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mrsmith

@mrsmith@journa.host

Associated Press reporter
Correspondent on AP's investigations team
I live in Providence, Rhode Island
Reach me at mrsmith@ap.org

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mrsmith, to random
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Every day, police rely on common tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them, such as physical holds, Tasers and body blows. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death.
A new AP investigation finds more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through means not intended to be lethal. In hundreds of cases, officers weren’t taught or didn’t follow best safety practices for physical force and weapons. #policing
#force
https://apnews.com/projects/investigation-police-use-of-force/visual-story/

mrsmith, to politics
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RFK Jr has spent years spreading fear and distrust of vaccines. Now that he's running for president,
Ali Swenson and I took a look at who gets hurt by Kennedy’s work

https://apnews.com/article/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a

mrsmith,
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Among the people we spoke to were Gina and Padrig Fahey. Their son, Braden, was 12 when he collapsed and died from a malformed blood vessel in his brain. He hadn’t gotten a COVID-19 vaccine.
Still, Kennedy’s group used Braden’s photo on the cover of the book they co-published, “Cause Unknown,” that argues vaccines caused a wave of deaths.
Braden's parents described the pain that has caused them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SwF9SunZv0

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