Sentences with phrase «of civilian hands»

While the company said it supports the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own firearms, subject to appropriate background checks, it supports keeping assault rifles out of civilian hands.

Not exact matches

According to The Wall Street Journal, body cameras have become a $ 1 billion industry since the deaths of Brown, Eric Garner, and other unarmed black civilians at the hands of police officers.

On Monday, Haley had told the Security Council that the US will respond to the Assad regime's alleged chemical attack against Syrian civilians as she excoriated Russia, saying its hands are «covered in the blood of Syrian children.»

At the beginning when we started building the Federation, in the framework of the current policy, the State's hand was forced by the financial backers who said: «there needs to be civilian representation and approval of the programmes if you want us to fund them.»

Option 1: The Christian / atheist has to own ALL of the civilian deaths at the hands of said Christians governments / atheist governments.

On the one hand, we see non-state actors, as well as warlords and heads of state who use relatively unsophisticated means to gain their ends by targeting, terrorizing, and killing noncombatants and, as in the destruction of the World Trade Center towers or the bombing of the Madrid trains, intentionally causing lasting property damage, civilian deaths, and widespread fear.

That would also mean we should allow unlimited weaponry in the hands of civilians — to level the playing field with the Service members they would ostensibly kill.

In terms of government, his sterling leadership, his unique desire for tolerance, genuine unity, transparency, accountability and Peace has earned him the accolade in a gold plate «THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CIVILIAN TO HAVE RULED GHANA PEACEFULLY AND HANDED OVER PEACEFULLY».

In the last few weeks Cuomo has signed the sex assault legislation, securing his support among women's group; established a special prosecutor for cases of civilians who die at the hands of police; and spoke at the NAACP National Convention in Philadelphia.

The City Council's Black Latino and Asian Caucus called on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate «this latest case of a civilian losing her life at the hands of the NYPD.»

Because Thevenin was not carrying a weapon, the case could have fallen under a relatively new governor's order, empowering the attorney general to review any death of an unarmed civilian at the hands of police.

The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.

Ryan supports the Second Amendment, said a spokesman, «but he doesn't want the kind of assault weapons he used in combat in the hands of civilians.»

Left on the table from last session is a law establishing a permanent special prosecutor for cases involving civilian deaths at the hands of police.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

Critics questioned the independence of county prosecutors, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to propose granting New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of police.

The march concluded an all - day celebration of the slain activist hero's life at the National Action Network, where Cuomo accepted a «social - justice award» for his executive order requiring the attorney general to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of cops.

The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board urged a state judge to compel the Staten Island district attorney to hand over the minutes of the grand jury proceedings in the death of Eric Garner.

Assemblyman Tom Abinanti is taking state AG Eric Schneiderman's call for temporary power to investigate unarmed civilian deaths at the hands of police officers one step further.

That is the least the Labour Party members will do to try to wash the blood from their hands of the innocent civilians which the bombs will surely kill.»

Aregbesola said though May 29, in 1999, was the date the military handed over power to civilian administration, opined that June 12 would remain symbolic in the political structure of Nigeria as it represents the day of reckoning and the realization of a truly democratic government that approximates the yearnings and aspirations of the people.

Schneiderman's directive instructs the district attorneys to investigate when an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of law enforcement or when there's a «significant question raised» as to whether that was the case, as each D.A. determines is «appropriate under the circumstances until such time as you are directed otherwise in writing by the Special Prosecutor.»

NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement June 23, on Governor Cuomo's announcement that he would appoint the Attorney General's office to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of the police:

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

The base - tending started earlier this month, as Cuomo trumpeted an executive order designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor in cases where civilians die at the hands of police.

The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board urged a state judge on Friday to compel the Staten Island district attorney to hand over the minutes of the grand jury proceedings in the death of Eric Garner.

MANHATTAN — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the power to investigate the death of unarmed civilians at the hands of police in order to address a «deep crisis of confidence in some of the fundamental elements of our criminal justice system.»

The proposal falls short of calls by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that he be given power to investigate the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police.

It's not quite the same government: after a great international howl of condemnation at the junta, they handed over power to a civilian government controlling by the speaker of the Malian parliament in April 2012.

Cuomo's order, issued in the wake of the national uproar over last summer's deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, hands the responsibility for the investigation of unarmed deaths of civilians at the hands of police to the attorney general's office, which would also handle any resulting prosecutions that emerge.

«While the facts of the tragic deaths of two black civilians at the hands of white police officers are still being determined and should be fully investigated, what happened in Dallas was an entirely different situation,» Cox said.

«Though I fully support our right to bear arms and to defend ourselves I am not convinced more guns in the hands of untrained or unskilled civilians is the answer and nor do I believe does the sheriff,» stated Carnright in his own Facebook post.

With pressure mounting from families whose loved ones have died at the hands of a police officer, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he was preparing to issue an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

Inside the famed vaults at Fort Knox, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a 27 - pound gold bar in his hands Monday as part of the first civilian

While being transported through the scenic rural areas of Washington, Carden's men attempt to spring him out of their protection, and they almost succeed until the U.S. Marshal, knowing he is likely to die but not wanting a dangerous killer like Carden free, hands over custody to a civilian, a high school teacher named Ray Keene and his son, Chris (Anderson).

Set in an alternate 1970's during an oil crisis, the game pitted the criminal Coyotes against the Vigilantes, a team of civilians who take the law into their own hands.

The hoots of approval attending the reveal of a highly - illegal 1939 Vickers Machine Gun and some sentiment expressed about how the government doesn't need to know it's in civilian hands says a lot about the Red Dawn wish - fulfillment that The Last Stand projects.

Matthew Heineman «s «Cartel Land» is indeed a gruesome and riveting account of how the narco violence has kept entire towns in the state of Michoacán hostage, and how a group of civilians, the «Autodefensas,» took matters into their own hands and became a reactive form of rogue institution that had, initially, no ties to the federal government, but it's also a profoundly humanistic and intellectually complex work.

His violent behavior still seems to be condonable though, as evidenced in the dozens of on - screen and off - screen shootings, hard - hitting hand - to - hand confrontations and car chases — all of which place no value on the lives of innocent background civilians who become collateral casualties amidst the mayhem.

Indeed, with a 0 to 60 of 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 165 mph, this is a serviceable rally car that's been smuggled into civilian hands.

Headlines about the shooting deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police are seemingly never - ending, and Jay Coles is engaging with this subject matter in his powerful, necessary and hype - worthy YA debut, Tyler Johnson Was Here.

12 on the base and 4 on the stick one 8 - way Point of View hat switch switch allowing users to configure the 12 buttons located on the base in a left - or right - handed position 4 independent axis, including twist rudder (controlled by rotating the stick) Ergonomic trigger for brake (civilian flight) or rapid fire (military flight and space simulation) control Multidirectional hat switch (for panoramic view) Ergonomic design for optimum comfort Wide hand rest for reduced stress Weighted base for enhanced stability

Lego City Undercover on the other hand is built as an opposite force, sure you can be destructive, and I personally would have loved to have seen some form of punishment system for my reckless endangerment of Lego City civilian's lives, but it is built in the framework that you are the good guy.

The all new War Games map highlights the civilian shops, tall buildings for window - to - window fighting, and city streets for Titan combat from the Battle of Angel City, and the large, open tank garage facilities for hand - to - hand Pilot combat from the Battle of Airbase Sierra.

Moreover, I consider them important, as they touch upon the highly important matter of transparency in the civilian oversight of policing, on the one hand, and upon the use of information of a sensitive nature likely to be contained within a record, on the other.

-LSB-...] emotional or physical harm at the hands of an individual, whether a police officer or civilian, you may have a personal injury case.

(h) Other document relevant to your case including hand - written or typed witness statements (if civilian witnesses were following and / or observed your driving and demeanour / symptoms of impairment) or other standard police reports like the RCMP report C - 256 or investigation reports or hardcopies of actual 911 calls or police broadcasts.

This is the broadest term as it can refer to hand - guns (generally all handguns are semi-automatic) and rifles, some of which are civilian versions of military fully automatic weapons that are designed to be semi-automatic (again, can not buy new Automatic weapons at all).

«FedEx opposes assault rifles being in the hands of civilians,» the company said in a statement to Business Insider.

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