Sentences with phrase «on vigilantism»

It is not clear whether he was hoping to make a coherent statement on vigilantism and justice, or on the effects of violence on the victims.

You may know enough about Mexican drug trafficking to appreciate Mireles» questions; and you may also have strong ethical and political views on vigilantism.

You may know enough about Mexican drug trafficking and that its war on drugs, which has left thousands dead, to appreciate Dr. Mireles's questions; and you may also have strong ethical and political views on vigilantism.

The low points on the President's performance were on his responses to the question on vigilantism.

Not exact matches

For the President of the Republic to publicly condemn the acts of these groups as criminals while addressing Parliament and recently in Kumasi in the presence of the Otumfuor, Asantehene and his call on the Police Service to act, attests to the seriousness of this cancer of political vigilantism in Ghana.

He also reiterated his call on the political parties to discourage the activities of thuggery and vigilantism, as the Police would not entertain them.

On March 22, PBS Newshour featured a panel to discuss the complexities of «Stand Your Ground» in relation to the Trayvon Martin case, and its capacity to incite vigilantism.

The NDC MP also launched vitriolic attacks on President Akufo - Addo, calling on him to wake up in dealing with vigilantism before Ghana start experiencing a replica of Bokom Haram and other civil wars.

Few days after taking over, the United Nations cautioned Ghana about hooliganism and vigilantism, the world bank continue to downgrade us, corruption has increased according to Transparency International's latest report, Ghana has been rated down by Amnesty International because of brutalities being unleashed on journalists, investors are leaving our shores etc..

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Awuku, however, cautioned against treating the increased vigilantism as an NPP matter, and asserted that «we must also treat it as a matter that cuts across the political divide and not limit it to just the NPP.»

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), is on a nationwide campaign against political vigilantism which is gaining notoriety in Ghana's political environment.

Speaking at the third in a series of Accra Dialogue on «The Scars of Vigilantism: a legal or political question?»

On this grounds, he called for an intervention in the security affairs of Ghana and called on government to act appropriately to bring an end to the activities of vigilantism in the countrOn this grounds, he called for an intervention in the security affairs of Ghana and called on government to act appropriately to bring an end to the activities of vigilantism in the countron government to act appropriately to bring an end to the activities of vigilantism in the country.

Given the failure of the police on the first three nights, talk of vigilantism is back on the agenda.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament has condemned the attack on the residence of the Member of Parliament for the Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku, as the latest act of political vigilantism.

Let me make it clear that now if there is vigilantism in any part of the country, the police in that area must either arrest the perpetrators, investigate and bring them before justice or the Commander must be sanctioned» Ambrose Dery said whilst addressing the Central Regional Police Command at Cape Coast on Tuesday.

The Christian Council of Ghana has called on the government to take a decisive measure against political party vigilantism in the country.

The Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, has discredited claims that the Akufo - Addo government only talks big on political vigilantism but does very little to quell it.

On behalf of the Advisory Board of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), I welcome you to this media briefing about political party vigilantism in Ghana.

CODEO calls on all Ghanaians to work together to support this crusade against political party vigilantism in our electoral politics.

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) organized a day's round table engagement meeting held in Tamale on «the menace of political party vigilantism and Ghana's electoral politics.»

What seems more problematic is the virtual exaltation of Dirty Harry vigilantism, the storm trooper mentality and behavior on Nolte's part that the film breezily takes for granted...

The increased visibility of radical Christian fundamentalism would seem to shine a new light on John Doe, and the omnipresence of themes of vigilantism could have done the same for all involved (before his identity is revealed, Doe's costume even looks a lot like Rorschach's).

And it's uneven, most notably in its dual structure; Heineman parallels the half - baked vigilantism of US citizens on the Arizona border with the vigilantism in Mexico.

Along the way we have a few plot twists, an appearance by the villain Scarecrow, loads of loud action and more thoughtful introspection on the nature of justice and vigilantism than those offered by, let's say, The Punisher or Dirty Harry or most revenge action flicks.

New to the scene are District Attorney Harvey Dent (a slick Aaron Eckhart), who Wayne wants to promote as a human alternative to his vigilantism (an interesting sideline on the need for humility and choice when picking a leader), and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a replacement for Katie Holmes's Rachel Dawes, but she barely gets a look - in.

That question hovers over «Cartel Land,» Matthew Heineman's immersion into anti-cartel vigilantism on both sides of the US / Mexican border.

On the one hand, Prisoners is an extremely well - wrought production, boasting a strong cast (also featuring Melissa Leo) and pushing the moral questions it raises — about vengeance and vigilantism, guilt and innocence, the line between victim and perpetrator — well beyond the comfort zone of the typical Hollywood product.

Subsequently, Heineman's father sent his son an article about the Autodefensas in Mexico — a vigilante group combating the cartel violence — which broke the story open for the director, giving him his «parallel portrait of vigilantism on both sides of the border.»

The book it was based on, written by Brian Garfield and published in 1972, takes a different path — same liberal character whose wife and daughter are attacked, but his path to vigilantism results in a far more thoughtful examination of justice (and the movie's gleeful violence so upset Garfield that he wrote Death Sentence as penance).