One of this year’s deadliest mass shootings struck a particularly heartbreaking chord because of its location: inside a church. Charleston Church ShootingĪ group of women pray together at a make-shift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church, Jin Charleston, S.C. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. Corrections officer Gene Palmer was charged with assisting the pair of inmates to escape. She was sentenced to up to 7 years in prison. The prison seamstress, Joyce Mitchell, was arrested and admitted to having had a sexual relationship with Matt, along with providing the tools. They found Sweat two days later in November, he pleaded guilty to all charges related to his escape.
Law enforcement officers shot and killed Matt on June 26. David Sweat and Richard Matt, both convicted murderers, escaped from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York on June 6, crawling out of sewage pipes and digging through cell walls a la “The Shawshank Redemption.”Ī huge manhunt took place over much of northern New York for the next three weeks. It involved two prisoners, a sexual liaison with a prison worker who smuggled tools hidden in frozen meat and a midnight escape with a smiley-faced getaway note. One of the biggest stories of the summer seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood movie. In this handout from New York State Police, convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt are shown in this composite image. Public criticism of the way authorities handled this case resulted in the firing of Chicago’s police superintendent, and a public apology from Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The officer involved in that shooting, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with his murder and has pleaded not guilty. The video showed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being hit 16 times. A retrial is set for next June, after the other five officers are tried.Ĭhicago police also came under scrutiny for alleged misuse of force this year after footage of an October 2014 fatal shooting by police was released in November of this year following a court order.
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The first officer’s trial just concluded with a hung jury. After Gray’s death was ruled a homicide on May 1, six police officers were charged in connection to his death.
Protests, some of them violent, erupted across Baltimore. He suffered spinal injuries during the ride, which led to his death. Just over a week later, in Baltimore, a man named Freddie Gray was picked up by police and put in a police transport vehicle without being properly strapped in. Freddie Gray, 25, seen in this undated file photo.
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