CLEVELAND (AP) – The prosecutor in Cleveland says a “perfect storm of human error” led to the death of Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was holding what turned out to be a pellet gun when he was shot by police. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty announced Monday that a grand jury has declined to…
CHICAGO (AP) – The family of another man fatally shot by Chicago police in 2014 is pressing city officials to release squad car video of the shooting. Chicago police have said 25-year-old Ronald Johnson of Chicago was fatally shot by an officer on Oct. 12, 2014. At the time, authorities said he was armed and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A special prosecutor will review the case of a fatal police shooting in north St. Louis back in January. Attorney Hal Goldsmith was appointed to handle to shooting death of 19-year-old Isaac Holmes. Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce requested the special prosecutor because of a potential conflict of interest. Joyce says one…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) No charges will be filed against two St. Louis police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill man last year. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office concluded the officers had a “strong self defense claim” in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Kajieme Powell on August 19th, 2014 in north St.…
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A former Oklahoma sheriff says a reserve deputy fired an unapproved firearm that he wasn’t qualified to use when he fatally shot an unarmed man. The Tulsa World reports that former Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz acknowledged to the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies that Robert Bates was carrying…