Sentences with phrase «fatal police shooting»

Researchers say that this study may point to stereotypes at play in fatal police shootings of Black men and boys, and it seems pretty clear that it does.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo created an executive order in July 2015 that gave the state Attorney General power to take over as a special prosecutor from local district attorneys in investigating fatal police shootings in cases where the victims were «unarmed.»

At least two snipers opened fire on police officers in Dallas, TX last night, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men, police said.

The grand jury hearing went ahead even though Schneiderman's office had been directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to investigate fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians.

Former City Councilman Charles Barron, who used to represent the neighborhood, faulted the rookie officer for the shooting and said it echoed fatal police shootings on Staten Island and in Ferguson, Mo..

Johnson, 25, was the sniper who targeted the officers at the conclusion of a peaceful march July 7 in downtown Dallas, where demonstrators were protesting fatal police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana.

Constance Malcolm, mom of 2012 fatal police shooting victim Ramarley Graham, ripped Bratton as «the devil himself.»

-- «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.

He was forced out by Chicago's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, following a controversial fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.

Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings around the US.

Published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, this is the first study to examine the relationship between structural racism and racial disparities in fatal police shootings at the state level.

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«This suggests that the higher rates of fatal police shootings of unarmed black victims are not merely a result of more interactions between police officers and black suspects,» said co-author Anita Knopov, a pre-doctoral fellow at BUSPH.

A former Rensselaer County assistant district attorney testified Friday before a special grand jury that's investigating whether District Attorney Joel E. Abelove violated any laws in his controversial handling of an April 2016 fatal police shooting in Troy.

In the break room at a Manhattan precinct house, officers — behind closed doors, comfortable among themselves — debated what they saw on the videos of the recent fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.

In August, riots broke out in the city after the fatal police shooting of 23 - year - old Sylville Smith.

Obama also appealed for «peace and calm» on the streets of a St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of 18 - year - old Michael Brown.

Such calls having been growing across the country since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager, by a white officer in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that Renssealer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who had been handling the inquiry into a fatal police shooting of an African - American man in Troy, would step aside, clearing the way for the AG's office to investigate the case.

The government email records of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove were seized by investigators with the state attorney general's office in an ongoing investigation into his handling of a fatal police shooting case last year in Troy.

During the month I was on the road, there were at least two fatal police shootings of black people in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina and another soon after I left in El Cajon, California.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County district attorney on Wednesday, claiming Joel Abelove «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

Schneiderman intends to impanel a grand jury this month to investigate Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in relation to the fatal police shooting in Troy of an unarmed motorist in 2016.

RENSSELAER — A Rensselaer County grand jury on Thursday wanted answers about the speed with which District Attorney Joel Abelove presented a fatal police shooting to another grand jury in 2016, according to a retired Troy detective who investigated the case.

Though not exactly a friend of progressives — this summer he'll be tried on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his handling of a fatal police shooting case (he has pleaded not guilty)-- he did strike a short - lived deal with Walmart last year stipulating that two of its stores would not contact law enforcement regarding shoplifting incidents unless the loss exceeded $ 100.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County district attorney, claiming Joel Abelove, «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

Rallies and protests are taking place in Crown Heights Thursday night following the fatal police shooting of a man officers believed was holding a firearm — that later turned out was only a pipe.

Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Joel Abelove, claiming the Rensselaer County district attorney «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

The state attorney general's office used a search warrant Thursday to seize the mobile phone of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in an ongoing criminal investigation of Abelove's handling of a fatal police shooting last April.

The government email records of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove were seized by investigators with the state attorney general's office Tuesday in an ongoing investigation into his handling of a fatal police shooting case last year in Troy.

But the fulfillment of campaign promises in the last 12 months, whether or not Islanders were happy with the results, has been darkened by heightening tensions following a fatal police shooting and fallout from the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

District Attorney Joel Ableove is scheduled for a June 20 trial at the Rensselaer County Court House on a felony perjury charge and two misdemeanor counts related to his handling of a grand jury investigation of a fatal police shooting of a DWI suspect in April 2016 in Troy.

Abelove is charged with felony perjury and two misdemeanor counts of official misconduct following a grand jury investigation into the handling of the fatal police shooting of a DWI suspect.

Activists are calling for change one year after the fatal police shooting of an emotionally disturbed Bronx woman.

Buffalo went more than four years without a fatal police shooting, without using tasers, and they've only had one officer killed in the last 20 years.

The New York Times has more details about the fatal police shooting of Alex Figueroa in North Fordham Tuesday night.

Joel Abelove, a Republican narrowly elected four years ago, was charged in December with official misconduct and perjury related to his handling of the fatal police shooting of Edson Thevenin, an African - American man who had fled a DWI stop in his vehicle.

The petition by Abelove was thrown out and he was later indicted by Schneiderman's office on charges that he lied to a grand jury about his handling of a fatal police shooting case in the city of Troy.

elected four years ago, was charged in December with official misconduct and perjury related to his handling of the fatal police shooting of Edson Thevenin, an African - American man who had fled a DWI stop in his vehicle.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who is accused of two misdemeanors and one felony related to his handling of a fatal police shooting case, has moved to dismiss the indictment against him, arguing that «the evidence before the grand jury» did not support the charges, according to court filings this month.

RENSSELAER — A former Rensselaer County assistant district attorney testified Friday before a special grand jury that's investigating whether District Attorney Joel E. Abelove violated any laws in his controversial handling of an April 2016 fatal police shooting in Troy.

MORRIS HEIGHTS — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he was left «reeling» after viewing videos of fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.

After last year's fatal police shooting of a man in Ferguson, Missouri, and after a man died in an apparent police chokehold in Staten Island, New York, the district attorney in Orange County has announced a protocol for officer - involved deadly - force encounters.

The state attorney general has filed a lawsuit claiming the Rensselaer County District Attorney «flagrantly violated» an executive order in presenting evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

A Connecticut prosecutor says that a fatal police shooting of a suicidal, knife - wielding man was justified and police need better training to handle these situations.

The study used combined data on fatal police shootings of victims not known to be armed from January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2017, obtained from the Mapping Police Violence Project database, the most reliable source of data on police shootings.

But a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers finds states with a greater degree of structural racism, particularly residential segregation, have higher racial disparities in fatal police shootings of unarmed victims.

Even controlling for rates of arrest, the researchers found a strong association between the racial disparity in unarmed fatal police shootings and a range of structural racism indicators, with residential segregation showing the most pronounced association.