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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2737656" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>An evidence photo shows a Chevy Malibu that Cleveland police officers riddled with bullets after a chase that ended in the deaths of an unarmed man and woman. Officer Michael Brelo, who investigators say fired 34 shots at the car and then climbed on the hood and fired 15 more through the windshield, is on trial on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.washingtonpost.com_sf_investigative_wp_content_uploads_sites_8_2015_04_clevelandcar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thousands dead, few prosecuted</p><p></p><p>Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54 officers have been charged, a Post analysis found. Most were cleared or acquitted in the cases that have been resolved.</p><p></p><p> April 11, 2015</p><p></p><p>On a rainy night five years ago, Officer Coleman Duke Brackney set off in pursuit of a suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports car finally came to rest in a ditch, Brackney opened fire at the rear window and repeatedly struck the driver, 41-year-old James Ahern, in the back. The gunshots killed Ahern.</p><p></p><p>Prosecutors charged Brackney with felony manslaughter. But he eventually entered a plea to a lesser charge and could ultimately be left with no criminal record.</p><p></p><p>How the analysis was done: The 54 criminal prosecutions were identified by Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip M. Stinson and The Washington Post. Cases were culled from news reports, grand jury announcements and news releases from prosecutors. For individual cases, reporters obtained and reviewed thousands of pages of court records, police reports, grand jury indictments, witness testimony and video recordings. Dozens of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the cases were interviewed, along with legal experts, officers who were prosecuted and surviving relatives of the shooting victims.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/04/11/thousands-dead-few-prosecuted/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/04/11/thousands-dead-few-prosecuted/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2737656, member: 7629"] An evidence photo shows a Chevy Malibu that Cleveland police officers riddled with bullets after a chase that ended in the deaths of an unarmed man and woman. Officer Michael Brelo, who investigators say fired 34 shots at the car and then climbed on the hood and fired 15 more through the windshield, is on trial on two counts of voluntary manslaughter. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.washingtonpost.com_sf_investigative_wp_content_uploads_sites_8_2015_04_clevelandcar.jpg[/IMG] Thousands dead, few prosecuted Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54 officers have been charged, a Post analysis found. Most were cleared or acquitted in the cases that have been resolved. April 11, 2015 On a rainy night five years ago, Officer Coleman Duke Brackney set off in pursuit of a suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports car finally came to rest in a ditch, Brackney opened fire at the rear window and repeatedly struck the driver, 41-year-old James Ahern, in the back. The gunshots killed Ahern. Prosecutors charged Brackney with felony manslaughter. But he eventually entered a plea to a lesser charge and could ultimately be left with no criminal record. How the analysis was done: The 54 criminal prosecutions were identified by Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip M. Stinson and The Washington Post. Cases were culled from news reports, grand jury announcements and news releases from prosecutors. For individual cases, reporters obtained and reviewed thousands of pages of court records, police reports, grand jury indictments, witness testimony and video recordings. Dozens of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the cases were interviewed, along with legal experts, officers who were prosecuted and surviving relatives of the shooting victims. [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/04/11/thousands-dead-few-prosecuted/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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