Sentences with phrase «shootings of unarmed civilians»

An executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year requires the state attorney general to investigate in police shootings of unarmed civilians.

Whether the issue was bail, grand jury immunity, prosecution of drunken drivers or investigation of police shootings of unarmed civilians, Murray was clueless about the law.

Under an Executive Order by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Schneiderman is empowered to examine all police - involved shootings of unarmed civilians and, if necessary, take the case to a grand jury.

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So what you're saying is that the mistake of running in a fight or flight hormonal situation makes shooting an unarmed civilian okay?

Schneiderman was empowered to investigate the shooting and its aftermath based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 executive order allowing the attorney's office to probe police actions that result in the death of unarmed civilians.

What they met on ground is confused political leadership in the person of President Goodluck Jonathan; an army unpaid and ill equipped; and a police force competent only in shooting unarmed civilians and channelling bribes up the command chain.

Headlines about the shooting deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police are seemingly never - ending, and Jay Coles is engaging with this subject matter in his powerful, necessary and hype - worthy YA debut, Tyler Johnson Was Here.