Sentences with phrase «when unarmed civilians»

Police commissioner Bill Bratton expressed concern Wednesday over Governor Andrew Cuomo's call to have an independent monitor investigate when unarmed civilians are killed by police and his proposal to create statewide minimum standards for police use of force.

During his annual State of the State speech, Cuomo, a Democrat, announced a seven - point program to address criminal justice reforms, which included an independent monitor to investigate cases when unarmed civilians are killed by 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.

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.»

Not exact matches

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentioned the Garner case when he appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor to handle cases where unarmed civilians are killed by 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.

Under Cuomo's plan, DAs will be able to issue the grand jury report or letter of facts when the police killing of an unarmed civilian is not presented to the grand jury or when the grand jury declines to indict.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on July 8 giving Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the authority to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians, he did something he rarely does: he empowered a rival.

Snyder's booth will include over a dozen works, including the important «Peace Poster» (1971), which deals with the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when US Army soldiers were responsible for the killing of almost 500 unarmed civilians.