Tag: Officer Exonerated: Page 6

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Illinois Officer Cleared In Force Incident

Officer Andrew Smith was acquitted of official misconduct, aggravated battery, mob action and battery. The officer had been on unpaid leave since March 2009.

November 3, 2010

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Case Dismissed Against ATF Agent Tried for Murder In Virgin Islands

"It was so obvious on its face that they so flagrantly failed to meet their burden that a kindergarten student holding a gavel would have drawn the same conclusion," said Jon Adler, president of Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA).

October 27, 2010

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Fired Austin Officer Reinstated

An arbitrator on Thursday ruled in favor of Senior Officer Leonardo Quintana, and a grand jury declined to indict Quintana over the fatal shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II during a struggle.

October 21, 2010

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Baltimore Officer Exonerated In Friendly Fire Incident

A jury has cleared Baltimore PD's Officer John Torres in the fatal shooting of Officer Norman Stamp during an off-duty shooting outside of a strip club.

October 21, 2010

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Video: Michigan Officer Cleared In Shooting of Armed Parolee

Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth, who released the video, ruled Officer Donald Lake acted appropriately in self-defense when he shot 33-year-old Gabriel Hood.

October 20, 2010

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Three Philadelphia Officers Cleared In Shooting

"After a lengthy and careful review of the facts in this case I concluded that the three officers acted properly in this situation," according to District Attorney Seth Williams. "Vincent Parsons fired first and the officers had no other choice but to fire back."

October 13, 2010

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Two Officers Sue Illinois Pastor for Defamation

Two Rockford (Ill.) Police officers have sued a local pastor who repeatedly referred to a deadly force encounter as "murder," despite having information that contradicted that claim.

October 13, 2010

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Murder Charge Dropped Against Illinois Cop

Dorian, 37, was charged in a pair of rural shootings along the Indiana-Illinois border. In a detailed computer forensics analysis, investigators determined Dorian was at home on his computer on the Internet when the shootings occurred.

October 12, 2010

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Washington Officer Cleared In Year-old Shooting Returns to Duty

Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg announced that a shooting review board found that Officer Lee Cooper's action on Sept. 14, 2009, was "lawful and proper."

October 2, 2010

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Salt Lake City Officer Cleared In Shooting of Soldier

Brandon Barrett, 28, was shot wearing full fatigues and armed with almost a dozen high-capacity magazines. He had been classified as a deserter.

September 12, 2010

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Texas Arbitrator Rules Hood Slam Wasn't Excessive Force

Officer Jeremy Massey, who was off-duty at the time of the arrest, handcuffed 18-year-old Cornelius Gill and slammed him onto the hood of a cruiser driven by a uniformed back-up officer.

August 1, 2010

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Wisconsin Deputy Cleared In Fatal Shooting

A Columbia County (Wisc.) Sheriff's deputy acted appropriately, when he fatally shot a distraught man who advanced toward him with a loaded gun, the district attorney has ruled.

July 18, 2010