Sentences with phrase «police killing civillians»

One of his paintings is an image of Philando Castille that should have generated a public conversation about police killing black men, but its impact has been muted by the controversy over a Dana Schutz painting of Emmett Till in his coffin, that also appears in the biennial exhibition.

Co-cinematographer Dan Peters, one of the core members of the production team for The Blood is at the Doorstep, 2014 Nohl Fellow Erik Ljung's film about the police killing of Dontre Hamilton, traveled to Austin, Texas for the SXSW (South by Southwest) Documentary Feature Competition, where the film received its world premiere.

When Baltimore erupted in violence following the police killing of Freddie Gray, the city shut down.

BOOK In September, Devin Allen publishes «A Beautiful Ghetto,» a book of photographs celebrating the people and the city Baltimore in the wake of the police killing of Freddie Gray.

Finding deep connections to the Civil Rights movement, Edwards began his Lynch Fragment series in 1963, in the aftermath of the police killing of the Black Muslim Ronald T. Stokes.

He discussed his views on police killing black men; announced his first presentation in Washington, D.C., a 360 - degree mural at the Hirshhorn Museum set to debut in November 2016; and revealed what inspires him at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

NEWS In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, nationwide protests against police killing unarmed Black men and youth reach Miami Dec. 5, shutting down I - 95 and blocking traffic in Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach.

Meanwhile, ongoing news surrounding U.S. police killing unarmed Black men and youth inspired artistic responses around the world.

PERFORMANCE > Artist Dread Scott joins protestors in Union Square demonstrating against police killing black men, bringing a huge black flag, holding it aloft for all to see the words emblazoned on it in white: «A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday.»

Capturing the Baltimore protests in response to the 2015 police killing of Freddie Gray, Devin Allen's photographs went viral on social media and gained nationwide attention from mainstream media.

Ryan Coogler's directorial debut about the last day of police killing victim Oscar Grant's life wowed critics.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature was presented to: Monsters and Men (Director & Screenwriter: Reinaldo Marcus Green, Producers: Elizabeth Lodge Stepp, Josh Penn, Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, Luca Borghese)-- This interwoven narrative explores the aftermath of a police killing of a black man.

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.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain, Associate Editor of the Times Union, about a retired New York State Police Investigator's comments on the viral video of Coeymans Police killing a rabid raccoon.

The New York state attorney general's office said Thursday that it doesn't have jurisdiction in the police killing of a 66 - year - old emotionally disturbed woman who was shot when she attacked an officer with a baseball bat in the Bronx.

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.

Andrew Cuomo begins his second term in office amid strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in Staten Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

«I'm tired of police killing our people,» said Edwin Jain, 19, a Tufts University student protesting in New York.

Eric Schneiderman wants the authority to investigate future cases of police killing civillians.

Following the tragic 1999 police killing of Amadou Diallo, an innocent and unarmed Bronx man, NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir named Katz to an advisory council for an up and down review of training procedures.

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.

Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson questioned whether the Attorney General's office «has the necessary resources» to handle the «intricate investigations» of police killing cases.

Andrew Cuomo begins his second term in office amid strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in State Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

A video of Coeymans police killing a rabid raccoon last Monday by chasing it down and running over it over with their vehicles that went viral spurred a call for statewide animal control reform.

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

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

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.

Jay Z even drew parallels between his situation and the police killings of young black men such as Michael Brown and Freddie Gray.

In the wake of police killings in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, the Justice Department under Barack Obama...

Police killed the believed - attacker shortly after the incident.

In the wake of police killings in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland, the Justice Department under Barack Obama investigated specific police departments as a measure of accountability.

These numbers, compared to deaths caused by police killings, military actions, or abortions, are vanishingly small.

At one point, it was stated that in 2015, police killings were up by 7.9 % over the previous year.

My own daughter said, «Daddy I'm scared for you because when police kill black men [they] don't get in trouble!»

the issue is that you and your ilk want to blame him as if all of this suddenly happened when he was elected... as if racism and these police killings suddenly started under Trump....

Accius is the man who led a horde of protesters to shut down entry to the Golden 1 Center for a March 22 Sacramento Kings» basketball game, four days after police killed Stephon Clark.

especially when statistics clearly show that there is no big conspiracy going on... only 20 % of police killings are perpetrated against black people....80 % against other races....

Human rights groups have said that police killed at least 24 people in unrest after the election.

They took real risks: the police killed somewhere near 100 people, but their bravery brought down Viktor Yanokovich's government and helped to save their democracy.

The police killed him in a shootout, and searched his car, finding the corpses of Gonzales» children.

Schneiderman's office will handle cases in which police kill an unarmed suspect, or when there is a question of whether the suspect was armed.

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.»

The executive order enables the attorney general to step in and supercede county district attorneys in cases where police kill an unarmed civilian or in cases where there are questions about whether the civilian who was killed was armed or dangerous.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, asked Governor Andrew Cuomo in December for the ability to investigate cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.

Whenever the police kill, brutalize, or otherwise violate a citizen's civil rights, the US Department of Justice should be brought in to investigate and file charges if warranted because the DA's and police are constant collaborators.

As the rally wrapped up, Ms. Mallory also plugged Gathering for Justice and a protest scheduled for June 2 to honor Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black youth police killed in his Bronx home in 2012.

The governor's reforms would allow district attorneys like Mr. Donovan to issue a report or letter of fact outlining what occurred in closed grand jury room in cases of police killings, without having to beseech a judge to release that information.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Utica on Friday paused for a moment of silence following a week of violence in which police killed two black men and five police officers were shot dead in Dallas on Thursday night.

Last year, Cuomo appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor in cases in which police kill civilians.