New York woman's family sues Phoenix, police for wrongful death after airport arrest (AP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:35:06 GMT
The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport sued the city Thursday, accusing officers of using excessive force and contributing to her death.
New York Policing Will Lower Prison Muster (Scoop.co.nz)
Thu, 08 May 2008 23:50:05 GMT
The New York tough on crime approach will lower crime and the prison population says the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
NEWS UPDATE: Protesters who snarled traffic arrested in New York City (The Morning Journal)
Thu, 08 May 2008 11:22:35 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators led by the Rev. Al Sharpton clogged intersections and snarled traffic across the city to protest the acquittal of three officers involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on his wedding day. Click here to view an AP video of the event.
Philly man sentenced in New York on federal identity theft charges (Mid-Hudson News)
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:55:53 GMT
ALBANY – A Philadelphia man Wednesday pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Albany to five felony counts for victimizing elderly women through the United States, including several in upstate New York.
New York protest results in 200 arrests (Calcutta News)
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:09:22 GMT
200 people have been arrested in New York after a large protest against last month's acquittal of three policemen who killed an unarmed black man.
New York traffic blocked to protest 2006 shooting verdict (rediff.com)
Thu, 08 May 2008 08:28:47 GMT
Hundreds of people disrupted rush hour traffic in New York with peaceful protests over the aquittal of three police officers who allegedly killed an unarmed black man on his wedding day in 2006.
Religious group members arrested in New York City (Baltimore Sun)
Thu, 08 May 2008 07:41:27 GMT
Two women and one man connected to the religious group 1 Mind Ministries in Baltimore have been arrested in New York City on a warrant charging them with failing to appear in court in Baltimore, according to court records and authorities.
Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest New York City police shooting (CNews)
Wed, 07 May 2008 21:56:28 GMT
NEW YORK - Officials in New York say Rev. Al Sharpton has been arrested at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest over the acquittal of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.
Sharpton Arrested In New York Protest (WREG-TV Memphis)
Wed, 07 May 2008 21:32:45 GMT
FAST FACTS: Sharpton arrested during Sean Bell protest Officers, of mixed race, cleared in shooting of black man Sharpton charged with civil disobedience george.brown@wreg.com (New York, NY 5/7/2008)
Jury in New York City convicts fan of stalking Uma Thurman (Arizona Daily Star)
Wed, 07 May 2008 07:15:55 GMT
NEW YORK — A former mental patient obsessed with Uma Thurman faces up to a year in jail after a jury convicted him Tuesday of stalking and harassing the actress with a barrage of frightening advances.
