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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Columbus, Ohio, Division of Police shows police SWAT officer Steven M. Smith. A jury convicted Lincoln Rutledge of aggravated murder Thursday, June 22, 2017, for fatally shooting Smith in the head April 10, 2016, as officers tried to arrest Rutledge on an arson warrant. Smith died two days later. (Columbus Division of Police via AP, File)
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This April 8, 2017, image made from a video and obtained from the Columbus Police Department through a records request by the Associated Press shows a Columbus officer restraining a prone man and preparing to handcuff him as a second officer appears to kick him in the head. The officer used "unreasonable" force that wasn't part of his training when subduing the restrained suspect in a way that appeared to show him kicking the suspect in the head, police in Ohio said Wednesday, May 10. The highlighted circle in the image was added by source. (Columbus Police Department via AP)
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Sgt. Eric Pilya of the Columbus Police Department's cold case squad discusses the agency's decision to consider reopening the unsolved 1975 slaying of a 14-year-old girl found beaten to death behind a shopping center on the city's north side, on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
