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Ricky Bodden
United States · Aged 29 · Died 12/27/2000
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Deadly force
Bodden fled as a police officer demanded to frisk him in a public park. After a foot chase. the officer shot him fatally in the back of the neck, and claimed that Bodden had produced a handgun. Eyewitnesses sharply disputed that. The shooting was highly controversial and the police unresponsive to demands for an investigation.
Alleged responsible partyBoston Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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