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A Philadelphia Inquirer analysis of vehicle shootings – based on police department Internal Affairs documents and interviews with attorneys, police, and community member – finds that despite increased restrictions on firing weapons at cars, it’s still happening and has cost the city $5.8 million in settelments since 2002 because it is dangerous and “rarely works.”
"[S]ince 2002, Philadelphia police officers have shot 43 people in vehicles, killing …. Eight out of 10 times that police shot into vehicles, officers were found to have violated department policy. The most common punishment for those found guilty of violating the rules, records show, was a reprimand.”
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