Sentences with phrase «of verbal assaults»

He also failed to pay a $ 170 bill for cleaning up the litter, assaulted the building superintendent (which resulted in criminal charges that were later withdrawn), stole a bench from the building lobby (which was caught on surveillance video) and engaged in numerous incidents of verbal assaults of other residents and the property manager.

Not exact matches

A reporter for Infowars faced a verbal assault on the streets of Boston last week, when an irate onlooker unleashed a profanity - laced tirade against the site's founder Alex Jones and his claim that the marathon bombing was a «false flag» operation perpetrated by the FBI.

In April of this year, one of our colleagues confided in me that she had been sexually assaulted (unwanted forced physical contact) by Dave and later harassed by him (unwanted verbal comments).

He reserves his most ferocious verbal assaults for «zealots» like Nellie Gray; he attacks Phyllis Schlafly («Why anyone paid any attention to this lady is one of the mysteries of the 80s»); he turns on Carl Anderson, who perhaps more than any other single figure in the Reagan Administration was responsible for the success of Koop's confirmation process, and berates him unmercifully for his opposition to the condom solution for AIDS.

Cartoon and comic - strip characters trade bangs and pows and oofs; «family» TV programs get laughs from verbal combat instead of physical assault.

Put - downs, crass joking, harassment, groping, stalking, verbal and emotional abuse, sexual assault and every other form of violence is never acceptable.

(One of the ironic events of the conference was the rude verbal assault launched by a group of Latin American radicals against Jimmy Carter, the former «human rights President,» to prevent him from speaking.

Are a verbal assault, the overturning of tables and the chasing of animals comparable to the duties of a soldier or the practice and atrocities of warfare?

And then, this year, 21 former pastors go public with formal charges of harmful behavior including verbal assault, bullying and creating a culture of fear.

Steve explained: «I think a lot of it is at a verbal level... a lot of it is not necessarily physical violence but the alarming thing is the amount of physical attacks; shoving, pushing, hitting and more serious assaults are becoming more commonplace.»

I've come out of services physically exhausted with muscle strain just from sitting as far back in my chair as possible to get away from the verbal assaults emanating from the pulpit.

So the verbal abuse, getting into the man's face, shoving, slapping, finger poking, verbal threatening (all of which falls under the legal definition of assault and battery) was OK?

are you ok with a LGBT crowd beating the shit out of Werdum with baseball bats, because they are defending themselves against his verbal assault?

MSU law enforcement was provided with no direct knowledge of the alleged assault since the accuser has failed to provide names, even though MSU PD and SVU attempted to get either a verbal or written statement.

As you would expect, physical bullying includes hitting and other acts of assault, while verbal bullying revolves around name - calling.

Pregnant women around the world seeking maternity care from the health systems in their countries instead receive ill treatment that ranges from disrespect of their autonomy and dignity to outright abuse: physical assault, verbal insults, discrimination, abandonment, or detention in facilities for failure to pay.

Too often, pregnant women seeking maternity care receive ill treatment that ranges from relatively subtle disrespect of their autonomy and dignity to outright abuse: physical assault, verbal insults, discrimination, abandonment, or detention in facilities for failure to pay.

ASP Darkwa, however, confirmed that Obinim and one of his associates have been charged with physical and verbal assault for flogging a pregnant girl and her boyfriend.

Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has defended his verbal assault on NDC MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, saying «we must let these people understand that we are in power».

President Obama unleashed a blistering verbal assault on Donald Trump and his «dangerous» proposal for a ban on Muslims entering the country, saying the suggestion violates the principles of American democracy and generates rage among would - be extremists.

One of the most powerful moments at the Democratic National Convention last month was when gun - control proponent Mike Bloomberg unloaded his verbal assault weapon on Donald Trump.

Marches, protests and verbal assaults that had plagued the administrations of George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson are absent from Cuomo's record.

For all his verbal assaults upon former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, his budgets and his appointments, he nonetheless was able to form a relationship with Mr. Bloomberg's Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner, Shaun Donovan, which helped him build the most city - subsidized affordable housing units of anyone on the Council.

Governor Oshiomhole had on Wednesday continued his verbal assault on the former Minister of Finance, alleging that the ex-minister only helped the past administration to loot funds.

But in between that small gesture of political sportsmanship and the moderator Jim Rosenfield's call to order, New Jersey's senate candidates meted out relentless, and sometimes personal, verbal assaults, criticizing each other on everything from their stances on same - sex marriage to the on - going partial government shutdown.

Andrew Parker, Director General of MI5, has launched a scathing verbal assault on Russia as he addressed European security chiefs in Berlin

It is part of a continuing pattern of verbal and physical assaults, in Guinea in particular, on Ebola workers by scared locals.

The National Center for Educational Statistics tracks a number of ways students are victimized ranging from serious physcial attacks to verbal - based assaults.

Females were more likely than males to have decreasing levels of harassment during the study period, and males were more likely to be subjected to physical and verbal assaults, the researchers found.

Dating Abuse is defined as a pattern of coercive behavior in which one person attempts to control another through threats or actual use of physical violence, sexual assault, and verbal or psychological abuse.

But as a former lawyer who has handled sexual harassment cases, I can affirm that this «ritual» of men in power taking advantage of the powerless and vulnerable with unwanted sexual advances or unpermitted touching and verbal and physical abuse is entirely unacceptable and illegal, and in some cases constitutes criminal sexual assault.

Unfortunately in the interim, the audience is assaulted by the former trainer's crude verbal commentary along with sexually suggestive and crude utterances from a host of other characters.

According to a 2015 survey [PDF] by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 77 percent of transgender youth were mistreated at school (ranging from verbal harassment to prohibitions on dressing according to gender identity to physical or sexual assault); according to the Human Rights Campaign, transgender youth are twice as likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol [PDF] as straight, cisgender peers.

Take a «close reading» of the way the media decided to highlight Malloy's continued verbal assault on teacher tenure.

While his assaults were verbal, the other guy, who lived down the hall, was far more threatening to me, with the hint of violence -LSB-...]

And that verbal assault pretty much continues, eventually giving the E-Reader a 4 out of 10.

One of the defining parts of Sun and Moon was the character Lillie, who the player travels with and sees develop and grow from being a timid, powerless girl into a confident character willing to take on her fears and even stand up to her abusive mother (it's never described as such, but yeah, there's straight up abuse via child neglect and verbal assault in these games).

An artist who was forced to combat critics and their verbal assaults throughout her lengthy career, Kara Walker is a contemporary American visual artist known for her courageous creative investigations of race, stereotypes, gender, unequalness and identity throughout her nation's history.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, and accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against conviction dismissed — Although trial judge did not address analytical steps in order, he properly analyzed evidence and concluded that injuries sustained by victim were not accidental and could not have occurred in any other fashion than as stated by victim — Having provided reasons for accepting victim's evidence, trial judge was entitled to reject accused's evidence — Trial judge's reasoning, though skeletal, permitted accused and appellate court to determine how and why finding resulted.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed — Appeal against sentence was allowed — Trial judge erred in concluding that discharge was not appropriate in circumstances, especially given conclusion that accused did not deliberately attempt to injure victim — Trial judge found that there was no need for either specific deterrence or general deterrence; prime concern was need for denunciation of her conduct — Section 730 of Criminal Code permits discharge in cases of this nature, provided that it was in best interest of accused and not contrary to public interest — Accused was responsible individual with no record whatsoever, she held position as counsellor and social worker for 25 years — Trial judge did not find that conviction would definitely affect her employment, but possibility existed, and such conviction would necessarily result in criminal record — There was no likelihood of re-offending — Conditional discharge would not be contrary to public interest.

Accused went to cottage of JC with whom she previously cohabited — Accused found JC with victim, another lady, in sauna — Angry words were exchanged between accused and JC — Victim testified that accused pushed her following verbal exchange, as a result victim lost balance and ended up against stove, thereby sustaining serious burns to body — Trial judge accepted victim's evidence that there was some kind of pushing — Accused convicted on one count of assault causing bodily harm, and sentenced to two - year term of probation and $ 1,000.00 fine, accused was also ordered to provide DNA sample pursuant to s. 487.04 of Criminal Code — Accused appealed against order to provide DNA sample — Appeal allowed — Order was issued to destroy DNA sample that was taken — Trial judge erred in failing to exercise discretion not to order DNA sample — Accused was first time offender, in circumstances that resulted in serious injuries, but with no intention of causing those injuries — Accused had otherwise been exemplary citizen, and likelihood of re-offending was remote.

The client was charged with having assaulted his former girlfriend and fractured her right orbital bone during the course of a verbal argument.

These crimes may include physical assault, rape, murder, assault with a weapon, harassment, verbal harassment, vandalism, robbery, an attack on people's homes or places of worship, and vandalism.

The owner of the restaurant failed to restrain Earle, protect Pardy from his verbal or physical assault, or otherwise take effective steps to remedy his treatment of her.

Many incidences of road rage ultimately involve verbal harassment - or even physical assault.

Verbal or physical assault of a person in uniform is a serious felony.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) defines «workplace violence» as «violence or the threat of violence against workers» that involves any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in, or related to, the workplace, and includes behaviors ranging in aggressiveness from verbal harassment to murder.

Emotional abuse is no joke as it includes ``... verbal assault, dominance, control, isolation, ridicule, or the use of intimate knowledge for degradation,» according to a study by the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.

The study showed about 20 per cent of Australians had experienced forms of racial hate talk, verbal abuse or racial slurs; 11 per cent experienced work or social exclusion; and more than five per cent had been physically assaulted because of their race.

Either partner has demonstrated through their past behavior or by verbal threat that they may physically assault or restrict movement of the other.