Virginia officer charged with voluntary manslaughter for fatal shooting of mentally ill black man

12 June 2015 - 13:13
By REUTERS

A Virginia police officer was indicted by a special grand jury over the killing of a mentally ill black man last summer, officials said. The decision comes amid a national outcry over police violence against minorities, sparked by high profile police killings of unarmed black men in cities across the country in the past year, as well as grand jury decisions to not criminally charge the officers involved.

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