Sentences with phrase «shooting death of a man»
A Gregg County grand jury has indicted an Overton man in connection with the 2015 shooting death of another man.
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Investigators believe a struggle for a New York Police Department officer's gun led to the Tuesday shooting death of a man involved in a car chase from the Bronx into Westchester County, a law - enforcement official said.
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The week began with the death of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he lay on the ground outside a convenience store.
The shooting death of an 18 - year - old black man named Michael Brown by a 28 - year - old white police officer, and the weeks of protest that followed.
After the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Bernard Tyson wrote a candid essay on LinkedIn about being a black man in America.
Protests occurred again in September after a white former St. Louis police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of another black man in 2011.
Kate Steinle's shooting death on a San Francisco pier in July 2015 by a man who had been deported multiple times escalated quickly from a crime to the subject of a nationwide furor over illegal immigration.
-- «State senators condemn fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark,» by LATimes» Patrick McGreevy: «Lawmakers» tempers flared Monday as the California Senate adjourned in memory of Stephon Clark, an unarmed African American man who was shot to death by Sacramento police officers on March 18.
Hope amidst suffering, hope when men know only defeat and despair, hope when death seems to smother out the shoots of life springing from the hearts of men, hope for our society, our world, our city, our schools, courts, prisons, legislatures, hope for our children, for our elderly, hope for all the millions of men and women over the face of this globe who simply want to live out their lives as free human beings not trampled down and stepped on by the overlords of this world.
The man then got out of his «large vehicle,» stabbed a police officer to death and was then shot by police.
It wasn't one shooting death of one black man that drove residents to this explosive point.
A Glen Ellyn police officer involved in the controversial shooting death of an unarmed man in April helped rescue an Addison man from a burning vehicle Tuesday in Lombard.
Co-recipients for their work as founders of Community of Peace People in Northern Ireland, Corrigan and Williams meet after Williams witnessed the death of Corrigan's sister's children, who were run over by an IRA man who was fatally shot by British troops.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating the NYPD shooting death of a Brooklyn man, who was holding a curved metal pipe that looked like a gun, officials said.
New York State Police are investigating a shooting outside a bar in northern New York over the weekend that led to the death of a man.
The family of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man shot and killed in a Brooklyn housing - project stairwell by a police officer last year, has filed a wrongful - death lawsuit against New York City.
An NYPD officer was reportedly indicted on multiple charges, including manslaughter, in the November shooting death of an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project.
The former rookie cop convicted in the 2014 shooting death of an unarmed man in a housing - project stairwell dodged prison Tuesday — as his victim's angry kin warned that «justice...
Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.
The heightened spotlight on the issue of police brutality comes on the heels of the recent deaths of African - American men at the hands of the police and the fatal shootings of police officers in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas.
A former NYPD officer facing up to 15 years in prison for the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man should get home confinement and probation instead of jail time,...
Police have arrested a man and 16 - year - old boy in connection with the shooting death of a young mother in Mott Haven on Tuesday afternoon.
The two officers were shot --» assassinated,» as the mayor and police commissioner put it — through the window of their patrol car by 28 - year - old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who posted on social media that he was out for revenge for the police - related deaths of unarmed black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
The DN is out today with an editorial siding with the NYPD in the death of Darrius Kennedy, a knife - wielding man, who was shot by police in Times Square on Sunday.
In a brief email statement this morning, Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda commended the City of North Charleston, South Carolina and its Mayor, Keith Summey, for bringing murder charges against the officer involved in the shooting death of a fleeing, unarmed black man.
It is likely that hundreds, if not thousands, of Rohingya have been killed - men, women, children and even babies shot, beaten to death or burned inside their homes.
Reacting to the police shooting death of an unarmed man in a Brooklyn housing project on Thursday night, City Councilman Jumaane Williams said a new strategy announced by NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton that would remove rookie cops from crime - ridden patrols has not been implemented.
BROOKLYN — Family and friends of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man fatally shot by a rookie NYPD officer last November, are marking the one - year anniversary of the Brooklyn father's death with a march and rally Friday evening.
«This is a first step in getting justice for the reckless shooting and wrongful death of Akai Gurley,» said Scott Rynecki, an attorney for Kimberly Ballinger, the domestic partner of the slain man.
A 23 - year - old man was shot to death yesterday in Olinville, adding to what's been a rise in the number of homicides in the 47th Precinct.
Police killings of unarmed black men have grabbed the country's attention following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo. and the death of Garner on Staten Island.
Thompson also brushed off calls for a special prosecutor in the police shooting death of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man fatally shot by a rookie cop in the stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex.
A man connected to the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo during last year's J'Ouvert festival, was tracked down and arrested in California, authorities said.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has withdrawn his lawsuit against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove stemming from the police shooting death of an area man.
A State Appeals Court has reversed the manslaughter conviction of a Cortland man who admitted to shooting an Ithaca man to death back in 2011.
The civil rights activist has served as a spokesman for the family of Garner — a 43 - year - old Staten Island man whose chokehold death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner following a July 18 attempt to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes — and is also heavily involved in the case of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo..
After eyewitnesses identified one man from a photo lineup, Charles Tubbins was arrested by Buffalo Police and subsequently indicted in the shooting death of 24 - year - old Rashiene Carson.
A Cheektowaga man is being held without bail in the Erie County Holding Center, charged with the shooting death of his father.
MAYVILLE - Authorities from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Attorney's office say they've arrested two men they believe are connected to the shooting death of Mary Whitaker, the 61 - year - old Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra violinist.
One a shocking close - range shooting of Mark Carson in the face, resulting in the 32 - year - old man's death.
In August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member Jumaane Williams led an effort calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to set up a task force to conduct a wholesale review of the police department's protocols in dealing with «emotionally disturbed persons,» or EDPs.
Two Buffalo police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was trying to flee the scene following a traffic stop in May of 2017.
MAYVILLE - One of the two men arrested in connection with the shooting death of Mary Whitaker - the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra violinist found dead Aug. 20 inside her Westfield Home - is facing a new charge on an unrelated burglary case that took... [Read more...]
Two days after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a spokesman for the family of Akai Gurley, a Brooklyn man shot and killed by a cop last month, called for the Brooklyn district attorney to charge the police officer with homicide.
Heastie said the long string of deaths of black men in shootings by police underscore the need for improving community and police relations, combating poverty and improving education and working «on the issue of guns and those who would use them to steal innocent lives.»
The family of Jose Hernandez - Rossy, the man who was fatally shot by police in May, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Buffalo and the police department.
SYRACUSE — A 21 - year - old man accused of randomly opening fire on a minivan was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 20 - month - old boy who was sitting in a car seat inside it.
Run deep, custom analysis on years of official NBA data for NBA A Wake County jury indicted a 23 - year - old Raleigh man Tuesday for first degree murder in the August shooting death of a former Shaw University basketball
The wife of a gun manufacturer is held hostage in an elaborate plot by a man seeking revenge for the death of his daughter in a high school shooting incident.
Goaded into brutal action by the lies of Cornelius Hickey, the crew of the Terror and the Erebus have shot five Netsilik men, women, and children to death, adding their bodies to the pile of two already assembled by...