Sentences with phrase «fatal shootings also»

And a measure to require a special prosecutor to handle police - involved fatal shootings also failed, Cuomo said.

Not exact matches

Those calling attention to the disparity in reactions have also highlighted the work of the Dream Defenders, a Florida - based group founded after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012, arguing that it helped pave the way for the current student movement for gun control.

In a statement, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, also addressed Wednesday's mass shooting, saying that the fatal incident is «another painful and infuriating reminder of the inaction in Washington,» when it comes to gun safety laws.

He also said tightening the state's gun laws — perhaps in a special session as soon as next week — would help highlight the issue, and make New York a «template» for other states after fatal shootings in Newtown, Conn., and suburban Rochester.

Liang and Kimberly Ballinger met at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office at about 10:30 a.m. where Liang also told her the fatal shooting of Gurley, 27, in a Pink Houses stairwell in 2014 was not something he «would ever intend or could ever imagine» happening, lawyer Paul Shechtman told DNAinfo.

Thompson was also lauded for successfully prosecuting NYPD officer Peter Liang after the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley in a dark public housing stairwell.

His mayoralty saw more than 10 deadly police shootings every year, though it also showed a drop from the Ed Koch and David Dinkins administrations, when there were often more than 20 fatal cop shootings annually.

Also most gunshots end up killing on one shot or severely hindering soldiers if they are injured with a non fatal shot.

The Democratic platform also acknowledges the threats and violence women's health care providers and their patients face from violent extremists, sometimes with tragic consequences, like the fatal shooting at a Planned Parenthood health clinic in Colorado last year.