A Chicago police sergeant has been acquitted of aggravated assault and felony official misconduct in a case involving a teenager he held in a prone position with his knee while off-duty, according to attorneys for the teen.

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A Paris police officer allegedly shot at a teenager who refused to stop during a traffic check sparking protests in the suburb, it was reported. The 17-year-old was in the Paris suburb of Nanterre when he was shot at by an officer after he failed to stop for a traffic check, the prosecutors said. Local media reported that emergency services tried to resuscitate him at the scene but he died shortly afterwards. Le Monde reported that a video circulating on social media shows two police officers trying to stop a vehicle and one shooting point blank at the teenager when he failed to stop the car. The car crashed after moving a few metres, the video reportedly shows. More follows Read More Rescuers found body in rubble of Paris building that collapsed in explosion Paul McCartney's rediscovered photos show Beatlemania from the inside Book Review: Tom Rachman's new novel 'The Imposters,' a global journey of disparate stories

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The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state's legislative maps are drawn -- a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court could throw out the current electoral maps, which give the GOP an advantage.