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November 24, 2020

Florida Police Face Investigation into Officers' Killing of Two Black Teens
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Authorities in Florida have opened an investigation into the recent
police killing of two Black teenagers who were shot at least eight times
while driving a car in Cocoa, Florida, at around 10:30 a.m. on November
13. One passenger in the car survived. Attorney Benjamin Crump is now
representing the families of 16-year-old Angelo Crooms and 18-year-old
Sincere Pierce. Crump said the teenagers were terrified and tried to
drive around the officers, who were aiming guns at the car. The officers
were following the car because they thought it had been stolen, but in
fact the car belonged to the girlfriend of one of the teenagers.


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