Third Night Of US Protests Against Police Killings

An activist holds up a sign during a protest December 4, 2014 in Washington, DC, against the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers © AFP Brendan Smialowski    New York (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities across the United States in a fresh wave of protest against the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers. The latest rallies in a fortnight of growing discontent took place as a New York prosecutor said he would impanel a grand jury to consider charges in one of the cases that has again brought to the fore the distrust felt by many African Americans towards the police. Akai Gurley, 28, a father of a young daughter, was shot dead when a police officer opened fire in a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment building as he walked with his girlfriend late on November 20. If you beloved this report and you would like to obtain additional data pertaining to Sunshine Avenue An Duong Vuong kindly visit our own site. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said he would present all the evidence for a grand jury to decide whether charges can ho chung cu Sunshine Avenue should be brought. "It is important to get to the bottom of what happened," he said, giving no timetable for the jury to be appointed, nor for a decision to be reached.