Sentences with phrase «charge against an officer who»

Though the DOJ's report did not recommend seeking charges against the officer who shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown during a confrontation this summer, it did say that the department routinely violated the constitutional rights of black residents.

A murder charge against an officer who shot a bat - wielding woman with schizophrenia is putting a spotlight on how the New York Police Department prepares officers to handle the mentally ill.

Not exact matches

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

While in the military, Kelley, who was 21 at the time, made death threats against superior officers, according to the June 2012 report, which also mentioned the military charges.

After a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white NYPD officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Islander, last year, critics in political and academic circles charged that local district attorneys, who often work closely with the police to prosecute crimes, are too close to law enforcement to consistently bring charges against them when they run afoul of the law.

DIXON, Ill. (AP)-- Charges were filed against a student who was wounded by a police officer after firing shots in a northern Illinois high school hallway while staff and seniors were meeting for a graduation rehearsal, Illinois State Police announced late Wednesday.

A mentally ill man's mother, who claims cops fatally shot her son after she called 911 seeking medical help for him, held a rally outside US Attorney Preet Bharara's Manhattan office to push for charges against the officers.

The member who is bringing the charges against the officer must submit a formal notice in writing to the Executive Board, at which point an impeachment hearing will be scheduled.

Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.

Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove, who personally presented the case to the grand jury that cleared French, did not require the officer to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when the officer testified before the grand jury that cleared him — a highly unusual move that makes it virtually impossible for any prosecutor to pursue potential future charges against French for conduct surrounding Thevenin's death.

A mentally ill man's mother, who claims cops fatally shot her son after she called 911 seeking medical help for him, held a rally outside US Attorney Preet Bharara's Manhattan office Thursday to push for charges against the officers.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge leveled against them and were granted bail in the sum of N5 million with a surety in like sum who must be an officer not below Grade Level 15 in the Federal Civil Service.

The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against him and was granted bail in the sum of N2 million with a surety in like sum who must be a government level 14 officer with evidence of residing in Kaduna for the past 5 years.

But the INEC Chairman cautioned against the move, noting that Section 20 (I) and Section 60 of the Public Procurement Act 2007 had made it clear that the accounting officer should be the Secretary who is charged with line supervision of the conduct if all procurement processes.

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

In January, the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association brought union charges against the six officers who accepted lieutenant and detective promotions.

When a dog warden encounters any animal who exhibits signs or symptoms of animal abuse, cruelty or neglect that warden has an obligation to contact a humane officer. It is the responsibility of the humane officer to investigate cases of suspected abuse, cruelty or neglect and, if substantiated, press charges against and prosecute the alleged animal abusers.Â

Osceola County commissioners will consider changing the county's animal control ordinance during Monday's meeting to make it easier for officers to win cases against negligent owners.As written, the ordinance requires a jury trial for an owner who decides to fight a charge; an example of such a charge would be a citation for a barking dog, said animal control supervisor Clark Newcombe.

James E. Hansen, the NASA climate scientist who has become an outspoken campaigner against coal burning, was among 31 protesters arrested on charges of obstructing officers and impeding traffic during a protest against mountaintop mining.

You should also ask the investigating officer to keep you advised of any charges that are laid against the person who assaulted you.

I remember that when the Rodney King videotapes came out, many experts predicted a slam dunk verdict against the police officers who'd been charged with use of excessive force — though as we know, that didn't happen.

But a portion of what he recorded was an anything - but - funny domestic violence trial that included testimony from the same police officer who filed the charge against his friend.

Police officers were given power under the new rules to decide whether to file criminal charges or levy administrative sanctions against individuals who blew over the limit.

Today's announcement by the Crown Attorney's office in Ontario that charges have been stayed against the former Attorney General Michael Bryant is accompanied by an 11 page analysis of the facts and the applicable law, that should be noted by those who follow the role of the Law Officers of the Crown and the discretion to stay charges.