Sentences with phrase «about police killing»

One of his paintings is an image of Philando Castille that should have generated a public conversation about police killing black men, but its impact has been muted by the controversy over a Dana Schutz painting of Emmett Till in his coffin, that also appears in the biennial exhibition.

Co-cinematographer Dan Peters, one of the core members of the production team for The Blood is at the Doorstep, 2014 Nohl Fellow Erik Ljung's film about the police killing of Dontre Hamilton, traveled to Austin, Texas for the SXSW (South by Southwest) Documentary Feature Competition, where the film received its world premiere.

The decision ended a courtroom battle that has played out since scrutiny befell North Charleston amid a national conversation about police killings.

Not exact matches

In the wake of three bomb attacks in Austin, Texas this month that killed two people, police have received 150 calls from residents about suspicious packages since two blasts rocked the city on Monday, according to CNN.

While crashing a vehicle into civilians recalls recent terrorist attacks, including one on a Christmas market in Berlin in 2016 that killed 12 people, German police and federal officials warned against jumping to conclusions about the incident on Saturday.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

We all need to try as best we can to walk in one another's shoes, to imagine what it would be like to sit our son or daughter down and have the talk about how carefully they need to act around police because the slightest wrong move could get them hurt or even killed.

What it's about: A war veteran saves horses from being killed and goes at war with the police to save a center for runaways.

Authorities in Baton Rouge last week thwarted a planned attack on police officers days after the shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was killed by police in an encounter that was largely captured on video and raised widespread concerns about the officers» actions.

In the hours after the shooting, people who knew Mr. Cruz described him as a «troubled kid» who enjoyed showing off his firearms, bragging about killing animals and whose mother would resort to calling the police to have them come to their home to try to talk some sense into him.

About 400 worshippers were attending the service when two bombers carrying assault rifles stormed the church, triggering a gun battle in which one assailant was killed by police guards and the other opened fire at worshippers and detonated his explosives vest.

A few details are finally starting to emerge about the mysterious killing of a woman named Justine Damond, who called 911 after she heard a woman screaming outside, and was soon shot and killed by police.

Police have confirmed that they received phone calls about a pickup truck driving erratically shortly before a crash that killed 13 church members returning from...

If a terrorist is about to throw a bomb into a crowded theater, and a police officer is certain that there is no way to stop him except to kill him, the officer should of course kill the terrorist.

In July, she and three of her Lynx teammates gave a pregame press conference in which they spoke about police violence after Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were killed by officers.

We haven't even talked about law enforcement yet and the effect that systemic racial profiling and killings by police have on black communities.

Scott's killing ignited a flame long dormant in many black folk around Charlotte about the daily oppression they face in searching for housing, escaping poverty, and policing.

as statistics clearly show, less than 20 % of the people killed this year by police have been black... but, the media and the race baiters continue to make a big issue whenever the victim is black... what about the other 80 %?

On July 9, four members of the Minnesota Lynx — a dynasty on par with the Warriors — held a pre-game press conference to talk about police violence in the wake of the killing of Philando Castile by a Minneapolis - area officer and Alton Sterling by two Baton Rouge, Louisiana, officers.

The man killed, age 36, was shot in the head in the 400 block of South Central Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood about 7:50 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.

While a special anti-terrorist squad from the Police Headquarters in Accra has been dispatched to Kumasi to beef up security in the region following the killings, some are raising questions about the manner in which the attacks are been carried out and the region involved.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

The order appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

Media reports provide further gruesome details about thousands killed by the police and vigilante groups.

The executive order enables the attorney general to step in and supercede county district attorneys in cases where police kill an unarmed civilian or in cases where there are questions about whether the civilian who was killed was armed or dangerous.

But the task force also acknowledged that it might be necessary to kill some deer in the short term, which it said costs about $ 600 per deer, including permits and police supervision.

«Despite the mayor and first lady touting their mental health initiative, they continue to be silent about the repeated killings of people in emotional distress by police, which now totals at least 11 in the past four years,» Pierre said in a statement.

«The attention of Rivers State Police Command has been drawn to an unsubstantiated story in the media that about killing (s) in Egi land, particularly At of Rivers State.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following about the killing of two NYPD police officers today: «My thoughts and prayers are with the families of two of NYPD's Finest, Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, who were murdered today on our streets.

He holed up inside the club with dozens of people effectively held hostage until about 5 a.m., when a police SWAT team raided the building and killed him.

But as usual, the killing was immediately followed by loyal journalists printing nonsense from police sources about Duggan shooting first.

Karbo was last week seen crying like a baby and wetting his pants, when he appeared at the Police Headquarters for questioning, in relation to his loose talk about recruiting mercenaries to kill and shed innocent blood, should the NPP loses the upcoming December 07 general elections.

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

It was gathered that the bandits invaded the police station at about 1 am and immediately opened fire on policemen on duty, killing them, alongside a detainee

A federal appeals court declined to reinstate the conviction of a former New York police officer who was accused of plotting actual kidnappings when he exchanged online messages about abducting, torturing, killing and eating women.

Enwerem, who could not disclose the rank and name of the slain cop, averred that gunmen numbering about five attacked and killed the police officer on the expressway while he was driving.

The 17 - year - old victim (Innocent) was said to be running an errand for his mother, Pere, when he was allegedly killed by the police about 11 am on the fateful day.

Making the disclosures yesterday, FCT Police Commissioner, CP Wilson Inalegwu noted that the robbers who attacked Pyakasa at about 12 pm last Friday, shot and killed the 6 innocent persons because they thought they were out to foil their criminal intent.

The killings of African American citizens by local police have generated a more broad, national conversation about race and the criminal justice system.

District attorneys around New York are still trying to clarify a recent executive order from Cuomo that appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

«A final poser to the Police High Command: Why did the Police refuse to tell the world about the persons who killed DSP Alkali?»

Let us forget about the military, let us forget the police and the courts; I would kill you: a madman like you.

The Borno State Police Command on Monday Confirmed suicide bomb attack at about 10:50 am, which killed 13 persons, including the suicide bombers.

«As soon as our children are killed by the police, they release their records to criminalize them but we don't get any information about the officers who murdered them.»

With his voice cracking at times, O'Neill pointed out that Familia is the seventh NYPD officer to be shot and killed in the last five years — and warned there's a «creeping apathy» among the public about police officers and the important work they do:

It reveals that the AG's own staff is worried about flaws in Cuomo's controversial July 8 executive order that handed responsibility in cases of killings by police to Schneiderman — an ally of the Rev. Al Sharpton — in the face of intense political pressure from black Democrats that resulted from the tragic death of Garner and other cases involving police killings across the country.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain, Associate Editor of the Times Union, about a retired New York State Police Investigator's comments on the viral video of Coeymans Police killing a rabid raccoon.

Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi was killed on Sunday, January 21, 2018, when armed men, numbering about six, attacked the Kwabenya Police Station at dawn and forcibly freed seven prisoners.

«I am deeply concerned about the police shooting that killed a Bronx woman in her sixties with apparent mental health issues,» James said in the statement.

About 15 police officers reportedly died in 2016 alone out of which eight were killed by armed...