A 20-year-old student died when he set himself ablaze to protest the beating death.
A Brooklyn man has been charged with murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, the police said yesterday.
Also, the coverage notes that he was the prime suspect, although never charged, in the beating deaths of his first wife and her mother.
He is charged in the beating death of a 6-year-old girl he helped raise.
The beating death of an inmate last month is under investigation.
More protests, which were set off by the beating death of a student by the police three weeks ago, are expected through the weekend.
Last Tuesday, a Brooklyn mother and her boyfriend were arrested in the beating death of the woman's 9-month-old daughter.
In 2010, the men responsible for his brutal beating death were charged.
The youth denied any role in the beating death of a local teen.
He said Internet protests of a beating death last year that involved police officers helped prompt a change in national detention laws.