Sentences with phrase «growing police state»

Even with the growing police state, the Chinese government probably does not want to risk losing even some of these beneficial relationships,» notes international lawyer Elizabeth Lynch, formerly a research fellow at New York University's U.S. - Asia Law Institute in New York City, at the China Law & Policy blog.

«Out - of - control police who respond to minor violations with overwhelming force, toleration of racist cops, siege - like conditions in some cities and city neighborhoods, and record - high incarceration — all of these are evidence of a growing police state.»

As far as I'm concerned we / I live in a ever - growing police state and losing more freedoms every day.

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Requires the Kentucky State Police to perform background checks on producers who apply to grow industrial hemp.

Based on Marjane Satrapi's auto - graphic - novel, Persepolis is the simple and bracingly beautiful tale of Marjane growing up in 1970s Iran, where her curiosity, imagination and love of Western pop - culture trash gets her in trouble with the police state imposed after the revolution.

If those elements of the population for whom crime is an acceptable alternative grow to any sizable percentage because of economic privation or because of prejudice, or if these alienated groups are prevented from finding a way to work within the system, then the whole society will be reduced very quickly to choosing between living in a police state or living in anarchy.

De Blasio's comments came amidst the development of a growing protest movement in New York and other cities in the United States centered on the relationship between police and local African - American communities.

The state's correctional officers union has joined the growing police group boycott of Quentin Tarantino films in the wake of the director's recent comments regarding police.

Howie Hawkins will join us to discuss America's police state, the growing disparity between the rich and poor, a nation that is in a permanent state of war.

The governor's office says its latest budget put an additional $ 41 million into the State Police for its work in the city, and some officials expect the presence there will only grow.

Two people briefed on the matter, but not authorized to comment publicly, said State Police sources indicated that D'Amico, 56, wants to spend more time with his family and also grew tired of a governor's administration that meddled in the agency's decision - making.

To the contrary, a theological police state filled the vacuum and government rule grew even more repressive.

On paper, the plot of this movie makes very little sense: two men who only wear suits and never take off their sunglasses, neo-Nazis, a grown man named «Duck,» Cab Calloway, a Catholic nun on the verge of eviction, Carrie Fisher with an assault rifle, and the entire Illinois state police department.

As state investments in higher education have declined on a per - resident basis, spending has grown in other categories, most notably in K — 12 education (from $ 1,378 per resident in 1987 to $ 1,946 in 2015) and public welfare (from $ 645 per resident in 1987 to $ 1,930 in 2015), but also in health and hospitals, police and fire protection, and corrections.

Spending in other major categories also accelerated sharply during that time, though their relatively lower costs have been less consequential for state and local budgets overall: health and hospital spending increased 67 percent, from $ 465 to $ 777 per resident; police and fire protection grew 59 percent, from $ 284 to $ 450; and corrections grew 66 percent, from $ 134 to $ 222.

Despite the growing number of police referrals and out - of - school suspensions in the state over the past five years, prevention and intervention programs have proven to be more effective and more...

Police forces are growing increasingly militarized while states across the U.S. pass laws criminalizing protest.

Energy production is the primary factor driving growth in states with the fastest - growing economies where favorable polices have contributed to this success.

The Economist noted last November that «an unexpected by - product of Mr. Zuma's scandal - plagued presidency has been a growing public interest in the justice system...» The judiciary, said the newspaper, had acted «as a bulwark for South African democracy at a time when other institutions, including the police and state prosecutors, have been compromised.»

You know, there's a part of me who looks at the actions of each of non-raping grown men in the «Pennsylvania State University small - child - allegedly - being - raped - by - a-grown-man-who-is-part-of-the-football-hierarchy» scandal and can understand why those men could rationalize a) not immediately acting in the interests of a small child being raped, b) not immediately going to the police, c) doing only the minimum legal requirements in the situation, d) acting to keep from exposing their organization to a scandal.