Sentences with phrase «unarmed black teenager»

The collector and philanthropist sold Roy Lichtenstein's 1962 Masterpiece for USD$ 150 million earlier this year to help set up her fund — much of the decision to support criminal justice reform has been personal for Gund: she has several African - American grandchildren and has been concerned about the culture of police shootings of unarmed black teenagers in the US.

The killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has catapulted the quiet, yet steady, militarization of police forces across the U.S. to global attention.

Following George Zimmerman's (refuted) claims that the Smithsonian Museum was interested in acquiring the gun with which he killed unarmed black teenager Martin, the question seems particularly pressing.

American documentaries in competition explore such subjects as the amateur porn industry, Mexican drug cartels, endangered animals, Evel Knievel and the 2012 shooting of unarmed black teenager Jordan Russell Davis.

Roy Oliver, the Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed 15 - year - old unarmed black teenager Jordan Edwards, has been fired, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Since the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last August, the calls to monitor law enforcement officers» use of force has spread rapidly.

The nation's eyes focused on Ferguson, Missouri on the evening of Monday, November 24, after a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

The verdict comes about three years after rioting broke out in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson when an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer.

The riots began after the official announcement that a grand jury had declined to indict a white Ferguson police officer for shooting an unarmed black teenager.

Sanford, Florida (CNN)-- As opening arguments begin, courtroom seats are at a premium at the trial of George Zimmerman, charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.

One week into the series, a white policeman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Regardless of where people stand on the issue, the fact remained — an unarmed black teenager that reminded many black people of our cousins, brothers and nephews was killed and wouldn't be coming back (and it wasn't the first time).

«Despite changes in stop - and - frisk policy in New York City, the system is obviously broken when an unarmed Black teenager can be shot to death in his own bathroom and no one is held to account by any part of our criminal justice system.

The Working Families Party in a statement said it was troubled by the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to not charge police officers in the death of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black teenager.

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.

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..

The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer last Saturday, may attend Sharpton's «We Will Not Go Back» march.

After federal prosecutors declined this week to file criminal charges against a white New York City police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in the Bronx four years ago, the Police Department's long - delayed internal case against him will proceed.

Missouri officials and commentators across America have asked that question many times in the wake of the violence plaguing Ferguson, Mo., which began after police killed an unarmed black teenager.

After praising the NYPD for maintaining order during New York City - based protests following the news that a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, did not indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, de Blasio said there is «a great sensitivity» to ensuring emergency vehicles are not blocked during marches.

In Kathryn Bigelow's drama, a seemingly endless night in 1967 Detroit unfolds, showing what is known as the Algiers Motel Incident, in which three unarmed black teenagers were shot and killed by a group of law enforcement officers.

Unfolding on a long, hot July night in 1967 Detroit, it depicts what is known as the Algiers Motel Incident (the title of a well - known book by John Hersey about that night), in which three unarmed black teenagers were shot and killed by a group of law enforcement officers.

Other urban districts also have begun to focus on minority males to reduce the achievement gap or address skewed discipline statistics or stereotypes, all issues that have been magnified since the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August.

«The plans that have been approved about how individuals could be a part of this program... someone like George Zimmerman could get a job,» said Rep. Shevrin Jones (D - West Park), referring to the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in 2012.

The American artist Glenn Kaino recently visited Ferguson, Missouri — the town torn by protests after a white police officer killed Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on 9 August — for a work he is due to unveil...

The American artist Glenn Kaino recently visited Ferguson, Missouri — the town torn by protests after a white police officer killed Mike Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on 9 August — for a work he is due to unveil this weekend at his first solo show at the Kavi Gupta gallery in Chicago.

First unveiled at Art Basel Miami Beach, this charcoal drawing depicts the Ferguson, Missouri, police force in riot gear during a protest over the killing of the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

The painting at the centre of the ongoing dispute was inspired by the protests and riots that took place in Ferguson in response to the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in 2014.

In a separate room, Gonzales - Day brought his subject up to date in works that insert characters from Run Up into photographs of the protest marches in Los Angeles that followed a grand jury's refusal to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer, for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

I live in St. Louis, less than 20 miles from the unrest following the August 9 fatal shooting by a white police officer of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.