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DA says police use of deadly force justified

Mentally ill man killed in '04 posed threat, office rules

By Suzanne Smalley
Globe Staff / October 14, 2005

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Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced yesterday that two police officers who shot a 57-year-old mentally ill man to death in his South End apartment last year will not face criminal charges because the man was holding two knives and the officers believed their lives were in danger. (Full article: 574 words)

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