Sentences with phrase «police shootings»

Researchers say that this study may point to stereotypes at play in fatal police shootings of Black men and boys, and it seems pretty clear that it does.

One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders.

The failure to obtain an indictment also shows the need for a special prosecutor to oversee police shooting cases, he said.

The civil rights movement was 50 years ago, though many of those issues are unfortunately still being brought up today, in particular with the recent police shootings of black men.

The city comptroller is taking a more aggressive stance on the controversial police shooting than his fellow mayoral candidates.

Israeli border police shot a Palestinian man in the area last week.

In particular, the study has implications on how to tackle police shootings.

There are plenty of examples of police shooting innocent people.

A new study on police force found no bias against black civilians in police shootings in 10 cities and counties, including Houston.

Police Encounters and Mental Health 5 key cases of police shooting deaths involving mentally ill individuals, August 27, 2014 CBC News.

Constance Malcolm, mom of 2012 fatal police shooting victim Ramarley Graham, ripped Bratton as «the devil himself.»

Published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, this is the first study to examine the relationship between structural racism and racial disparities in fatal police shootings at the state level.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Senate Democrats have pushed for special prosecutors to look into police shootings of unarmed citizens, but many Republicans oppose the idea because they say it will undermine locals District Attorneys.

60 Minutes Sports, Season 2016, Episode 10: Seattle Seahawks» receiver and son of a policeman, Doug Baldwin tells 60 MINUTES SPORTS correspondent Jon Wertheim about his protests on police shootings and meetings with officials who have the authority to help change the situation.

«Sensitive cases, such as police shootings and police encounter deaths... require an unbiased death investigation that is clearly independent of law enforcement,» the NAS report stated.

Giuliani's remarks about the Black Lives Matter movement come after 11 police officers were shot, five of whom died, during a demonstration in Dallas against police shootings of black men, in particular Philandro Castile in St. Paul, Minn., and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., who died at the hands of the police last week.

The photograph of a weeping officer that became one of the most iconic images from the Dallas police shooting last week was by an intern at the The Dallas Morning News.

(Joseul Musambaghani, a Congolese - born former intern at Slack, said that Butterfield circulating a memo about police shootings in Louisiana and Minneapolis made him feel supported.)

Troy resident Brittany Hughes captured this video in the moments after Troy police shot Dahmeek McDonald on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.

Ferguson and Baltimore had gained widespread attention for the large and violent protests over police shootings of black men.

It is clear that our District Attorney Janet Defiore is the «Poster Child» for the push for legislation for a State Wide Special Prosecutor for questionable police shootings and cases of police brutality.

Yesterday, Occupy Wall Street - inspired protesters took to City Hall Park, where they vowed to stay put until de Blasio fired Bratton for a myriad of reasons, ranging from police shootings of black men to his efforts to crack down on quality of life crimes, which they argue has disproportionately hurt people of color.

The attorney general is authorized to investigate police shootings when there are questions about the threat the civilian posed.

Coogler made his feature debut with Fruitvale Station (2013), which followed police shooting victim Oscar Grant, a 22 - year - old Oakland, California man, on his last day on earth.

Islamic State claimed the attack and hailed Tunisian - born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who drove a truck through a crowd of revelers on Nice's sea - front promenade on Bastille day before police shot him dead.

A California man says police shot at him but were seeking his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.»

«Let the message go out that we will not be shaken by this,» said Warnock, who has been outspoken about recent race - based acts of violence like police shootings and the Charleston shooting.

The state attorney general's office used a search warrant Thursday to seize the mobile phone of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in an ongoing criminal investigation of Abelove's handling of a fatal police shooting last April.

The grieving for Graham — who was unarmed when police shot and killed him in his Wakefield apartment earlier this month — turned to anger Saturday when local leaders discussed the circumstances surrounding his death.

NY Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Deadly Police Shooting of Saheed Vassell In Brooklyn

Amnesty International called on authorities to investigate reports that police shot dead demonstrators in opposition strongholds.

«Bahni Turpin portrays the anguish, confusion, and anger of 16 - year - old Starr, who finds herself caught between two very different worlds after she's the only witness to the unprovoked police shooting of her friend.

To see what I mean, just think of the numerous tragedies this year involving police shootings of unarmed African - Americans in places like Ferguson, Cleveland, Staten Island, and South Carolina, as well as the death of Freddy Gray in Baltimore at the hands of police there.

«Police Shoot Dog»: A couple of weeks ago, I read of a story where a couple of dogs were roaming the streets acting threateningly.

Wingo, who has recently been protesting racism in America, including police shootings of African - Americans, by standing and raising his fist during the Pledge of Allegiance at Buffalo Common Council meetings, and not reciting the pledge, said what Bickley is saying is not a political statement, but a statement of hate.

As a former cop and lawmaker from heavily African - American central Brooklyn, he freely comments on policing issues, like when he said he couldn't call the November police shooting of an unarmed East New York man an «accident,» as the mayor and the police commissioner did.

In response to the civil unrest that followed high - profile police shootings in places like Ferguson, Missouri, police departments across the country are adjusting their training protocols.

There are paintings by Angela Dufresne and Stephen Benenson, Wabanki baskets by Fred Tomah and powerful large - scale charcoal drawings by Shaun Leonardo that reference police shootings of African - American youth.

A lot of questions are being asked in the heartbreaking aftermath of a Saturday night police shooting that left an unarmed 15 - year - old boy dead.

Police shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed man, and police academies often do not prepare officers to make the right call

«You know, the hardest part of having a conversation surrounding police shootings in America, it always feels like in America, it's like if you take a stand for something, you automatically are against something else,» the host said.

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.

North Miami Police shot an unarmed caregiver near a group home on Monday, and new video shows that his hands were in the air moments before.

Early reports said that Pistorius told police the shooting was an accident and he had mistaken the victim as an intruder, but a police spokeswoman, Brig. Denise Beukes, said those reports did not come from police.

Several protests, led by the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) which advocates for fair elections and a new voters registry, ended in violence when police shot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the crowd, beat protesters with horsewhips and batons, and arrested those who did not disperse.

Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings around the US.

Also Monday, lawmakers approved a $ 4.5 million settlement for the family of Andrea Rebello, a Hofstra University student who was killed accidentally in an off - campus police shooting in 2013.