Mr. Sharpton lamented that the stories of Mr. de Blasio's successes — the implementation of universal pre-K, paid sick days, municipal ID cards, and his ability to manage mass protests in the wake of the Eric Garner grand
jury decision last year — aren't being told enough by other Democrats.
Protests have already been erupting in the city in the wake of the Ferguson, Mo., grand
jury decision last month not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed teen Michael Brown.
Not exact matches
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino
last night accused NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio of making an already bad situation «worse» with his «rhetoric» in an ongoing war of words with the NYC police unions following the Eric Garner grand
jury decision.
At
last, a
decision from the long - deadlocked
jury mulling the fate of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that he is «disappointed» by a Brooklyn
jury's
decision to acquit an off - duty cop who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a Brooklyn road rage shooting
last year.
The Times Union reported
last year that Abelove didn't require French to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when he testified before the grand
jury — a
decision that made it impossible to bring charges against French after his testimony.
Relations between de Blasio and the police unions have never been good but have worsened in recent months after a grand
jury's
decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the Eric Garner case and the murders
last month of two officers in Brooklyn.
State AG Eric Schneiderman said he is «disappointed» by a Brooklyn
jury's
decision to acquit an off - duty police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in a Brooklyn road rage incident
last year.
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said he was acting to «lift the veil of secrecy» in the aftermath of a Staten Island grand
jury's
decision not to indict the police officer who tackled Eric Garner
last summer, when he resisted arrest for selling loose cigarettes.
Last month, dozens of council members, including Mark - Viverito, protested a grand
jury's
decision not to an indict an officer in the death of an unarmed black man on Staten Island, and members have continued to push for police reforms opposed by both Bratton and Lynch.
Democrats hailed a Brooklyn grand
jury's
decision today to reportedly indict the NYPD officer who killed Akai Gurley
last year — a stark contrast to reactions after a Staten Island grand
jury voted not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.
A Palm Beach judge ruled
last week that this drinking experiment did not affect the
jury's
decision.
A federal appeals court vacated the conviction
last year, however, because
jury instructions didn't reflect a later U.S. Supreme Court
decision narrowing the meaning of official acts that can support a federal bribery conviction.
In a highly publicised
decision that caught most music industry watchers off guard, a federal
jury in Minneapolis
last week handed the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) an unprecedented and overwhelming victory in the form of a $ 1.92 Million (U.S.) award against a mother of four for allegedly file - sharing 24 songs.
Last week the Supreme Court of Canada released its
decision in R v. Kokopenace, concerning the issue of underrepresentation of Aboriginal people living on reserves on
jury rolls in Ontario.
In a
decision that was released
last month by the Indiana Supreme Court, the dismissal of a negligence lawsuit against a security company that employed a man who shot and paralyzed a woman while on the job was reversed, and the security company may be found liable for the woman's injuries through a settlement or
jury trial.
Attorneys for Zillow filed a motion late
last week asking the judge to grant summary judgment in its favor as a matter of law — referring to a recent 9th Circuit Court
decision in the case Perfect 10 Inc. v. Giganews Inc. — before the
jury is permitted to issue a verdict.