Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday.

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Records and data collected by a now-defunct aerial surveillance program in Baltimore will be expunged as part of a federal lawsuit settlement.

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A Virginia man has now been charged with attempted first-degree murder after authorities say he shot two police officers in Frederick.

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The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys said the 22-year-old Black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.

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President Joe Biden pledged that the federal government would step up its fight against gun violence by working more closely with police and communities.

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Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald.

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The Justice Department has said it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot to death by Cleveland police.

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Three recent convictions of police officers raise the question: Has there been a shift in jurors' historic unwillingness to convict cops in on-duty killings?

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Gov. Larry Hogan said his coming budget will propose $500 million in aid to police around the state over the next three years.

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Maryland repealed its Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, just one of the far-reaching policing changes passed in response to the killing of George Floyd.

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