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FBI Agent Cleared of Wrongdoing in Todashev Shooting

HeadlineMar 24, 2014

Three separate probes have reportedly cleared an FBI agent of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Chechen man questioned for his ties to the Boston Marathon bombers. Agents were questioning Ibragim Todashev at his Orlando, Florida, apartment last May when he allegedly tried to attack them. After multiple anonymous claims Todashev was armed, it later emerged the circumstances were unclear. But investigations by three parties — the FBI, the Florida prosecutor and the Justice Department — have all concluded the agent followed proper guidelines. An exposé by The New York Times last year found the FBI has cleared its agents in every single shooting incident dating back two decades.

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