Sentences with phrase «threaten police action»

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Meanwhile, however, they are vaguely aware of a threatening presence — both external and internal — that they would much prefer to be handled by diplomacy and police action.

In Spain last year, Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pl was threatened with police action after preaching a Good Friday homily in which he spoke of the nature and effects of destructive sinful behavior.

Lewis stated that he, The Guardian newspaper, and Labour MP Chris Bryant had all been threatened to be sued by solicitors Carter - Ruck acting for AC John Yates, all the costs for which after the actions were dropped were picked up by the Metropolitan Police; Lewis submitted letters from Carter Ruck in evidence to the committee.

The argument ended when Allen threatened to take legal action after he accused her of not reporting the assaults to police.

This would bring MPs» pay rises in line with police and other public servants, who have been threatening strike action over below - inflation pay awards.

TUC head Brendan Barber has called for «co-ordinated strike action», the BBC walkout threatens to disrupt coverage of the Tory conference, the Police Superintendents Association has warned that the cuts will trigger «widespread disorder» and the defence select committee has attacked the strategic review as «money - driven, not threat - driven».

Quick, the former Met police assistant commissioner, demands that Green retract the «deeply hurtful allegations» that he lied about pornography on the MP's personal computer, threatening legal action if he failed to do so.

Lord Prescott has threatened to take legal action to force police to release any documents relating to him which were seized during an investigation which in 2007 led to former Royal correspondent Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire being jailed.

Owens» and Hogg's comments come as six police and crime commissioners today threatened the home secretary Theresa May with legal action over her planned changes to the way the police are funded in England and Wales.

This outcome is difficult to achieve: the legal defense must demonstrate that the offender had no control over his or her actions or did not comprehend the present reality of the deed done (for instance, shot at a police officer because he thought the officer had been threatening him on television).

Language: English Genre: Action / Crime MPAA rating: R Director: Paul Verhoeven Actors: Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith Plot: The future Detroit is plagued by crime and the police are threatening to strike.

The narrative trips itself up somewhat with a messy third act that falls into predictable realms of police corruption and overly convoluted, poorly explained schemes to benefit the hierarchy while threatening the lives of our main characters (for some reason) but the lack of coherency can't get in the way of Creevy's skill for adrenaline - fueled action filmmaking and that is where Punch really delivers.

The Bill represents a step backwards in Canadian justice reform, which threatens to erode individual rights and procedural safeguards, slow down the Court system, and shield police officers from cross-examination on their actions.

While some of these infractions, such as a reckless driving, evading police officer, DWI or leaving the scene of an accident, can be serious and life threatening, others, like driving without car insurance, can be a surprise to the Honolulu Hawaii driver who is told upon being issued the citation that the repercussions for his or her actions are quite severe.