Sentences with phrase «posed imminent threat»

It was open for the jury to find that the Crown had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the second volley was not a justified use of lethal force on the basis that at the time Forcillo fired the second volley, Forcillo did not reasonably perceive that Yatim posed an imminent threat to him.

Though our couchbike may have posed an imminent threat to public safety, he had to admit that it was indeed «a nice rig».

The Bush Administration claimed it was self - defense, as Iraq, with WMD, posed an imminent threat to other nations, including the USA.

Well, after Bush read the Pentagon report ruling out that Iraq possessed WMD's and that Iraq posed no imminent threat to the US and that there was no reason to go to war, Bush responded to this report by saying «F it, we're going in anyway.»

Added Alter: «Happiness sends a signal that everything is fine, the environment doesn't pose an imminent threat, and there's no need to think deeply and carefully.»

Last week, classified intelligence reports obtained by McClatchy belied the administration's repeated assertions that drones rarely kill civilians, that they are only aimed at terrorists who pose an imminent threat to the U.S., and that they identify intended targets accurately.

«Democrats don't pose an imminent threat» to Stefanik, said David Wasserman, who monitors House races for the Cook report.

«Reliable intelligence states that the Rwandan government poses an imminent threat to your life,» the notices read.

If small domestic animals are deemed dangerous and pose an imminent threat to human or animal life, they may be killed by any means except those prohibited by the new law.

Small domestic animals that are not considered dangerous and do not pose an imminent threat to humans or animals, can only be put to death by use of a «commercially available injectable euthanasia solution».

Bsal has caused major die - offs of salamanders in Europe and poses an imminent threat to U.S. native salamander populations.

However, participation in the Copenhagen Accord still poses an imminent threat to the economic vitality of the industrialized world at a time when the economies of many of those nations are already reeling in the midst of recession.

[Forcillo] knew from his training that Mr. Yatim did not pose an imminent threat to anyone merely by re-arming himself with a knife.

However, the housing market poses no imminent threat to the multifamily sector.

Not exact matches

If people around an individual provide specific information showing that the person poses a risk, and two police officers agree that there is probable cause to believe that the person is an imminent threat, they submit a short affidavit of the proof to a judge.

Further, the likely prospect of contamination of food crops by GM crops engineered with Terminator places the entire global food supply at imminent risk, and it therefore poses unacceptable threats to food and seed sovereignty and agro-biodiversity.

Note the difference in claims - Iraq did not meet verification standards they agreed to for disarming vs Iraq poses an imminent and dangerous threat to the international community.

According to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, Mansour «posed a continuing imminent threat to US personnel in Afghanistan, Afghan civilians, Afghan security forces, and members of the US and the NATO coalition.»

The long - awaited Chilcot report strongly criticised the way former PM took the country to war in 2003 on the basis of «flawed» intelligence with inadequate preparation at a time when Saddam Hussein did not pose an «imminent threat».

WASHINGTON — President Trump's advisers have concluded that a wide - ranging corruption investigation into his personal lawyer poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel's investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump.

Posing the greatest direct, imminent, physical threat are fishing practices (the most destructive being deep - sea bottom trawling) and deep seabed mining.

As a result, rising levels of CO2 do not obviously pose an immediate, let alone imminent, threat to the earth's climate.»

It is not in dispute that many of them are facing an imminent threat posed by the hunting down of Rwandan refugees (regardless of their ethnic backgrounds) by Rwandan espionage.

Exhibit C is used to identify any property that may pose a threat of imminent and identifiable harm to public health or safety.

(a) «Dangerous dog» means any dog which (i) without justification attacks a person, companion animal as defined in subdivision five of section three hundred fifty of this chapter, farm animal as defined in subdivision four of section three hundred fifty of this chapter or domestic animal as defined in subdivision seven of this section and causes physical injury or death, or (ii) behaves in a manner which a reasonable person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of serious physical injury or death to one or more persons, companion animals, farm animals or domestic animals or (iii) without justification attacks a service dog, guide dog or hearing dog and causes physical injury or death.

As a result, rising levels of CO2 do not obviously pose an immediate, let alone imminent, threat to the earth's climate.»

The future changes of sea level and ocean circulation therefore pose a great and imminent threat to this heavily populated area.»

In their lawsuits, the communities claimed that the risks of climate change - related damages were imminent and posed a substantial threat.

the article states: «Asked if climate change was a current or imminent threat, 83 % of Britons agreed, with just 14 % saying global warming poses no threat.»

Desertification could bring about mass migration as people are forced to leave lands that can no longer support them, posing an «imminent threat to international stability», according to the report's authors.»

A dog is considered dangerous if it attacks and injures a person, pet or farm animal without justification, or if it «behaves in a manner which a reasonable person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of serious physical injury or death» to a person, pet or farm animal.

The company seems to be aiming to launch this lower cost tablet to counter the imminent threat posed by tablets running Windows 8, when it launches.

While we are pleased to see a continued trend toward a healthy market balance, imminent economic factors could pose a significant threat to these improvements.»