Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand
jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.
The relationship between the PBA and the mayor has grown so contentious over the special grand
jury decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's death that the PBA has asked its members to sign papers indicating that they do not want de Blasio or City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to attend their funerals.
Congressman Serrano on Grand
Jury Decision Not to Indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's Case
The publication reported that Lynch told officers that «extreme discretion» should be used by officers, amid a lack of support by City Hall and Washington following the grand
jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.
The grand
jury decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner was announced on December 3.
When asked about the acquittal of officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson and the grand
jury decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York, how such decisions affect him, Bradford says it is «such a big question.»
Not exact matches
«A criminal defendant, we hold, need
not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the
jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to
jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's
decision.
A settlement means that we're going to
not chance it to the
jury to make a
decision, we agree to disagree on whether anyone did anything wrong but we're making a practical business
decision, we're going to pay this much to be done with this case and
not test the waters.
It's probably
not going to be possible to have a
jury of people that have never heard of the bands, that have never heard the music, but the real question is, even with that understanding, can they only focus on the evidence that's being presented by the parties at trial and only use that evidence and nothing from their own life experience outside of the courtroom to make that
decision?
«
Not once were race or the #metoo movement ever discussed, nor did either factor into our
decision, as implied in various media outlets,» the
jury wrote in a statement in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A St. Louis County grand
jury's
decision Monday
not to indict a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., over the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager has led to demonstrations around the nation.
«The grand
jury's
decision does
not negate the fact that Michael Brown's tragic death is part of an alarming national trend of officers using excessive force against people of color, often during routine encounters.
In a highly controversial
decision, a
jury found St. Anthony, Minnesota officer Jeronimo Yanez
not guilty of murder for opening fire on Castile with a 4 - year - old in the back seat of the car at a traffic stop.
Coroner Kevin McLoughlin told the
jury he had taken a
decision not to call the teenagers to give evidence.
Another congregant, who said she chose
not to read any news coverage of the trial, struggled with her own internal conflict, saying she trusted that the
jury had made the right
decision while holding out hope that Sandusky did
not really abuse the boys who testified against him.
«The grand
jury's
decision not to indict the officers involved in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown has left many in our nation angry, saddened and hopeless,» he said.
On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand
jury announced its
decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put an unarmed black man in a chokehold that resulting in the man's death.
based on «many of your comments» you are wrong... unlike some I do
not have rose coloured glasses firmly attached to my mug and indeed I am
not impressed by some of Botterill's
decisions but the
JURY IS OUT for a couple of years.
Francis does
not require a
jury to pass a judgment about his capabilities, because in his trade there is only one judge to make those
decisions who is his manager.
All Arsenal fans have their own opinion on whether Arsene Wenger should remain at the helm of Arsenal football club, and whilst the
jury may
not be out just yet, it seems the players are united in their
decision.
Civil liberties lawyers urged a state judge to reverse Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's attempt to keep secret the grand
jury testimony concerning the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying the public needs to reconcile a widely watched video of the arrest with the
decision not to indict the officer involved.
UPDATE2: The
jury passed a note to the judge indicating they are now deadlocked, explaining: «We can
not reach a unanimous
decision on any of the remaining counts.»
Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, who acted as the special prosecutor in Sen. Kevin Parker's assault case, released a statement in the wake of the Brooklyn Democrat's conviction on two misdemeanor charges, saying he respects the
jury's
decision despite the fact that it did
not deliver a felony guilty verdict.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to convict the veteran legislator in two corruption schemes, but
jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court
decision narrowing the type of acts required of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power.
ALBANY — During an interview on CNN, Governor Andrew Cuomo repeated before a national audience his pledge for a «soup - to - nuts» review of the criminal justice program in light of the surprising and «corrosive»
decision by a Staten Island grand
jury not to indict a police officer involved in the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.
«It is
not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational
jury would have reached the same conclusion if properly instructed, as is required by the law for the verdict to stand,» Jose Cabranes of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
decision said in his
decision.
The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city Comptroller John Liu has
not helped his run for higher office, but the
jury's
decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.
Addressing the grand
jury decision to
not indict the police officer who caused Garner's death, Sharpton «connected the dots» of other cases of African Americans or Latinos killed by police, from Anthony Baez and Abner Louima to Michael Brown and Akai Gurley, urging action.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out the 2015 conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on honest services fraud because the charge to the
jury did
not comport with the Supreme Court's 2016
decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an «official act.»
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.
The
jury said it couldn't reach a unanimous
decision on a fourth defendant in the case, energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who had been accused of arranging a $ 90,000 - per - year job for Percoco's wife.
City Hall's relationship with police, as well as the unions representing them, became strained following a grand
jury's
decision not to indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Molinari said he doesn't think the grand
jury decision in the Eric Garner case will hurt Donovan, even as some criticized the district attorney's handling of the case.
It came on the heels of a Staten Island grand
jury's
decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner.
Conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins had previously said she supports appointing a special prosecutor, following the
decision of a Staten Island grand
jury not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.
The NYCLU — along with Public Advocate Letitia James, the Legal Aid Society, the NAACP and the New York Post — filed the appeal in the appellate division of New York Supreme Court to overturn a judge's
decision not to release testimony from the grand
jury.
Judges added that the
jury instructions also didn't meet a three - part test outlined in the McDonnell
decision.
The governor is expected to move on criminal justice reforms in the wake of the death of Eric Garner and a Staten Island grand
jury's
decision not to indict the officer who put him in a fatal chokehold.
Miner wanted to be clear that she is
not second - guessing the grand
jury's
decision not to indict the police officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold.
Just weeks after the three - year anniversary on the
decision by a Westchester County Grand
Jury not to indict White Plains Police Officer Anthony Carelli on the killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, Westchester County Democratic Chairman Reginald Lafayette appeared on Total Faith Network and said he doesn't think Westchester County needs an Independent Prosecutor.
The
decision by Abelove to
not have the officer sign an immunity waiver raised questions about the validity of the grand
jury's determination to clear the police officer — because the panel could
not have voted to indict him without a waiver.
It was the state's response to a year of protests and discussion after the death of Eric Garner, and a grand
jury's
decision not to indict the NYPD officers shown on video choking him to death.
Responding directly to questions for the first time since a Staten Island grand
jury voted yesterday
not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a taped radio interview this morning that the Garner
decision, which spurred peaceful but angry protests, is «bigger than Staten Island.»
When the appeals court overturned Silver's corruption conviction, it said that many people would view the facts that came out in the case «with distaste,» but the instructions to the
jury did
not track with the U.S. Supreme Court's
decision in 2016 in a corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
The Crown Prosecution Service today thanked the woman for her «courage» during the case, saying that they respected the
jury's
decision after the footballer was found
not guilty of rape.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was blasted by police unions for statements he made in the wake of a Staten Island grand
jury's
decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Eric Garner's death, released a more subdued message Tuesday.
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.
MANHATTAN — The City Council wants the NYPD Inspector General to investigate how police track and monitor allegations of abuse following the
decision of a Staten Island grand
jury to
not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.
Those protests followed a Staten Island grand
jury's
decision not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Garner, who died as Mr. Pantaleo tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes.
The move came in a letter that Schneiderman sent to Cuomo Monday and was sparked by the
decision of a Staten Island grand
jury not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of a black man, Eric Garner.