Sentences with phrase «protests against police»

Coco Fusco discusses recent protests against police aggression in the «Room for Debate» section of The New York Times.

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.

New mortgages were up 26 % in the resurgent Maryland city located an hour outside the nation's capital, which continues to bounce back from years of high unemployment and last year's much publicized protests against police brutality.

This incident led to numerous protests against police brutality and Grant has since become something of an icon of martyrdom.

Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»

Yet he's had tense times with the city's police unions, which reached heated levels after two NYPD officers were executed in their squad cars amid protests against police policies.

The deal between the speaker and the police commissioner also comes as protests against police brutality roil around the country.

Police precincts across NYC are reportedly calling off their planned annual festivities because they can't afford to take officers off the street while protests against police brutality continue to crop up almost nightly.

Five people were arrested in New York City last night in connection with protests against the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo..

Garner's last words became a rallying cry for protests against police brutality across the country.

More than 100 people were arrested and 21 police officers were injured during protests against police brutality in Minnesota on Saturday night going into Sunday morning.

Believing he has been blackballed for his controversial on - the - field protests against police violence and systemic racism, Kaepernick's legal team has filed a grievance against the NFL, accusing league owners of colluding to prevent him from working in football anymore.

Some ads mentioned Muslim support for Clinton, promoted in - person events and weighed in on the Black Lives Matter protests against police shootings, according to media reports.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

The fight coincided with Trump's criticism of NFL players who kneel during the national anthem as a gesture of protest against police profiling of African - Americans.

Also, it's funny you talk about people seeing «my side» when you and the rest of your ilk can't even answer a simple question of how Colin should've protested against police brutality instead of how he actually went about it.

Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch has blamed the mayor — who has been sympathetic to people protesting against police — for the officers» deaths.

Quentin Tarantino has recently found himself at the center of controversy — again — after he went to a protest against police brutality and made some comments that angered police officers and has resulted in an ever - spreading boycott by police unions and organizations across the country.

We see his influence in every protest against police violence, every picket that demands funds for public schools over cop academies, every lawsuit opposing Chicago's racist gang database.

The suit was filed on behalf of an anonymous officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department who was injured in July 2016 during a protest against police brutality.

Last football season, the NFL's San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, famously took a knee during the national anthem as a silent protest against police violence against African - Americans.

Not exact matches

There's no good that could come out of police using force against indigenous peoples and others who are protesting,» said DeCarlo, who is also a former police chief.

Earlier, about 100 conservative South Korean lawmakers and activists staged a sit - in near the border with North Korea, facing off against about 2,500 South Korean police to protest against the arrival of a northern delegation led by an official accused of being behind a deadly 2010 attack on a South Korean warship.

When Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine roadside stop in Minneapolis, and his death was filmed by his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds as her daughter sat in the back seat, the footage helped galvanize protests about police violence against blacks in the U.S.

The move by police against Uber in the China - ruled former British colony comes after taxi drivers mounted protests against the online service for hurting their livelihoods.

Update January 28th, 7:34 PM ET: The mass protest at JFK airport against Trump's Muslim ban has apparently led police to restrict access to the AirTrain.

It sets distressing signals about race and protest, the same week as police moved in again on a peaceful Indigenous - led standoff against a North Dakota pipeline — and as Donald Trump rhetoric riles up believers in Second Amendment «remedies» when an election doesn't go their way.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan says he doesn't believe Burnaby should pay for the several hundreds of thousands of dollars in policing costs of the long running protests against the project in his city.

They started to protest against the illegal alliance of police with the landlords and the factory owners.

Or when Colin Kaepernick and other NFL athletes took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against people of color.

The only violence at that protest was perpetrated by the police against the protestors.

There was a protest consisting of about 3000 people against a city - wide police raid of bath houses in which around 300 people were arrested.

It was further pointed out that the supposed incident had taken place at the same time that members of the Police Federation, the union representing the rank and file, were protesting against government cutbacks to police pay and benefiPolice Federation, the union representing the rank and file, were protesting against government cutbacks to police pay and benefipolice pay and benefits....

We should not forget the pragmatic consideration that the non-violent resistance of an unarmed populace against armed police or military authority may be the only feasible kind of protest.

The most recent Twitter bout started when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he would bench any players who chose to «disrespect the flag» — presumably referring to some players» recent protests against racist police brutality, which they've demonstrated by kneeling during the national anthem.

The last 24 hours had seen football players, coaches and even team owners kneeling in solidarity during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against black people.

McCoy previously has been critical of Colin Kaepernick, who sparked the protests in the NFL when he took a knee during the national anthem to bring attention to systematic discrimination against black Americans by the police.

Now, removed from Kaepernick, who is on the outside looking in, with his stance distorted by arguments cowardly trying to look away from the original issue — claiming he kneeled against things that he didn't — and with the spotlight pointed at Trump rather than police brutality, the NFL has decided to protest without really protesting anything.

As we saw dozens of NFL players protest police violence and racism during the national anthem on Sunday, we are reminded that the NBA has a rule against that.

New York police officers block the street during a protest against U.S. President - elect Donald Trump in front of Trump Tower on Nov. 12, 2016 in New York.

A large protest against climate change due to coincide with the Paris talks last month was banned by police, leading thousands of campaigners to symbolically leave their shoes along the route it would have taken.

Actions against protesters included «unlawful killings and beatings by police during protests and house - to - house operations», HRW said, adding there were at least three cases where women alleged police had raped them.

The disorder began on Saturday when a protest against the shooting of 29 - year old Mark Duggan turned violent and two police cars were set alight.

Groups like Black Bloc will increasingly use apps like Find My Friends - if they can secure them against police - to coordinate their approach to protests, splitting up and congregating again without any need for messages.

He's argued that there's no basis for the kind of brute force used by the police against unarmed citizens in the protest organized by pro-opposition pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance, and others.

Figures released to the Badger Trust put the final bill, including costs for policing against anti-cull protests, at just under # 16.8 million between 2012 and 2014.

May Day kicked off in Manhattan with police arresting 12 activists protesting against major corporations the objectors accused of supporting and profiting from Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, in front of the JP Morgan Chase Tower on Park Avenue.

Protests in Ukraine began late last year with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians taking to the streets to rally against corruption and police violence in the country.

With protests breaking out around the country against police brutality, Hakeem Jeffries introduced a bill to ban police chokeholds, the irresponsible practice which led to the death of Eric Garner last year.

Protests were called against «Torture, Corruption, Poverty, and Unemployment» on Police Day, and the chant «Bread, Freedom, Human Dignity,» popularised.