Alabama officer faces murder charges for killing unarmed black man
Source: Reuters
Alabama officer faces murder charges for killing unarmed black man
Reuters
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(Reuters) - A white Alabama police officer faces murder charges for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, authorities said on Wednesday.
Montgomery police officer Aaron "A.C." Smith, 23, is free on $150,000 bond after investigators found "probable cause" that he broke the law when he shot and killed Gregory Gunn last Thursday, Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said.
The case now goes to a grand jury, he said.
Police killings of African-Americans, many of them unarmed, have sparked repeated protests over excessive use of force in the past few years.
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