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• The incremental erosion of the Graham v. Connor constitutional use of force standard

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  The Rollice case is the latest in a series of questionable decisions involving police shootings where lower courts examine officer pre-shooting conduct

• Warrant: Fatal Minneapolis OIS came after attempted gun sting

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  Police say Dolal Idd showed up to a gun buy that police had set up using a confidential informant

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• Brain science not bias training is key to changing performance under stress

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  What do cops and elite athletes have in common? The need to control their minds to perform under stress.

• De-escalation: A commonsense approach

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  Using some real-world incidents, we can identify four basic de-escalation principles that may be of immediate applicability in your agency

• Hundreds march in Minneapolis over fatal OIS

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  As many as 1,000 protesters took to the streets Sunday over last week's fatal shooting of Dolal Idd

• Minneapolis police release officer video in fatal shooting

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  Chief Arradondo moved to release the video far earlier than usual, saying he wanted people to see it for themselves

• Critical incident videos improve police transparency, community engagement

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  The goal of these videos is to provide the media and community with a view of as many relevant facts as possible

• Ohio cop fired in fatal shooting; bodycam video released

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  The video shows visuals but not audio in the moments before the shooting

• Trump pardons former Md. cop convicted in K-9 bite case

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  Officer Stephanie Mohr served 10 years after she was convicted in 2001 of violating a man’s civil rights

• Ohio police chief urges officer who shot Andre Hill be fired

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  Video showed Hill emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand seconds before he was fatally shot by the officer

• Ohio: Probe of fatal shooting by police seeks 'whole truth'

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  Mayor Andrew Ginther and Police Chief Thomas Quinlan have both expressed anger that the officer did not activate his body camera beforehand

• Boston city councilors urge mayor to OK restrictions on police use of less lethal tools

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  This push from the councilors comes as BPD body-cam videos recently surfaced from the department's response to protests earlier this year

• NJ AG overhauls police use-of-force rules

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  Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the changes would make the state “a national leader in policing reform”

• Video: LEO ambushed, shot 6 times by stranded motorist

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  The officer was walking toward the vehicle to assist the driver when the driver flung open the car door and shot the LEO

• Federal lawsuit: Kan. deputy purposely ran over suspect

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  A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges the deputy used excessive force and intentionally drove over Lionel Womack

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