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2nd grand jury indicts officer for involuntary manslaughter in Virginia mall shooting 10/12/2023 03:14pm • McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A special grand jury in Virginia indicted a former police officer on Thursday for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a suburban shopping mall. Wesley Shifflett, a Fairfax County police officer assigned to patrol the busy Tyso After $5M settlement, family of Bijan Ghaisar plans to continue push 'to save lives and do justice' 04/28/2023 01:18pm • The family of a Virginia man shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers after a minor traffic crash in 2017 said they will use a $5 million settlement to push for changes in laws changing policing standards. Last week, the family of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar reached a $5 million settlement Segundo gran jurado investigará tiroteo policial que dejó un hombre muerto en Tysons Mall 04/26/2023 01:10pm • Un fiscal solicitó a un gran jurado especial que investigue el tiroteo policial mortal de un sospechoso de robo desarmado fuera de un centro comercial al norte de Virginia después de que un gran jurado anterior se negara a emitir una acusación. Carl Crews, abogado de la familia de Timothy McCr Second grand jury to probe fatal police shooting in Virginia 04/25/2023 04:01pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor has requested a special grand jury investigate the fatal police shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a northern Virginia shopping mall after an earlier grand jury refused to issue an indictment. Carl Crews, an attorney for the family of Timoth Bijan Ghaisar's family reaches $5M settlement in 2017 US Park Police shooting 04/21/2023 05:48pm • The family of the unarmed Virginia man shot and killed by U.S. Park Police officers in 2017 after a traffic stop has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government, according to a court filing in the case. The Washington Post first reported on the filing. Bijan Ghaisar's mother an Family, feds reach $5M settlement of Park Police shooting 04/21/2023 05:30pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The family of a northern Virginia man fatally shot by U.S. Park Police officers has reached a $5 million settlement in its civil lawsuit against the government. Two officers shot 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean in November 2017 after a stop-and-go chase on the George W Bijan Ghaisar's mother responds to body camera video of teenager shot, killed by Park Police 04/05/2023 10:55pm • The mother of Bijan Ghaisar, the unarmed Virginia man shot and killed by U.S. Park Police almost six years ago, responded to the recently released video of a teenager in a stolen car fatally shot by Park Police last month. "I wish we had the body camera images from Bijan's case," Kelly Ghaisar sa 'Small step forward' -- Interior Dept. to require body cams for law enforcement 10/03/2022 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants. The announcement Justice Dept. says it won't reopen Ghaisar investigation 06/10/2022 04:04pm • The Justice Department on Friday said it would not reopen the investigation into the case of Bijan Ghaisar, the unarmed motorist who was shot by U.S. Park Police in 2017. The department said in a statement that “there was insufficient evidence to establish a willful violation” of the statute, Civil rights groups join calls for DOJ to revisit Ghaisar case, citing new evidence 05/19/2022 04:58pm • Forty-five organizations, including national civil rights, criminal justice reform and progressive advocacy groups, have joined Capitol Hill lawmakers in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, an unarmed motorist killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. A lette 'You don't do that': New evidence prompts request to have DOJ revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/05/2022 10:54am • Capitol Hill lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to revisit the Bijan Ghaisar case, citing, in part, new evidence. In the weeks after unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar was fatally shot by U.S. Park Police in November 2017, a Fairfax County police officer told the FBI he didn't see a Park 7 members of Congress ask Justice Department to revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/04/2022 06:31pm • Seven members of Congress, including six from the D.C. area, are asking the Justice Department to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, the Virginia motorist who was shot and killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. “Nearly five years after the fatal shooting of Bijan, it remains unclear to the Gha Family speaks out after Virginia AG ends prosecution of officers in Bijan Ghaisar killing 04/23/2022 05:24pm • The parents of Bijan Ghaisar stood outside of the U.S. Department of Justice in downtown D.C. on Saturday, asking for help after the Virginia Attorney General ended prosecution against two officers accused of manslaughter for fatally shooting their son. On Friday afternoon, the Virginia Attorney Virginia AG ends effort to prosecute Park Police officers 04/23/2022 12:56pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has dropped an effort to prosecute two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot an unarmed motorist back in 2017. The Attorney General's Office filed a motion Friday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond withdrawin Va. attorney general stops seeking prosecution of US Park Police officers in fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar 04/23/2022 11:33am • The Virginia Attorney General has decided to end the pursuit of prosecution against the two U.S. Park Police officers accused of killing Bijan Ghaisar. Last October, a federal court tossed out involuntary manslaughter charges against U.S. Park Police officers Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya who