Sentences with phrase «during confrontations with police»

Three district attorneys have joined Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in challenging the constitutionality of an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago allowing the state attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

ALBANY - Family members of those who died during confrontations with police took their message to Albany Tuesday.

Dexter and his wife were arrested during a confrontation with police outside their residence at 273 W. Borden Ave., according to police reports.

The attorney general's office has authority under an executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 to enter cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

In late April, Cuomo, met with the relatives of men and women who died during confrontations with police, and indicated that if the Legislature didn't act on his independent monitor proposal by the end of the legislative session in June, he would issue an executive order to create the special prosecutorial office.

Dexter and his wife, Alisha, were arrested in January 2014 during a confrontation with police outside their residence at 273 W. Borden Ave., according to police reports.

Last week, the Senate finance committee voted down a bill that would give the attorney general responsibility for investigating cases where an unarmed civilian dies during a confrontation with police.

Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

The attorney general's probe marks the first grand jury investigation of a sitting district attorney by Schneiderman's office since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in 2015 giving Schneiderman authority to intervene in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court Wednesday that seeks to overturn an executive order Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

It's the first time Schneiderman's office has empaneled a grand jury to investigate a sitting district attorney since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an order in 2015 giving the attorney general authority to intervene in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.