Title: The cases where US police have faced killing charges - BBC News
Headings: The cases where US police have faced killing charges
The cases where US police have faced killing charges
Content: Comprehensive nationwide numbers of how many police officers kill individuals while on duty do not exist. The FBI does record "justifiable homicides" by police officers. There were 461 such homicides in 2013, but by definition, this doesn't include the number of police charged with a crime for on-duty actions. And reporting these statistics to the FBI is voluntary. In addition, even police agencies who report their overall crime numbers are not required to submit additional data on homicides, justified or not. Mr Stinson's own research found 41 police officers were charged with murder or manslaughter between 2005 and 2011. In the same time period, the FBI recorded several thousand justifiable homicides. image copyright
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Jonathan Ferrell was killed by a police officer after he crashed his vehicle
And the process by which police officers face charges depends on the state. Some are charged by grand juries, others are charged directly by police through arrest warrants. In Baltimore in 2008, Police Officer Tommy Sanders was indicted for voluntary manslaughter while on duty when he shot and killed Edward Lamont Hunt.