Sentences with phrase «incident as an assault»

Reacting to the issue, Kaduna State Chairman of PDP and former minister of Aviation, Hassan Hyat described the incident as an assault not only to journalism profession but also on the entire society.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, police are aware of the video footage and will investigate the incident as a misdemeanor assault if Weinstein files a report.

Allegations against Bill Cosby have been piling up for the past year, as more than 50 women accused the comedian of rape, sexual assault and sexual misconduct in incidents dating...

Though the congregation was probably unaware that the woman involved described the «incident» as an assault, at least one pastor at Woodlands and the leaders of Highpoint were aware.

While one might expect Arnold to hit the ground, it was Marcelo who collapsed as though he had been the victim of a brutal assault, with the 21 - year - old looking on bemused as he received a yellow card from referee Gianluca Rocchi for his supposed role in the incident.

Crystal Palace star Jason Puncheon was involved in an incident on Sunday morning, leading to him being charged for assault and possession of a weapon, as per BBC Sport.

Two College Point men — Danny Rodriguez, 21, and Daniel Aleman, 26 — have been arrested and charged with assault and robbery as a hate crime in the incident, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

He noted that the assault of the journalist indicates that the NPP's headquarters was a danger zone for journalists as this incident is among many others recorded in recent times at the same location, which the party has remained silent.

The pair said that frequently, after drinking, Schneiderman would hit them in bed without their consent, and both described these incidents as «assault,» according to The New Yorker.

This White House Task Force on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault will provide leadership for colleges and universities as they work on developing more transparent and more effective campus procedures to decrease and / or investigate incidents of sexual aAssault will provide leadership for colleges and universities as they work on developing more transparent and more effective campus procedures to decrease and / or investigate incidents of sexual assaultassault.

The law also requires that students who report incidents of sexual assault be granted amnesty for campus violations — such as the use of alcohol or drugs.

The statewide amnesty policy ensures that «students reporting incidents of sexual assault or other sexual violence are granted immunity for certain campus policy violations, such as drug and alcohol use.»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is one of many condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his statements in the 2005 incident, where he spoke of women in vulgar terms, and described actions that many view as sexual assault.

Another requirement is that victims or bystanders who report alleged incidents of sexual assault not be prosecuted for college violations they reveal, such as alcohol or drug use that was connected to the incidents.

Following the incident, a Council of State Member, Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani, charged the police administration to sanction its personnel who stood by as the alleged assaults and confusion took place.

Wencui Han of the Department of Management Science and Systems at the University at Buffalo, New York and colleagues, explain how in the last two decades criminal incidents such as shootings on campus, assaults and robberies, natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes and snow storms and disease outbreaks have put students and staff at risk.

Sexual victimization is defined as incidents where, «people sometimes grab, touch, or assault others for sexual reasons in a really offensive way.»

Most of them do not allow minors to sign up, but even in those cases there have been numerous incidents where minors signed up as adults and ended up the victims of sexual assaults.

Additionally, Emile Hirsch who was convicted of misdemeanor assault during an incident at the festival last year returns as the star of Tracy Fullerton's «Walden, A Game.»

As «I, Tonya» moves closer to the defining incident — the assault on Kerrigan, orchestrated by the moronic Gillooly and self - proclaimed bodyguard and security expert Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), in which hired goons bashed Harding's rival on the knee — this becomes less clear.

Reeling from a terrifying assault that has left him physically injured and psychologically shattered, nineteen - year - old Brad Land must also contend with unsympathetic local police, parents who can barely discuss «the incident» (as they call it), a brother riddled with guilt but unable to slow down enough for Brad to keep up, and the feeling that he'll never be normal again.

While not as extreme as that film, Revenge's inciting incident is still a very difficult - to - watch, yet relatively ungraphic, sexual assault scene.

And then comes the fall, or «the incident» as they dub it: The assault on her Olympic competitor, Nancy Kerrigan.

(N.H.) As colleges and universities across the country struggle to deal with what appear to be large numbers of sexual assaults and incidents of dating violence, efforts to stem the tide are focusing more on reaching students well before they ever set foot on a post-secondary campus.

But the VADIR data has been criticized as misleading because it uses penal code terminology to classify crimes; for example, an incident in which a child throws a crayon at another child would be classified as assault with a weapon under VADIR.

The Academy is committed to reducing the unwanted sexual contact incident rate for Midshipmen, both on - campus and during sea year, and to fostering an environment where Midshipmen feel comfortable reporting sexual assault, sexual harassment and other instances of improper behavior, such as coercion, bullying and retaliation.

It also recognizes that a whole - school approach is required, and that everyone — government, educators, school staff, parents, students and the wider community — has a role to play in creating a positive school climate and preventing inappropriate behaviour, such as bullying, sexual assault, gender - based violence and incidents based on homophobia.

The client was alleged to have assaulted a pedestrian as a «road rage» incident.

-- Some 10 - 15 % of all brain injuries are the result of assaults or violent incidents such as gunshot wounds, child abuse or domestic violence.

Personal injury to a person resulting from conduct such as assault, battery, negligence, or wrongful death: claims must be filed (1) within two years of the accident / incident or (2) within one year of discovering an injury.

Vancouver Criminal Lawyer Emmet J. Duncan negotiated extensively with the assigned Crown counsel as well Senior Crown to demonstrate that Client had indeed been a victim and that bullying in fact continued after the incident on a number of occasions including one in which Client was assaulted and police attended.

Their vision was to «break the silence» and begin a discussion about experiences that are often hidden because of personal shame as well, in law school, fear of the professional consequences of coming forward to disclose incidents of sexual harassment and assault.

As a result of those public reports, he has been fired by the board of his own company, while many in Hollywood (and beyond) have come forward to talk more openly about incidents of sexual harassment and assault.

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.»

At each assessment, parents were questioned about partner violence with the revised Conflict Tactics Scale.9 Parents were classified as being assaulted by a partner if they reported any incident of physical assault by any partner in each 12 - month follow - up period.

Research indicates that witnessing DV can involve a broad range of incidents including: hearing the violence, being used as a physical weapon, being forced to watch / participate in the assault, being informed that they are to blame for the violence, being used as a hostage, defending a parent, and / or having to intervene or stop the violence from occurring.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who experienced physical assault during the 12 months prior to interview were almost four times more likely than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who experienced physical assault to have identified the perpetrator of their most recent incident as a stranger (23 % compared to 6 %).

In the 12 months prior to the 2008 NATSISS, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who had experienced physical assault were significantly more likely than Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who had experienced physical assault to identify the perpetrator of their most recent incident of violence as a person known to them (94 % compared to 77 %).

By contrast, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who experienced both physical threat and physical assault in the 12 months prior to interview were equally likely to have reported their most recent incident of physical threat to the police as men who had only experienced physical assault during the 12 months prior to interview (23 % and 22 % respectively).