Sentences with phrase «with police violence»

Peaceful grassroots protests for racial equality were met with police violence, as when, in April, high pressure hoses and dogs were turned on students in Birmingham, Alabama.

At the bank last fall, Mr. Ligon showed his neon text piece titled «A Small Band» and spelling the words «blues, blood, bruise,» which resonated more immediately in a neighborhood struggling with police violence than it might have at its debut in 2015 at the Venice Biennale.

I don't really buy the «Hollywood coastal elites» stereotype, if only because everyone in Hollywood is from everywhere else, but I do wonder how many of these voting groups are thinking about it as a depiction of a place that's fraught with controversy, both with police violence in Ferguson and controversies about tearing down Confederate statues.

Robbert Woltering discussed Egyptian football supporters, the «ultras», whose participation in the revolution emerged out of frustration with police violence and politicisation over Palestine and the killing of Khaled Said.

Spain are currently going through a difficult period of time with the recent issues involving the Catalan referendum which resulted with police violence, and Gerard Pique being booed by his own fans.

«We are fed up with police violence, racism, intolerance and injustice that passed down from generation to generation,» it posted as part of a post about the march for Freddie Gray.

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In an email to staffers later published on Twitter, Pichai denounced extremist violence: «Specific to Barcelona, our security team has helped several Googlers on the ground get to safety, and everyone we've heard from so far is safe,» the executive said, noting that the company has activated an SOS alert for those in the city, with news, a map, and local updates from the police.

This is the protesters» objective: to stay in place, blocking the road, with as few arrests as possible, or to force the police to resort to violence for their removal.

«And with the money, these men are bribing more police, buying more weapons and causing more violence.»

Smith says less - lethal weapons like stun guns could help police diffuse a tense situation without escalating violence, and keep a suspect alive, without endangering bystanders with gunfire.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

Even with 400,000 attendees, zero reports of violence were made to the police during or after the festival, and with two babies reportedly born on the premises, it certainly was a weekend of peace, love, and music.

Nor did the twins personally deal with street - level dealers — a popular misconception reinforced by police and drug enforcement officials, who often link the cartels to the city's gangs and the deadly violence they perpetrate.

Previously she worked with the Edmonton Police force working with children and women to alleviate domestic violence and assist victims with drug abuse.

But for all the ways Straight Outta Compton grapples with the outcry around the violence in N.W.A.'s lyrics — showing tense press conferences and even a riot allegedly sparked by «Fuck Tha Police» — it's a shame that the misogynist lyrics, and the behavior that went with them, are ignored entirely.

In New York City, robberies (which typically involve a threat of violence) of Apple products dropped 19 percent and grand larcenies of Apple products dropped 29 percent in the first five months of 2014, compared with the same time period from 2013, according to a report from the New York attorney general's office, which included data from the New York City Police Department.

We can and should do everything we can to improve police practice, discourage racial stereotypes, and prevent any equation of black skin with violence and crime.

But I don't think we live in such a time, at least not with respect to the sadly familiar patterns of crime and police violence when it comes to race.

The commission recommended that the United States «integrate concern for religious freedom into bilateral contacts with India... and encourage the strengthening of the capacity of state and central police to implement effective measures to prohibit and punish cases of religious violence.»

These nihilists tried to provoke police violence with gunfire and by hurling Molotov cocktails and bottles of urine.

His opposition to violence seems to have increased, but he agreed with the need for an armed police force in an independent India, although he hoped for a State where eventually a police force would not be necessary.

if not — then they win — for you too employ violent jihad to enact a change to non-violence (you do if you expect the USA to come to your rescue — because that is what would happen in USA — police / military / and / or militia would solve the probelm — with violence).

The British Crime Survey found that only 10 per cent of male victims of domestic violence had told the police, compared with 29 per cent of women».

I observed that young black males attract the «special attention» of law enforcement, and that any population focused on by people with guns — even law enforcers — will suffer a disproportionate amount of police violence.

Trump has been highly critical of the Black Lives Matter movement, denouncing them on several occasions for «inciting» violence toward police and routinely rebuking the movement with the phrase «All Lives Matter.»

One thing that we must all hope for is that the Villa and Blues fans will keep their emotions in check a bit more in this season's matches, as the second City Derby has been known to escalate into some really bloody and nasty affairs with significant outbreaks of fan violence during which fans and members of the police were known to experience serious injuries.

On July 9, four members of the Minnesota Lynx — a dynasty on par with the Warriors — held a pre-game press conference to talk about police violence in the wake of the killing of Philando Castile by a Minneapolis - area officer and Alton Sterling by two Baton Rouge, Louisiana, officers.

A police spokesman said: «Jason Puncheon, 31, of Kingswood, has been charged with a Section 4 public order offence - causing fear or provocation of violence, possession of an offensive weapon and common assault.»

Besides letting off a barrage of flares, thus forcing the referee to interrupt the game in the second - half, some thirty individuals, all masked and wearing white overalls, stormed the pitch at the final whistle to fight with stewards, police and home supporters and following this bout of Clockwork Orange violence, the DFB surely will get tough.

Apart from the flurry of goals on the pitch, the night was also marked with reports of police violence targeting the travelling Liverpool fans.

I quickly snapped a picture of the license plate with my iPhone and called the police to report the domestic violence I'd just witnessed.

Theresa May, home secretary, voices her support for the Metropolitan police for their efforts to deal with Saturday's violence.

Indeed, witnesses quoted all deny that the police were met with violence.

Several protests, led by the Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) which advocates for fair elections and a new voters registry, ended in violence when police shot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the crowd, beat protesters with horsewhips and batons, and arrested those who did not disperse.

More tragically, they posted videos of people killed by police only minutes after the president declared that the government would no longer respond with violence, including one of a young woman shot in the head as she came back from the market with a carton of milk — she had wrongly trusted that it was safe to go out.

The home secretary has endured a bruising war of words with senior policemen in recent days, after she took credit for flooding London with police after last Monday's violence.

DA or police have a choice to press charges / arrest, other then some states being specific with certain crimes were it is required, like domestic violence.

The failure to contain violence across London is putting the Metropolitan police under intense pressure, as it struggles to deal with rioting and disorder.

Protests in Ukraine began late last year with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians taking to the streets to rally against corruption and police violence in the country.

There was a violence, which with respect, there is at every demo at some stage or another — be that by the demonstrators or the police.

Elsewhere in the security services, after Police Commissioner Hussein Ali was indicted by the ICC for initiating violence in the 2007/8, Kibaki replaced him with Mathew Iteere, former General Service Unit Commandant, in September 2009.

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is urging the police to be resolute in dealing with election - related violence that has the tendency to mar the country's peace.

We partner with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to place one domestic violence victim advocate and one crime victim advocate in every precinct in New York City by the end of 2018.

«The Kwara State government is backing the State Police Command and other security agencies to apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators of the acts of violence with a view to bringing them to justice,» he said.

That is a problem with simple «reported crime» stats, which go up when for example the police make greater efforts to record domestic violence, and go down when people just don't bother in the example which you give.

Police said that in addition to using extreme violence and being protected by forces with heavy caliber weapons, da Rocha changed his face.

Higgins said he particularly wants to hear from members of law enforcement, because they deal with gun violence regularly, and lawmakers have yet to have police agencies talk about the approach they feel would best solve the current issues.

Hopkins, who is gay, said he wants police to crack down on the violence with the same diligence whether or not the perpetrators are LGBT people, because he fears that turning a blind eye to LGBT - driven violence could hurt the ongoing struggle for gay equality.

Keith's leadership has ensured that New York leads the nation.We were the first state to dedicate a month to gun violence awareness, we've raised the minimum wage, and are leading the way with the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate when police officers are involved in the deaths of unarmed civilians.

The Kwara Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of five persons in connection with violence that erupted among suspected Cult members at Agaka area of llorin, the Kwara capital.