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Cuomo signed the order following a series of controversial and fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in New York and across the nation.

Cuomo signed the order in July 2015 in the wake of a series of controversial and fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in New York and across the nation.

Cuomo had signed the 2015 order following a series of controversial fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in New York and across the nation.

Cuomo signed the order following a series of controversial fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in New York and across the nation.

Cuomo signed the executive order last July in the wake of a series of controversial and fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians in New York and across the nation.

Not exact matches

Five of its employees were indicted in 2007 in relation to the deaths of 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians — forcing the company to change its name to Xe Services in a bid to distance itself from the controversy.

But the rockets keep fear in the Israeli population, and out of this misguided fear, Israelis allow their government to use real weapons — bombs and white phosphorus — on the unarmed Palestinian civilian population.

In his final test, which simulated a school shooting, he shot an unarmed civilian, and he was shot multiple times by the active shooters and even law enforcement, who mistook him for the bad guy.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

When trying to show why terrorism is the greater evil, Ignatieff lists his limiting conditions in mirror - image form: terror makes violence a first resort, «target [s] unarmed civilians and punish [es] them for their allegiance or ethnicity,» and seeks the death of politics itself.

At least 20 unarmed men were executed by Syrian troops in Damascus, according to opposition activists, as the government said Monday that the country's chemical weapons were secure and would never be used against civilians.

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

A Civilian Complaint Review Board report on the use of Tasers by the New York Police Department was scrubbed of language highlighting a central finding in an earlier - circulated draft report: that in most Taser encounters reviewed, officers used the stun guns on unarmed people.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

These comments were made by the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, in reaction to the brutal assault meted out by officers of the Ghana Police Service against unarmed civilians who embarked on a demonstration, organised by some pressure groups in Accra, on Wednesday, September 16.

A state Supreme Court justice has thrown out a petition by Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove that sought to undo the state attorney general's power to take over cases in which unarmed civilians are killed by police.

In a letter sent to Cuomo on Monday, Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman asked for the power to independently investigate the killing of any unarmed civilian by a police officer in the state, effectively removing local district attorneys from the equatioIn a letter sent to Cuomo on Monday, Atty. Gen. Eric Schneiderman asked for the power to independently investigate the killing of any unarmed civilian by a police officer in the state, effectively removing local district attorneys from the equatioin the state, effectively removing local district attorneys from the equation.

G.K.C Reddy commented that «Operation Blue Star will go down in history as one of the biggest massacres of unarmed civilians by the organised military force of a nation.»

Three district attorneys have joined Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove in challenging the constitutionality of an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago allowing the state attorney general to intervene in cases where unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

One major issue that will not be resolved in the next two weeks is how to reform the state's criminal justice system to restore public trust when an unarmed civilian is killed in a confrontation with police.

The attorney general's office has authority under an executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 to enter cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

The executive order enables the attorney general to step in and supercede county district attorneys in cases where police kill an unarmed civilian or in cases where there are questions about whether the civilian who was killed was armed or dangerous.

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

The two killings, on top of fatal police encounters elsewhere in the country, helped spark protests nationwide, calling for law enforcement officials to be held accountable for killing unarmed civilians.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday asked Governor Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.

Yet Mr. Schneiderman, with his measured criticism of Mr. Cuomo and his success in convincing the governor to make him a special prosecutor in cases of police killing unarmed civilians, is only seeing his stock rise.

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate finance committee on Wednesday declined to vote a bill out of committee that would allow the attorney general to investigate cases in which an unarmed civilian is killed during an interaction with police.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, asked Governor Andrew Cuomo in December for the ability to investigate cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.

Cuomo signed the order after Abelove challenged an executive order last July giving the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate incidents in which unarmed civilians are killed during encounters with police.

Keith's leadership has ensured that New York leads the nation.We were the first state to dedicate a month to gun violence awareness, we've raised the minimum wage, and are leading the way with the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate when police officers are involved in the deaths of unarmed civilians.

The district attorney who didn't secure an indictment in the Eric Garner case doesn't want any special prosecutor investigating future deaths of unarmed civilians caused by police.

He neutralized Schneiderman by appointing him special prosecutor in all cases where a cop kills a possibly unarmed civilian.

That order appoints Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in cases where a police officer kills an unarmed civilian, or there's question of whether the person was armed.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be appointed a special prosecutor in cases involving police - related deaths of unarmed civilians after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers failed to reach a broader agreement on criminal justice reform measures.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in December called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to grant his office the interim power to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians caused by police.

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

Abelove is the first county prosecutor to face charges after Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 approved an executive order that gave Attorney General Eric Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in cases in which a law enforcement officer causes the death of unarmed civilian.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Thursday released its first report on his office's role in reviewing, investigating and prosecuting cases in which police kill unarmed civilians.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove has asked the state district attorneys association to join him in challenging the constitutionality of Cuomo's executive order giving the state attorney general the authority to intervene in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a civil complaint in state Supreme Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.

Schneiderman's directive instructs the district attorneys to investigate when an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of law enforcement or when there's a «significant question raised» as to whether that was the case, as each D.A. determines is «appropriate under the circumstances until such time as you are directed otherwise in writing by the Special Prosecutor.»

In his State of the State address in January, Cuomo announced plans to introduce an independent monitor, such as a retired judge to review police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed and the case is not presented to a grand jurIn his State of the State address in January, Cuomo announced plans to introduce an independent monitor, such as a retired judge to review police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed and the case is not presented to a grand jurin January, Cuomo announced plans to introduce an independent monitor, such as a retired judge to review police cases where an unarmed civilian is killed and the case is not presented to a grand jury.

The grand jury review took place after the attorney general's office notified Abelove it was reviewing the case under a gubernatorial order giving Schneiderman's office jurisdiction in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order No. 147 is gravely flawed and invites serious legal issues regarding how cases involving the «deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement officers» will be properly investigated during the critical, early hours and days after such a tragic incident occur,» the organization said in a statement.

He proposes to create a statewide reconciliation commission to address police / community relations; recruit more minorities into law enforcement; make publicly available race and ethnic data on police actions; buy replacement vests, body cameras and bullet - proof glass for patrol cars in high crime areas; appoint an independent monitor to review police cases where an unarmed civilian dies and the case is not presented to the grand jury, or the grand jury fails to indict.

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.

MANHATTAN — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate the death of unarmed civilians at the hands of police in order to address a «deep crisis of confidence in some of the fundamental elements of our criminal justice system.»

As Democrats focus on deaths of unarmed black civilians in police incidents, the death of a Mount Vernon woman was referenced at the convention.