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Officer who shot 911 caller sentenced to 12½ years in prison

A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman who had called 911 apologized to the woman’s family Friday just moments before a judge ordered him to prison for 12½ years.

Activists give jailed moms Mother’s Day gift: bail

The campaign hopes to bail out more than 100 women in 35 cities in time for Mother’s Day. The objective is not just to reunite families but to push for change in the cash bail system.