Sentences with phrase «described as an assault»

The All Progressive Congress has described as an assault on democracy Wednesday's forceful removal of the Mace at the senate.

Bob Keefe of the National Resources Defense Council described it as an assault, «With Washington and the world focused on the debt ceiling drama, hard - right House Republicans have launched the biggest congressional assault on the environment in history, attacking our fundamental environmental and public health protections in order to appease Tea Party ideologues and big business donors.»

Aggravated assault is described as an assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim.

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Gun organizations detest the label «assault rifle,» even though the federal legislation that enacted the decade - long ban specifically described the AR - 15 and similar models as assault weapons.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a complaint against the state's «assault weapons» ban on Friday and expressly described similar bans as constitutional.

Wildrose Party finance critic Derek Fildebrandt fell into predictable Canadian Taxpayer Federation hysteria, describing the carbon levy as «an assault on taxpayers and families.»

The students marching didn't expect a perfect world either, but they spoke about what they described as commonsense gun reform — universal background checks, assault weapons bans, waiting periods.

George tells me that Nava described it as a «bad part of his past» and that Nava was insistent that the assault on him had not been fabricated.

This debate took place in the aftermath of the awful «Access Hollywood» tape, which revealed that Trump had made comments that could be described (charitably) as bragging that starstruck women had consented to being casually (and brutally) pawed by him, or (less charitably) as a confession of serial, unrepentant sexual assault.

At about the same time, David reduced his role as an army chaplain and was assaulted by a man he described as a Muslim fundamentalist.

«I tried fighting him off, while yelling at him to stop, but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch,» Ms. Nelson said, growing emotional as she described the assault, which she said happened one night after her shift ended at a local restaurant, where she was a waitress.

The details of the allegations against the 76 - year - old have yet to be released to the public, although police have described the charges as «historical» sexual assault offences.

Though the congregation was probably unaware that the woman involved described the «incident» as an assault, at least one pastor at Woodlands and the leaders of Highpoint were aware.

In the other assault, in the 2100 block of West Crystal Street, police say the suspect was described as being 5 feet 7 to 6 feet tall and weighing 180 to 200 pounds, with short hair and a medium - dark complexion.

Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has condemned the actions of some hoodlums who burnt down the state High Court in Ilesa, describing it as a major assault on civilization.

This is the so - called Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, which writer George Monbiot described as a «full frontal assault on our democracy».

Calling her victim her daughter, Hajia Fati described the assault as a mistake and begged the media to forgive her, assuring a section journalists at the party headquarters on Wednesday that «it won't happen again».

Reacting to the issue, Kaduna State Chairman of PDP and former minister of Aviation, Hassan Hyat described the incident as an assault not only to journalism profession but also on the entire society.

The pair said that frequently, after drinking, Schneiderman would hit them in bed without their consent, and both described these incidents as «assault,» according to The New Yorker.

Bordini, described in the lawsuit as a «dedicated, loyal Trump campaign staffer,» alleges assault and battery and is seeking monetary damages for emotional distress.

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife have cried out over what they described as rising cases of sexual assault on female students by randy lecturers.

Even before allegations emerged that Clarkson had assaulted a BBC producer, Dugher described him as «basically an idiot.»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is one of many condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his statements in the 2005 incident, where he spoke of women in vulgar terms, and described actions that many view as sexual assault.

The filmmaker was caught on tape apologizing for the alleged sexual assault — described by the victim, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, as a groping of her breast — but he was able to avoid arrest after Vance declined to prosecute the case.

The Peoples Democratic Party has criticised the repeated snub of Senate's invitation by the Inspector - General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and described the attitude as «an assault on Nigeria's democracy».

Aside from the most serious cases of sexual assault and rape, it's often sexual comments and diminishing jokes — such as the one described by DeRosa — or an extra-long hug that makes the state Legislature a treacherous place for young women.

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the invasion of the Senate chamber by hoodlums and the carting away of the mace as a «dangerous precedent and an assault on Nigeria's democracy by anti-democratic elements».

The Presidency on Monday described the call by some protesters for ailing President Muhammadu Buhari to return to the country or resign as an irrational assault on the nation's constitution.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, described the invasion of residences of the judges as a direct assault on the judiciary.

Acorn Assault can best be described as a peanut shell.

Festival director Kristen Bell described as «a blazing, 32 - member aural assault from the darkest depths of Colorado, Itchy - O is a wholly immersive, musical experience on a massive scale.

Alleging that numerous directors had historically used Cannes as their «hunting ground», she described how sexual assaults had regularly taken place on the yachts and hotels of the resort.

Film scholar Tony Shaw has described Walker as «one of the fiercest single cinematic assaults on US foreign policy» (10).

Until that point, the Oscar - nominated filmmaker (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) had been secretive about his Paramount project, describing it as «an assault» and «a cruise missile shooting into a wall.»

Author Meg Rosoff has condemned UK education policy, describing the government's focus on exams as «an assault on childhood».

At CPAC last month, Jindal described the case as an assault on the American dream — and on the poor children of Louisiana.

The Root interviewed one of the protestors — a special education classroom aide — who was assaulted by what it described as white supremacists.

LED lights front and back help with visibility and include a front lighting signature Polaris describes as «visually assaulting.»

Herbal Assault is the sole «new» addition to the mix, although «new» is a generous way to describe the game type as it is simply Gardens & Graveyards with the zombies now on the defense.

One of the defining parts of Sun and Moon was the character Lillie, who the player travels with and sees develop and grow from being a timid, powerless girl into a confident character willing to take on her fears and even stand up to her abusive mother (it's never described as such, but yeah, there's straight up abuse via child neglect and verbal assault in these games).

He had few complaints with the album, only describing «Opening ~ Bombing Mission» and «Assault of the Silver Dragons» as «bland», but still worth listening to.

Activision describes this new weapon class as «more versatile than classic Sniper Rifles, with greater stopping power than Assault Rifles.

Critics were not much less assaulting with one describing it as not just in the shadow of performance artists such as Marina Abramovic and Yoko Ono but «a third - rate imitation» of them.

In her catalog essay, Rosalind E. Krauss describes the Rorschach paintings as an assault on Abstract Expressionism: their anonymity usurps their authority.

HiFructose.com describes the work of John Casey»88 BFA Painting as, «a strange, often - humorous assault on the viewer.

In a display of Parliamentary deference I can only describe as bizarre, a 6 - 3 majority of the SCC ruled that although «the concept of consent Parliament has adopted may seem unrealistic», the court was bound to strictly apply the statutory definition of sexual assault which requires that an individual be capable of revoking consent at any time during the course of the sexual activity.

A Canadian appellate court ruled that the defendant, described as the victim's «on - again, off - again partner of seven years,» did not commit sexual assault, overturning his conviction.

Based on the statement of the mother, there appeared to very limited opportunity to have committed any of the alleged sexual assaults and more importantly when comparing the circumstances as described by the mother and the complainant, as to the nature of the relationships, the allegations seemed highly implausible.

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the offence's elements are embraced in the offence charged as described in the enactment creating it, e.g., common assault in a charge of sexual assault; or