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San Diego Officer Won’t Be Charged in Killing of Unstable Black Man

by Associated PressJanuary 10, 2017January 25, 2022

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A suburban San Diego police officer won’t face criminal charges for fatally shooting a disturbed Black man, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, saying the officer had reason […]

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California Police Show Videos of Fatal Shooting of Alfred Olango

by Associated PressOctober 1, 2016January 25, 2022

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Police released two videos Friday showing an officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in a San Diego suburb and said they hoped showing the […]

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US Twice Tried to Deport Man Killed by Police in California

by Associated PressSeptember 30, 2016January 25, 2022

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities twice tried to deport a Black man who was fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb this week but his native Uganda […]

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Mother of Black Man Shot by Police Speaks of Her Anguish

by Associated PressSeptember 30, 2016January 25, 2022

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The anguished mother of a man killed by police in a San Diego suburb said she could not believe her family left violence-wracked Uganda only […]

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Police Fatally Shoot Another Black Man, This Time in San Diego Area; Protesters Gather

by Associated PressSeptember 28, 2016January 25, 2022

(Updated 9/28/2016) EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A Black man reportedly acting erratically at a strip mall in suburban San Diego was shot and killed by police after pulling an […]

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