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‘New terrifying levels’: 10 people fatally shot by immigration officials in Trump’s second term

As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death marks another high-profile killing by ICE officers

The Guardian - US · Jul 9

Inspector general finds no fault in Park Police shooting of Virginia man in 2017

A federal inspector general has exonerated two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot a Virginia man after a highway chase seven years ago

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024

Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge

A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

Second grand jury to probe fatal police shooting in Virginia

A prosecutor has requested a special grand jury investigate the fatal police shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a northern Virginia shopping mall after an earlier grand jury refused to issue an indictment

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Grand jury refuses to indict officer for fatal mall shooting

A grand jury has refused to indict a former northern Virginia police officer after he fatally shot an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall in February

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Family lawyer: police shooting caught on video was execution

The lawyer for the family of a Virginia man fatally shot by police after he allegedly stole a pair of sunglasses called the death “an execution.”

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

First Thing: Trump repeatedly told fraud claims baseless, panel hears

William Barr said ex-president’s allegations were ‘bullshit’, while several advisers told him not to declare victory on election night. Plus, The Bourne Identity at 20

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022

‘This is not hopeless’: the progressive prosecutors who vow not to enforce abortion bans

The end of Roe could usher in a complex legal landscape with different enforcement regimes in different states, and even within them

The Guardian - US · Jun 14, 2022

Commentary: Protesting at justices’ homes: A violation of federal and state law

It’s easy to take for granted one of our country’s greatest strengths: a legal system in which we settle our disputes peacefully in court. We do this without the type of violence, intimidation and threats against judges that occur in too many other countries.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

Jealous sister killed her mother and sibling and staged it to look like a murder-suicide

The county prosecutor called the killings ‘a tragedy all for money’

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022