Sentences with phrase «of police killings of civilians»

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A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

What the article omitted is that the Egyptians failed to police their side of the border to prevent Palestinian and Al Queda terrorists from attacking Israel from Sinai and killing innocent Israeli civilians.

In the past twelve years of intense struggle, more than 36,000 have been killed, including «terrorist» freedom fighters, as well as soldiers, police, and civilians.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order last year that authorized Schneiderman to investigate cases where police killed unarmed civilians and cases where «there is a significant question as to whether the civilian was armed and dangerous at the time of his or her death.»

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.

Three district attorneys have joined Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in challenging the constitutionality of an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago allowing the state attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

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.

Sharpton gave his own effective description Thursday during a press conference discussing the Eric Garner case, Sharpton's call for federally «centralizing» investigations of civilians killed by police and a planned march in Washington, D.C.

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

The two killings, on top of fatal police encounters elsewhere in the country, helped spark protests nationwide, calling for law enforcement officials to be held accountable for killing unarmed civilians.

Yet Mr. Schneiderman, with his measured criticism of Mr. Cuomo and his success in convincing the governor to make him a special prosecutor in cases of police killing unarmed civilians, is only seeing his stock rise.

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate finance committee on Wednesday declined to vote a bill out of committee that would allow the attorney general to investigate cases in which an unarmed civilian is killed during an interaction with police.

During his annual State of the State speech, Cuomo, a Democrat, announced a seven - point program to address criminal justice reforms, which included an independent monitor to investigate cases when unarmed civilians are killed by police.

That order appoints Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian, or there's question of whether the person was armed.

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes on the sidewalk.

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.

«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.

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.

It is the first time the AG has done this since an executive order in July that requires his office to begin independent reviews of certain categories of civilian killings by police officers and, if the evidence warrants, present the evidence to a special grand jury.

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!

In his State of the State address in January, Cuomo announced plans to introduce an independent monitor, such as a retired judge to review police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed and the case is not presented to a grand jury.

Among those discussed is allowing the release of evidence and testimony heard by a grand jury in cases where a civilian is killed by police.

The proposal falls short of a request by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that he be appointed as a special prosecutor to review police killings of unarmed civilians.

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

Under Cuomo's plan, DAs will be able to issue the grand jury report or letter of facts when the police killing of an unarmed civilian is not presented to the grand jury or when the grand jury declines to indict.

ALBANY — State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan says the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate police killings of civilians would represent a «radical departure» from traditional grand jury procedures.

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes.

Cuomo took on Raise the Age as part of a slate of criminal justice reforms in 2015, which included the establishment of a special prosecutor for cases in which police kill an unarmed civilian.

District Attorneys across New York are bristling at state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's new authority to investigate police killings of civilians.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni has disclosed that 20 of the kidnappers of six Epe Students were killed during gun duel with security forces, while eight policemen and four civilian volunteers sustained injuries.

Mr. Skelos predicted that the final budget would also drop a proposal by the governor to create an independent monitor to review grand jury investigations into killings of unarmed civilians by police officers.

The attorney general's probe marks the first grand jury investigation of a sitting district attorney by Schneiderman's office since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in 2015 giving Schneiderman authority to intervene in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton expressed concern Wednesday over Governor Andrew Cuomo's call to have an independent monitor investigate when unarmed civilians are killed by police and his proposal to create statewide minimum standards for police use of Police commissioner Bill Bratton expressed concern Wednesday over Governor Andrew Cuomo's call to have an independent monitor investigate when unarmed civilians are killed by police and his proposal to create statewide minimum standards for police use of police and his proposal to create statewide minimum standards for police use of police use of force.

Jeffries presented Cuomo with an award marking Cuomo's Executive Order 147, which appointed the attorney general as a special prosecutor in all cases of police killing unarmed civilians.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on July 8 giving Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the authority to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians, he did something he rarely does: he empowered a rival.

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.

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.

Violence: Various scenes depict altercations between police and civilians, and many show the use of guns being shot to subdue, injure and sometimes kill assailants.

Fryer said that after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and other recent cases in which police killed unarmed black civilians, Fryer felt he had to know more.