More than three months after an unarmed woman was killed in a hail of police gunfire on Capitol Hill, her family’s lawyer is calling for authorities to release the results of their investigation, and for Congress to use its own powers to look into the case. And some lawmakers agree.
“While we understand police shootings must be carefully investigated because of their social and political ramifications, by now there should have been a preliminary analysis released in the public venue,” Eric Sanders, a New York-based civil-rights lawyer, wrote on his firm’s website.
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