What is the bar for prosecuting an officer for shooting a person?

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What is the bar for prosecuting an officer for shooting a person?

Today on AirTalk: When are officers prosecuted for shooting? The history of the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre; The friendship market; Autonomous taxis; TV on TikTok; and TV Talk.

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What is the bar for prosecuting an officer for shooting a person?

Federal officials and local leaders clashed Wednesday over their differing characterizations of a fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. While President Donald Trump’s administration described the killing of a 37-year-old mother as an act of self-defense amid his latest immigration crackdown, Minneapolis officials have disputed that narrative. Her killing quickly drew hundreds of angry protesters. It is at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year. Today on AirTalk, we look at how the officer’s actions could be weighed in a legal court with John Gross, clinical associate professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Ed Obayashi, law enforcement practices expert and the deputy sheriff for Modoc County in Northern California.

With files from the Associated Press.

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