Sentences with phrase «against grand jury decisions»

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

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«The grand jury's decision does not negate the fact that Michael Brown's tragic death is part of an alarming national trend of officers using excessive force against people of color, often during routine encounters.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove didn't require French to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when he testified before the grand jury — a decision that made it impossible to bring charges against French after his testimony.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

A Staten Island's grand jury's decision on Dec. 3rd to not bring charges against New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner drew disappointed and angry protestors...

On Monday, the top cop was splattered with red paint by Diego Ibañez, who was demonstrating against the grand - jury decision in the Michael Brown case.

At roughly the same time, several dozen demonstrators from the advocacy group Picture the Homeless rallied outside the Vanderbilt Avenue headquarters of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, in protest against the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Mr. Pantaleo in the Garner homicide, and against broken windows policing.

The timing of Gurley's death comes at a particularly sensitive time for the department, which is bracing for possible demonstrations and protests in response to a decision from a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, about whether to proceed with a criminal case against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager.

Following the Garner grand jury decision, Cuomo said that he, «like many Americans,» was surprised that no indictment was leveled against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, especially since there was a powerful video that captured Pantaleo putting an arm around the Staten Islander's neck as Pantaleo and other officers wrestled him to the ground.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said he was «extremely shocked» by the grand jury's decision and called on the NYPD to take action against Haste.

The grand jury's decision is a win - win for everyone; after all, the Fourth Amendment reaffirms the «right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures..»