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Shot in the back: When can police fire on fleeing suspects?

In decades past, police officers who shot suspects as they ran away were more likely to expect praise than criminal charges. And while the legal landscape and public opinion have shifted in recent years, it's never a certainty that such shootings will result in officer indictments. Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a white officer with criminal ...

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