Sentences with phrase «police killings nationwide»

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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.

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

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

The group was responsible for attacks nationwide, including the 1975 bombing of Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan that killed four people and a blast that maimed a cop at Police Headquarters in 1982.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Monday his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

A gunman killed three police officers and wounded three others in Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge, just days after the police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, one of which led to the massacre of five Dallas policemen.

The new film from Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), in theatres nationwide on Dec. 1, roots itself in the fury of a mother, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), whose daughter has been raped and killed and seemingly forgotten by laconic local police.

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.

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.

This week has seen nationwide protests after two police killings were documented in graphic video: Sterling, who was shot and killed when officers responded to a disturbance call in Baton Rouge, and Castile, who was shot during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.