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The death of a Chicago 13-year-old is putting focus on split-second police decisions Share Updated: 12:03 PM PDT Apr 20, 2021 By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press The death of a Chicago 13-year-old is putting focus on split-second police decisions Share Updated: 12:03 PM PDT Apr 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript the tragic final moments of a 13 year old boys life unfolding in just 19 seconds Chicago police releasing this body camera footage and we wa...

It happened in less than a second. Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he'd been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. Then the cop fired a single shot, killing the boy in the dark Chicago alley. The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s…

It happened in less than a second. Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he’d been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. Then the cop fired a single shot, killing the boy in the dark Chicago alley. The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s reckoning with race and policing puts a microscope on those split-second decisions with far-reaching and grave consequences. Investigators are still sorting through exactly ...

Flying Lessons By Christine Negroni on April 19, 2021 at 11:37 AM When Minneapolis police officer Kimberly Potter fired her service revolver instead of her taser on April 11 killing Danute Wright, she was not the first to say this fatal action was a mistake. Sixteen police officers have done something similar according to the website Fatalencounters.org. The weapons have a similar feel and both are worn in holsters on an officer’s belt. They both fire with finger pressure on ...

January 17, 2021 Many will look back at the year 2020 and wish to forget it, and for good reasons. While we remember the many difficulties and challenges, we come away from the past year grateful and humbled. Amidst a global pandemic and continually changing public directives and orders, the men and women of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were able to continue operations to provide services to the citizens of Charles County. Our officers on the front lines responded to calls and were rec...