NEWS In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, nationwide protests
against police killing unarmed Black men and youth reach Miami Dec. 5, shutting down I - 95 and blocking traffic in Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach.
PERFORMANCE > Artist Dread Scott joins protestors in Union Square demonstrating
against police killing black men, bringing a huge black flag, holding it aloft for all to see the words emblazoned on it in white: «A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday.»
Not exact matches
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.
There is 21 - year - old Howard University student Clifton Kinnie, who, in 2014, mobilized teenagers to organize
against gun violence and register to vote after 18 - year - old Mike Brown was
killed by a
police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
But
police dogs, water hoses, churches bombed, children
killed, and all this
against the background of ruthless segregation?
especially when statistics clearly show that there is no big conspiracy going on... only 20 % of
police killings are perpetrated
against black people....80 %
against other races....
Actions
against protesters included «unlawful
killings and beatings by
police during protests and house - to - house operations», HRW said, adding there were at least three cases where women alleged
police had raped them.
Families of those
killed in the Hillsborough tragedy will discover if there will be any manslaughter charges brought
against the
police that handled the game today.
Since being given authority in certain
police fatal shootings, Schneiderman has declined to take over several cases, but he recently won an indictment
against an off - duty officer who shot and
killed a motorist during a so - called «road rage» case.
The oratorical flourish at the end of the debate on Syria was the most vivid example of defiance, but it was also Hilary who used a Today programme interview soon after Corbyn had been elected to politely insist that Labour policy was in favour of renewing trident and then to appear once again to express his support for the right of
police to «shoot to
kill», in both cases
against the publicly declared position of his leader.
The charges
against Mubarak are gruesome: it is alleged that he ordered tortures and authorised the brutalities of the secret
police, that he sent out snipers to shoot and
kill innocent and unarmed protestors during the January - February revolution, and that he conducted corruption on a grand scale, taking millions from the state coffers through a dodgy deal to supply gas.
The family of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man shot and
killed in a Brooklyn housing - project stairwell by a
police officer last year, has filed a wrongful - death lawsuit
against New York City.
On what would have been Sean Bell's 27th birthday, a judge ruled his family's civil lawsuit
against the city and the five
police officers who shot and
killed him can go to trial.
The family and supporters of Akai Gurley said they are outraged that the prosecutor who got a felony manslaughter conviction
against the
police officer who shot and
killed the unarmed Brooklyn resident is now recommending the shooter serve no jail time.
«The Nigeria
Police Force hereby implores members of the general public to disregard and discountenance the claim of plot by the IGP
against the Senate President as a ruse, unfortunate and an attempt to divert
Police investigation into the
killings of more than Eleven (11) innocent people from kwara State and other States of the Federation in the recent past by the killer squad who operate under the guise of a cult group.
The family of a woman shot and
killed by Syracuse
police in February has filed a notice of claim
against the city that alleges, among other things, that Sahlah Ridgeway was taken to a far - away hospital instead of the one closest, allowing her to bleed to death en route.
A civilian
police misconduct board is prepared to move forward with charges
against the cop who
killed Eric Garner — but the NYPD is blocking the move, his mother charged.
After the fourth New York City
police officer in 11 months was shot and
killed last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said «there's no doubt that we have a violence problem
against police officers,» and gave a tepid response to a proposal by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Families of those
killed in
police custody have invited campaigners
against detention centres to join them in a protest in Whitehall tomorrow.
All told, at least seven New Yorkers have been charged with making threats
against police officers since the Dec. 20
killing of Ramos and Liu.
But no matter how much blacks raise their voices
against indiscriminate
police violence «the
killings keep coming.»
Describing the figure as «a gross misrepresentation of the true facts on ground in the state», the
police said 22 people were confirmed
killed as
against 81 being reported.
Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, solemnly unveiled a six - count indictment this afternoon
against the NYPD officer who shot and
killed Akai Gurley, striving to show the public his office was not pressured by the
police protests that have roiled the city and nation over the last year.
«Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or
killing of
police, is reprehensible and
against the pursuit of justice in both cases,» Sharpton said.
«The various lengths to which President Buhari has gone to end the spate of
killings, such as mobilising state resources
against the attackers, approving the setting up of new
police and army formations in the affected areas, and the recruitment of thousands into the
police and other arms of the military, are a few of the several steps taken which a more reasonable opposition will acknowledge.
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or
killing of
police, is reprehensible and
against the pursuit of justice in both cases.»
He said «it is sad that instead of focusing on those who
killed its men, the
police is now acting as an arm of the APC by punishing whoever acted
against the wish of the vindictive leaders of the party.»
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- A federal lawsuit was filed
against Buffalo
Police Officers Joseph Acquino, Justin Tedesco, Buffalo
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda, AMR, and the City of Buffalo by Margarita Rossy, the mother of Jose Hernandez - Rossy, who was
killed by Buffalo
Police on May 7.
The mother of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man
killed in a
police chokehold, says Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the officer who killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecutin
police chokehold, says Mayor Bill de Blasio and
Police Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the officer who killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecutin
Police Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action
against the officer who
killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecuting him.
Isolated and cut off from the city inside a soon - to - be-closed L.A.
police station, a group of
police officers and convicts join forces to defend themselves
against a gang who wants to
kill someone trapped inside the precinct.
The continuation, through Warren, of the retribution
against white brutality exacted by Django is offered as cathartic, and Tarantino's sincere commitment to fighting racism is welcome given the current tensions provoked by
police killings of black citizens in the United States.
A daring synthetic biologist who, after a car accident
kills his family, will stop at nothing to bring them back, even if it means pitting himself
against a government - controlled laboratory, a
police task force and the physical laws of science.
A young girl is
killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself
against a charge of
police brutality.
The
police were fed - up with the
killings and supported action
against owners as opposed to banning a particular breed.
If someone has made threats
against the cats you care for, or if the cats have already been harmed or
killed, you should immediately file a
police report.
-- Require the cross-reporting of animal abuse; — Prohibit the drowning of animals; — Prohibit the automatic
killing of animal fighting victims; — Prohibit discrimination
against dog breeds; — Require property owners to look for animals when property is vacated and notify the
police or an animal control officer if an animal is found; and — Prohibit sexual contact with an animal or forcing a child to engage in sexual contact with an animal.
A protest
against a coal plant project two years ago in Sompeta in the eastern coastal state of Andhra Pradesh turned violent, with two farmers
killed by
police and several others wounded.
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In Wellington v. Ontario, the family of a young man
killed by two
police officers sought to bring a claim in negligence
against the Special Investigations Unit for various deficiencies in their investigation of the death; their claim was dismissed based on the Court of Appeal's view that these types of claims were not grounded in any realistic duty of care given the public duties of
policing bodies.
In Wellington v. Ontario, the family of a young man
killed by two
police officers sought to bring a claim in negligence
against the Special Investigations... [more]
In recent times his work has focused on excessive force claims
against local law enforcement, including his recent representation of the family of John Geer who was shot and
killed by Fairfax County
Police in August 2013.
The Union leader reported: «HAMPSTEAD —
Police say they have no plans to bring charges
against a Derry teen whose Jeep struck and
killed a woman when she got out of her car to make a call after sliding off Stage Road in a snowstorm Tuesday night.
CHICAGO — Prosecutors have dropped charges
against two men who say Chicago
police detectives beat them into confessing to a 1989
killing.
In Alice Springs, young mother Shirleen Campbell urged her fellow residents to speak out
against family violence and report incidents to
police before another woman was
killed by their partner.
The International Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1966, to coincide with the date in 1960 when
police killed 69 people in Sharpeville, South Africa at a peaceful protest
against apartheid laws.