Sentences with phrase «deaths at the hands»

Eric Garner's death at the hands of police was on tape, for example.

Option 1: The Christian / atheist has to own ALL of the civilian deaths at the hands of said Christians governments / atheist governments.

If we concede that Jesus was a real person, more likely than what is illustrated in the telephone version of the story (a.k.a. the bible) was that he was a man of conscience that saw the corruption and cruelty towards people in his day and spoke out about it, which led to his death at the hands of those he was speaking out about.

Anger him and you suffered (poor crops, infertility, death at the hand of the enemy, the earth opened and swallowed you).

It is to risk danger and death at the hands of the judges and rulers of this world.

Whatever may have been the actual course of events, historically speaking, which the New Testament means to signify when it speaks of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is at least clear that it was the conviction of the New Testament writers, building on the testimony of the disciples after the crucifixion of Jesus — as it has been the continuing conviction of millions of Christian people since that time — that far from Jesus» being «put out of the way» by his death at the hands of the Roman authorities in Palestine, he was «let loose into the world.»

Lest we think all martyrdom is at the hand of right - wing states, we do well to remember the fate of those nuns whose death at the hands of the French Revolution is chronicled by Poulenc in his opera Dialogues of the Carmelites.

Something apparently insignificant like a relatively unknown Jewish holy man dying an unremarkable death at the hands of the Roman Empire is in fact an invitation into a much larger reality.

For the recalcitrant, there was death at the hands of the community - commonly by the brutal method of stoning, that is, pelting with rocks until the poor wretch went down under them, and then was finally pounded to death.

For two centuries this conviction had been bringing comfort and hope to some sections of Jews when they saw loyal and saintly men succumbing to a cruel death at the hands of their enemies.

He renounced his godliness, took the nature of a common man, entered fully and without reservation into our human life, sharing its limitations — all its limitations — from birth to bitter death at the hands of blind and brutal men.

The upsetting people came with religious hypocrites that plotted for his death after tuning over the tables in the temple and his death at the hands of secular powers.

Luther's fantasy was no longer of a death at the hands of the State, instructed by the Church, but of a natural death.

Take for example the recent footage released of Michael Sabbie's death at the hands of prison guards who neglected his cries for help.

An animals death at the hand of man is not always cruel in either the act or the intention.

I would have preferred to suffer death at the hands of the tyrants, especially those of the furious Duke George.

My objective was to demonstrate why violence is not the appropriate response to legal abortions, in spite of the ugly reality of what takes place in an abortion — and in spite of the fact that the Church and society as a whole would approve of necessary violence to save the lives of toddlers facing death at the hands of a murderous assailant.

It is about putting in place appropriate polices to reduce the ridiculous rate of African American deaths at the hands of officers and hold the ones that fail accountable.

It boggles me that after the litany of deaths at the hands of midwives, they think the problem is «not enough midwives».

John Major's government, trapped in those contradictions, suffered a slow death at the hands of a newly ideologised party of the right.

The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.

Left on the table from last session is a law establishing a permanent special prosecutor for cases involving civilian deaths at the hands of police.

The family of murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan has blamed the British government for her death at the hands of Iraqi kidnappers.

Mr. Mpiani may also want to tell us a bit about how Mr. Adams Mahama, the former New Patriotic Party Chairman for the Upper - East Region, met his brutal acid - dousing death at the hands of Mr. Gregory Afoko, the Bolgatanga security coordinator — or director — of Chairman Afoko.

12:27 - Graham Stewart, Conservative, says the children's committee just heard horrible evidence of the extent of children's deaths at the hands of abusive adults.

Critics questioned the independence of county prosecutors, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to propose granting New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of police.

Still, several cases involved deaths at the hands of the police have eventually wound up under the purview of federal prosecutors.

The march concluded an all - day celebration of the slain activist hero's life at the National Action Network, where Cuomo accepted a «social - justice award» for his executive order requiring the attorney general to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of cops.

Assemblyman Tom Abinanti is taking state AG Eric Schneiderman's call for temporary power to investigate unarmed civilian deaths at the hands of police officers one step further.

Mrs Thatcher herself narrowly escaped death at their hands in the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in October 1984.

On a daily basis, the lives of over 3 million citizens in that part of Kaduna State are in danger of sudden death at the hands of terrorist Fulani herdsmen.

As the second anniversary of Eric Garner's chokehold death at the hands of a NYPD officer approaches, the inquiry into the incident drags on, with prosecutors at odds about how to move forward.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) earlier this year signed an executive order requiring special prosecutors to review the cases of any deaths at the hands of police officers.

Last, the authors address the controversy over whether JFK's use of a back brace contributed to his death at the hands of an assassin in 1963.

Focusing on the last nine months of Hall's life, when he's a well - established bushranger along with his accomplices, the film explores the relationships within the gang, their robberies and the details surrounding Hall's betrayal and controversial death at the hands of the police on May 5th, 1865.

The best part is the docudrama, which walks us through the legendary heists and escapes in detail, from the time of Dillinger's escape from an Indiana prison in 1933 to his death at the hands of federal agents in Chicago, 14 months later.

But just beforehand, his buds take him on a whacked - out bachelor party tour of Vegas, which ends in a prostitute's (Kobe Tai) accidental death at the hands of the bumbling (and horny) Michael (Piven).

If he can escape death at the hands of the very charismatic drug dealer Digger Jones (Marc Macaulay), he can go on being as unscrupulous and backwards as they come.

The film opens with a Nietzsche quote and sees Arnie, in his first major headline gig, infamously punch out a camel and bed a shapeshifting sorceress en route to avenging his parents» death at the hands of James Earl Jones» mystical snake cult leader.

These unfortunate events set the stage for the adventures ahead, as Velvet Crowe starts forming her party of misfits to avenge her brother's untimely death at the hands of Artorious.

As Donna in Halloween: Resurrection, Daisy McCrackin suffered a grisly and very creepy death at the hands of Michael Myers,

Without the strong bond, everything else that follows feels artificial, going through predictable motions in order to get to what Barker really is interested in showing — the sadomasochistic costumed bad guys and some very gruesome deaths at their hands.

This quandary caused me to quit the first game: choose boredom or choose «Hard» missions and unending death at the hands of creatures I'd taken down many times before.

After the more sentimental, realistic aesthetic of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, this B - movie - inspired schlockfest echoes Romero's Dawn of the Dead in its depiction of bickering townspeople holed up in a mall and awaiting death at the hands of some particularly nasty mist - dwelling creatures.

If the film can be considered at all compelling, it's in the anticipation of the characters» untimely deaths at the hands of a vicious and poorly animated creature.

Set in ancient Egypt, The Scorpion King follows Mathayus (Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson) as he seeks revenge for his brother's death at the hands of an undefeated warlord prophesied to become a great ruler.

Basically, it clearly lays out the premise that anyone who reads from the «Book of the Dead» is going to die a horrible death at the hands of the undead.

Anyone up to date with BBC «s Sherlock (turn away now if not) saw Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) jump to his death at the hands of arch-nemesis Moriarty.

Who: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Kyle Chandler, Chris Pratt and Jason Clarke What: A chronicle of the decade - long hunt for al - Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team Six.

However, M'Baku later saved T'Challa from death at the hands of Killmonger and led the Jabari in helping defeat the villain.