Police Shooting

The city of Stockton, California, its police department and an officer must face excessive force and wrongful death claims brought by the family of a Black man who was shot while fleeing from police who thought he was someone else, a federal court in the state ruled.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The city of Stockton, California, its police department and an officer must face excessive force and wrongful death claims brought by the family of a Black man who was shot while fleeing from police who thought he was someone else, a federal court in the state ruled .

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