Police Shooting

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Major Travis Yates of the Tulsa Police Department in Oklahoma claimed "systematic abuse of power and racism...just doesn't exist."

Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams said the suspect, who is still unidentified, had been asked to leave the police station after causing a disturbance, and was shot by a police officer in the parking lot after after he ran over another officer with his SUV.

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Marquez was killed in her home on August 30, 2018, after police officers attended a welfare check.

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"All they had to do was come and make sure that they were OK," James Smith told the Star-Telegram. He placed a non-emergency call to Fort Worth police officers to check on Jefferson, whose doors were left ajar late Saturday night.

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Jefferson was reportedly playing video games with her nephew and thought there was a potential trespasser outside. When she went to investigate, she was shot by the police officer.

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Three incidents involving children being shot by firearms occurred on Sunday in Fort Worth and Arlington.

The 19-year-old was shot dead on Saturday night after being stopped by two white officers.

Two Jersey City men were shot multiple times by police late Monday after the pair were setting off fireworks, a report says.

"People are getting tired of you letting your officers do whatever they want to do," the brother of the man who was killed said.

"I'll be locked and loaded."

The man, whose name has not yet been released, was killed on Monday morning at around 9 a.m. when an officer responded to calls of an argument.

After officers returned fire, the suspect or suspects fled the scene, and police are currently conducting a manhunt to locate and apprehend the person or people involved.

It's unclear what prompted the use of lethal force.

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