Sentences with phrase «rally against police»

People march during a rally against police violence on August 23, 2014 in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, next to Rev. Al Sharpton and former New York Gov. David Paterson attend a church service before a rally against police violence on August 23, 2014 in the borough of Staten Island in New York City.

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Brazilian police officers fired tear gas and stun grenades to keep at bay angry protesters rallying against President Dilma Rousseff.

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.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

A rally against gun violence today abruptly turned its fire on Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, as one advocate led several top - caliber elected officials in a salvo of attacks on the top cop's recent comments about hip - hop.

Speaking while reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East Senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own Senatorial District, the Rivers East.

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

While Buffalo mayor Byron Brown delivered his annual State of the City Address inside the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on Friday afternoon, protesters outside spoke against him and the city's police department as they rallied in memory of a young man who recently died after being arrested by officers.

They rallied at City Hall last week against police crackdowns on violent gangs.

Also at 6 p.m., People's Power Assembly and Black Lives Matter activists hold a rally and protest in solidarity with Charlotte, NC, uprising against protest brutality and to «demand an end to police attacks and reprisals against protesters there,» Harlem State Office Bldg, 163 West 125th St., Manhattan.

At roughly the same time, several dozen demonstrators from the advocacy group Picture the Homeless rallied outside the Vanderbilt Avenue headquarters of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, in protest against the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Mr. Pantaleo in the Garner homicide, and against broken windows policing.

The mood does not seem to be getting less divisive: after weeks of protests in the city's streets against police officers — and two more set for this weekend in Washington and in New York — cops are now planning their own pro-police rally next week.

The main goal of the protestors is against Wall Street corruption and greed, but the group has rallied against a number of other issues, including unemployment, economic inequality, college tuition rates, police brutality, health care and even the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis.

Prince Deji Adeyanju has been arrested by the police over his mobilization of Nigerians to rally against the secret trial and freedom of Nnamdi...

Prince Deji Adeyanju has been arrested by the police over his mobilization of Nigerians to rally against the secret trial and freedom of Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader, activists said in a statement Friday.