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Utah family sues police, claiming ‘gratuitous violence’

Utah family sues police, claiming ‘gratuitous violence’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran from police filed a lawsuit Friday against Salt Lake City and its police department. The family of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal family allege the officers engaged in “gratuitous violence” […]

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Prosecutor who declined to charge officers proposes reforms

Prosecutor who declined to charge officers proposes reforms

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man has released a list of proposed deadly force policy reforms that he says would better allow officers to be held accountable. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill released 22 recommendations on […]

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Official: Police justified in killing armed, fleeing man

Official: Police justified in killing armed, fleeing man

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police officers were legally justified in firing more than 30 times and killing an armed man as he ran away, the district attorney said Thursday in a case that has become a rallying point for protesters in the state amid a national wave of […]

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Footage shows cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times in Utah

Footage shows cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away, body camera footage released Friday shows. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, 22, was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when […]

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