Sentences with phrase «fatal shooting by»

I live in St. Louis, less than 20 miles from the unrest following the August 9 fatal shooting by a white police officer of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.

The former's book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation is a powerful indictment of corporate power and ecological irresponsibility, while Thompson's 35 mm film, called Autoportrait, was made in collaboration with Diamond Reynolds, who broadcast on social media the moments following her partner Philando Castile's fatal shooting by a police officer in Minnesota.

Take a look instead at The Hard Stop (Metrodome, 15), George Amponsah's urgent, angry investigation of the 2011 London riots in the wake of Mark Duggan's fatal shooting by police, which — not least in the age of Black Lives Matter — seems sharply of the moment in 2016.

The state Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday it was taking over an investigation into the fatal shooting by Buffalo police of a suspect who police accused of wounding an officer.

This was the third fatal shooting by Syracuse police officers this year.

Not exact matches

This polarization is supported by evidence that Republican and Democrats simply interpret fatal shootings differently.

President Obama addressed the recent tragedies in a Facebook post: «All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

By the time I started kindergarten, there had been five more fatal school shootings in elementary, middle, or high schools.

According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality — a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting victims than children from other racial groups.

-- «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.

Carefully itemizing mercantile bills of sale, inventories of militia and volunteer detachments, the evidence that there was a lack of gun - smiths, records of importation of guns from Europe, the incidence of duels (three in the entire South in the 1760s, none fatal), children's books and toys, comments by eyewitnesses about the abysmal shooting ability of settlers (lacking both the weapons and the gunpowder to practice), court records, and a wide variety of other historiographical resources, the author assembles an overwhelming mass of data to show that military prowess was not, in fact, characteristic of early Americans.

A lawsuit filed by a labor union for the NYPD that seeks to block the release of footage from officers» body - worn cameras without a court order may have far - reaching implications for public access to videos of police incidents, including fatal shootings.

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.

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.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he was «staggered» by the fatal shooting at a Florida high school and that «we need action.»

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District...

NYC will pay more than $ 2.25 million to settle a lawsuit over the controversial fatal shooting of an unarmed Brooklyn man by an undercover NYPD narcotics detective five years ago.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving the state attorney general's office the authority to investigate Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove for his handling of a case involving the fatal shooting of a DWI suspect by a Troy police officer last April.

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.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson next year.

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.

«We have been informed that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opted not to exercise his jurisdiction to investigate the fatal shooting of Deborah Danner by an NYPD sergeant on October 18, 2016, in her apartment at 630 Pugsley Avenue in the Bronx.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Wednesday giving the state attorney general's office the authority to investigate Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove for his handling of a case involving the fatal shooting of a DWI suspect by a Troy police officer last April.

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.

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.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark Statement on Fatal Shooting of Deborah Danner by NYPD Sergeant

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.

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.

A Buffalo man who drove the getaway vehicle in a fatal 2016 shooting at the Anchor Bar was convicted Friday by a jury of second - degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson next year, The Post has learned.

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.

Others are Lance Corporal Michael Kporyi, killed by two unidentified persons at Tulaku on the Michel Camp road near Ashaiman while performing operational duties, Constable Kwakuvi Hukporti who was shot and killed by unidentified persons at Fulayiri, a suburb of Wenchau and Lance Corporal Frank Degbey who died in a fatal accident while escorting an STC bus from Takoradi to Bolgatanga.

That includes Washington, who was at first identified by a witness who spoke with Scarcella as the person behind a fatal shooting inside a Brownsville drug den in 1995.

He did not wait for the outcome of three big challenges to Blair's leadership; the inquest into the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a race discrimination case from assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur and an inquiry by HM chief inspector of constabulary into # 3m of Met contracts awarded to Blair's best friend.

The arrow shot, which was probably fatal, seems to have been launched from a great distance and took the victim by surprise, from which we may infer that it was an act of treachery.

The findings, published Sept. 16 in the American Journal of Sociology, show that two fatal shootings of police officers by black suspects in New York City increased the use of police force against blacks substantially in the days after the shootings, while the use of force against whites and Hispanics remained unchanged.

Though the fatal drive - by shooting that incites «Lila and Eve's» plan for vengeance has nothing to do with the police, it's the cops» eager willingness to dismiss 18 - year - old Stephon's (Aml Ameen) death as just another unsolvable casualty in the drug - turf wars — and by extension his mother's desperate need for justice — that sets the fast - moving plot into motion.

To cite only one example — which includes a spoiler — how likely is it that the racist white cop (Matt Dillon) who gropes a well - to - do black woman (Thandie Newton) while pretending to search her for weapons one night will be the officer who rescues her from a potentially fatal car accident less than 24 hours later, or that during the same time frame his partner will save her husband from being shot by another policeman?

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet features an original story supervised by Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara, and offers an epic adventure filled with fast paced jumps, air dashes, wall - to - wall repelling and shooting gameplay.

All Eyez on Me tells Shakur's story from 1971 when he features as a bump in the stomach of pregnant activist Afeni Shakur to his ultimately fatal 1996 Las Vegas drive - by shooting by at large assailants.

A year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18 - year - old black man, by a white police officer touched off protests that echoed nationwide, Davis spoke with Education Week Staff Writer Denisa R. Superville about his still - developing plans to address inequity and bias in the district.

A city councilman's email plea to Seattle Police Chief John Diaz for an independent investigation following the fatal shooting of John T. Williams by a cop last August was omitted from a public disclosure request.

And the night before my birthday, the chosen cause was the fatal shooting two weeks earlier of Delores Tompkins, an African - American mother of two, by a patrol officer with the Portland Police Bureau.

In order to suspend the potentially fatal symptoms, a shot of epinephrine can be injected into the person's thigh (as prescribed by doctors).

Because of increasing numbers of fatal attacks by the breed and potential liability problems, allowing people to adopt pit bulls from shelters is like «taking a crap shoot,» said Randall Lockwood, an animal behaviorist at the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, D.C.

According to Cats Protection's survey, almost half of vets questioned (44 per cent) had treated cats which had been the victim of attacks by air - powered weapons in the last year, with nearly half of these shootings proving fatal (46 per cent).

A 2016 Cats Protection survey found that almost half of vets questioned (44 %) had treated cats which had been the victim of attacks by air - powered weapons in the last year, with nearly half of these shootings proving fatal (46 %).

Forty - six - year - old Glenford «Bucket» Bermudez, who pled guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife, Raquel Bermudez, was sentenced to twenty years today by Justice Adolph Lucas.

Even before Warhol's near - fatal shooting at the hands of Valerie Solanas in 1968, his artistic practice had been underpinned by an obsessive fascination with sudden death.