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Normandy High School was soon in the national headlines for another reason: the fatal police shooting in nearby Ferguson of Michael Brown, who had graduated from the school days before.
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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.
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.
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.
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Police say the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Southwest Airlines employee was found dead inside a vehicle.
A St. Louis County grand jury's decision Monday not to indict a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., over the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager has led to demonstrations around the nation.
-- «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.
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.
A bipartisan delegation of Troy City Council members met Friday with the state attorney general's office to discuss recommendations in its report on an investigation of a 2016 fatal police - involved shooting.
Abelove announced Friday that the grand jury cleared Troy police Sgt. Randall French of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting that took place five days earlier.
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.
Since being given authority in certain police fatal shootings, Schneiderman has declined to take over several cases, but he recently won an indictment against an off - duty officer who shot and killed a motorist during a so - called «road rage» case.
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.
An Onondaga County grand jury has determined that the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer in Syracuse on Father's Day was justified.
Abelove is charged with felony perjury and official misconduct, a misdemeanor, for his handling of a fatal Troy police - involved shooting of a driver in April of 2016.
The source noted that picking a panel to weigh charges against Police Officer Peter Liang in the fatal shooting last November of Akai Gurley, 28, was difficult because the jurors were told they would be hearing evidence for two to three months.
The attorney general's office is immersed in a two - pronged investigation that's examining both the actions of Troy police in the fatal shooting as well as Abelove's handling of the case.
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.
In light of Sunday's fatal shooting at a Texas church, Pridgen says he will be meeting with Buffalo's Deputy Police Commissioner and other specialists on Thursday to set an active shooter protocol that can be discussed with the rest of the Common Council next week.
Clinton called Friday for officials in Charlotte to make public a police video showing the fatal shooting of Scott.
Richard Haste, a New York police officer facing dismissal for his actions in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in the Bronx, expressed remorse at his disciplinary trial on Friday, but said his actions were justified.
The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.
Tyron Howard, the man arrested in the fatal shooting of Randolph Holder, a New York City police officer, received a series of breaks in nearly two decades of frequent arrests and convictions.
Troy officials would not explain what Mayor Patrick Madden asserted were factual errors in the State Attorney General's Office report criticizing the Troy Police Department's investigation of the fatal officer - involved shooting of a DWI suspect during an April 2016 traffic stop.
They can do it in terms of planting evidence, and in the most extreme cases they can do it in terms of killing people,» Clarkson added, referring to police - involved shootings and other fatal incidents.
The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the fatal shooting case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.
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.
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.
«This is terrible, and it's everything that is wrong with the way that we police,» Williams told Capital today after the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley, 28, in a dimly lit stairwell at the Louis Pink Houses in East New York.
This morning police are searching for several suspects in the fatal shooting last night outside the Jose Beauty Salon and Barber Shop at 110 Forsyth Street.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- As the investigation continues into the fatal shooting in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood, authorities won't have the option to use police camera footage because it doesn't» t exist.
Abelove is under fire for allegedly giving the officer involved in the 2016 police involved fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin improper immunity, and withholding evidence from the grand jury.
More than a dozen people were arrested in Manhattan last night while protesting two fatal police - involved shootings.
The New York Times has more details about the fatal police shooting of Alex Figueroa in North Fordham Tuesday night.
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Standing on the steps of Buffalo City Hall on a frigid Saturday morning, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Buffalo Police Lieutenant Daniel Rinaldo announced the arrest and arraignment of a 30 - year old man in connection with a fatal shooting on Allen Street in Buffalo November 3rd.
Ms. Mark - Viverito's announcement came just hours before the killings of five officers in Dallas, at a time when the nation is grappling with fatal shootings of black men by the police.
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..
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.
TROY — The findings of the investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office of the fatal Troy police shooting of a 37 - year - old black man could undermine jurors» confidence in officers testifying in future cases, defense lawyers said.
The AG empaneled a grand jury in September, the first time it has done so under the executive order, to review evidence pertaining to Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove's handling of the fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin by a Troy police officer last year.
Police identified Tyrone Howard, 30, as the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of an NYPD officer.
in September, the first time it has done so under the executive order, to review evidence pertaining to Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove's handling of the fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin by a Troy police officer last year.
State Police have identified the family involved in a fatal shooting incident in Dutchess County.
New York State police say the fatal shootings in Dutchess County earlier this week were a murder - suicide.
The officers had been assigned to a peaceful demonstration that protested the fatal shootings of black men earlier this week by police in Minnesota and Louisiana.
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.