Sentences with phrase «black deaths in custody»

He held many important official positions such as the director of the Aboriginal Legal Service Western Australia; he was a key figure in the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody, and instigated the Inquiry into the Stolen Generations, and held key positions such as advisor to the office of the Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

Until we get concrete action on black deaths in custody, tragedies like that of Sandra Bland, Sean Rigg and Olaseni Lewis will continue, here as in the US.

Not exact matches

She was sworn in as attorney general in April 2015 amid riots in Baltimore over the death of a black man in police custody.

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest of Freddie Gray, the black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody last year, immediately renewed questions of whether any of the six police officers charged in the case would be convicted in connection with his death.

In April 2015, Blake and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with liberal activist Groups, blasted the police for shoving and arresting activists in demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custodIn April 2015, Blake and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with liberal activist Groups, blasted the police for shoving and arresting activists in demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custodin demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custodin Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custodin police custody.

The legislation was introduced following the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island resident whose death in police custody was captured on video and led to a national outcry and calls for police reform.

The death of Sandra Bland has won press attention in the UK, but we continue to ignore the deaths of black people in custody here

In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unresIn one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unresin the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unresin police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unresin Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest.

NYPD critics and minority groups — already frustrated by the death of Eric Garner in police custody and what they've decried as unfair use of Mr. Bratton's «broken windows» policing — have expressed concern about the departure of Mr. Pineiro and now Mr. Banks, the department's highest - ranking Hispanic and black members, respectively.

(1983), which despite being shot in the 80s documents the protests following the death of a black man in police custody as though it were made yesterday.