Sentences with phrase «violence inflicted upon»

Arabena also called for new forms of discourse around family violence and disability, and for an end to the «casual» violence inflicted upon Aboriginal men through stereotyping.

Battery: Physical violence inflicted upon someone without his consent; unlawful injury to someone's body.

The Black Church has been a cornerstone of African American community and activism for centuries, and its role has subjected it to repeated and vicious attacks from the original Klu Klux Klan of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, through the rise of the Second Klan in the 1920s and the waves of riots and violence inflicted upon African American communities across the country, to the waves of violence against the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

With some scenes accurately portraying the brutal violence inflicted upon protestors and one on - screen shooting, parents and teachers would be wise to preview this fine film.

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So it's OK for Christian men to inflict violence upon other men?

It sounds good in communication courses but I wonder if it's an approach that really stands up in the face of an enemy who inflicts serious violence upon us.

For lust, arrogance, covetousness, adultery, calculated competence iii compounding wrong, for deliberate murder, and for highhanded indifference to this wholesale shattering of covenant commandment — for all this, you shall know now the kind of violence you have perpetrated on Uriah, and the same loss of sexual prerogatives which you inflicted upon him.

It was only because they wanted to be indemnified for the loss of their houses and worldly goods, which had been left behind in the hands of their enemies in Mecca, and because they wanted to put an end to the persecution and violence which the enemies were inflicting upon their brethren in Mecca that the Muslims tried several times, unsuccessfully, to intercept enemy caravans passing near Medina.

Maybe the Governor should focus on solutions that could actually have an impact, like banning the high - capacity magazines used to inflict horrific violence upon countless American cities, from Aurora to Newton.»

The accidental similarity, plain as day on paper, becomes even plainer on the screen: Minutes into the film, stage and cinema veteran Simon Axler (Al Pacino, himself a veteran of both Broadway and Hollywood) ambles out of his dressing room, the camera following close behind; gets locked out of the back entrance of the theater, and must come in through the front; and dramatically inflicts some violence upon himself before a shocked live audience.

First: How many of the rolls of duct tape sold in hardware stores each year are purchased for the express purpose of binding and / or gagging people so that violence may be inflicted upon them?

Essentially, the case is made that Tonya Harding is a victim of circumstance whether it be the domestic violence and verbal abuse inflicted upon by her mother and ex-husband or the mandate by the International Skating Union to undermine her competitively because of coming from a poor family.

Dana Schutz's painting, Open Casket (2016), is an unsettling image that speaks to the long - standing violence that has been inflicted upon African Americans.

Evidence of domestic violence inflicted by one parent upon the other or the child.