A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, an African-American cafeteria worker whose death this summer sparked protests after its immediate aftermath was live-streamed on Facebook. St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who shot Castile during a traffic stop on July 6, will appear in court on […]
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Facebook Live used to broadcast suicide
SAN FRANCISCO — A heartbroken young Turkish man shot himself on Facebook in the latest example of troubling content being streamed live on the giant social network. Erdogan Ceren, 22, who had broken up with his girlfriend, told viewers of the live video: “No one believed when I said I will kill myself. So watch this.” The first time Ceren […]