Sentences with phrase «perceived as an assault»

A: Because you assaulted it, or did something that it perceived as an assault.

Unfortunately, dog owners frequently have to do things to dogs that the dog perceives as an assault.

Not exact matches

And that anger is intensified by my realization that despite all reasoning to the contrary, I can not but perceive these questions as an assault upon my person.

The associations perceive any stray sheep as an assault on their supremacy, an attack their bottom line.»

Mr. Jeffries also lamented what he perceived as a general lack of speed and transparency in the investigation — even as Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Garner's arrest, and his wife have been respectively arrested and processed for a gun charge and misdemeanor assault.

In cases where the accused's language and behavior are part of assault charge, then the State must demonstrate that the victim perceived his language and behavior as a threat to the physical well being of the victim (it only counts if you can prove what was said was a threat of imminent lawless action.

Fact: «The sheer prevalence of the problem of violence and the dynamics surrounding it make it clear any assumptions about equal partnership in these cases are out of the question... the majority of women never report the assaults or in fact ever tell anyone about it (Johnson, 1996) and thus may not be believed if the first time the issue is raised is at the point of separation... may avoid going to court out of fear of retaliation, a fear which is not unfounded given the data on the escalation of violence at separation... agree to whatever the husband wants in an attempt to pacify him... as an exchange for custody... may appear unstable or emotional while their batterers are perceived as confident, rational and economically secure (Rosnes, 1997)... all the research flies in the face of what Rosnes argues is presently happening in the courts:»... judges assume that wife abuse is not necessarily damaging to a child, and that being violent does not necessarily affect a father's parenting ability....

Thus, when adolescents are perceived as different from others, whether because of their ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, the probabilities of being assaulted by their peers rise [31].