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April 28, 2016

Baltimore Police Shoot 14-Year-Old Boy with BB Gun
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In Baltimore, police have shot and wounded a 14-year-old
African-American boy carrying a toy gun on the first anniversary of the
funeral of Freddie Gray, who died from injuries sustained in police
custody. On Wednesday, plainclothes police officers began chasing
14-year-old Dedric Colvin after they spotted him with a BB gun. Police
say the officers opened fire, striking him, as he ran away. His mother
says he was shot in the leg and in the shoulder. He is expected to
recover. This comes two days after Cleveland officials agreed to pay $6
million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice, the
12-year-old African-American boy who was fatally shot by police in 2014
while playing with a toy pellet gun in a park.
Topics:Police Brutality

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