Sentences with phrase «for fatal shootings»

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

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...

Odiase had been found guilty for the fatal shooting at the corner of Minerva Place and Creston Avenue, according to the Bronx 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.

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.

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.

Some years back, I served as an expert witness for another fatal shooting in this same school district.

In this critically - acclaimed detective drama, Los Angeles Police Department Homicide Detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) works tirelessly to solve the murder of a 13 - year - old boy, while standing trial in federal court for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect.

Based on Michael Connelly's best - selling novels, Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect.

Based on Michael Connelly's best - selling novels, Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect — just as a cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

Although I wasn't among those who fired the final shots — and it's unlikely I fired the fatal one — I still feel partially responsible for his death.

The Blues find themselves stuck in a desperate fight for survival and are more than aware of their surroundings and what the consequences of losing this weekend could be, whereas Arsenal, after slipping up in midweek away at struggler's Wigan, have once again cast doubts over their title credentials after shooting themselves in the foot at the DW Stadium — Any more slip ups from them could prove costly, possibly even fatal as far as their hopes of clinching the 2010/2011 Barclay's Premier League.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 of the jurors who convicted him of manslaughter should not have been on the panel.

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.

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..

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.

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.

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 union honcho has often bickered with NYPD brass, calling for then - Commissioner Bill Bratton's resignation last year and storming out of a meeting with O'Neill in October following a controversial fatal shooting of an unarmed mentally - ill woman in The Bronx.

The students behind the March For Our Lives movement, which started after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida, sent a note of support, saying, «This is the most fatal shooting since the one at our school and tragedies like this will continue to happen unless action is taken.»

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.

Police in Battle Creek are looking for a suspect in a fatal shooting Friday morning..

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Someone has been killing people and, just before the fatal shot is fired, been hacking into their consciousness for some sadistic reason: showing the victim from the murderer's point of view, the gun raised to their now panicky, sightless face witnessing their own horror.

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.

However, when one of the players receives a fatal electric shock from his helmet after being shot for a second time, they quickly realise that they can't remove their suits and are effectively trapped in the game, where they can all die for real.

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?