Sentences with phrase «as black law»

As Black Law Enforcement Professionals, we recognize that questionable police shootings of Black men in Westchester County has been an unacceptable occurrence without any accountability.

Not exact matches

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

But the question is, as more than half of all states now have state laws allowing for medical marijuana and / or adult - use marijuana markets, and the industry has created approximately 150,000 jobs and brought in almost $ 7 billion in revenue in 2016, can the industry be pushed into the black market again?

In cities like Jacksonville and St. Louis, maps of mortgage approvals and home values in black neighborhoods look the same as they did decades ago, before the passage of the landmark fair housing law.

In an attempt to calm the passions of «Black Tuesday,» as the riot came to be known, the government last July replaced the makeshift grave with a marble sarcophagus, even as it declared that it would uphold the new constitution» which guarantees the equality of all religions before the law.

Its a sad day when our young black men do nt have the freedom to walk through certain neighborhoods without being harrased are mudered, no one has the right to just take a life just because of the color of your skin we as a people has to stand up to injustices such as this no one wants to hear the truth there is still a racial devide in America and our justice system create laws so that this kind of injustice can continue to happen rather u want to admit it are not our young black men are the prey.

A convinced Platonist, at least with regard to the existence of mathematical laws, Davies rejects the cultural view of mathematics merely as a language created by man to describe the natural world; and like his colleague Roger Penrose (one of the foremost theoreticians on black holes) he flatly asserts that mathematical laws have an existence of their own:

They worship Haile Selassie as a God and teach black supremacy, pacifism, a moral code, a strict set of dietary laws and some unique interpretations of Scripture.

Though blacks» tutelage has not been entirely self - incurred, the link between liberation and enlightenment is just as real for us: the black nonviolent disobedient realizes his own freedom by accepting the constraints of universal moral laws, by maintaining civility under strong provocation even when others do not.

It is, as well, an antidote to Mississippi Burning, a dishonest, award - winning new film in which blacks wait patiently and fearfully in the background for deliverance by two white FBI agents, played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who zealously bend the law in the interest of justice — a film one fears will have a profound effect on the way many Americans view their nation in the King Years («The Dream Dafoed,» as the Village Voice put it).

Therefore the pertinent debate regarding black hiring is never «merit vs. race» but whether hiring decisions will be based on merit, influenced by race - bias against blacks, or on merit, influenced by race - bias, but with special consideration for minorities as mandated by law.

As Justice Black was fond of saying, «no law means no law»; there are no exceptions.

Laws and court decisions require that black people be treated as equals.

It is proven already black holes exist and they do not follow the law of nature as we know it.

Not only are more people classified as «poor» than ever before, but the underclass, composed largely of blacks and Hispanics, is locked into an intergenerational pattern of «dependency» that makes it almost certain that millions of people will never become self - supporting and law - abiding citizens.

Or gay and lesbian partners at Chicago law firms where Posner works as compared to black partners.

Most Americans would likely select «places like groceries and gas stations» as the definition of «business» rather than cite the Uniform Commercial Code or Black's Law Dictionary.

Its primary purpose was to enable Congress to enact civil rights laws that would override the Black Codes that Southern states adopted after the abolition of slavery in order to deny to black persons the same civil rights as whBlack Codes that Southern states adopted after the abolition of slavery in order to deny to black persons the same civil rights as whblack persons the same civil rights as whites.

As for the segregation factor, that also goes back to «created equal», The segregations simply did not believe that black people (or women, FTM) were created equal, so in their view, it was perfectly reasonable to enact laws to restrict them from acting as though they were equaAs for the segregation factor, that also goes back to «created equal», The segregations simply did not believe that black people (or women, FTM) were created equal, so in their view, it was perfectly reasonable to enact laws to restrict them from acting as though they were equaas though they were equal.

He said Enterprise» recent acquisition of a new strategic partner, Black Star Holdings, and the shedding off of an old partner, Sanlam, vandalized Securities and Exchanges Commission law, because the SEC does not have a Board and therefore did not exist to approve of the deal as required by law.

Black's Law Dictionary defines collusion as «A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose».

He served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II and was a civil rights freedom rider who challenged racial segregation laws that denied blacks the right to use public facilities, like restaurants and hotels.

Blasting the «secret process» by which the mayor selected Cathleen Black as the next schools chancellor, UFT President Michael Mulgrew proposed a resolution at the Nov. 17 Delegate Assembly to fight to change the law to require a public hiring process for chancellor in the future.

With the absence of any candidate of color in the AG's race, Schneiderman has been trying to position himself as the clear choice for Latino and black voters, stressing in particular his efforts on behalf of Rockefeller Drug Law reform and sponsorship of a controversial measure that will count prisoners at their last address for the purposes of legislative redistricting and not whever they're incarcerated.

Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared visibly upset Thursday as he spoke about the personal impact of the police - involved shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana earlier this week, saying he respects law enforcement but fears for his children.

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.

He said as the first African - American speaker in state history, he's personally «embarrassed» that the law, which disproportionately affects black youths, still stands.

She rattled off her accomplishments such as serving as a counsel to the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus in Albany where she said they rewrote Article 15A of the state of New York to promote diversity in the contracts in the state and her work in drafting Local Law 1 — a law that governs the city's MWBE program — while serving as councilwoman in BrooklLaw 1 — a law that governs the city's MWBE program — while serving as councilwoman in Brookllaw that governs the city's MWBE program — while serving as councilwoman in Brooklyn.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared visibly upset as he spoke about the personal impact of the police - involved shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana earlier this week, saying he respects law enforcement but fears for his children.

As former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani rails against Black Lives Matter, his law firm reaps tens of thousands of dollars lobbying Congress for the biggest operator of private prisons in America.

I don't support a white supremacist's view of discrimination and bigotry as I don't support Black Lives Matter's hate and call for killing law enforcement personnel.

He praised Thompson for making history as Brooklyn's first black district attorney and noted he worked with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Eastern District of New York before establishing a law firm focused on social justice and fighting discrimination.

«As you know... the Commissioner is empowered to grant a waiver to an «exceptionally qualified» candidate who does not meet all the graduate course or teaching requirements in law if he finds that the candidate has «exceptional training and experience» which are the «substantial equivalent» of such requirements,» Steiner wrote in the letter addressed to Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and several other officials who expressed concern about Black's qualifications.

«Ms. Black, currently executive vice president of Hearst Magazines, lacks the required educational and professional qualifications for the position of Schools Chancellor as determined by state law,» reads the petition, which is addressed to New York State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner.

A co-founder of the now - dominant Progressive Caucus, he became a regular face at Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter protests, and commandeered headlines as a bitter critic of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's policing policies and of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the city's rent laws.

The letter came as de Blasio was facing criticism from black elected officials and law - enforcement leaders over the abrupt resignation of Chief of Department Philip Banks III, who was the force's highest - ranking black official.

The skinny black line falls, just as Newton's laws say it should.

But what might have been idyllic formative years were tainted by the 1948 institutionalization of apartheid, a set of laws that enforced white supremacist rule over those categorized as «blacks,» «coloreds» and «Asians.»

As black holes evaporate, they release particles that may carry more information than we thought, so black holes may not break the laws of physics after all

It is possible that the «laws» of perception we have explored so far evolved primarily to deal with shadows and to distinguish them from «real» objects, which would also produce luminance differences in the visual scene as a result of differences in reflectance (for instance, a zebra's stripes or a white cat standing on a black surface).

A 2016 ProPublica investigation found that COMPAS, a tool used by many courtrooms to predict whether a criminal will break the law again, wrongly predicted that black defendants would reoffend nearly twice as often as it made that wrong prediction for whites.

The book's main character is a black marketeer who breaks into the zone and pilfers alien objects such as a metal ring that defies the laws of physics and batteries that provide seemingly endless energy.

One of the biggest problems when studying black holes is that the laws of physics as we know them cease to apply in their deepest regions.

It is possible that the «laws» of perception we have explored so far evolved mainly to deal with shadows and to distinguish them from «real» objects, which would also produce luminance differences in the visual scene as a result of differences in reflectance (for instance, a zebra's stripes or a white cat on a black mat).

The research explored how patients, who identified as Black or African American, perceived their interactions with law enforcement at a trauma center in Philadelphia.

Well, the answer is simple, the Stefan - Boltzmann law works for a «black - body», while, as everybody knows, the Earth is not «black»!!!!

Stars close to the black - hole «whirlpool» orbit at a faster rate, in keeping with fundamental laws of orbital motion around a massive central body, as described by Johannes Kepler four centuries ago.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

I would wear that necklace with a black tank and denim jacket, appropriate for my work as a professor and equally appropriate for dinner with my husband and my three sons (and two daughters - in - law)!

I frequently wear a black blazer with medium gray pants in my business casual law office, usually with a gray silk blouse that is just about the same color as the pants.