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Report in Kendrec McDade Case Reveals Police Misconduct

A new copy of an independent consultant’s report on the 2012 fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by Pasadena police officers includes more criticism of the way the city’s police department handled the investigation into the killing, it was reported last week. The latest version of the report on the shooting of Kendrec McDade includes several sections that the city previously tried to keep hidden from the public, The Los Angeles Times reported in an article posted on its website. A portion of the report says the two officers who shot McDade were never asked by department investigators whether

March, civil disobedience planned next month in Ferguson

A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being planned for next month in Ferguson to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer, an event that galvanized the “Black Lives Matter” movement.