Sentences with phrase «many unarmed black men»

Some said it seemed opportunistic and inappropriate at a time of national protests over police killings of unarmed black men.

Looking ahead: Protests will continue in Sacramento after another young unarmed black man was gunned down by police.

The shooting of Michael Brown follows a long and unfortunate list of recent killings of young and unarmed black men... Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Jonathan Ferrell, Jordan Davis just to name a few.

The video comes after several other shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers, and has drawn outrage online for how police treated Harris, who died shortly after at the hospital.

Conversely, after the subsequent death of several unarmed black men in the following years, I was attending my church in LA, and each time, no mention or acknowledgment was made.

Demonstrators surrounded a basketball arena in downtown Sacramento to protest the police killing another unarmed black man.

Has it made a difference or slowed the gunning down of young, unarmed black men who brandish mobile phones that officers mistook as firearms, resulting in six shots to the back?

Slager is the white officer who shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, last year, which...

Slager is the white officer who shot an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, last year, which further exacerbated tensions between law enforcement and many within the black community — basically a theme of 2015.

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.

His death, and the subsequent killings of unarmed black men and women at the hands of the police, have lifted the conversation on race out of black households and onto the national stage.

The Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics took the court on Sunday wearing black T - shirts supporting Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed in his own Sacramento backyard last week.

But to many, the circumstances of Ferrell's death followed a distressingly familiar pattern, touching the rawest of nerves: another young, unarmed black man killed, his life seemingly deemed disposable.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is undertaking one of the biggest challenges of his year - old mayoralty after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

The New York City PBA has been at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent months over police tactics and criminal justice reform measures sought after the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after a choke hold administered by a police officer.

Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang apologized today to the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man whom he was convicted this year of fatally shooting.

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.

Federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in Brooklyn in the death of Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer in Staten Island in July 2014, according to a person briefed on the matter.

An NYPD officer was reportedly indicted on multiple charges, including manslaughter, in the November shooting death of an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project.

More broadly, the push for grand jury reform began last year, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a New York City police officer in the choke hold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

Clinton cited recent incidents of unarmed black men around the country being killed by police such as Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Tamir Rice in Cleveland and Garner, who she said was «choked to death after being stopped for selling cigarettes on the streets of our city,» in Staten Island.

The dramatic encounter was captured on video and Garner's final words became the rallying cry for a national movement questioning the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police around the country.

The two officers were shot --» assassinated,» as the mayor and police commissioner put it — through the window of their patrol car by 28 - year - old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who posted on social media that he was out for revenge for the police - related deaths of unarmed black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Brinsley posted on social media he was seeking revenge for the deaths of unarmed black men Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

In a brief email statement this morning, Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda commended the City of North Charleston, South Carolina and its Mayor, Keith Summey, for bringing murder charges against the officer involved in the shooting death of a fleeing, unarmed black man.

SOHO — Councilwoman Margaret Chin issued a statement requesting «leniency» in the sentencing of the former NYPD officer convicted of killing an unarmed black man in a Brooklyn public housing stairwell.

Cuomo noted the local protesters who have taken strong exception to police conduct and the recent killings of unarmed black men nationwide.

Former NYPD officer Peter Liang was sentenced to probation by a Brooklyn judge for shooting an unarmed black man in a public housing project stairwell in 2014 in a ruling expected to set off denunciations from police critics.

On the vast lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang, a former NYPD officer, was convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man just over a week ago, a crowd of several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Liang's support.

Riots recently erupted in Baltimore after Freddie Gray, an unarmed black man, died of severe spinal injuries following a foot chase and arrest by police

The move comes in the wake of a spate of killings of unarmed black men by police officers around the country.

Former New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang apologized Thursday to the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man he was convicted of fatally shooting.

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.

The woman's mother alerted police in Maryland to postings she believed Brinsley was making on an Instagram account, which included anti-police writings — several news outlets have tied Brinsley to posts saying he wanted to kill police officers in revenge for recent police - related deaths of unarmed black men Eric Garner in Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo..

The move comes in the wake of the decision by a Staten Island grand jury to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner whom police were trying to arrest for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.

Police killings of unarmed black men have grabbed the country's attention following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo. and the death of Garner on Staten Island.

Garner's death was one of several of unarmed black men at the hands of police around the country that sparked national protests and changes here in New York City.

While stop - and - frisks have drastically declined under de Blasio, many minority activists feel he hasn't done enough to hold NYPD officers accountable for killing unarmed black men.

Thompson also brushed off calls for a special prosecutor in the police shooting death of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man fatally shot by a rookie cop in the stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex.

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.

Disturbing new questions have emerged about the shooting of an unarmed black man in the back three years ago by a white NYPD detective who is under investigation for posting racist comments on Facebook, the Daily News reports.

Mr. Lynch has been outspoken critic of Mr. de Blasio, particularly in the wake of the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died on Staten Island as a police officer tried to arrest him.

The request comes after grand juries in Staten Island and Missouri declined to indict local police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men, touching off days of protests across the country.

In one of her first major speeches as a presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for sweeping criminal justice reforms in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men in police custody — most recently in Baltimore, plunging the city into days of unrest.

She also drew a direct line between the deaths of Eric Garner in Staten Island, Walter Scott in Charleston, and Tamir Rice in Cleveland — all unarmed black men killed in encounters with police — and Freddie Gray, the man whose mysterious death spurred the violent riots in Baltimore.

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.

In rolling out the program in December — just days after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man — NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton said the devices would alter police interactions.

Matthew Smalls, a Staten Island lawyer, said months ago that he would run, in the wake of the Eric Garner case — in which a grand jury impaneled by Mr. Donovan opted not to indict a white police officer in the unarmed black man's death.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, NY — Peter Liang, the rookie NYPD officer found guilty of manslaughter last month for fatally shooting young, unarmed black man Akai Gurley in a dark East New York stairwell in 2014, may never see the inside of a jail cell.

Former NYPD officer Peter Liang was cleared of manslaughter and given probation by a Brooklyn judge Tuesday in the 2014 killing of an unarmed black man in a dark stairwell — a ruling that set off tears and denunciations from the victim's relatives and police critics.