments from attorneys again on whether graphic video of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper can be used at the alleged gunman’s trial. Judge Laura Ripken is presiding over a pretrial hearing Wednesday. Ripken arranged to watch the newspaper’s surveillance video after court on Tuesday... Read More

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Jarrod Ramos

October 2, 2019

Dallas officer who fatally shot neighbor faces sentencing

DALLAS (AP) — The same jury that convicted a white Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor returns to court Wednesday to consider her sentence — a penalty that could be anywhere from five years to life in prison. Amber Guyger, who said she mistook the man’s apartment for her own,... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 1, 2019

Man accused in Texas deputy slaying held without bond

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has ordered that a Houston man charged with capital murder in the slaying of a sheriff’s deputy be held without bond. Robert Solis is accused of fatally shooting Harris County sheriff’s Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal (san-DEEP’ DAH’-lee-wahl) during a traffic stop Friday near Houston. Police say 42-year-old Dhaliwal was shot multiple... Read More

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Robert Solis

Witness in ex-Dallas officer’s murder trial shot and killed

Ex-officer not guilty of manslaughter in Georgia shooting

US Supreme Court to review Kansas’ lack of insanity defense

Dallas mayor: Avoid speculation after Guyger witness death

Jury convicts man in killing of Chicago boy lured into alley

Judge’s hug not embraced by all after Dallas officer’s trial

Jury weighs manslaughter charge against Georgia officer

Fate of Georgia ex-cop who shot naked man is in jury’s hands

Coast Guard officer expected to plead guilty in gun case

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

Lawyer: Uber driver killed passenger in self-defense

Lawyers to argue again on video in newspaper shooting

Dallas officer who fatally shot neighbor faces sentencing

Man accused in Texas deputy slaying held without bond

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