Sentences with phrase «faced police harassment»

If you faced police harassment or violence that the police refused to act on because you are trans, that is persecution.

Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty International's programme Director in Scotland, said her organisation received regular reports that LGBT people faced police harassment, while repressive attitudes towards LGBT Ghanaians meant they were vulnerable to discrimination and physical attacks.

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NYPD officials on Thursday dampened expectations that movie producer Harvey Weinstein — accused of rape and sexual harassment — could face criminal charges, saying detectives have so far found no prior related complaints within city jurisdiction, either in police records or from calls to the department's Crime Stopper hotline.

NYPD officials dampened expectations that Weinstein — accused of rape and sexual harassment — could face criminal charges, saying detectives have so far found no prior related complaints within city jurisdiction, either in police records or from calls to the department's Crime Stopper hotline.

The question came up this week in the case of former Solvay police officer Curt Francemone who faces a second - degree harassment charge after a bar fight in which he pointed a gun at a person.

Crime is down and Brooklyn is hip, but young black men face too much police harassment and economic opportunities for the poorest New Yorkers are grim and show no promising signs of improvement.

According to the police spokesman quoted, «anyone intruding on the personal space or boundaries of a home could face criminal charges of voyeurism, criminal harassment or mischief.»