For Years She Thought Her Son Had Died of an Overdose. The Police Video Changed All That.
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For six years, Karen Goodwin believed her son died of an overdose. But after she finally saw the police body-camera footage, her memories now conflict with stark images of restraint and force.
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For Years She Thought Her Son Had Died of an Overdose. The Police Video Changed All That.
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Lethal Restraint
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The federal government has struggled for years to track deaths that happened after police used force like physical restraints and Tasers that isn’t supposed to be lethal. After George Floyd was killed under a police officer’s knee, a team of reporters led by The Associated Press set out to do their own count.
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