Sentences with phrase «failing on crime»
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The San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys have accused Uber of failing to uncover serious crimes on the records of some drivers allowed to operate in the two cities.
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I find myself speaking out more and more about the things I can not accept — like the failed war on drugs, mistreatment of refugees, prejudice against the LGBT community, or the fact that the death penalty still exists despite being proven to not deter crime.
If I were harrassed by these hypocritical, war - promoting anti-abortionista's, I'd merely sue them on «relgious - hate - crimes» grounds, as my pagan belief leaves ALL failed culture war issues up to me!
They wasted money on how to destroy life rather than build a life...!?! Man those mentalities have to pay for their crimes to humanity with out fail...
I even once managed to get a death threat on an atheist website along with one for Professor John Lennox who was told his legs should be broken and if that failed he should be killed for crimes against humanity.
But, even more than they were aware, the colonists had failed the covenant almost before it had been made, for they had founded their new commonwealth on a great crime — the bondage and genocide of other races.
On page one of this discussion, I pointed out that the RCC failed to protect children in its care and covered up crimes.
Even counseling failed to reconcile her to her foster parents» values; she ran away and eventually had to be committed to a state girls» school, though the only «crime» she had committed was running away from a life style imposed on her by the courts.
It is worth noting that referee on this occasion was Mike Dean, who saw fit to send our manager to the stands, full of rabid, uncouth ManUre fans, for the heinous crime of kicking a water bottle yet failed to mention «Sir» Alex's repeated hostile verbal abuse of him and the match officials over a disputed off side goal in his match report.
Commenting on the chief constable's claims, shadow home secretary David Davis accused the government of failing «to get a grip» on gun crime.
Sheriff Howard advocates that legislators focus their attention on the people who commit gun crimes rather than on guns — a test that the SAFE law fails miserably.
In this case, however, the «Soaraway Sun» is enthusiastically claiming credit for a media campaign that failed, while trumpeting the virtues of a form of conditional early release from prison that the tough - on - crime brigade condemn in virtually every other instance.
Efforts to get the Chairman, Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-corruption, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, failed on Saturday night as he did not pick repeated calls made to his mobile telephone line.
Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated January 12 in respect of a 40 - count of alleged N34bn fraud levelled against him and nine others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He in the post also took on Mr. Asenso - Boakye and Abu Jinapor describing them as not only corrupt but «stupid» although he failed to list their crimes.
... for wasting billions on an NHS IT system that is billions over budget... for failing to reform welfare... for allowing Gordon Brown to impose a record tax burden... for presiding over massive family breakdown... for failing to build enough prisons to stem Britain's rising violent crime... for incompetence in Iraq... for surrendering to Sinn Fein... for ignoring moderate Muslim leaders in Britain... for releasing 1,000 foreign prisoners... for the Millennium Done...
While Lord West's review has found no systematic failings in our procedures for checking potential suspects, it has highlighted the importance of enhancing existing cooperation to share more information between police and immigration services and internationally across countries: - within the EU to enable British law enforcement authorities to access immigration information on existing EU databases; - bilaterally with other member states to mutually exchange information; - and joining up criminal records databases throughout the EU so that our authorities can quickly identify individuals charged with crimes, no matter where in Europe they are convicted.
«New York is learning what happens when the Mayor prioritizes his personal national ambitions over running New York: crime is on the rise, public schools are still failing our children, and Bill de Blasio's signature initiative, Vision Zero, isn't working,» Laska said in a statement.
Plates which fail to comply with the rules can have a significant impact on criminal investigations and crime detection.
Should our governments and international bodies fail to act quickly and effectively, organised crime and corruption will continue to penetrate our sports industry, It will, as the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions» latest report puts it bluntly, «pose a threat to the future of sport».
The government failed on its promise to tackle the causes of crime and instead pursued a one - dimensional approach, David Cameron claimed.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito inserted language into the city budget today requiring that the $ 26 million plan to provide legal services to undocumented immigrants facing deportation not exclude those convicted of serious crimes — after she and Mayor Bill de Blasio failed to reach an agreement on the matter before the «budget handshake» last Friday at City Hall.
He proposes to create a statewide reconciliation commission to address police / community relations; recruit more minorities into law enforcement; make publicly available race and ethnic data on police actions; buy replacement vests, body cameras and bullet - proof glass for patrol cars in high crime areas; appoint an independent monitor to review police cases where an unarmed civilian dies and the case is not presented to the grand jury, or the grand jury fails to indict.
A busy legislative session in Albany has failed to produce any agreements on ethics reform, even though Albany is in the midst of a corruption crime wave.
«These suspected armed robbers who have been on police wanted list will also receive amnesty today as they have vowed they will not engage in crime again and if they fail, we will now bring to bear the full weight of the law.»
In the June 28 press release, Carnright stated that the official misconduct charge was based on an allegation that Taggard «was aware that sexual crimes were being committed in an adjoining jurisdiction and failed to take any steps to prevent same or to notify the appropriate authorities.»
«Tony Blair promised to get tough on crime and its causes but failed to do so.
But regardless of talking to the far - right, Blue Labour's potential to engage working class voters, and to be «on my side» is an obvious threat to the current Conservative leadership, which failed to attract «Essex man» - working class voters who want to get on in life and live without fear of crime - sufficiently in 2010.
Delivering ruling in the no - case submission argued by Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) on behalf of Ndume, Justice Kolawole held that the prosecution failed in all fronts to link the defendant with the alleged heinous crime of hoarding information on terrorism activities and sponsorship the Boko Haram Islamic sect.
That's not to say touch evidence shouldn't be used to help solve crimes, but jurors need to be presented with information about its limitations or wrongful convictions may ensue, while other convictions may fail or be overturned on appeal.
Wildlife law enforcement efforts have failed to keep pace with the increasing sophistication of poaching and trafficking as huge crime syndicates have moved in on the act, according to Elizabeth Bennett, a conservationist at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York.
Dr Bachmann originally became involved in this area of research through his role as Rule of Law Subject Matter expert for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) study on hybrid threats facing Europe — diverse issues such as terrorism, organized crime, failed states and how a mass influx of migrants might lead to political instability in certain countries.
Lawmakers in Texas, Virginia, Michigan, California and Florida are weighing legislation that could make it a crime to misrepresent oneself on a dating site, or fail to inform consumers that they offer background screening for their customers.
Bad Cop / Good Cop is a rotating head figure that using the classic crime drama shtick in an attempt to breakdown Emmett; but seeing as how Emmett barley knows what is going on, the routine fails to work.
After a failed attempt on his life, international crime fighter Sonny Chiba vows to wipe out Japan's remaining drug traffickers!
But Jerry fixates on the crime, convinced by a seeming clue in Ginny's school artwork that he has failed to make good on his vow to the girl's parents (Michael O'Keefe and Patricia Clarkson).
Analysis: Director Jonathan Glazer turned a lot of heads with his debut feature, the gritty crime drama Sexy Beast, a movie that shocked and impressed with its unique story and characters, so the thought that his follow - up could fail to deliver on those very same elements is surprising.
WHY: Though it may be based on a story by red - hot Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbo (whose novel «Headhunters» was adapted into the excellent and underseen movie of the same name), «Jackpot» fails to live up to his reputation.
While McDonagh delivered a zany comedy five years ago in the crime - action title Seven Psychopaths, he zeroes in on a serious drama involving a grieving single mother's anger against an arguably corrupt police department which has failed to... Read
Based on Maureen Orth's book «Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U. S. History,» it promises to be another high - end, celebrity - studded addition to the true crime genre.
A cursory browse of the Internet suggests that the new Fantastic Four may as well be one of the worst films ever made: an Adam Sandleresque score on Low Hanging Fruit, unusually harsh user rating on the Internet Males Database, and widely reported tales of production woes and public handwringing, as though somehow humanity's worst crime was to deliver a superhero film that failed to please its precious audience.
While the makers of this 2013 miniseries clearly aim for something greater than that, they fail to meet their goal on a dramatization that's never as intriguing as true crime ought to be.
Co - writer / director Tom McCarthy's film finds that each of these systems had failed in significant ways when it came to the issue of sex abuse within the Catholic Church (The film's coda, which lists locations in the United States where similar crimes were uncovered, becomes even more infuriating when it moves on to the rest of the world).
WHY: Nicolas Winding Refn was one of the hottest directors in the business following his 2011 crime drama «Drive,» but in recent years, he's failed to make good on that potential, first with the middling thriller «Only God Forgives» and again with «The Neon Demon.»
A long - awaited report on violence in Philadelphia schools found that the district failed to report crime consistently, offered too little counseling for children traumatized by violence, and failed to implement solutions in all schools.
While handing control of the district to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter could be a step to take, the fact that the city government is struggling to get control of its own fiscal and operational house (along with the reality that Philly still doesn't have a handle on its quality of life and crime woes) means moving the district from one failing overlord to another.
Numerous studies have been conducted on how books fare at different price points, even within the genre - based breakdown: a book of a certain word count will sell really well at one price if it's a crime thriller by a bestselling author, for example, but at the same price may fail abysmally if it's a beach - read romance by an unknown author.
We appreciate, as always, your support, and tune in next month for our planned post-mortem on failed Grand Theft Auto series competitor, True Crime: Streets of LA.
Here are some of the other crimes for which Oakland says it will no longer be sending officers to the location unless it is «in - progress or there is a suspect on - scene:» • Lost Property • Theft • Vandalism • Vehicle Burglary • Vehicle Tampering • Residential Burglary • Identity Theft • Annoying and Harassing Phone Calls • Barking Dog • Violation of a Restraining Order • Reporting a Runaway • Violation of a Court Order • Violation of a child custody order where one parent failed to return the child at a specified time.
IT IS NOT A CRIME to fail on the Approved Screening Device (ASD), nor can the results be used to prove a person was over.08 or impaired.