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Editor’s Notes
Police conduct has been a major topic of conversation this week, highlighted by the grand jury decision in Ferguson and another shooting in Cleveland. The Pentagon’s chief also announced plans to step aside early in the week, a day before a human rights group released a study questioning U.S. drone strikes. And just before the weekend, the highly-anticipated trailer for the next “Star Wars” film made its debut. |
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| Police officer Darren Wilson was the subject of a grand jury investigation over the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. On Monday, the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson. The decision sparked protests in cities across the U.S., and destructive riots in Ferguson. Wilson’s testimony about the August shooting was later released and he gave a televised interview on Tuesday in which he said he had a “clean conscience.” |
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| A pair of police officers in Cleveland responded to a call last Saturday and confronted 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was playing with a realistic looking toy gun at a playground. Police wound up shooting Rice, who died in a hospital on Sunday. Surveillance video of the incident was released on Wednesday, showing police shooting the boy within seconds of arriving at the playground. |
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| President Obama accepted the resignation of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Monday. The president said Hagel’s work had been “exemplary,” but reports indicated that Obama wanted a leader with a different set of skills to manage current challenges abroad. Hagel will stay on until a successor is confirmed. |
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| A study released Tuesday by a UK-based human rights group found U.S. drone strikes between Nov. 2002 and Nov. 2014 targeted 41 named individuals, but had killed 1,147 unknown people. In many instances the deaths occurred when drones did not kill their intended target. It was the latest study questioning the effectiveness of the U.S. drone program. |
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| On Friday, the highly-anticipated first trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” debuted online and in 30 theaters across North America. The 88-second teaser will begin appearing before movies around the world beginning next month. The seventh film in the “Star Wars” franchise will hit theaters in Dec. 2015. |
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