Sentences with phrase «hands of the police»

Diamond Reynolds later said that she live - streamed the incident on Facebook because she «wanted it to go viral,» so that everyone would understand the kind of treatment black people in the U.S. are routinely subjected to at the hands of the police.

Fifty - one % said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year's most important news events.

The powerful video portrayed, with frank brutality, the October 2014 death of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald at the hands of a police officer who shot the teenager 16 times.

According to The Wall Street Journal, body cameras have become a $ 1 billion industry since the deaths of Brown, Eric Garner, and other unarmed black civilians at the hands of police officers.

(CNN)- On day five after the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown at the hands of police, I was on the phone with a white Christian and fellow preacher concerning the racial cauldron that has become Ferguson, Missouri.

As Wael Ghonim watched the uprising in Tunisia gain steam, he polled the members of the «We Are All Khaled Said» Facebook page - named after a young Egyptian who died at the hands of police in Alexandria - to see who might come to a protest in Egypt on January 25.

«This is now in the hands of police who are fully investigating.

His death, and the subsequent killings of unarmed black men and women at the hands of the police, have lifted the conversation on race out of black households and onto the national stage.

In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte's extreme war on drugs has lasted for less than two years, and it's accounted for the deaths of at least 12,000 individuals — 2,555 at the hands of police.

Please, I ask you to at all times remain peaceful in your expressions of concern regarding his death at the hands of the police.

An Aljazeera America report identified the common denominator between most of these deaths saying: «people who die at the hands of the police don't obey commands and that the police initiate violence, despite there being no imminent threat to their safety.»

Two families lost loved ones by the hands of the police.

The city of Baltimore has imposed a curfew in the hopes of curtailing unrest amid the protests denouncing Freddie Gray's death at the hands of the police, and on Monday night, that led to the suspension of the Orioles - White Sox game.

Arsenal have declined to comment other than to say it is a private matter that is now in the hands of the police.

She applauded the successes recorded by the association so far, saying with what they do, they have really demonstrated to the world that policing is not a duty to be left into the hands of police alone but efforts that must complemented by the people in all aspects.

In the last few weeks Cuomo has signed the sex assault legislation, securing his support among women's group; established a special prosecutor for cases of civilians who die at the hands of police; and spoke at the NAACP National Convention in Philadelphia.

Because Thevenin was not carrying a weapon, the case could have fallen under a relatively new governor's order, empowering the attorney general to review any death of an unarmed civilian at the hands of police.

Black men of all ages and economic status can tell you story after story of being pulled over for «Driving While Black», and we've all heard more and more about the brutality that black Americans have received at the hands of police.

Cuomo was joined by a group of women whose sons have died at the hands of police, including Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, Constance Malcolm, mother of Ramarley Graham, Iris Baez, mother of Anthony Baez, Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell and Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, who have been the public face of the push for a special prosecutor.

Left on the table from last session is a law establishing a permanent special prosecutor for cases involving civilian deaths at the hands of police.

Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, the Staten Island father who died at the hands of police after being placed in a chokehold in 2014, said «all of his rights» were violated by police during the deadly confrontation.

Clinton said the trend placed «weapons of war» in the hands of police departments «that have no place on our streets.»

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.

The dramatic encounter was captured on video and Garner's final words became the rallying cry for a national movement questioning the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police around the country.

BW has long reported family members disappointment in her handing the investigation of the killing of their loved ones at the hands of the police.

New York State's Criminal Justice Services Division has released a report, indicating how many untested sexual assault evidence kits were in the hands of police departments.

The FCT Police Command has declared that the reported death and murder of one Olatunde Ojuregbe in the hands of police personnel attached to the command is untrue as no police personnel played any role in the murder.

«We are also dealing with the loss of life at the hands of our police department.

Critics questioned the independence of county prosecutors, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to propose granting New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of police.

Still, several cases involved deaths at the hands of the police have eventually wound up under the purview of federal prosecutors.

Assemblyman Tom Abinanti is taking state AG Eric Schneiderman's call for temporary power to investigate unarmed civilian deaths at the hands of police officers one step further.

Again on the 21st of February hon. Opare Ansah brought their Acting General Secretary Mr John Boadu to suhum to threatened NDC supporters during one of their keep fit sessions to «BEAT NDC SUPPORTERS» that wasn't enough he again brought Sammy Awuku their National Youth Organiser to suhum to cause mayhem at Akorabo which the case is in the hands of the police.

The government will take no action over the phone hacking row and will leave the matter in the hands of the police, the home secretary has confirmed.

Add these locations and names to the long list of young black unarmed men (and women) who are racially profiled and injured or killed at the hands of Police Departments around the country.

«In December, I requested that the Governor sign an Executive Order to empower my office to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police.

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement June 23, on Governor Cuomo's announcement that he would appoint the Attorney General's office to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of the police:

The killings of Ramos and Liu further widened the gulf between de Blasio and the NYPD, a rift which became pronounced since the death of Eric Garner at the hands of police.

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

The base - tending started earlier this month, as Cuomo trumpeted an executive order designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in cases where civilians die at the hands of police.

«Arrests are down because he has tied the hands of police.

Garner's death was one of several of unarmed black men at the hands of police around the country that sparked national protests and changes here in New York City.

MANHATTAN — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate the death of unarmed civilians at the hands of police in order to address a «deep crisis of confidence in some of the fundamental elements of our criminal justice system.»

The proposal falls short of calls by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that he be given power to investigate the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police.

New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox is blasting Cuomo for a «disturbing moral equivalence that equates the killing of five Dallas police officers» with the unrelated deaths of two black men at the hands of police.

Clinton spoke out against the shooting death of Alton Sterling at the hands of police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, calling the 37 - year - old Sterling's death a «tragedy» and reiterating her calls for «common sense reforms» for policing and criminal justice.

A new pilot program launched this month will place them in the hands of police.