Sentences with phrase «over police shootings»

Ferguson and Baltimore had gained widespread attention for the large and violent protests over police shootings of black men.
High - profile controversies over police shootings, questionable promotions, racial profiling, attacks on law enforcement and race - based incidents have led to an increase in public employees being disciplined for publicly posting commentary deemed offensive or incendiary.
Friday: Questions for Delaine Eastin, protests over a police shooting in Sacramento, #DeleteFacebook and the weekend's gun marches.
The stars and stripes of the country's flag are dismantled and displayed alongside stream of consciousness texts over police shooting targets.

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Prominent tech companies post messages of sympathy and outrage over the week's police shootings.
Danish police say they have detained two suspects in connection with the shootings in Copenhagen over the weekend.
Abdeslam has gone on trial in Belgium over a shoot - out with police in the days before his arrest, but has yet to be tried over the Paris attacks themselves.
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 only reason more people weren't shot: Shaw reportedly rushed the gunman while he reloaded, «grabbed the gun's barrel, pulled it away and threw it over the Waffle House counter,» suffering a gunshot wound and second - degree burns on his right hand from the weapon's barrel while disarming the shooter, later identified by police as 29 - year - old Travis Reinking.
Coral Springs Police discuss their response to the Stoneman Douglas shooting and the confusion over a miscommunication about a security tape delay.
Police are investigating whether a car that was found on fire behind a Miami Gardens school belonged to a South Florida college student shot and killed over the weekend.
As Cruz makes his way up to the building's second floor, Peterson reports over police radio: «I think we have shots fired, possible shots fired - 1200 building.»
Irish rock band U2 was forced to cancel its St. Louis concert scheduled Saturday over security concerns after Black Lives Matter activists clashed with police following the not guilty verdict of Jason Stockley in the shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.
Twenty - five - year - old Lawrence DePrimo, a police officer with the New York Police Department, became a hero when a shot of him handing over a pair of boots to a homeless police officer with the New York Police Department, became a hero when a shot of him handing over a pair of boots to a homeless Police Department, became a hero when a shot of him handing over a pair of boots to a homeless man...
We may have to hit him over the head with a board or shoot him in the leg to neutralize him before we call the police to take him to jail.
The Mayor promoted the success of conservative values on the anniversary of last year's riots, which spread all over the country after the police shot Mark Duggan in Tottenham.
Not one but four sheriff's deputies hid behind cars instead of storming Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Fla., during a school shooting, police claimed — as new records revealed the Broward County Sheriff's Office had received at least 18 calls about the troubled teen, Nikolas Cruz, over the past decade.
Michelle Nudds, BASC England South East regional officer, said: «We have enjoyed working with Hampshire Constabulary and Sussex Police over the years and this is another demonstration of how they are keen to ensure rural policing is informed and updated on all aspects of shooting sports.
«All too often individuals who have died as a result of a police shooting incident, or other form of activity, generate an initial public response that then wades into the background over time,» Jeffries said.
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton blasted his immediate predecessor, Ray Kelly, over allegations that the police department is fudging their crime statistics to show artificially low shooting numbers.
New York State Police are investigating a shooting outside a bar in northern New York over the weekend that led to the death of a man.
Since being given authority in certain police fatal shootings, Schneiderman has declined to take over several cases, but he recently won an indictment against an off - duty officer who shot and killed a motorist during a so - called «road rage» case.
The family of a Hofstra University student killed in an off - campus 2013 police shooting has reached a tentative $ 4.5 million settlement with Nassau County over a pair of lawsuits, county officials said Saturday.
The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.
He called the shooting death of the cops the «direct spinoff» of anti-police-brutality protests that the sympathetic mayor had allowed to take over city streets, blamed marijuana — which, thanks to the mayor, you can now carry a larger quantity of without getting locked up — for a spike in murders, has proudly declared stop - and - frisk isn't going away, and has repeatedly broken with the mayor on the subject of how many more cops the city needs (the mayor has said none, the police commissioner now says at least 1,000).
Despite that, the city has been rocked by a series of different shootings over the past couple of weeks, including the most recent, where a police officer drew fire, and a police union spokesperson said that many city residents feel less safe than ever.
Five other people are being questioned by police over the murder of PC Carroll, who was shot dead while answering a call for help on Monday night.
Nigeria Politics Online gathered that the victim was shot on the chest when he and others questioned the Police officers after one of them allegedly slapped him over an argument.
A video of South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager fatally shooting Walter Scott as he ran away appears to have relit the debate over criminal justice reform in New York.
For four minutes, the NYPD police officer who had just fired his gun into a darkened housing project stairwell argued with his partner over whether to tell their superiors about the shot.
In April 2016, Edson Thevenin, who was suspected of driving under the influence, was shot and killed by Troy Police Sgt. Randall French, who contended Thevenin tried to run him over during a traffic stop.
Over the past two weeks, arrests decreased between 56 percent and 66 percent and summonses went down more than 90 percent, although police activity was declining before the fatal shooting, following the Garner verdict, Capital reported today.
The Black Rock shooting and confusion over whether suspect Jose Hernandez - Rossy was armed has given rise to many calls for Buffalo Police to have body cameras, but a range of practical and privacy concerns make their use a lot more complicated than just clipping the the equipment to the outside of...
Over the next year, the local police department reported a 48 percent decrease in shots fired.
A Belgian court on Monday found 2015 Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam and an accomplice guilty of attempted murder over shots fired at police as they sought to avoid arrest in Brussels.
«Sadly, many times when law enforcement arrives at the scene of a school shooting, everything is over and all the police officers can do is help the survivors,» said Washington County Sheriff Jeff Murphy.
De Blasio offered another defense of the NYPD while also taking a shot at the «rhetoric of union leaders» — one of whom suggested the possibility of a work slowdown by officers after fallout over the death of Eric Garner last month in police custody.
Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, solemnly unveiled a six - count indictment this afternoon against the NYPD officer who shot and killed Akai Gurley, striving to show the public his office was not pressured by the police protests that have roiled the city and nation over the last year.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year signed an order that required the AG's office take over as special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed civilian.
Police sources say Alexander Bonds pulled a hoodie over his head and walked up to Officer Familia's vehicle, shot her to death.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in the wake of the shootings the city's five police unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos werePolice Commissioner Bill Bratton said in the wake of the shootings the city's five police unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos werepolice unions were «standing down» until the funerals for Liu and Ramos were over.
ONE POLICE PLAZA — The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has indicted seven men who sold 89 illegal guns to an undercover officer over an 18 - month period in and around the neighborhood where NYPD Officer Randolph Holder was shot to death last week.
They walked past police cruisers and memorial flowers to gather the backpacks and books they had left behind as they fled, and to take their first steps toward resuming classes on a campus now indelibly linked to America's wrenching cultural battle over gun laws and how to stop mass shootings.
The state Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday it was taking over an investigation into the fatal shooting by Buffalo police of a suspect who police accused of wounding an officer.
Washington County Sheriff Jeff Murphy, who is a strong advocate for SROs in his county, pointed out: «Sadly, many times when law enforcement arrives at the scene of a school shooting, everything is over and all the police officers can do is help the survivors.
The investigation into a police - involved shooting of a civilian after a car chase in Westchester on Tuesday will be taken over by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, according to Schneiderman spokesman Eric Soufer.
Since then, he has suffered several «worst weeks ever» - including a chaotic reshuffle, dire poll ratings, questioning police orders to «shoot to kill» terrorists and a shadow cabinet revolt over military action in Syria.
Police stand over David Sweat, who was shot and captured June 28 near the Canadian border in New York.
Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Sweat is the second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum - security prison in northern New York.
The Police in the Upper west region have began a manhunt for some suspected armed robbers who shot and killed a Police officer over the weekend.
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