Sentences with phrase «experienced police violence»

Some 89.6 % of children have experienced police violence.

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One thing that we must all hope for is that the Villa and Blues fans will keep their emotions in check a bit more in this season's matches, as the second City Derby has been known to escalate into some really bloody and nasty affairs with significant outbreaks of fan violence during which fans and members of the police were known to experience serious injuries.

In a letter to chief superintendent Thomas, the group wrote: «While most visitors to previous Camps have had an inspiring and positive experience, some of us have had to suffer violence, intimidation, theft, sleep deprivation and harassment, thanks to past examples of «pre-planned and proportionate policing operations».

«We know that the government's policies in the policing and crime bill although they are described as intending to protect vulnerable women, they will in fact increase the level of violence sex workers experience - both indoors and out.»

«We want justice and accountability so that no more families have to experience the heartbreak and pain of unjustly losing a loved one to police violence,» said Malcolm.

«The evils of racism, the evils of poverty, the inexcusable reality that our educational system fails our children, the concentration of wealth in the hands of too few, and the experience of deprivation in the lives of too many,» he said, alluding to the outbursts of racial violence following the deaths of black men at the hands of police in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore.

Groups of professionals for which it can be useful to practice talking with children who have been exposed to violence or other traumatic experiences are, for instance, social workers, police officers, teachers, recreational pedagogues, counsellors and school nurses.

Some intriguing ideas are stranded by an overarching concept that severely strains credibility in this low - budget drama that takes place in a small town in northern California, where an exiled Afghan journalist (Dominic Rains) gets a job as a freelance crime reporter and settles with a local police officer (Melissa Leo)-- the mother of a friend — allowing him to experience firsthand the town's surprisingly extensive web of corruption and violence.

Marginalized persons, including persons with disabilities, that experience violence will be disproportionately powerless compared to those without disabilities in accessing laws and legal polices and procedures meant to protect them from violence: LOC Disabilities Report at 37.

Events of the past few weeks have once again raised the question of the value of anonymous reports regarding experiences of police violence.

NWAC articulated that the violence experienced by Indigenous women is much higher than reported in government statistics and police - collected data.

The Inquiry's sources of information include testimony by loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and by Indigenous women who have experienced violence; expert and institutional hearings; collaboration with Elders and knowledge - keepers; forensic examination of police records; and past and current research.

In particular, she has advised on enforcing agreements regulated by the Consumer Credit Act, appeared on behalf of police forces in the Magistrates» Court dealing with breaches of Domestic Violence Protection Orders, and had experience in HMRC confiscation proceedings.

Although most of my work is with military and first responders (police, fire) who are having difficulty in their lives after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic or life - threatening event, I also treat civilians with a history of trauma experiences such as sexual assault, physical assault, motor vehicle accidents, terrorist attacks, workplace violence, and a variety of other life - altering incidents.»

an assurance that policies and practices are put in place to ensure police do not use excessive force, particularly force which adds to the unacceptable levels of violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women; and

Parents of youth with internalizing and externalizing behaviors, substance use and abuse, delinquency, police arrests, out - of - home placements, and deviant peer association; parents who are depressed, highly stressed, living in poverty or high - crime neighborhoods, Spanish - speaking immigrants, parents returning from wars (e.g., Iraq / Afghanistan) who may be experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mothers living in shelters or supportive housing because of homelessness or domestic violence, birth parents whose children are in care because of abuse / neglect, and family with transitions such as divorce, single parenting, and step - families