Sentences with phrase «which police killed»

Fryer said that after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and other recent cases in which police killed unarmed black civilians, Fryer felt he had to know more.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Utica on Friday paused for a moment of silence following a week of violence in which police killed two black men and five police officers were shot dead in Dallas on Thursday night.

Schneiderman's office will handle cases in which police kill an unarmed suspect, or when there is a question of whether the suspect was armed.

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

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

Last year, Cuomo appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a special prosecutor in cases in which police kill civilians.

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.

Cuomo took on Raise the Age as part of a slate of criminal justice reforms in 2015, which included the establishment of a special prosecutor for cases in which police kill an unarmed civilian.

Not exact matches

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the two blasts in the capital, which killed at least 26 people, including four police, and wounded 49 seriously, Hashmat Stanekzai, a senior police official, said.

According to data collected by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, approximately 11,506 people, which includes 6,300 suspects, have been killed during police chases in the U.S. from 1979 through 2013.

The Metropolitan Police said more officers than usual would be on duty in the area throughout the march, which was held just days after a terror attack on Westminster that killed four people and injured 50.

About 400 worshippers were attending the service when two bombers carrying assault rifles stormed the church, triggering a gun battle in which one assailant was killed by police guards and the other opened fire at worshippers and detonated his explosives vest.

So - called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in Barcelona, which senior police official Josep Lluis Trapero described as «clearly a terror attack intended to kill as many people as possible».

In July, she and three of her Lynx teammates gave a pregame press conference in which they spoke about police violence after Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were killed by officers.

While a special anti-terrorist squad from the Police Headquarters in Accra has been dispatched to Kumasi to beef up security in the region following the killings, some are raising questions about the manner in which the attacks are been carried out and the region involved.

Judith Clark, who drove the getaway car in the notorious 1981 Brinks robbery in which two New York police officers and a guard were killed, could get a new parole hearing.

International observers must therefore watch closely the security forces of the Kenyan state because if any such strategy by the Jubilee Alliance materialised, it would be carried out in the same way in which extra-judicial killings by police have been normalised in the pursuing the Mungiki over the past five years.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has returned from a surprise trip to Germany over the weekend, the timing of which — the day after the ambush killing of a city police officer as she sat in her mobile command unit in the Bronx — drew criticism even from some of his staunch supporters.

«The DPO in Owutu went to Igbolomu and the surrounding communities and as of the time he got there, he saw everybody running in panic and it could be maybe because of that immediate response the militants had fled the place and while moving round, he later found six corpses of the people that were killed and the police took over those corpses out of which two were immediately released to their families who said they want to go and bury according to Islamic rights, while we took the remaining four to the morgue.

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.

[9] For detailed descriptions, including names, dates and locations, of citizens killed by police and security forces annually in Cameroon, see Amnesty International's annual country report, which, although likewise not entirely comprehensive, is much more in - depth than what my own short article permits.

The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.

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.

Police have connected the killings with two shootings last week in which three soldiers of north African descent died.

But the task force also acknowledged that it might be necessary to kill some deer in the short term, which it said costs about $ 600 per deer, including permits and police supervision.

The June 6th, 2015 escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility near Plattsburgh led to a massive three - week manhunt, in which Matt was killed in an encounter with state police and Sweat was shot and wounded and recaptured.

«Despite the mayor and first lady touting their mental health initiative, they continue to be silent about the repeated killings of people in emotional distress by police, which now totals at least 11 in the past four years,» Pierre said in a statement.

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.

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.

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.

Trujillo said he was disappointed the City Council had chosen to boost the ranks of the NYPD, citing instances in which residents in minority communities had been killed or harmed in encounters with the police.

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«The recent claim by the Senate that the reason for inviting the I - G is to brief them on the recent killings in some part of the Country is an afterthought which can be seen from the headings of their invitation letters», ACP Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman said in Abuja on Saturday,

The Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the command had arrested 24 persons in connection with the killing, which occurred on April 15.

The NYPD released the first video of the shooting last week in which officers in Brooklyn shot and killed a mentally ill man who was holding part of a welding torch as if it were a gun and, the police said, pointing it at people on the street and then at arriving officers.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

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.

The killings of Ramos and Liu further widened the gulf between de Blasio and the NYPD, a rift which became pronounced since the death of Eric Garner at the hands of police.

Not only has DA DiFiore failed to indict to the officers who killed his father, she also justified their racial actions by saying that White Plains Police calling his father the «N - word» (which should have classified it as a hate crime) was just a tactic to distract him.

The office of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has released a list of killings over which it said it invited the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim...

Another Aug. 23 post from Toribio, who is a registered Republican, was highly critical of the Black Lives Matter movement which has focused on ending police killings of blacks and people of color in this country.

The woman's mother alerted police in Maryland to postings she believed Brinsley was making on an Instagram account, which included anti-police writings — several news outlets have tied Brinsley to posts saying he wanted to kill police officers in revenge for recent police - related deaths of unarmed black men Eric Garner in Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo..

Police say the brutal manner in which the boys were killed are consistent with the style of MS - 13 murders.

Controversy, however arose as to under which police custody should the senator be kept, even as his counsel was heard expressing fears that his client «will be killed», if remanded anywhere in Kogi State.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced he would accede to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to be named special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer kills a civilian — even as the governor noted that he took the step with reluctance, and that the appointment would last just one year.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Monday his pursuit of a police commissioner to lead a department rocked by corruption and gang killings will include internal and external candidates, although he stopped short of calling it a nationwide search, which legislative leaders want.

The protest, which drew nearly 500 people, came on the heels of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men who were killed in police - related incidents fewer than 24 hours apart earlier this week.

A gunman killed three police officers and wounded three others in Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge, just days after the police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, one of which led to the massacre of five Dallas policemen.

The Borno State Police Command on Monday Confirmed suicide bomb attack at about 10:50 am, which killed 13 persons, including the suicide bombers.

Organizers pointed to recent instances in which individuals of color were killed by police officers.