The United States Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will not
bring charges against the officers who killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., on July 5, 2016, citing insufficient evidence.
In a brief email statement this morning, Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda commended the City of North Charleston, South Carolina and its Mayor, Keith Summey, for bringing murder
charges against the officer involved in the shooting death of a fleeing, unarmed black -LSB-...]
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.
In a brief email statement this morning, Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda commended the City of North Charleston, South Carolina and its Mayor, Keith Summey, for bringing
murder charges against the officer involved in the shooting death of a fleeing, unarmed black man.
Bronx prosecutors declined to
file charges against officers accused of brutally beating two inmates on Rikers Island in 2012 because of problems with testimony.
He would not weigh in on pending
disciplinary charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in connection with the death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after a police chokehold, but he did acknowledge the irony inherent in the fact that the information would actually get out anyway.
Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, called the
pending charges against the officers a «witch hunt» by the Bronx district attorney, whom he accused of «wanting to make a name for himself.»
Padavan and Avella butted heads when the senator called on the Queens district attorney's office to file
charges against the officers of the College Point Sports Association in 2001 after five contractors were indicted for illegally dumping debris on the group's ballfields.
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.
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.
It just came out... that there are
no charges against the officer.
The charges against the officer were eventually dropped.
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.
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 Independent Investigator's Office handles cases when police conduct may result in criminal
charges against officers.