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Double Standard: Why Do Police Officers Involved in a Shooting Get a ‘Cooling Off’ Period Before Being Questioned?

Fort Worth Police Shooting Atatiana Jefferson

By Lisa Marie Payne, Associated Press After a police officer fatally shoots someone, it can take days or even weeks before the public or his supervisors hear the officer’s version of what happened. In many states, that so-called cooling off period is carved out in state law or in a police department’s contract. That opportunity … Read more

Former Fort Worth Cop Aaron Dean Charged With Murder in Killing of Atatiana Jefferson

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From the Associated Press A white former Fort Worth police officer has been booked in jail on a murder charge for the shooting of a black woman through a window in her home. Aaron Dean was booked Monday afternoon. He also resigned from the police department, and the chief said he would have been fired … Read more

VIDEO: Fort Worth Woman Shot and Killed by Cop Through the Window of Her Home Following Welfare Call

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A 28-year-old Fort Worth Texas woman was shot and killed by police early Saturday morning after they received a welfare call from a neighbor reporting a door open at her home. The woman was shot from outside the house through a window by one of the responding officers. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . . … Read more

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