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The use of force by police officers, including the role of video evidence in shaping public opinion.
No credible item in the supplied reporting documents a woman who specifically “” after picking up a flash‑bang, but the sources collectively show that flash‑bangs (also called stun or concussion grena...
was a licensed permit-to-carry holder in , according to multiple local officials and reporting . Whether he was carrying his permit card or any form of photo identification on his person at the time h...
Justine Damond (often misidentified online as “Justine Diamond”) was an Australian‑born woman, a trained veterinarian turned spiritual healer and life coach, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis in ...
Independent, non‑police medical documentation of injuries tied to crowd‑control munitions at exists in peer‑reviewed and hospital‑system records compiled by , and in case reports and news investigatio...
Several independent, open-source projects and a few government systems now track and most record both race and whether the person was armed; the best-known are database, ’s Counted (and successor proj...
Yes — recent, high-profile resignations have occurred tied to the aftermath of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis: multiple federal prosecutors in Minnesota and senior attorneys in the Justi...
Based on available reporting, it cannot be determined definitively that Renee Good would have avoided being shot simply by "following instructions" because accounts differ about what instructions, if ...
Across U.S. law, the baseline principle is clear in the sources available: ordinary self‑defense doctrines generally do not justify using force against lawful police action, and whether a civilian may...
Multiple independent media analyses and bystander video establish that was carrying a hand on his person when federal agents engaged him, but the footage also shows he held a cell phone—not a firearm—...
No credible reporting in the materials provided supports the claim that "shot off" a woman’s hand; available coverage describes that was fatally shot with multiple gunshot wounds to her head/upper bod...
Official law-enforcement public statements about the Jan. 7, 2026, shooting present two conflicting positions: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ICE has characterized Renee Nicole Good as “imp...
Federal immigration agents killing civilians is uncommon in absolute terms but poorly measured: the federal government and long-standing national databases do not publish a clear, regular count of hom...
Major newsrooms reached different conclusions when reviewing bystander and surveillance video of the : some reports echoed official statements that the vehicle struck an officer, while others — citing...
The name Keith Porter refers to several distinct public figures; most prominently a 20th‑century cell biologist, , and, in recent news, killed by an off‑duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve 2025–26—two ve...
Fringe websites and fabricated reports amplify and accelerate contested narratives after by exploiting ’ speed and the public’s hunger for visual evidence, often pushing simplified frames that persist...
A formal city-commissioned after-action report covering the May 25–June 3, 2020 civil unrest — commonly called the After-Action Review () — exists and is publicly downloadable from the records site . ...
When body or dash camera footage contradicts official or medical statements about an officer’s injury or use of force, outcomes have varied: videos frequently become central evidence that can refute o...