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3 NYPD detectives cleared in shooting
NEW YORK — Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower.

The judge indicated that the police officers' version of events was more credible than the victims' version. "The people have not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that each defendant was not justified" in firing.
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Trial in shooting opens for 2 Pa. troopers - 02/22/2008
Trial in shooting opens for 2 Pa. troopers

PITTSBURGH — Two Pennsylvania state police troopers were responding to a report of a stolen car on Christmas Eve 2002 when 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe was fatally shot.

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