The decision not to indict officers for the killing of Breonna Taylor has brought renewed scrutiny of investigations into police shootings. An academic review of such cases shows that very few police officers are charged with crimes related to shootings on the job. An average of eight officers have faced murder or manslaughter charges every year since 2005 for shootings conducted on the job, according to research by Philip Stinson, a Bowling Green State University criminologist who studies the topic. There are about 1,000...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 24, 2020 01:58 UTC