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Prosecutor: NC officer panicked before fatal shooting of man in car crash

By Jeffrey Collins Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A white Charlotte police officer on trial for the on-duty killing of a black man panicked and didn't identify himself or give any commands before shooting 12 times at the agitated man seeking help in an unfamiliar neighborhood after a car crash, a prosecutor said during opening statements Monday. Any agitation by Jonathan Ferrell was because …
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Prosecutor: NC officer panicked before fatal shooting of man in car crash