Sentences with phrase «made violent protests»

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As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).

He made the decision to donate to Charlottesville following the violent protests by white supremacists this summer.

In earlier demonstrations, Staten Islanders have shown that they respect their neighbors and their community, and understand that peaceful protests make their point so much more powerfully than violent ones, which ultimately distract from their message and disrespect the memory of Eric Garner.

Efforts are being made to protect the collection in the National Art Museum of Ukraine as violent protests continue in Kiev

I'm trying very hard to make sure the protest movement remains non violent, but the regime keeps pushing to cause a bloody rebellion.