Bill to limit deadly force advances in state senate

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would limit police use of deadly force, an attempt to address concerns raised after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson that comes amid riots in Baltimore after the funeral for a black man who died in officer custody.

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