Tag: police shootings

A judge ruled Friday that a Florida police officer must stand trial for the fatal shooting of a stranded black motorist, saying his retelling of what happened on the darkened highway off-ramp was "unreliable and not credible."

Jurors who awarded only 4 cents to the family of a black man fatally shot in his home by a deputy expressed confusion about the court's instructions as they struggled to reach a verdict.

West Melbourne Police say officers were called to a Publix on Monday morning after reports that a man was behaving erratically. Florida Today reports the man had been asked to leave the store. He left but later returned.

Shooting has inspired protests throughout Sacramento, nation SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released...