Sentences with phrase «fatal shootings of»

Across the country, police brutality and the series of fatal shootings of mostly black men have soured many on the role that police officers play in the community.

Across the country, police brutality and the series of fatal shootings of mostly black men have soured many on the role that police officers play in the community.

Inherent in this mythology are the lack of coverage and the denial of justice for fatal shootings of innocent black citizens.

On the computer in Photoshop, she merged two majestic landscapes by Bierstadt and another by Church with blurred news images of riots and protests in the wake of fatal shootings of black men.

The suspect in the fatal shootings of three young Muslim - Americans in a Chapel Hill apartment in February is eligible to receive the death penalty if convicted, a Durham County Superior Court judge said on Monday.

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.

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.

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.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan urged the congregation inside St. Patrick's Cathedral to pray for both the African - American and law - enforcement communities following the fatal shootings of two black men and five police officers last week.

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.

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.

Apple's Tim Cook has taken to Twitter to condemn the fatal shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana this week.

Police say the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Southwest Airlines employee was found dead inside a vehicle.

Start Small is a charity focused on underserved communities, and its first focus will be Ferguson, Missouri — now infamous for the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a long pattern of prejudicial police treatment of minorities — and is located outside Dorsey's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

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.

The one - hour documentary features Marjory Stoneman Douglas High students looking back on the Feb. 14 fatal shooting of 17 classmates and faculty members.

State lawmakers passed no restrictions on guns after the fatal shooting of 49 people at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub in 2016 and the mass shooting that killed five at the Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport in 2017.

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.

A 22 - year - old man was ordered held on $ 2 million bail this morning in connection with the 2013 fatal shooting of a man steps away from the victim's home in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Mr Hogan - Howe, whose force is investigating the fatal shooting of 11 - year - old Rhys Jones, called on the judiciary to issue «very heavy sentences» to convicted gun criminals.

Authorities say a 73 - year - old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his teenage grandson in western Ohio.

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.

The appearance will happen a day before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun is slated to sentence Liang on his manslaughter conviction in the November 2014 fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley in a public housing stairwell in November 2014.

Lawyers for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang filed a bombshell motion Tuesday, seeking to set aside the ex-cop's guilty verdict in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley, claiming one...

The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office and former NYPD cop Peter Liang have both reportedly dropped their respective appeals of Liang's conviction in the 2014 fatal shooting of Akai Gurley in...

His national profile rose during the 2011 riots in London, when he appealed for calm and reconciliation in the wake of the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in his north London constituency.

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...

Abelove personally presented the case to the Rensselaer County grand jury that cleared Sgt. Randall French in the fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin, 37.

De Blasio's left for Hamburg, site of the Group of 20 gathering of world leaders, shortly after the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia.

Clinton called Friday for officials in Charlotte to make public a police video showing the fatal shooting of Scott.

The New York Attorney General has opened an investigation into the NYPD's fatal shooting of a Brooklyn man who allegedly pointed a metal pipe at officers.

Plans for the protests circulated widely on social media on Saturday, as students, parents, teachers and neighbors gathered to express their grief over the fatal shooting of 14 students and three staff members at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

BROOKLYN — A jury found NYPD Officer Peter Liang guilty of manslaughter and official misconduct Thursday evening in the fatal shooting of unarmed father Akai Gurley in the stairwell of an East New York housing complex in November 2014.

«The grave threats and pressures at the time do not justify the serious failures in the internal and external communications following the fatal shooting of Mr de Menezes,» he added.

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.

NYC Council members are asking for an NYPD inspector general probe of how cops deal with the mentally ill after the fatal shooting of 66 - year - old Deborah Danner in the Bronx.

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.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has determined that a Troy police sergeant can not be prosecuted for the April 2016 fatal shooting of unarmed driver Edson Thevenin.

A prison support group has started an online petition calling on Cuomo to grant clemency to Barbara Sheehan, the Queens woman serving a five - year sentence for gun possession in the fatal shooting of her ex-cop husband.

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.

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.

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.

On the vast lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang, a former NYPD officer, was convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man just over a week ago, a crowd of several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Liang's support.

NYDOC identified Alexander Bonds, 34, as the suspect involved in the fatal shooting of NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia.

«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.

«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.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Wednesday recommended that former NYPD Officer Peter Liang not be sentenced to prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man 16 months ago.

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.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman opened an investigation Thursday into the New York Police Department's fatal shooting of a mentally - ill black man who allegedly pointed a metal pipe at officers.