Sentences with phrase «as violent criminals»

Though «impressed and inspired by the strength of spirit and commitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to develop innovative measures to support their own communities», Tauli - Corpuz detailed a «deeply disturbing» prevalence of racism — «ranging from public stereotyped portrayals of them as violent criminals, welfare profiteers and poor parents, (to) discrimination in the health sector and the administration of justice».

We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people — one in twenty - five — has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience.

Shot sequentially and on location in a Victorian prison in Belfast, with a shaky but minutely calibrated camera style, in at times barely intelligible British prison slang (which actually bolsters the primal impact of the film), Starred Up is no mere depiction but a jolting immersion in the claustrophobic mix of violence and vulnerability that is prison life, and it's powered by Jack O'Connell's riveting performance as violent criminal Eric Love.

Just Cause 2 frames Rico as a violent criminal who uses his crime sprees to generate interest in local rebellious factions, then capitalizes on that to destabilize the local power structure of Panau.

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When it comes to violent crimes, the authors acknowledged Uber's potential as a getaway car for criminals — or a rescue network for potential victims.

Under the new rules, content will be edited or even banned if it promotes «luxurious lifestyles,» shows «violent and criminal processes in detail,» demonstrates «obscenity» including masturbation or displays «abnormal sexual behaviors» such as homosexuality.

His ability to both chastise his violent supporters while threatening immigrant criminals shows that Trump does not see these ideas as necessarily connected.

For prisoners offered to be taken away from the violent guards, criminals, murderers, rapists and put into a solitary confinement to be nearly always viewed as punishment says something about humans.

i give people respect for being human and accept them as such, however to love a criminal or violent person not happening.

«Every week is unique, and pastors are faced with the need to get insight from the Spirit of God to understand the mood and emotional state of the congregants,» said Ríos, citing a rise in depression and marital issues among hurricane victims, as well as concerns over suicide rates and violent criminal activity in the long recovery period.

Scott has been a bookmaker, drunk driver, drug addict, drug trafficker, and violent criminal — an altar boy with a life of crime, as the Herald Sun dubbed him, uncharitably though not inaccurately.

God looks violent just as Jesus looks like a criminal.

I've looked the Devil in the eye as he walked through the metal detectors prior to asking for sole custody of his kids even though he was a violent criminal.

You may as well say «there are more blacks in prison than anyone else» in order to prove that being black is wrong, or means you're violent, or criminal, etc..

Even if we don't go out and shoot kids for fun, when we allow the images in the media to perpetuate the idea that young black men are violent, when our own speech (I don't want to talk about the conversation I had to have at lunch today) perpetuates an idea of black Americans as criminals, especially young black American men, we are accessories to murder.

According to studies across three countries, The Atlantic reports, the primary physiological indicator that a young person will become a violent criminal as an adult is a low resting heart rate.

«Having worked on DNA - related legislation for over 25 years, I see the use of «familial» DNA testing as the next significant step in assisting our law enforcement officials in solving these sickening crimes and getting these violent criminals off our streets,» Boyle said.

Last week Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone called for the resignation of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota, alleging that, among other misdeeds, Spota «allow [ed] violent criminals to go unpunished in order to protect your friends» and describing the District Attorney's office as a «criminal organization.»

I have to say it worries me that female victims may be coerced in to being reunited with violent criminals, who see them as a sought of legal lifeline to stay in this country.

He said the county was not releasing «violent criminals» back into the community, as O'Connor claimed.

A remarkable investigation by The Times reveals that Ukip knowingly allowed dozens of racists, homophobes and violent criminals to stand as prospective MPs and councillors at the last election.

In countries where the police are armed, the police normally want to retain their guns, as it offers leverage when facing violent criminals.

A conservative activist best known as a crusader against violent video games is lobbying the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) prosecutor's office to consider a criminal menacing charge against Trump surrogate Roger Stone.

Last week, Suffolk County legislators called on the state Senate to support raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18, except for certain serious crimes such as murder and some violent felonies.

«Her background in law enforcement and as an advocate for victims means her voice will carry weight in Washington as she advocates for universal background checks on all gun sales to prevent violent criminals, domestic abusers and the seriously mentally ill from buying guns, «Gunn Barrett said.

«The first suspect, Morris Ashwe 36 yrs Native of Mbajima Village Katsina Ala LGA Benue State confessed and admitted to have been supplying firearms and ammunition to the notorious and most wanted vicious and notorious gang leader of militia, murderers and kidnappers Terwase Akwaza aka Ghana who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for the merciless killings of several innocent persons and wanton destruction of properties worth Millions of Naira, at ZakiBiam in Benue State on 20th March, 2017 and for other violent crimes such as Culpable Homicide, Mischief by Fire and Criminal Conspiracy and the killing of Mr. Deneen Igbana (late) the Special Adviser on Security to the Governor of Benue State.

Thousands of people convicted of nonviolent crimes end up in prison, even as some hardened, violent criminals never serve time, de Blasio said.

She said it would be premature to comment on the just - introduced bill but did defend Governor Cuomo's SAFE Act, saying it has worked to keep guns out of the hands of people with prior violent criminal convictions and others who may not be fit to handle firearms responsibly, such as some living with mental illness.

Senate Republicans want teenagers charged with violent crimes to be tried as adults and they want all 16 - and 17 - year - olds tried in criminal, not family, court.

«I have spent my entire career prosecuting New York's most violent criminals and, as Acting District Attorney, I have made it my mission to protect Nassau County families and tax payers.

Mineola, N.Y. — Today, the North Hempstead Democratic Party Executive Committee unanimously endorsed Madeline Singas for Nassau County District Attorney, praising her extensive career as a courtroom prosecutor and her proven record of putting violent criminals behind bars.

Wintemute's research suggests people with DUIs (driving under the influence) are four to five times as likely as people with no criminal record to be arrested for a violent crime in the future.

He found that men who had had two or more convictions for misdemeanor violence were 15 times as likely as those with no criminal history to be charged with the most violent crimes.

The criminal check looks for things such as a history of domestic violence, violent crimes, sex crimes, misdemeanor assaults, and felonious assaults.

For a father as doting on his daughter as Sir Philip Green, the discovery she is dating a «violent criminal» must have come as something of a shock.

Soon their lives collide with a gang of dangerous criminals led by an enigmatic crime lord — and with every violent confrontation, his memory brings him closer to a dark truth as the lethal personality awakening within him starts to reveal who he really is.

Cooper, whose «Black Mass» deals with Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in South Boston history, deals with a criminal element in «Hostiles» as well, though the focus could conceivably be the massive criminality on the part of both an army platoon and their enemies.

But there's other words that work just as well: cool, or badass, or violent, or grim, or smart, or criminal.

Posing as a violent, tattooed gangster, he quickly works his way up through the criminal ranks.

Forzani describes the novel as «a mix of anarchy and spaghetti Western» in which «a group of violent criminals who have stolen 250 kg of gold hide out in an abandoned village in the South of France where an eccentric female artist spends her summers each year.

The Violent Professionals (1973 — Italy) Tough cop Giorgio (Luc Merenda) doesn't like to play by the rules, going as far as gunning down a ruthless criminal in broad daylight.

It's an exceptionally strange film, somewhere between a yakuza thriller and a ponderous reflection on the violent childishness of the criminal mind — only finally getting its due when Quentin Tarantino stepped in to offer U.S. distribution and certain themes began to show up in weirdo crime flicks like Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog (which itself culled themes from Branded to Kill and Le Samouraï, the latter of which Beat cited as a particular influence).

Play with up to four friends over Xbox Live to take out a violent criminal empire and use the city as a weapon against your enemies.

The bulk of the film cuts between the two men's stories, as Tutu maneuvers the difficult politics of the TRC's mission and, in prison, the criminal faces his past, as well as the often violent politics of the incarcerated.

You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy.

As Bloom and his hapless assistant Rick (Riz Ahmed, from The Reluctant Fundamentalist) barrel down the streets of Los Angeles on the tail of a police cruiser chasing a violent criminal, the adrenaline rush we feel is very real.

In Section 2331 of Chapter 113 (A), defines terrorism as activities that: involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (B) ``... activities that involve violent... or life - threatening acts... that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and... appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and... (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States...» (10) Subsequently paper will go deeper in counter-terrorism legislation of US.

Meanwhile, things in Broward County got more and more dangerous, as officials were encouraged to ignore or not discipline students for violent criminal acts.

As other studies demonstrate, the vast majority of suspensions are for minor infractions of school rules, such as disrupting class, tardiness, and dress code violations, rather than for serious violent or criminal behavioAs other studies demonstrate, the vast majority of suspensions are for minor infractions of school rules, such as disrupting class, tardiness, and dress code violations, rather than for serious violent or criminal behavioas disrupting class, tardiness, and dress code violations, rather than for serious violent or criminal behavior.

His cell, he shares with five other men, nasty criminals all unlike Alex, one will have to sleep on the floor, his fists will not let him be the one... Doctors Branom and Brodsky, ignorant fellows, they don't understand his slang, have a new technique to cure his violent behavior, as some people call it, two weeks and a free man, let the torture begin... A magnificent fable of what might be...