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Park Police officers who fatally shot
Bijan
Ghaisar
return to duty
01/14/2025 12:49pm • The U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot unarmed motorist
Bijan
Ghaisar
in 2017 have returned to duty after being cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the inspector general, according to a D.C. court document. Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya had been on paid administrative leave after shooti
Inspector general finds no fault in Park Police shooting of Virginia man in 2017
11/13/2024 03:20pm • McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A federal inspector general has exonerated two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot a Virginia man after a stop-and-go chase on a highway seven years ago. A report issued Tuesday by the Department of Interior's inspector general found that the officers, Lucas Vinyard and A
Inspector general finds US Park Police officers justified in 2017 shooting of unarmed driver
Bijan
Ghaisar
11/13/2024 09:45am • Two U.S. Park Police officers were justified in pursuing and eventually shooting unarmed motorist
Bijan
Ghaisar
in November 2017, according to a newly-released Department of the Interior inspector general's report.
Ghaisar
's mother told WTOP the release of the report, a few days before the sevent
Iranian community dedicates
Bijan
Ghaisar
Library to victim of fatal 2017 US Park Police shooting
09/05/2024 09:45am • It was nearly seven years ago that an unarmed man was shot to death by U.S. Park Police officers after he drove away from a fender bender on the George Washington Parkway. On Wednesday,
Bijan
Ghaisar
's family and friends dedicated a library to his memory on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
Citing 'career and financial consequences,' officers who shot, killed
Bijan
Ghaisar
file lawsuit against Interior Department
07/31/2024 09:19am • More than six years after two U.S. Park Police officers shot and killed unarmed driver
Bijan
Ghaisar
in Fairfax County, the officers — who were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing — have filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department. The agency took steps to fire officers Lucas Vinya
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
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
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
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
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