21.   Whether the officers thought Diallo had a gun is a critical element in their claim that the shooting was justified.

22.   Whether the specific shooting was justified or not is under investigation, but the long-term pattern is disturbing.

23.   Police officials maintain the shooting was justified because Corniel had made a move toward an officer with a knife in his hand.

24.   Palestinians say Tamimi was the latest victim of a sadistic soldier who may have planted the knife afterward as evidence to justify the shooting.

25.   Prosecutors said that in at least three cases, police planted guns at the scene to justify shootings by officers.

26.   Police were investigating whether the shooting was justified.

27.   A Brooklyn grand jury concluded in November that the shooting was justified because it was reasonable for the patrolmen to believe that Busch was a threat.

28.   An internal investigation and a civilian inquest jury found the shooting was justified.

29.   An investigation found that the shooting was justified.

30.   Deidra Lane has not been charged and police spent the weekend determining whether the shooting was justified.