Sentences with phrase «other black law»

Friday, White Plains police Officer Michael Hannon stood with other Black Law Enforcement officers as they expressed their outrage in the failed investigation of the Westchester County DA's office.

Not exact matches

This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.

Black Lives Matter and other groups have been advocating for stricter gun laws similar to those the marchers are demanding for years.

I'm not sure how to respond other than to make some very broad statistical observations strongly suggesting that, given their mandate to prevent crime, law enforcement agencies rightly focus on young black males.

Though blacks» tutelage has not been entirely self - incurred, the link between liberation and enlightenment is just as real for us: the black nonviolent disobedient realizes his own freedom by accepting the constraints of universal moral laws, by maintaining civility under strong provocation even when others do not.

Women, like blacks and members of other oppressed groups, must break their inner bondage and gain self - esteem if they are to use fully their potential in collective efforts to change the systems of injustice (discriminatory laws, pay scales, admissions policies to professional schools, among others).

The other day on Facebook, I saw my brother - in - law counsel his 24 - year - old son, who had overheard a white man reviling blacks and Mexicans in a bar, to ignore such talk for his own safety.

Also, Minnesota's Voluntary Recognition of Parentage form, which establishes a legal relationship between father and child when the parents are not married to each other, spells out dads» rights in black and white: «When a child is born to parents who are not married to each other the law gives custody of the child to the mother.

A British organisation is joining Wikipedia, Reddit and other US websites in blacking out its service in protest against an anti-piracy law passing through the US Congress.

Black's Law Dictionary defines collusion as «A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose».

The Boys To Men Mentoring Program under the leadership of Principal — Ms. Natalie Dweck and Program Coordinators, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Ramsey, with the assistance of Blacks In Law Enforcement's NY Rep Damon K. Jones, BW's Editor - In - Chief AJ Woodson and others, who mentor the group of black boys helping them to become productive men.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

He desegregated his family stores, helped a black man become a 4 start general, supported the NAACP with money and in other ways, and supported numerous Civil Rights laws before 1964, Be he was a libertarian and believed the 1964 act infringed went too far by infringing basic liberties.

Blacks in Law Enforcement of America and other organizations have publicly requested the US Attorney to look at cases in Westchester County.

The Westchester Children's Association (WCA) and National Black Law Enforcement organization, Blacks In Law Enforcement of America were among the many groups who publicly supported and called for a permanent ban on gun shows at the Westchester County Center or other County property.

And Rice has a penchant to rush to judgement, witness the criticism levelled at her by black law enforcement officials the other day.

«As you know... the Commissioner is empowered to grant a waiver to an «exceptionally qualified» candidate who does not meet all the graduate course or teaching requirements in law if he finds that the candidate has «exceptional training and experience» which are the «substantial equivalent» of such requirements,» Steiner wrote in the letter addressed to Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and several other officials who expressed concern about Black's qualifications.

Hawking previously argued that the intense gravitational fields inside the black hole were unravelling the laws of quantum mechanics, possibly sending the information shooting off into other universes.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

Other screen credits include JERICHO, INSIDE NO. 9, PARTNERS IN CRIME, FORTITUDE, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, for which she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOOD.

He soon learns about his abilities through expressive trial and error, in other words beating down local law enforcement in Italy, upending police cars in Paris, and taking down other assassins from Operation Treadstone, the black ops team which trained Bourne in the first place.

Other possible topics for his jokes, according to those who were in the audience at Rock's brief club appearances, are the versatility of actor Paul Giamatti — who, he said, hated black people in «12 Years a Slave» but loved them in «Straight Outta Compton» — and the recent meeting between Mexican drug lord El Chapo and Sean Penn, the actor who was famously unamused by Rock's comments about Jude Law when Rock first hosted the Oscar show 11 years ago.

Under the framework being proposed for the reform of the law, the administration would require that, unless a school is among the very worst in the nation, it would no longer be required to improve even if it continues to fail its black, Hispanic and other disadvantaged kids.

As the lead House Democrat on ESSA, I was proud to work alongside the National Urban League and other crucial civil rights partners to ensure high standards and other meaningful federal protections for Black students in the new law.

Other states would follow the letter of the law, but not the spirit, shutting down schools in black neighborhoods instead of providing what was then considered to be high - quality education.

In the longer run, we need to battle zoning laws, racial steering, and the other practices that perpetuate residential segregation and consign the black and brown and poor to isolated neighborhoods in which they are intention ally sequestered so that they can not contaminate the lives and education of the privileged.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

The most - important wake - up call came last month when news leaked out that the Department of Education was scaling back investigations of civil rights violations — including overuse by districts of harsh school discipline against Black and other minority children — as part of the administration's overall refusal to enforce civil rights laws.

In describing the 2009 law, Secretary for Health, Francesca Martini, said «The previous order included a useless black list which also cataloged breeds of dogs without seeds unknown among others have no scientific basis and without providing any measure of prevention or training of the owners.»

Other programs speak to and animate the myriad issues she raises in her work, including several screenings, among them, Ava DuVernay's film «The 13th,» which links the legacy of slavery, the criminalization of African Americans, and the mass incarceration boom; book discussions about the new graphic novel «Black Panther» by Ta - Nehisi Coates; and a panel conversation about «Art, Activism, Race, and the Law.»

(Washington, D.C., January 8, 2014) The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird conservation organization, and Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which today announced the intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other federal laws concerning the planned installation of a wind turbine on the shores of Lake Erie.

To the extent that other effects such as black carbon etc. don't follow the Arrhenius law, some sign of this might be observable in the secular residual as a departure from that law.

While, obviously, lim Sq when q - > 1 is the Gibbs entropy, for q non 1 it is not possible to derive the black body radiation laws (doubtlessly other laws neither but I looked only at the black body law).

If it is the latter, however, the mere use of «black swans» to label their theory is confusing, to say the least, because the «black swan» example is a well - known metaphor used by Popper and other philosophers of science when explaining the occurrence of events that go against the predictions of well - established theories / laws.

If the energy is transferred to other gases via collisions, the heated gases of the atmosphere will radiate according to the laws of black body radiation (i.e. equal in all directions).

continuing problems in recruiting and retaining blacks and other minorities at the top law firms; the rise of a small group of lawyers who focus on Supreme Court cases; the decline in civil rights cases that make it to the high court; and the court's dwindling caseload.

Child labor has been abolished, safe and healthy work environments are guaranteed with federal laws such as Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and many others, and the minimum wage compensation of workers has increased tremendously.

The Legal Writing Blog and the Law Librarian Blog point out in these posts that the new Google Dictionary, which was quietly rolled out in December 2009, presents a formidable competitor not only for other Web dictionaries such as Answers.com, but also potentially to niche lexicons like Black's Law Dictionary.

On top of that, the LSUC has an advisory group of lawyers from the profession that includes representatives from the South Asian Bar Association, the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, the Women's Law Association of Ontario, the Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario, and others.

I read reviews on Amazon of the Kindle version of this dictionary, and the reviews compared it favorably to other legal dictionaries such as Black's Law Dictionary.

Here's the problem: Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram and all the other social media dreck exacerbates the pitch - black divide between what I thought my life would be like after law school, and how it has turned out so far.

The law states that once the defense has made an initial showing that jurors are being struck just because they are black and may sympathize with a black defendant, the prosecution must show that there were other legitimate reasons.

The purpose of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), a unified citywide association of African - American and other minority lawyers, is to advance equality and excellence in the pursuit of justice, aid the progress of Blacks and other minorities in the profession, address legal issues affecting the citywide community, and foster the study of law by encouraging the personal and professional development of young lawyers and law students.

... Covington began stockpiling its staff attorney ghetto with blacks and other minorities in 2005, shortly after the General Council of some of the country's largest companies joined Roderick A. Palmore, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Sara Lee in taking a tougher stance on law firm diversity.

Law firm clients are less and less willing to shoulder the cost of training new calls, and yet lawyers young and not - so - young need to learn not only black - letter law but a number of other skills to meet evolving client expectatioLaw firm clients are less and less willing to shoulder the cost of training new calls, and yet lawyers young and not - so - young need to learn not only black - letter law but a number of other skills to meet evolving client expectatiolaw but a number of other skills to meet evolving client expectations.

Yet in the eyes of the law, it is not always as black and white as you might think, and the other person may have a claim over assets that you have brought into the relationship.

For almost 130 principles and rules of transnational law, like «venire contra factum proprium», «duty to mitigate» or «compensation for expropriation», the TransLex - Principles provide the user with their black letter text and comprehensive references taken from international arbitral awards, domestic statutes, international conventions, standard contract forms, trade practices and usages, other sample clauses and academic sources.

Is the message here that the law (and the system) is to serve the rich and powerful, or alternatively to overwhelm and defeat those who aren't rich and powerful (say for example Conrad Black who fights on post conviction and release from prison, unlike just about every other schmoe who gets caught up in the system)?

Black's Law Dictionary defines an indemnity clause as a contractual provision in which one party agrees to answer for any specified or unspecified liability or harm that the other party might incur.

Phil discusses the efforts many firms have made — making financial contributions to organizations that promote diversity; funding scholarships for minority law students; retaining diversity consultants; using creative approaches to identify and recruit black and other minority law students; and for some, discussing diversity with their clients.