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Michigan Police Disciplined in Shooting Death of Homeless Man

A Saginaw police supervisor has been demoted and two officers have been disciplined for their roles in the fatal shooting of a homeless, mentally ill man in a parking lot, city officials said Friday.

The on-scene supervisor during the July 1 shooting of Milton Hall, 49, was reprimanded and demoted to the rank of patrolman, Acting Police Chief Brian Lipe said, and the two officers being disciplined received reprimands for not following the department’s mobile video policy.

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