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Mississippi family seeks charges after officer shoots 11-year-old boy

Mississippi family seeks charges after officer shoots 11-year-old boy

A Mississippi family demanded a police officer be dismissed and charged with aggravated assault for shooting an 11-year-old boy when police responded to the child's own domestic disturbance call at his home. Aderrien Murry, who called police at the request of his mother, was unarmed and following instructions from Indianola officer Greg Capers when Capers shot him in the chest early Saturday morning, family attorney Carlos Moore said. The boy had called police to the home after his mother, Nakala Murry, was threatened by a man at 4 a.m. local time, but Capers "escalated the situation," Moore said. The man…
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Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols

Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols

TYLER CLIFFORD FIVE former Memphis police officers were charged with murder in the death of a Black motorist, Tyre Nichols, from injuries he sustained in a violent encounter following a traffic stop, prosecutors said. Nichols, a 29-year-old father, died while hospitalized on January 10, three days after the confrontation during his arrest by the five police officers. Officials were expected on Friday evening to release police body-worn camera video of the incident, which a lawyer for Nichols' family likened to the notorious footage of Los Angeles police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King more than 30 years ago. "We're here…
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