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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Margaret Stafford and Jim Salter

Prosecutor: No charges in fatal Kansas City police shooting

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot a man at a convenience store nearly two years ago will not be charged with a crime, following a decision by a special prosecutor.

Malcolm Johnson was killed in March 2021. Some civil rights, religious and community activists said the shooting of Johnson, who was Black, was part of a trend of officers in Missouri's largest city killing Black men. They questioned if officers gave Johnson sufficient time to surrender before shooting him.

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