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12-year-old boy who ran away from home found safe in Ohio Target store

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This undated selfie photo provided by family members Don Bryant and Paula Bryant shows Ma'Khia Bryant. The 16-year-old Bryant was shot and killed by police as she swung a knife at two other people on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (Ma'Khia Bryant/Don Bryant and Paula Bryant via AP)

Ma’Khia Bryant’s sister sought help before police shooting, records show

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Myron Hammonds, left, and Paula Bryant, father and mother of Ma'Khia Bryant, the 16-year-old girl shot and killed by a Columbus police officer on April 20, hold a photo of their daughter during a news conference Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Attorney Michelle Martin representing the family has called for full investigations into the teen’s fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Records: Ma’Khia Bryant’s sister sought help before shooting

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

In an image from police bodycam video that the Columbus Police Department played during a news conference Tuesday night, April 20, 2021, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during an altercation before being shot by a police officer Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Police shot and the girl just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. State law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine whether this shooting was such an instance, Interim Police Chief Michael Woods said at the news conference. (Columbus Police Department via WSYX-TV via AP)

Columbus police officer fatally shoots girl swinging knife

By Farnousch Amiri and Ryan Kryska - Associated Press

Attack leaves 2 Columbus cops with concussions, broken jaw

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Andre Hill's daughter, Karissa, attends a news conference held by family attorney Ben Crump, right, at the Beza Community Center on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, was shot and killed by Columbus police officer Adam Coy early on Tuesday, Dec. 22. (Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Sharpton: Firing officer who killed Andre Hill is not enough

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

A vigil is held for Andre' Hill at the Brentnell Community Recreation Center on Columbus. Ohio, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. The police chief of Columbus, Ohio, recommended on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, that the officer who shot and killed Hill, a 47-year-old Black man, earlier this week be fired. (Gaelen Morse/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Ohio police officer fired in fatal shooting of Black man

By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 28, 2020 file photo, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther makes remarks following the announcement by Columbus City Schools superintendent Talisa Dixon that all students would start the 2020-21 school year online during a news conference at Downtown High School in Columbus, Ohio. The mayor of Ohio's capital city says an officer who shot and killed a Black man holding a cell phone early Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 morning did not activate his body camera beforehand. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Video released in police killing of Black man holding phone

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

Student killed in shooting near Ohio university campus

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Police: Juvenile arrested in connection with church fire

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Police: Officers kill armed 15-year-old suspected in robbery

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Thomas Quinlan, chief of the Columbus Division of Police, discusses the final recommendations of the Columbus Community Safety Advisory Commission, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. One of the commission's major recommendations was that the city create an independent civilian review board. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Task force recommends police review board for Ohio capital

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Police video shows punch thrown by officer

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Police: 13-year-old arrested in fatal shooting of boy, 14

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Missing woman found dead in vehicle at police impound lot

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This undated photo provided by the Department of Justice shows Columbus vice squad Officer Andrew Mitchell. The former vice squad officer in Ohio was charged Thursday, April 4, 2019, with fatally shooting a woman who was sitting in his unmarked police vehicle in what the man says was an act of self-defense. (Department of Justice via AP)

Ex-officer charged with fatally shooting woman in his car

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Police officer who offered money for sex back on duty

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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives for the opening of the adult entertainment fair &quot;Venus&quot; in Berlin. Daniels has sued the Columbus police department for $2 million over her arrest at a strip club last summer. The federal defamation lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, alleges officers conspired to retaliate against Daniels for her sex allegations concerning Donald Trump before he became president. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy Daniels sues police officers over strip club arrest

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

2 women arrested with Stormy Daniels sue police officers

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In this Monday, April 16, 2018 file photo adult film actress Stormy Daniels speaks outside federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Miranda Panda and Brittany Walters, strip club employees arrested with Stormy Daniels, sue police

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