Sentences with phrase «of unarmed man»

The family of an unarmed man who committed suicide after a bizarre traffic traffic stop with a Baltimore police officer recently filed a civil lawsuit under Maryland's Declaration of Rights.

The meeting comes in the wake of a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo., not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed man Michael Brown.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson next year, The Post has learned.

Two Buffalo police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was trying to flee the scene following a traffic stop in May of 2017.

As many are focused on the grand jury's decision in the police shooting of an unarmed man in Missouri, New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton tonight shot down «inflammatory rhetoric» in the wake of a police shooting in Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the overnight shooting of an unarmed man in Brooklyn's Pink Houses, a New York City Housing Authority complex.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Wednesday recommended that former NYPD Officer Peter Liang not be sentenced to prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man 16 months ago.

Reacting to the police shooting death of an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project on Thursday night, City Councilman Jumaane Williams said a new strategy announced by NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton that would remove rookie cops from crime - ridden patrols has not been implemented.

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson next year.

Richard Haste, a New York police officer facing dismissal for his actions in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in the Bronx, expressed remorse at his disciplinary trial on Friday, but said his actions were justified.

The court has ruled on the public advocate's powers in four other cases since then, and it affirmed Green's right to sue in another public - records case, after then - mayor Rudy Giuliani released the juvenile criminal records of an unarmed man who was shot by police.

RED HOOK — A group of Red Hook residents is rallying to support the family of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by a police officer last week.

The aunt of the unarmed man slain by former cop Peter Liang slammed Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson for his recommendation of no jail time during a protest Thursday, saying,...

A former NYPD officer facing up to 15 years in prison for the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man should get home confinement and probation instead of jail time,...

The former rookie cop convicted in the 2014 shooting death of an unarmed man in a housing - project stairwell dodged prison Tuesday — as his victim's angry kin warned that «justice...

Chinese - American activists, angered by last week's conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, are seeking a candidate to run against Brooklyn District...

A Glen Ellyn police officer involved in the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in April helped rescue an Addison man from a burning vehicle Tuesday in Lombard.

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

he said, adding, «I'd run to North Korea, again completely unarmed, I'd find Little Rocket Man — bing, bong, bang, bing, bing, boom... I'd throw him right over the great wall of Korea!»

-- «State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark,» by LATimes» Patrick McGreevy: «Lawmakers» tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

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.

Five days after the start of this series, on August 9, St. Louis police shot and killed an unarmed 18 - year - old black man named Michael Brown.

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.

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 further exacerbated tensions between law enforcement and many within the black community — basically a theme of 2015.

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.

When no one came forward, they say the military would kill all the men present — many of them unarmed citizens.

We ought to understand, of any such incomprehensible moment of time, that the participants themselves would be unable to answer the question, «Exactly what happened»» The pursued were an ill - organized, virtually unarmed, and now panic - ridden column of walking men, women, children, flocks, bearing such conglomerate and awkward possessions as could not or would not be left behind.

I don't care what either of their pasts may show, all that matters is what happened in the time leading up to an armed man pulling a weapon on an unarmed teenager... a point that there really is only one side of the story being told for, dead men don't speak.

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.

First let's take a look at the definition of the word Realpolitik: Politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives Under that definition there are two possible reasons: Avoiding a situation where European soldiers / border guards shoot unarmed men, women and children Helping prevent further destabilization...

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.

The family of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man shot and killed in a Brooklyn housing - project stairwell by a police officer last year, has filed a wrongful - death lawsuit against New York City.

Cuomo said the order was necessary because there is a «crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system» following several high profile cases in New York City and across the country where police have killed unarmed men.

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.

Gov. Andrew Como handed the investigation into an off - duty NYPD officer's killing of an unarmed African - American man in Brooklyn to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after video emerged indicating that the man had not punched the officer prior to the shooting.

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.

Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who dodged prison time for fatally shooting an unarmed man, must now determine how to spend his 800 hours of community service as lawyers on...

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

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.

ALBANY — An Albany County grand jury declined Wednesday to indict three police officers in the April death of an unarmed, mentally ill black man — a decision District Attorney David Soares said should reignite talks of criminal justice reforms.

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

CHINATOWN — The rookie police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed East New York man has chosen two former NYPD officials to represent him in his upcoming trial.