Sentences with phrase «prosecute police killings»
Governor Cuomo announced an executive order for a Special Prosecutor that would give New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to prosecute police killings.
http://www.blackwestchester.com/ Not exact matches
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.
Thompson initially won praise from police reformers for prosecuting police officer Peter Liang for shooting and killing Akai Gurley in a public housing stairwell in Brooklyn.
The state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has already asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for an executive order to empower the attorney general to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Thursday released its first report on his office's role in reviewing, investigating and prosecuting cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has picked a veteran prosecutor to lead a new unit that will investigate and potentially prosecute police for killing unarmed civilians.
The mother of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man killed in a police chokehold, says Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the officer who killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecutinpolice chokehold, says Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the officer who killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecutinPolice Commissioner James O'Neill do not need to wait for the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the officer who killed her son — and blasted them for preventing the city's independent oversight entity from prosecuting him.