Sentences with phrase «death of black»

Motorola's new Moto G is prettier than most, and Motorola offers some truly fabulous colorful back covers that will overjoy anyone bored to death of black.

From a bizarre tongue - eating parasite discovered off the Jersey Coast to the widespread death of black and grizzly bears in British Columbia — due to a collapse in salmon runs — a lot happened this week in green.

(1983), which despite being shot in the 80s documents the protests following the death of a black man in police custody as though it were made yesterday.

Goldsmith's actions were roundly criticised, and last Thursday, Rankine, who tends to lay out her thoughts with prudence, pausing between each clause, described them as «a deep failure of sensitivity on his part... because he didn't see the death of black people as a real thing.»

Seeking justice for the death of a black man in Jim Crow Mississippi might seem like a Quixotic quest.

For fans of psychological suspense: Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy Family secrets and suburban facades crumble in 1958 Detroit when the neighbors of Alder Avenue suspect that the disappearance of mentally disabled Elizabeth may be connected to the death of a black woman at the factory.

Why, for instance, would one portray the death of a black conspirator on a slaver ship bound for Louisiana at the hand of a white crewman about to rape a sympathetic figure, when the document reveals this conspirator was taken by smallpox?

This one looks lovely, particularly if you're bored to death of black or navy dresses.

Leaf spots result in the death of black cohosh foliage but can be prevented by leaving plenty of room between plants, as well as by planting them in areas with good circulation.

Mr. Donovan became a controversial figure nationally after a grand jury he impaneled decided not to indict a white NYPD officer involved in the death of black Staten Islander Eric Garner last year — but he proved tonight his support remained strong in his home borough, which is roughly 70 percent white and home to many cops and their families.

ALBANY - The law firm of a Long Island Republican running in a crucial state Senate special election once represented a firefighter fired by the city after riding on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.

A parade float reenacts the dragging death of a black man from Jasper, Texas, during the annual Labor Day Parade in Queens, Sept. 7, 1998.

The move came in a letter that Schneiderman sent to Cuomo Monday and was sparked by the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of a black man, Eric Garner.

«His death was a Democratic coverup», said Jones, the lack on transparancy and the silence among black leaders in Westchester over the death of a black law enforcement officer gave a green light for the violations of human and civil rights of black men throughout Westchester County».

The law firm of Chris McGrath, the Long Island Republican running in the crucial April 19 special election, once represented a firefighter fired by NYC after riding on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.

Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton supports a federal review of the Chicago Police Department following the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer.

In April 2015, Blake and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with liberal activist Groups, blasted the police for shoving and arresting activists in demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custody.

Other victories against hate groups include a $ 6 million judgment that bankrupted the Aryan Nations, a $ 12.5 million jury verdict against the California - based White Aryan Resistance for the death of a black student and a $ 26 million verdict against the Carolina Klan for burning black churches.

I think it really will take something like 80 % for gun control, and tragically, I'm convinced it will take a lot more senseless deaths — and not just the death of black teenagers, but the deaths of children of powerful people through gun violence.

Protests occurred again in September after a white former St. Louis police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of another black man in 2011.

She was sworn in as attorney general in April 2015 amid riots in Baltimore over the death of a black man in police custody.

The death of Sandra Bland has won press attention in the UK, but we continue to ignore the deaths of black people in custody here

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should not acquiesce to calls for his resignation, even as Emanuel comes under increasing scorn for his handling of the police - involved deaths of black residents in his city.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should not acquiesce to calls for his resignation, even as Emanuel comes under increasing scorn for his handling of the police - involved deaths of black residents in his city.

«The evils of racism, the evils of poverty, the inexcusable reality that our educational system fails our children, the concentration of wealth in the hands of too few, and the experience of deprivation in the lives of too many,» he said, alluding to the outbursts of racial violence following the deaths of black men at the hands of police in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore.

Heastie said the long string of deaths of black men in shootings by police underscore the need for improving community and police relations, combating poverty and improving education and working «on the issue of guns and those who would use them to steal innocent lives.»

Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»

Mr. de Blasio rankled police unions and rank and file cops after he expressed sympathy for anti-police brutality protests that broke out after grand juries failing to indict white police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo..

As seen in the present - day examples of police brutality that led to the deaths of Black men and women (among them Philando Castile and Eric Garner), the ironic notion that the same people that are suppose to protect you are the ones you should fear most is a terror that many Blacks encounter.

In a new ART21 «Exclusive,» Carrie Mae Weems stages a performance that honors the deaths of black men in the U.S.

On 24th Street, All the Boys (2016) is a powerful response to recent police brutality and the deaths of black men and women; while on 20th Street, viewers find the ghostly video installation Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me (2012), and Scenes & Take (2016), a series of photographs picturing the artist before the sets of TV shows like Scandal and Empire — both shows feature black leads — shedding light on the current state of the entertainment industry.

This is perhaps best exemplified by the failure of evidentiary video footage to result in convictions in deaths of black men and women at the hands of police.

Boghiguian assembled a cosmos of research on the colonial use of salt, its centrality to the slave trade, and the contemporary legacy of this history — including the deaths of black Americans at the hands of the police.

«As our year became more and more problematic with all these horrific deaths of black people I wanted to contextualize [the exhibition],» says James Barron, the gallerist who is putting on the show.

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This gap surges to over 20 percentage points when calculated to include among the non-employed prime - age black men who are «missing» primarily due to incarceration or early death, according to the Council of Economic Advisers.

Federal officials said black lung has caused roughly 78,000 deaths since the late 1960s and there has been a resurgence of it in recent years, especially in eastern Kentucky.

In a sense, by watching and sharing these photos and videos, we all become instant eyewitnesses to the deaths of these young black men — and to the often wide gulf between the «official» story of what happened and the murky truth.

The week began with the death of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he lay on the ground outside a convenience store.

Between 2005 - 2009, prosecutors in Houston County, Alabama had excluded 80 % of blacks who qualified for jury service on death penalty cases.

When you consider the death penalty as a tool of racial control — a way for whites to «defend» themselves from blacks — then Pew's poll results make sense.

Wide use of the death penalty against blacks would continue through the 19th century and into the 20th, pushed by Southern whites who saw capital punishment as necessary to restrain a dangerous black population.

According to The Wall Street Journal, body cameras have become a $ 1 billion industry since the deaths of Brown, Eric Garner, and other unarmed black civilians at the hands of police officers.

The deaths of Brown and Garner made national headlines, but according to a recent report by the FBI, there was an average of 96 cases per year, from 2006 to 2012, of a white police officer killing a black person.

This is why — with the exception of black tie, which clearly tells guys to wear a tux — I am lobbying for the death of dress codes.

The shooting death of an 18 - year - old black man named Michael Brown by a 28 - year - old white police officer, and the weeks of protest that followed.

The shooting death of a 12 - year - old black boy named Tamir Rice by two white Cleveland Police Department officers.

We were cruelly reminded of that with the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two more black man killed in police incidents, this time in Louisiana and Minnesota.

In the past, state and federal authorities have investigated Durst in connection with the 1982 disappearance of his first wife and the 2001 death and dismemberment of Durst's neighbor, Morris Black, as well as Berman's death.

After the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Bernard Tyson wrote a candid essay on LinkedIn about being a black man in America.

Instead, I could join Hawking on fantastical adventures to the edges of black holes and inside time - traveling spacecraft; shrink down to the infinitesimal scale of subatomic particles; and journey to the birth and eventual death of the universe.