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Wrongful-death civil trial over police killing of man begins

| February 19, 2020 2:05 PM

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The father and therapist of a man killed by a Eugene police officer five years ago took the stand Tuesday during a federal wrongful-death case, opening a trial that questions whether that officer was justified in shooting the PTSD-afflicted veteran in his doorway.

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