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In 1991, beaten to death in altercation with officer after brushing against officer's car
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officer charged with misdemeanor assault, acquitted
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In 1991, shot to death after reaching into paper bag to grab a beer
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officer charged with second degree murder, charge dismissed on technicality, no further charges filed
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In 1992, shot to death in his car after "fitting the description" of a burglar and allegedly making a sudden move
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officer convicted of criminally negligent homicide, sentenced to 1-4 years
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In 1994, choked to death after protesting the arrest of his brother, who had just accidentally hit the officer's car
with a football
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officer charged with criminally negligent homicide, acquitted, convicted in federal court of violating Baez's civil rights,
sentenced to 7.5 years
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In 1995, shot in the back of the head and killed while playing with a pellet gun
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In 1995, shot in the back and killed while running away after being observed peering into car windows
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In 1996, shot in the back and killed while running away on a subway platform after fighting with officer who had frisked
him and found no weapons
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officer convicted of second degree manslaughter
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In 1996, shot in the back of the head and killed while sitting in the back seat of a car being driven away while police
were questioning the driver; police didn't report incident for 3 days
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In 1997, shot to death outside a supermarket by officer claiming he thought Whitfield's key chain was a gun
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In 1999, shot 41 times outside his home by 4 undercover officers who mistook his wallet for a gun
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all charged with 2nd degree murder, acquitted in trial moved to state capital of Albany
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In 1999, mentally disturbed man wielding a hammer shot 12 times and killed by six officers while he was at least 6 feet
away from the nearest person
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In 2000, shot to death during altercation with an undercover cop who repeatedly approached him looking to buy drugs
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In 2003, died of cardiac arrest after officers knocked down her apartment door and tossed in a "flash grenade" while
serving a "no-knock" warrant in the pursuit of drugs, guns and attack dogs, none of which the woman had
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Timothy Stansbury
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black
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In 2004, shot and killed without warning after he encountered an officer patrolling neighborhood rooftops. Stansbury had
just exited his building's rooftop stairway door, planning to use the roof to cross over to the adjacent building
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no charges filed
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