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US Paramedic Sentenced Over Death Of Black Man During Arrest
One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was sentenced Friday to 14 months in jail with work release and probation, in the final chapter of a case.
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2 US Paramedics Found Guilty In Death Of Black Man In 2019
A jury in the western US state of Colorado on Friday found two paramedics guilty of negligent homicide in the death of a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine during his arrest, US media said.
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US Officers Sacked After Photo Imitating Chokehold On Black Man Surfaces
Two US police officers have been fired after a photo emerged showing them re-enacting a chokehold used on a black man before he died at a memorial site to his death, Colorado police said in a statement.
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Minneapolis, California Move To End Police Neck Restraints Over George Floyd's Death
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday voted to end use of chokeholds and neck restraints like that used by a white police officer who pressed his knee into the neck of unarmed black man George Floyd on May 25, sparking coast-to-coast protests.
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US Cop In Black Man's Death Case Suspended After Judge Calls For Sacking
A New York police officer was suspended Friday after a judge recommended that he be sacked for placing a black man in a banned choke hold just before his death five years ago.
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No Charges Against New York Cop In Choking Death Of Black Man
A New York police officer accused of placing a 43-year-old black man in a banned choke hold just before his death in 2014 will not face federal charges, the government said, in a decision slammed by the victim's family as an "insult."
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Hearing To Begin For Officer In Eric Garner's "I Can't Breathe" Case
The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.
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Jamal Khashoggi Was Choked To Death, Says Saudi Official's Latest Account
As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations.
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New York Reaches $ 5.9 Million Settlement in Chokehold Death
New York announced on Monday that it had reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of a black man who died after being placed in a choke hold, sparking a bitter nationwide debate about police tactics and racism.
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US Teen Was Pointing Gun When Shot By Police: Officials
A police investigation has confirmed that a black US teenager was brandishing a gun when he was fatally shot by a white officer in Missouri, officials said on Tuesday.
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US Paramedic Sentenced Over Death Of Black Man During Arrest
One of two paramedics who injected a young Black man with ketamine as he was put in a chokehold by US police was sentenced Friday to 14 months in jail with work release and probation, in the final chapter of a case.
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2 US Paramedics Found Guilty In Death Of Black Man In 2019
A jury in the western US state of Colorado on Friday found two paramedics guilty of negligent homicide in the death of a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine during his arrest, US media said.
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US Officers Sacked After Photo Imitating Chokehold On Black Man Surfaces
Two US police officers have been fired after a photo emerged showing them re-enacting a chokehold used on a black man before he died at a memorial site to his death, Colorado police said in a statement.
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Minneapolis, California Move To End Police Neck Restraints Over George Floyd's Death
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday voted to end use of chokeholds and neck restraints like that used by a white police officer who pressed his knee into the neck of unarmed black man George Floyd on May 25, sparking coast-to-coast protests.
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US Cop In Black Man's Death Case Suspended After Judge Calls For Sacking
A New York police officer was suspended Friday after a judge recommended that he be sacked for placing a black man in a banned choke hold just before his death five years ago.
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No Charges Against New York Cop In Choking Death Of Black Man
A New York police officer accused of placing a 43-year-old black man in a banned choke hold just before his death in 2014 will not face federal charges, the government said, in a decision slammed by the victim's family as an "insult."
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Hearing To Begin For Officer In Eric Garner's "I Can't Breathe" Case
The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.
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Jamal Khashoggi Was Choked To Death, Says Saudi Official's Latest Account
As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations.
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New York Reaches $ 5.9 Million Settlement in Chokehold Death
New York announced on Monday that it had reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of a black man who died after being placed in a choke hold, sparking a bitter nationwide debate about police tactics and racism.
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US Teen Was Pointing Gun When Shot By Police: Officials
A police investigation has confirmed that a black US teenager was brandishing a gun when he was fatally shot by a white officer in Missouri, officials said on Tuesday.
