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Based on the largely forgotten 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg and the novel «Point of Impact» by Stephen Hunter, the series (executive produced by Wahlberg) was originally scheduled to debut in July but was postponed following the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, then again after the shooting deaths of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday mourned the recent shooting deaths of police officers in New York, praising law enforcement for putting themselves in harm's way.

A New York appeals court has thrown out the manslaughter conviction of a man who prosecutors argued was driving drunk and triggered crashes that caused the death of a police officer in 2012.

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Fifty - one % said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year's most important news events.

In doing so, the court failed to address a recurring question, one that's often a matter of life and death for police officers and the public.

Coral Gables police officers won't face charges for death of Aviel Gutierrez, who died in December 2016 after he was shot with a Taser stun gun during a bizarre confrontation.

When a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, the family is entitled to a federal death benefit, but some families wait years for their application to process.

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.

In her inane and self - serving commentary, «Marilyn Mosby: I «knew that nothing would be the same» after charging police officers in Freddie Gray's death» (May 1), incumbent State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby completely and spectacularly misses the point of the tragedy that was the Freddie Gray case.In her inane and self - serving commentary, «Marilyn Mosby: I «knew that nothing would be the same» after charging police officers in Freddie Gray's death» (May 1), incumbent State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby completely and spectacularly misses the point of the tragedy that was the Freddie Gray case.in Freddie Gray's death» (May 1), incumbent State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby completely and spectacularly misses the point of the tragedy that was the Freddie Gray case...

-- «State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark,» by LATimes» Patrick McGreevy: «Lawmakers» tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18.

Police Officer Darren Wilson — who was recently cleared by a grand jury in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown — recently sat down with ABC News, telling George Stephanopoulos, «The reason I have a clean conscience is that I know I did my job right.»

A day after Davis was executed in Georgia for the 1989 shooting death of Mark MacPhail, an off - duty police officer, one contributor to The Daily Beast asked this question:

The grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri has decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson following the death of Michael Brown.

The New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Indiana Fever and their players were fined for wearing shirts during warmups in response to the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and five Dallas police officers killed during a protest rally.

It is about putting in place appropriate polices to reduce the ridiculous rate of African American deaths at the hands of officers and hold the ones that fail accountable.

A Glen Ellyn police officer involved in the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in April helped rescue an Addison man from a burning vehicle Tuesday in Lombard.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday afternoon reacted to a Staten Island grand jury not indicting a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, saying in a statement his administration is «ready to cooperate» with a possible federal investigation.

The comments come as lawmakers will be mulling potential changes to the state's criminal justice system in the wake of the Eric Garner decision as well as the shooting deaths of two New York City police officers.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is undertaking one of the biggest challenges of his year - old mayoralty after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

The New York City PBA has been at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent months over police tactics and criminal justice reform measures sought after the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after a choke hold administered by a police officer.

At issue is Malliotakis's response to the unrest in Virginia that led to the death of a counter protester and two State Police officers following a rally and demonstration by groups of white supremacists.

Meanwhile, some of the suspects in relation to the death of the two police officers were arrested, tried and convicted for murder some years ago.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

Suffolk County has agreed to pay $ 1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a 17 - year - old girl who was killed in a car crash involving two police officers nearly a decade ago.

But Buffalo Police Benevolent Association President Kevin Kennedy said the texts could play a role in clearing Officers Todd McAlister and Nicholas Parisi of wrongdoing in Davis» death the night of Feb. 7.

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.

Data analyzed by The Finder shows that at least 48 police officers paid the ultimate price of death in the discharge of their constitutional duties to protect lives and property in Ghana from 2013 to date.

The police union has bashed de Blasio for seeming to side with protesters over the police in the heated days since a grand jury voted to not indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.

But he would face a very tough challenger in Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who developed a national profile after the a grand jury did not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner but who remains popular in Staten Island, a borough home to many cops and law - and - order types.

It remains unclear how many deaths in the future of police officers and other first responders will be attributed to work after the attacks, NYPD officials said.

Federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in Brooklyn in the death of Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer in Staten Island in July 2014, according to a person briefed on the matter.

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.

A jury earlier this year convicted New York City Police Officer Peter Liang in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, a conviction that was condemned by some members of the city's Asian community.

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

The Working Families Party in a statement said it was troubled by the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to not charge police officers in the death of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black teenager.

Abelove's charges, unsealed in an indictment on Friday, stem from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office accusing him of failing to notify state officials after the death of Edson Thevenin, who was shot by a Troy police officer in 2016.

More broadly, the push for grand jury reform began last year, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a New York City police officer in the choke hold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest of Freddie Gray, the black man who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody last year, immediately renewed questions of whether any of the six police officers charged in the case would be convicted in connection with his death.

The US Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager whose death set off racially charged and sometimes violent protests last year.

The Metropolitan Police today admitted making a «mess» of the aftermath of Mark Duggan's death and promised to be much quicker in talking to relatives of people shot by officers in future.

Councilwoman Inez Barron today called on President Barack Obama to spearhead a Department of Justice investigation into the death of Ramarley Graham, a Bronx teen killed by a police officer in 2012.

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

Despite the controversy Mr. Donovan courted in December when a grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black man, the district attorney is still relatively popular in the borough and with party insiders, sources say.

The heightened spotlight on the issue of police brutality comes on the heels of the recent deaths of African - American men at the hands of the police and the fatal shootings of police officers in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas.

City Hall's relationship with police, as well as the unions representing them, became strained following a grand jury's decision not to indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The congressman is a regular critic of de Blasio on several police reform issues, and has called on the NYPD to fire officers involved in the death of Eric Garner in Tompkinsville nearly two and a half years ago.

Mr. Schneiderman's proposal, coming days after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black man, was received warmly by many minority elected officials.

The grand jury investigating the matter absolved the officer, plus the police department, of any culpability in Scaringe's death.

The extraordinary seizure was part of an ongoing probe by the attorney general into Abelove's controversial handling of a case in which a Troy police officer was cleared in the April 2016 shooting death of a DWI suspect.

The murder of the officers comes at a time of already heightened tensions between community, police and City Hall, amid days of protests after a grand jury opted not to indict an officer in Garner's death.