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Recent Examples of unarmed
Videos from the scene seem to show that at least two were civilians who appeared to be unarmed.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
The department had long engaged in mistreatment of the city’s Black community and been plagued by high-profile scandals including a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and an attempt to cover up police killings of unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
And the perception of personal safety, and the agency’s spending on unarmed security and dog teams to address that perception, remains a focal point for the CTA board.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
The investigation stemmed from decades of scandals, such as a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and the police cover-up of unarmed civilian killings after Hurricane Katrina.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
The department had long engaged in mistreatment of the city’s Black community and been plagued by high-profile scandals including a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and an attempt to cover up police killings of unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
And the perception of personal safety, and the agency’s spending on unarmed security and dog teams to address that perception, remains a focal point for the CTA board.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
The investigation stemmed from decades of scandals, such as a 1994 murder ordered by a corrupt officer and the police cover-up of unarmed civilian killings after Hurricane Katrina.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Unarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarmed. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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