Sentences with phrase «to indict the officer»
"To indict the officer" means to formally charge or accuse a police officer of committing a crime. It is the first step in the legal process where the officer will be brought to trial and required to defend themselves against the charges. Full definition
The police union has bashed de Blasio for seeming to side with protesters over the police in the heated days since a grand jury voted to not indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.
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Protests began after a Grand Jury decided to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo.
«The grand jury's decision not to indict the officers involved in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown has left many in our nation angry, saddened and hopeless,» he said.
On Monday, the bakery of Natalie Dubose was damaged during riots in Ferguson, following the announcement that a grand jury would not indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Mike Brown.
On Monday, the bakery of Natalie Dubose was damaged during riots in Ferguson, following the announcement that a grand jury would not indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death...
But a grand jury declined to indict the officer who placed the chokehold on Garner, who repeatedly said he couldn't breathe.
Wang Han, a black SFUSD alumnus currently earning his master's in education from UCLA, told HuffPost he's excited to see these efforts happening during the nationwide conversation about race relations that began after two grand juries decided not to indict the officers responsible for the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men.
«The rules of law apply regardless of who is investigating a case, but our concern is that there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice,» Lynch said.
The decision by Justice Mohammed Idris last Friday has now cleared the way for SERAP to advance its case against the Federal Government on the publication of the reports of investigation into the allegations of budget padding and prosecution of indicted officers of the National Assembly.
The order stemmed from multiple cases in which police killed unarmed civilians, but a grand jury chose to not indict the officers after being presented with evidence by local district attorneys.
While Garner's death was ruled a homicide by the Staten Island Medical Examiner's office, a subsequent grand jury declined to indict the officer on criminal charges.
The July chokehold death of Eric Garner and the decision of a grand jury not to indict the officer sparked a call for potential criminal justice reforms.
The motion on notice is set for Friday 26 January 2018, for the hearing of argument on why the reports by anticorruption agencies on the investigation into the alleged budget padding should not be published and why indicted officers should not be prosecuted.
Speaking for the first time since Comptroller Scott Stringer announced the settlement late Monday, the family and Sharpton said they would continue with efforts to have federal prosecutors indict officer Pantaleo after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against him last year.
Then a grand jury in New York failed to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner.
But on Capitol Hill, party strategists are nervously taking stock of Donovan, who oversaw the grand jury investigation that declined to indict the officers involved in the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, a 43 - year - old black man.
The murder of the officers comes at a time of already heightened tensions between community, police and City Hall, amid days of protests after a grand jury opted not to indict an officer in Garner's death.
The governor is expected to move on criminal justice reforms in the wake of the death of Eric Garner and a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who put him in a fatal chokehold.
The announcement comes just one week after a decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
Along the way, Franclot Graham would occasionally pause and announce to onlookers that the NYPD had burst into his son's home and shot and killed him but that a grand jury declined to indict the officer responsible.
On Tuesday, Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association — New York City's largest police union — said «there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice.»
Civil liberties lawyers urged a state judge to reverse Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's attempt to keep secret the grand jury testimony concerning the police chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying the public needs to reconcile a widely watched video of the arrest with the decision not to indict the officer involved.
The case, and the failure to indict the officer, led to mass demonstrations in the streets.
The state's two U.S. senators on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into the death of Eric Garner after a State Island grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case.
Federal authorities are investigating civil rights charges in the Garner case after a grand jury declined to indict the officers involved.
City Hall's relationship with police, as well as the unions representing them, became strained following a grand jury's decision not to indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins had previously said she supports appointing a special prosecutor, following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.
The grand jury decision to no indict the officer responsible for his death is a disappointing one.
A grand jury convened by the DA declined to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's death.
Union leaders also voiced their concerns with the mayor telling his son, Dante, who is mixed race, that he had to be wary of police officers as well as criticizing the grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Daniel Panteleo in the Garner case.
A grand jury decided not to indict the officers who were involved in the incident.
At the same time, critics say Donovan could face political static thanks to his status as the DA who presented evidence to the grand jury that failed to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death.
While that is true, to date that has yet to happen when Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore's office fails to indict officer in police criminality cases like Kenneth Chamberlain.
The heads of law enforcement unions have accused the mayor of undermining the NYPD with his statements about the danger police pose to his son Dante de Blasio after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict an officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
After a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in that case, de Blasio said that he had warned his son, Dante, who is mixed race, about the dangers of interactions with police.
The mayor could also not control the outcome of a grand jury inquest, which opted not to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who used what appeared to be a chokehold to bring Garner down.
The relationship between the PBA and the mayor has grown so contentious over the special grand jury decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's death that the PBA has asked its members to sign papers indicating that they do not want de Blasio or City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to attend their funerals.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was blasted by police unions for statements he made in the wake of a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Eric Garner's death, released a more subdued message Tuesday.
The Member of Parliament for Efutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo Markin has challenged the decision of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei to order some top officers of the Commission to proceed on leave following a report from the Economic and Organized Crime Organization (EOCO) indicting the officers.
Protests have already been erupting in the city in the wake of the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision last month not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed teen Michael Brown.
A grand jury ruled not to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, sparking a wave of protests across the city.
It is unclear how many additional officers will be dispatched in the wake of the decision, but sources said that the grand jury could decide by Wednesday night to indict the officer who wrapped his arm around Garner's neck while arresting him.
«Respond» addresses the reaction to the grand jury's decision not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo.
A grand jury declined to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of the Staten Island father.
A grand jury declined to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case.
NEW YORK CITY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a plan to allow district attorneys to release grand jury information in cases where police kill unarmed civilians and the panel declines to indict the officers involved.
Earlier this month, following a grand jury's decision to not indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner and the murder of two NYPD officers, Senate Republicans announced that they would hold a series of hearings around the state weigh changes to the criminal justice system.
«While I share the disappointment and sadness felt by millions of people across America in the decision made by the grand jury in St. Louis County not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, I hope we can honor the memory of Michel Brown through peaceful protests and peaceful dialogue, instead of anger and violence,» said Congressman Charles Rangel.
The report does not include the Garner case, which had been under criminal investigation until a grand jury declined to indict the officer, because the watchdog agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, has not made any determinations on the case.