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Indian police used excessive force during protests, Amnesty International says
Amnesty International says Indian police used excessive force during protests in New Delhi and Bihar, including electric shock devices and pellet guns. The protests were triggered by the leak of the national medical entrance test and turned violent on 20 July.
A Madison police officer shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest. The man, in his 30s, was identified as Black by advocates for the Black community in Madison. The incident sparked protests and calls for transparency and accountability.
A police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, shot and killed a man in an incident that was captured on cellphone footage, sparking local protests. The shooting happened on a city street in a popular neighborhood lined with restaurants, bars, shops, and residential homes.
An ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine has a history of violent behavior, according to his relatives. They say he has struggled with mental health issues since early childhood and has a history of attacking women in his life.
Seven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday for a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and left protesters facing decades behind bars.