Sentences with phrase «white police officers in»

Made in 1992, a year that saw widespread and painful rioting following the acquittal of white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, the work was dedicated by the artist to the people of South Central Los Angeles.

Mr. de Blasio rankled police unions and rank and file cops after he expressed sympathy for anti-police brutality protests that broke out after grand juries failing to indict white police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo..

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is undertaking one of the biggest challenges of his year - old mayoralty after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

Federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in Brooklyn in the death of Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer in Staten Island in July 2014, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Despite the controversy Mr. Donovan courted in December when a grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black man, the district attorney is still relatively popular in the borough and with party insiders, sources say.

Mr. Schneiderman's proposal, coming days after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black man, was received warmly by many minority elected officials.

The recent killing of two police officers has only inflamed the rift that has grown exponentially worse since Garner, a 43 - year - old black father of six from Stapleton, was killed by a white police officer in Tompkinsville.

MANHATTAN — The City Council wants the NYPD Inspector General to investigate how police track and monitor allegations of abuse following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

The move comes in the wake of the decision by a Staten Island grand jury to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner whom police were trying to arrest for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.

Donovan's first visit to the Capitol came shortly after some national Republicans expressed concern over his role in the case of Eric Garner, following a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in Garner's death, a decision that earned national attention and touched off protests across New York City.

Mr. Donovan rose to prominence after he did not secure an indictment of a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Island man, spurring protests nationwide.

The gathering of several dozen residents, activists and organizations represented the second counter-protest to the waves of anti-police brutality marches that roiled the city after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man.

Matthew Smalls, a Staten Island lawyer, said months ago that he would run, in the wake of the Eric Garner case — in which a grand jury impaneled by Mr. Donovan opted not to indict a white police officer in the unarmed black man's death.

Two days after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a spokesman for the family of Akai Gurley, a Brooklyn man shot and killed by a cop last month, called for the Brooklyn district attorney to charge the police officer with homicide.

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.

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who unsuccessfully sought an indictment last year against a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, expressed pity for the grand jury involved in the case in his first radio interview since becoming the official GOP nominee to replace former Congressman Michael Grimm.

A Staten Island grand jury declined on Wednesday to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, who died in July as officers attempted to arrest him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.

Detained after a fight broke out on a train car, the unarmed Grant was shot in the back by a white police officer in front of dozens of witnesses taking cell phone videos of the incident.

It's the story of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man who was shot in the back at point - blank range by a white police officer in Oakland while returning from San Francisco on New Year's Eve in 2008.

A national debate on race was triggered last year when a black teenager was killed by a white police officer in nearby Ferguson.

Speaking to Andrianna Campbell for ARTnews last year, Scott explained that the work, which he made in response to the 2015 killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, was meant to bring the current political moment into conversation with the past.

Not exact matches

In the video, a person emerges from a white van parked on a sidewalk waving an object and yelling at a police officer whose gun was drawn.

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.

Police and fire department officers stand outside Trump Tower where detectives and other agencies were investigating a suspicious white powder found inside the building, Thursday, April 28, 2016, in New York.

Protests occurred again in September after a white former St. Louis police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of another black man in 2011.

Ferguson went into a series of riots in protest of how white police officers treat black men in their city.

Forging this kind of relationship created such a sense of trust that when the white police officer who trained me killed a young African - American male in an incident that was ruled to be a justifiable shooting in the mid 90s, there was no finger - pointing between the African - American community and the police department.

Both play a vital role in shaping my view of the Ferguson incident and other incidents similar to Ferguson around the country in which young African - American males are dying at the hands of white police officers.

In contrast the HEROISM of the WHITE Police Officer who took NINE bullets to save lives at theat temple is a real American patriot.

This White Police Officer has shown the world a better view of what America represents than all the ignorant trash racists in the country.

We're introduced to Dom and his little sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster), who run a beat - up lunch counter when they're not drag racing through the streets of L.A. Undercover police officer Brian (Paul Walker), sent to investigate a string of truck robberies that Dom may or may not be involved in, is immediately distracted by Mia, who serves him tuna sandwiches on white bread with the crusts cut off.

As The Post noted in a new analysis published last week, that means black Americans are 2.5 times as likely as white Americans to be shot and killed by police officers.

«I don't want to get too political, but police officers in this city react much differently to a group of black people than they do to a bunch of white kids,» he says.

That same fall, police shot and killed a retired veteran and former corrections officer named Kenneth Chamberlain in his home in White Plains, New York.

At issue is Malliotakis's response to the unrest in Virginia that led to the death of a counter protester and two State Police officers following a rally and demonstration by groups of white supremacists.

In addition to the violent physical attack on White Plains Police Officer Michael Hannon.

After a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white NYPD officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Islander, last year, critics in political and academic circles charged that local district attorneys, who often work closely with the police to prosecute crimes, are too close to law enforcement to consistently bring charges against them when they run afoul of the law.

«The world saw an African - American man in Staten Island die,» Cuomo said, specifically referring to Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died after being placed in a chokehold while he was arrested by a white police officer.

A Cleveland grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of Tamir Rice, a black youth with a toy gun who was shot by a white police officer 13 months ago.

Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.

Despite some gains for officers in England and Wales, today's headline announcement of a 2 % pay award will leave many angry and deflated, Steve White, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said.

«Not only will we have cultural sensitivity, but that our officers will understand the importance of consistent policing — no matter whether the area is black, Asian Latino, white, it's the consistency in the enforcement of the law,» he said.

Garner, 43, a black Staten Island man, died after a white police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, placed him in an apparent chokehold while trying to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.

Friday, White Plains police Officer Michael Hannon stood with other Black Law Enforcement officers as they expressed their outrage in the failed investigation of the Westchester County DA's office.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Officers with the Buffalo Police Department have been wearing a black stripe with the number 2469 in white to honor Craig Lehner, who died on October 13 during a training mission with the department's Underwater Rescue Team.

WHITE PLAINS — Applications are being accepted now through July 25 for the civil service exam for police officers in Westchester County municipalities.

Weeks earlier, when a grand jury decided not to indict a white officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, de Blasio told a crowd on Staten Island that he'd had to train his bi-racial teenage son Dante how to interact with police for his own safety.

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Mr. de Blasio urged the public not to «connect the dots» between the Gurley death and other incidents, like the Garner case and the uproar in Ferguson, Mo. after a grand jury failed to indict a white police officer for shooting to death a black teenager.

The announcement at the police academy in Whitestone, Queens, came just hours before a grand jury on Staten Island decided not to indict a white NYPD officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.