Sentences with phrase «hit by violence»

A teenage boy was shot by police and later died amid clashes in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, one of four counties hit by violence.

The once - peaceful resort, by far Mexico's most popular beach destination, has been hit by violence in recent months.

Not exact matches

In my judgement he hits a new low by stating: «The twenty - first century was born in violence, with the «terrorist» air attack on New York on 11 September 2001...» In English one uses inverted commas when quoting someone or when conveying the sense of «so - called».

miscrraige is not (unless it is brought on by violence from another person (ie one who hits the woman in the womb area causing injury to the baby) to bring in miscarriage shows lame attempts to side track the issue

Flor de mi Tierra was established in 2005 to work on re-building coffee communities displaced and hard hit by guerilla violence.

There are rules governing how hard you can hit — each league has its (not very long) rule book, but in practice each game sets its own violence level — a balancing act of boundaries tested by sudden escalations of rage that are remarkably similar to the rules of conduct governing a street fight.

South Africa was badly hit by a wave of xenophobic violence in April 2015 tha left several people dead and thousands homeless.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said neighborhoods hit hard by gang violence, like those on Long Island, «need better resources to help eliminate gangs.»

While the coverage of the march ended up being marred by the violence, it doesn't mean they didn't damage the government, in fact the two student protests last year that ended in violence also hit government support — though the poll effect is probably more from the reminder of unpopular policies and opposition to them, than the violence itself!

Drought - stricken California, meanwhile, has been hit by vermin and wildfire, but no mass migration or violence.

Just as Pakistan's polio program was making significant progress in its fight to eradicate the disease, it has been hit by a devastating bout of violence.

Violence has no place in a loving relationship and there can be no excuse for being hit by your partner.

VIOLENCE / GORE 9 - An army in a jungle awaits an approaching army, we hear thundering and we see elephants charge the men; many men are hit with spears and arrows (we see blood spurting, spraying and hear men screaming), men are speared by elephants» tusks (blood on tusks and the wound), men are crushed under elephants» feet (we hear crunches), and the trunk of an elephant is hacked off.

But feel - bad films reigned supreme for the fest's first week: By the time Cannes hit the halfway point, audiences had been subjected to beaucoup examples of horrific violence, human - rights violations, pedophilia and more exploitation of women than you could shake a rape whistle at.

Part of the movie focuses on abuse and the cycles of violence it can create, but it's treated with the same clunkiness as the supposedly - comic romantic subplot that sees sidekick characters, played by Whannell and Angus Sampson, hitting on a couple of much younger women.

Zombies are hit by cars and subjected to other violence.

Violence: A character is accidentally hit by a passing vehicle; the resulting bloody injuries require surgery (which is briefly depicted) even though no anesthetic is available.

Directed by Fritz Lang on a modest budget, the 1953 crime drama stars Glenn Ford as the workaday family - man cop driven over the edge when the mob violently kills his wife in a hit meant for him (the scene is the first of the film's explosive eruptions of violence that tear through the poise of normalcy).

Violence: A violent storm threatens the safety of a group of astronauts — one man is hit by debris and blown away by the wind.

A bold new action - thriller from director David Ayer (known for such box office hits as Suicide Squad, End of Watch and Training Day), Bright follows the story of two LAPD police officers played by Smith, a human named Officer Ward, and Edgerton, an orc named Officer Jakoby, who form a most unlikely duo working to keep the mean streets of Los Angeles safe from a sinister, fantasy underworld filled with violence and dark forces at work.

Your Highness hits high points of silliness (e.g. Thadeous» chronic masturbation tendencies, and a mechanical old - school Clash of the Titans - type bird named Simon) and then is punctuated by moments of extreme violence (an arrow fired through the jugular, anyone?).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Abduction (PG - 13 for sexuality, teen partying, intense violence and brief profanity) John Singleton directs this action thriller about a teenager (Taylor Lautner) who ends up on the run from a team of hit men when he tries to determine his true identity after seeing his baby photo on a missing persons website.

Slapstick violence is a staple of this comedic film with characters being hit, electrocuted, run over, dragged behind vehicles and attacked by piranhas.

Season of the Witch Starring Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman and Claire Foy Directed by Dominic Sena (Whiteout) Rated PG - 13 for thematic elements, violence and disturbing content Appropriate for ages 15 + When two 14th - century knights (Cage and Perlman) find themselves in a town hit by a horrible plague, they are charged with transporting a supposed witch (Foy) to stand trial at a nearby monastery in the hopes that the plague will end with her death sentence.

In particular, violence is meted out with little to no repercussion — Cooverman is beaten repeatedly, falls from a roof, is hit by a car and keeps a-going — creating a cartoonish atmosphere that obstructs any genuine emotional momentum the filmmakers might want.

In terms of tone, John Michael McDonagh's first film shot outside in the United States feels a bit like the latest U.S. - based film turned in by his filmmaking brother, Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths, another film that I compared to the post-Pulp Fiction clones that came out in the late 1990s, full of bloody violence, brash attitude, and peppered with jokey moments that play to the crowd, such as one of the characters musing on whether a mime will make a sound when he is hit with a car.

Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese): The best director currently working in American movies hit a career peak by turning the life of boxer Jake La Motta into a poetic meditation on the nature of violence.

Cartoon violence ensues when the critters are attacked by children, whacked by adults, chased by dogs and hit by an SUV.

Violence: A man is hit and killed by a train.

All violence is contained within the actual attack sequence: Two men shot at by planes but not hit.

Violence: A child is hit by a speeding truck.

Most live in urban or rural communities hit hard by the recession where unemployment, addiction, and violence are commonplace.

The area was hit hard by the foreclosure crisis, and today its littered, winding streets are pockmarked with boarded - up homes and corners that serve as makeshift memorials for victims of gun violence.

The violence is cheered on by a metal soundtrack that hits the right notes with grungy, dirty thumps, beats, and electric guitar riffs though I wish the music had a bit more character.

Some animated cutscenes also depict violence: ogres smashing villagers with clubs; a bloodied man impaled by a large piece of wood; a character hitting an ogre in the head with a pickaxe.

According to the 2012 fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, «Understanding Teen Dating Violence,» around 9 percent of high school students said they were slapped, hit or physically harmed by a girlfriend or boyfriend in the past 12 months.

Caregiver treated violently: This information was based on questions that were drawn from the Conflict Tactic Scale, as well as qualitative interviews with victims of domestic violence20 and have been used in other studies.21, 22 Questions explored physical and sexual violence (eg, slap or kicks, hits with fist, tries to make you have sex) by the biological father or current partner in the past year.

The observed cross-loadings of individual items as well as items that belonged to other domains than in the conceptual model may reflect that female victims often are not exposed to one form of violence in isolation of the other.32 For example, the sexual violence item «Forced me to have sex against my will by using his / her physical strength (by hitting, holding me firmly or threatening me with a weapon),» which loaded in both the physical and sexual IPV components, is hard to divide into one or the other category.

According to Dr. Gottman, past research studies have shown that «spanking teaches, by example, that aggression is an appropriate way to get what you want... [and that it] can have a long term impact as well,» and that spanked children, «as teenagers... are more likely to hit their parents... as adults more likely to be violent and tolerate violence in their relationships,» and that «interestingly, studies of parents who have been trained in other methods of child discipline show that once they find effective alternatives, they drop the spanking.»

A modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) was used to assess family violence and physical abuse.55 Respondents were classified as having experienced physical abuse when they indicated that, when they were growing up, their father or mother (includes biological, step or adoptive parents) slapped, hit, pushed, grabbed, shoved or threw something at them, or that they were beaten as a child by the persons who raised them.

Don't Hit My Mommy: A Manual for Child - Parent Psychotherapy with Young Witnesses of Family Violence (2005) Alicia F. Lieberman and Patricia Van Horn This practical handbook offers treatment guidelines to address the behavioral and mental health problems of young children whose most intimate relationships are disrupted by the experience of vViolence (2005) Alicia F. Lieberman and Patricia Van Horn This practical handbook offers treatment guidelines to address the behavioral and mental health problems of young children whose most intimate relationships are disrupted by the experience of violenceviolence.