police shooting
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PublishedDecember 2, 2022
AG: Presque Isle officer legally justified in fatal shooting
The Maine attorney general's office says a police officer was legally justified in fatally shooting a man who rammed a cruiser several times.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2022
Bangor police justified in shooting despite 37-foot distance, attorney general finds
Officers were checking on Brian Barker and saw that he had a knife, which they repeatedly asked him to put down.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2022
Ex-Illinois cop charged in 2020 fatal shooting of Black man
The shooting came just weeks after an officer in nearby Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot and wounded a Black man, Jacob Blake.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Attorney general clears officers in 3 police shootings, but backlog continues
Police officers involved in three on-duty shootings were cleared of wrongdoing and were legally justified in using deadly force, the state Attorney General's Office determined this week.