Sentences with phrase «involving police killings of civilians»

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For instance, when activists pressured Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate instances of police - involved killings of civilians, David was the go - between.

Tell Governor Cuomo to keep his commitment to the families of New Yorkers killed by police and sign the RIGHT executive order for a Special Prosecutor to investigate ALL cases of police - involved killings of civilians without a one year time limit!

Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Schneiderman a special prosecutor to investigate cases of police - involved killings of civilians.

A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.