Sentences with phrase «local police killings»

Long before they were rocked this month by local police killings of black men, the two U.S. cities were grappling with similar problems — police forces viewed by many as overly aggressive and unrepresentative of black communities.

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She also called the local police in Parkland, Florida, after the 19 - year - old wrote online, «I want to kill people.»
Protests broke out in Charlotte last night after a local man was shot and killed by police under disputed circumstances.
Horrible news: Local officials and state police are confirming that a pro-life advocate was shot and killed outside a high school in this Michigan town.
Monique Cullars - Doty is a local activist, and the aunt of Marcus Golden, a 24 - year - old man who was shot and killed by police in Minneapolis.
Arlington Heights police were investigating Monday a four - car collision that killed a local woman and injured two people.
Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.
In a letter sent to Cuomo on Monday, Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman asked for the power to independently investigate the killing of any unarmed civilian by a police officer in the state, effectively removing local district attorneys from the equation.
The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 32 - year - old notorious kidnapper, Micheal Oguguo and killed four of his gang members at their hideout in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.
The Nigerian Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal team have detonated two IED vests recovered from the killed suicide bombers Beaten by the troops and unable to force their way into the metropolis, the insurgents retreated and callously resorted to attacking locals who, reacting to the encounter were fleeing in confusion from Bille Shuwa and Alkaranti villages with Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device.
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that 10 miners were killed by armed bandits in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area.
Cuomo noted the local protesters who have taken strong exception to police conduct and the recent killings of unarmed black men nationwide.
«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.
Some gunmen in the early hours of Friday attacked a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi, killing two policemen and a detainee.
Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu said one civilian was killed as locals in the Jiddari Polo area of the city fled the insurgents, while 12 were killed nearby in three separate suicide blasts.
This is coming after gunmen had previously attacked and killed police officers at Orie Mbieri police station, Umudagu — Mbieri and Atta in the Mbaitoli and Local Government Areas of Imo State respectively, carting away their arms and ammunition.
Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.
The Police Command in Plateau state had confirmed that 30 people were killed and scores injured in the violence that hit 10 villages in Daffo District of the local government.
«We remain committed to demanding an executive order for a special prosecutor for all police killings, because establishing prosecution that is independent and external of local DAs is the only way to resolve the conflict of interest that has systemically failed to provide justice in these cases within our state and across the nation,» the group said in a joint statement.
The grieving for Graham — who was unarmed when police shot and killed him in his Wakefield apartment earlier this month — turned to anger Saturday when local leaders discussed the circumstances surrounding his death.
The attention of the Kogi State Police Command has been drawn to the news making the round that, nine persons including a traditional ruler were killed in Agbenema, Omala Local Government area of Kogi State.
The killings of African American citizens by local police have generated a more broad, national conversation about race and the criminal justice system.
The Joint Military and Police Patrol Team has killed 10 suspected bandits and arrested one at Katibu village in Lau Local Government Area of...
Borno state police command has confirmed that, 15 persons have been killed, including two suicide bombers that attacked Biu Market in Biu local government area of...
The JIgawa State Police Command has arrested a 25 - year - old man, Muhammad Sabitu for allegedly killing a 65 - year - old woman with a hoe in Taura Local Government Area...
«The Endor Community Garden is a beautiful nook in our neighborhood that local residents have worked very hard to maintain and preserve to honor police officers and firefighters killed in the 9/11 attacks.
But as parts of measures to end the killings, the President approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna -LSB-...]
13 people were reportedly killed in prolonged clashes between cattle thieves and local civilian militia in Zamfara State, police said on Thursday.
On Tuesday morning, several of Brooklyn's precinct councils, community organizations that work with local precincts, met to discuss the police killings.
He said that the gang led by Mohammed Rabiu was arrested after four members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout in the forest at Bawan Daji, Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara.
GLENVILLE — The state Attorney General's office will not investigate the circumstances surrounding an encounter last month where police shot and killed a local man they said accosted them with a knife during a bogus domestic dispute call.
The Police Command in Borno said four Boko Haram terrorists were killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) strapped to their bodies in Mainari Kanuri and Shua villages in Konduga Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Command in Zamfara State on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three persons at Bawan Daji village in the Anka Local Government Area of the state.
Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court Wednesday that seeks to overturn an executive order Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, on the 2nd of May, 2018 paid an operational visit to Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State to assess the security situation as a result of recent killings of innocent people in the area.
(Some have suggested that DAs are too close with local police departments to impartially review improper use of deadly force by police; at the time Schneiderman requested that Cuomo grant him the additional power in such cases, Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer whose chokehold killed Eric Garner, had recently escaped an indictment.)
As a follow up, Senator Shola Adeyeye, suggested that government should introduce community policing as a panacea to incessant killings, while also blaming governors of States for tampering with Local Government finances which he said, have not allowed effective operations of Council areas.
Nasarawa State police command on Saturday arrested a 25 - year - old man, Mr. Oyin Osaba, for allegedly killing his biological mother, 75 - year - old Mrs. Diji Osaba, following a disagreement in Amba village, Kokona Local Government Area of the state.
Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's Attorney General take over from the local District Attorney, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the reports of killings in Ohali - Elu town in Ogba - Egbema - Ndoni Local Government area of the state.
No fewer than four persons have been confirmed killed following attack by gunmen on Tangaran village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state on Tuesday night, the police have said.
The Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of a policeman after suspected Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a patrol vehicle in Biu Local Government Area of the state.
Because there had only been two mass killings in recent local history, Reinhard and others guessed the victims were either Germans executed by the Gestapo in April or May of 1945, or Soviet soldiers killed by the Soviet secret police during an uprising in the former East Germany in late June 1953.
Should a police officer torture an alleged bomber to find hidden explosives that could kill many people at a local cafe?
If you answer is «kill lots of them» please check yourself into your local police station.
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The new film from Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), in theatres nationwide on Dec. 1, roots itself in the fury of a mother, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), whose daughter has been raped and killed and seemingly forgotten by laconic local police.
Centering on McDormand's Mildred — a woman whose daughter has been brutally killed — the film takes its title from a series of billboards that Mildred erects to shame the local police chief (Woody Harrelson), who, months after the crime, has made no progress in the case.
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