Sentences with phrase «indictments against police officers»
The Grahama decision comes amid heightened concerns over the policing in the United State, the interactions between police and minorities and whether local elected district attorneys are able to pursue indictments against police officers in such incidents.
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Councilwoman Debi Rose, a Staten Island Democrat, said tonight she was «profoundly disappointed» that a grand jury decided not to bring an indictment against the police officer who placed Eric Garner in the chokehold that many say led to his death.
Not exact matches
Since being given authority in certain police fatal shootings, Schneiderman has declined to take over several cases, but he recently won an indictment against an off - duty officer who shot and killed a motorist during a so - called «road rage» case.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday revealed indictments against 20 alleged members and associates of a Troy - based gang (including an ex-Watervliet police officer) on charges they operated a high - volume drug trafficking ring.
Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, solemnly unveiled a six - count indictment this afternoon against the NYPD officer who shot and killed Akai Gurley, striving to show the public his office was not pressured by the police protests that have roiled the city and nation over the last year.
Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who unsuccessfully sought an indictment last year against a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, expressed pity for the grand jury involved in the case in his first radio interview since becoming the official GOP nominee to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm.
The Justice Department announced indictments Thursday against seven people, including a Chicago police officer, who allegedly committed mortgage fraud involving Chicago condominium buildings between 2006 and 2008.