Garner Chokehold

A New York police officer was suspended Friday after a judge recommended that he be sacked for placing a black man in a banned choke hold just before his death five years ago.

A New York police officer accused of placing a 43-year-old black man in a banned choke hold just before his death in 2014 will not face federal charges, the government said, in a decision slammed by the victim's family as an "insult."

The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.

New York announced on Monday that it had reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of a black man who died after being placed in a choke hold, sparking a bitter nationwide debate about police tactics and racism.

Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back, authorities said on Monday.

Family members of a Milwaukee man shot and killed by a city police officer say they aren't giving up hope that the officer will be charged.

'They Take 1 Of Ours ... Let's Take 2 of Theirs.'

US President Barack Obama defended the importance of peaceful protests during an interview broadcast on Monday, saying they were necessary to help bring about social change.

The "broken windows" law enforcement strategy of aggressively pursuing petty criminals is coming under attack, after a grand jury this week decided not to indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun, authorities said on Thursday, amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.

More than 500 people gathered in New York on Thursday for a second night of protests against the chokehold death of an unarmed black father-of-six by a white officer.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.

US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday the Justice Department was launching a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after New York police put him in a chokehold.

A grand jury on Wednesday said it would not charge a white New York police officer in the choking death of a black man, US media reported.

One week after violence in Ferguson, New York is anxiously bracing for a separate grand jury decision in another racially charged case involving a white police officer and the death of an African-American.

A New York police officer was suspended Friday after a judge recommended that he be sacked for placing a black man in a banned choke hold just before his death five years ago.

A New York police officer accused of placing a 43-year-old black man in a banned choke hold just before his death in 2014 will not face federal charges, the government said, in a decision slammed by the victim's family as an "insult."

The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold will begin on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics.

New York announced on Monday that it had reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of a black man who died after being placed in a choke hold, sparking a bitter nationwide debate about police tactics and racism.

Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one was able to shoot back, authorities said on Monday.

Family members of a Milwaukee man shot and killed by a city police officer say they aren't giving up hope that the officer will be charged.

'They Take 1 Of Ours ... Let's Take 2 of Theirs.'

US President Barack Obama defended the importance of peaceful protests during an interview broadcast on Monday, saying they were necessary to help bring about social change.

The "broken windows" law enforcement strategy of aggressively pursuing petty criminals is coming under attack, after a grand jury this week decided not to indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun, authorities said on Thursday, amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.

More than 500 people gathered in New York on Thursday for a second night of protests against the chokehold death of an unarmed black father-of-six by a white officer.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.

US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday the Justice Department was launching a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after New York police put him in a chokehold.

A grand jury on Wednesday said it would not charge a white New York police officer in the choking death of a black man, US media reported.

One week after violence in Ferguson, New York is anxiously bracing for a separate grand jury decision in another racially charged case involving a white police officer and the death of an African-American.