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Study retracted: How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants

By Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT

Attorney Ben Crump on Trayvon Martin, racial hypocrisy and signs of progress

Since 2012, the families of several unarmed young American black men shot to death by police in high-profile incidents have turned to civil rights attorney Ben Crump in pursuit of justice. Crump has now written a book arguing these killings…

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 photo, flowers lie on the sidewalk in front of the house in Fort Worth, Texas, where a white Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson, a black woman, through a back window of her home. Dean resigned before he could be compelled to undergo questioning. After a police officer fatally shoots someone, it can take days or even weeks before the public or his supervisors hear the officer’s version of what happened. (AP Photo/David Kent, File)

Why police aren’t questioned immediately after fatal shootings

The amount of time afforded officers before they are questioned varies — as short as 24 hours to up to two weeks.

By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: The badge and gun of a Charlotte police officer in riot gear are seen during a large security presence outside the football stadium as the NFL's Carolina Panthers host the Minnesota Vikings amid protesting of the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., September 25, 2016. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

Deadly police shootings keep happening. Data could be a missing piece

Across the nation, 713 people have been fatally shot by police this year.

By Gretchen Frazee

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Julian Castro gestures during a televised townhall on CNN dedicated to LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2019. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

‘Police violence is also gun violence,’ Julian Castro says

Castro was the first candidate on Tuesday's 2020 Democratic primary debate stage to raise last weekend's shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, killed in Castro's home state of Texas after a neighbor called 911 requesting a welfare check on her Fort…

By Associated Press

WATCH: ‘No excuse’ for shooting of black woman in her Fort Worth home, police chief says

At a press conference Tuesday, Fort Worth Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus grew emotional when describing the morale of the police department.

Fort Worth officer released on bond after shooting black woman

By Jake Bleiberg, Jill Bleed, Associated Press

Aaron Dean was charged with murder for shooting Atatiana Jefferson in her home.

WATCH: Fort Worth officer resigned after killing woman in her home, officials say

A police officer who shot and killed a black woman in her home in the presence of her 8-year-old nephew acted inappropriately and has resigned, the chief of police said Monday.