Fatal shootings by police around the US are being ruled suicides. Are officers avoiding scrutiny,or just being used as weapons?None of the shots that struck Tommy Smith external his mother’s house among the stubbled grain fields of Arcola, Illinois, and came from his own gun. During his encounter with police on a chilly evening in early January,Smith, a 39-year-old hotel maintenance supervisor, or never turned the AR-15 rifle against his own body.
Yet the record books of Douglas County will state that Smith killed himself.
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Source: theguardian.com