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Apr 20, 2021 · In that time, the team’s data has revealed that at least 140 law enforcement officers have been arrested on murder or manslaughter charges related to on-duty shootings in the US.
- 4 min
- Emma Tucker,Mark Morales,Priya Krishnakumar
Aug 13, 2014 · So when a cop uses deadly force in an officer-involved death, there’s a standard criminal investigation: detectives collect evidence and present it to the local prosecutor. The prosecutor then...
Apr 2, 2021 · Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, is on trial right now. But Chauvin is a major outlier in a system that very rarely imposes serious criminal...
Sep 25, 2023 · Police officers are on trial or facing charges in multiple state-level murder cases this fall. But if you look at national numbers, the trend toward more police prosecutions is not that clear.
- Martin Kaste
Chauvin is part of a small group of nonfederal law enforcement officers — such as police officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers — who have been convicted on charges related to on-duty...
- National Reporter
- Janelle Griffith
- 4 min
Jun 4, 2020 · A review of the data we have on police prosecutions shows that it’s uncommon for police officers to face any kind of legal consequences — let alone be convicted — for committing fatal violence...
Jun 26, 2020 · By Simone Weichselbaum and Jamiles Lartey. Data reporting by Humera Lodhi. Why do they do it? Cops have been caught on video, over and over, assaulting Black Americans — bruising their bodies and breaking their bones during routine encounters that escalated. What makes officers engage in rough arrest tactics that seem unnecessarily brutal?
