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During the review period, no Commanding General or subordinate echelon commander chose to intervene proactively and mitigate known risks of high crime, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The result was a pervasive lack of confidence in the SHARP Program and an unacceptable lack of knowledge of core SHARP components regarding reporting and certain victim services. – Fort Hood	Found on CNN 3 years ago
COVID-19 has made one thing undeniable : We must safeguard the Affordable Care Act — lives depend on it, as if on cue, the Trump Administration cavalierly continues its march to dismantle the ACA and strip Americans of their health care. We will do everything we can to defeat this unprecedented assault on a critical federal law by a sitting president. – Xavier Becerra	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I would ask that we focus on reminding the community that the mural is there to bring the community together and bring awareness to sexual assault, sexual harassment and its prevention, our community has already been damaged by the loss of one too many soldiers. We ask that we collectively take care of the mural as we honor our service members who live in that silent combat. – Analuisa Tapia	Found on CNN 3 years ago
What happened last night was not a peaceful protest, a mob tried to physically assault, and in my opinion, tried to kill us. These individuals do not care about justice. They do not care about law and order. I do not know what these people care about, but they do not care about human lives. – Juliet Germanotta	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Anytime a law enforcement officer is assaulted I would agree that really is an assault on the state of Tennessee and all of our people, because that officer is really out there to protect and serve us. From whenever these bills are signed by the governor or go into law... every officer can be certain they will be protected more than they are right now. – William Lamberth	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The unit sexual assault response coordinator has been working closely with Sgt. Elder Fernandes, ensuring he was aware of all his reporting, care, and victim advocacy options, the unit also facilitated his transfer from a unit who has recently deployed to a different unit within the brigade to ensure he received the proper care and ensure there were no opportunities for reprisals. – Chris Brautigam	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I am charging Mr. Rogers with the strongest form of assault and hate crimes permitted under Virginia law, ...I will not tolerate this violence in Henrico. I have no doubt Mr. Rogers was motivated by bigotry and racism and should be severely punished for his egregious criminal behavior. – Shannon Taylor	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
These women are victims of an escalating crackdown on the right to freedom of expression and criminalization of dissent. Instead of persecuting them, the Zimbabwean authorities should focus their efforts on holding those suspected to be responsible for their horrifying abduction, torture and sexual assault to account. – Muleya Mwananyanda	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Its also an assault on our democracy. – Glenn Kessler	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are under assault, order needs to be restored. – Tim Walz	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Some allies of President Trump pointed Monday to new claims by a woman who said she was told about sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden decades ago, renewing attention to questions about the past behavior of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. – The Post	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Subject-1 disclosed that she was the victim of a sexual assault which was committed by Subject-2 in 1993. – Tara Reade	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Understandably, there's a lot of fear in the industry about speaking out about abuse, whether it's economic issues, or sexual harassment or assault and at the moment there really aren't proper channels for filing complaints and a lot of people don't even know their rights. – Sara Ziff	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think that that's what sexual assault also looks like in the 21st century, with phones, like, no, physically, someone's not touching you and doing something, but they're taking your physical body and doing whatever they want to it, or with it. – Emily Tuttle	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I recognize that NDAs, particularly when they are used in the context of sexual harassment and sexual assault, promote a culture of silence in the workplace and contribute to a culture of women not feeling safe or supported, it is imperative that when problems occur, workplaces not only address the specific incidents, but the culture and practices that led to those incidents. And then leaders must act. – Michael Bloomberg	Found on CNN 4 years ago
JEHOVAHS WITNESSES IN RUSSIA CLAIM THEY WERE CHOKED, TASERED BY AUTHORITIES Last week in Yagha province where Sundays assault occurred -- a retired pastor was killed and another pastor was abducted by gunmen, according to an internal security report for aid workers seen by The Associated Press. More than 1,300 civilians were killed in targeted attacks last year in Burkina Faso, more than seven times the previous year, said the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, which collects and analyzes conflict information. The insecurity has created a humanitarian crisis. More than 760,000 people are internally displaced, the government adds. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In Sundays violence, the gunmen also injured 18 others, looted oil and rice from shops and forced three youth they kidnapped to help transport it on their motorbikes, according to Sihanri Osangola Brigadie, the mayor of Boundore commune. It hurt me when I saw the people. – Sihanri Osangola Brigadie	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This was not the outcome we wanted, but they can rest assured that they will hear from us, from advocates and from everyday Virginians in the intervening months about why we need to ban assault weapons in Virginia Beach, in the meantime, Judiciary Committee and Virginia Senate must swiftly pass the remaining seven, common-sense gun violence prevention laws before them. We need the action that voters demanded in November. – Brady President Kris Brown	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The language of the complaint, which deliberately misgenders transgender youth and demands that high school athletics be organized by chromosomes, is an assault on the basic dignity and humanity of our transgender people. – Chase Strangio with the ACLU	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What he did was not 'perfect,' no, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security and our fundamental values. Corrupting an election to keep one's self in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine. – Republican Senator Mitt Romney	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Pistols are different. You have to pull the trigger each time. An assault weapon, you basically hold the trigger, it goes [ and fires continuously ]. – Simpson Kemp	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Harvey Weinsteins sex assault trial's not how Harvey Weinsteins sex assault trial went down. – Harvey Weinsteins	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If there are witnesses who can testify that the behavior of the complainant after the alleged sexual assault was inconsistent with someone who had been assaulted, that could be very powerful. – Daniel Hochheiser	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
People should have guns, pistols, revolvers in their home for their protection if they feel its necessary. But, assault weapons do not belong in a municipality, assault weapons are for purposes of war powers. – Ral Valds-Fauli	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
My experience with the sexual assault and all that happened afterwards is such a powerful and upsetting example of the truth that women are living with every day. And I just happen to be able to have a platform to talk about it. – Andrew Yang	Found on CNN 4 years ago

During the review period, no Commanding General or subordinate echelon commander chose to intervene proactively and mitigate known risks of high crime, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The result was a pervasive lack of confidence in the SHARP Program and an unacceptable lack of knowledge of core SHARP components regarding reporting and certain victim services.

– Fort Hood

Found on CNN
3 years ago

COVID-19 has made one thing undeniable : We must safeguard the Affordable Care Act — lives depend on it, as if on cue, the Trump Administration cavalierly continues its march to dismantle the ACA and strip Americans of their health care. We will do everything we can to defeat this unprecedented assault on a critical federal law by a sitting president.

– Xavier Becerra

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I would ask that we focus on reminding the community that the mural is there to bring the community together and bring awareness to sexual assault, sexual harassment and its prevention, our community has already been damaged by the loss of one too many soldiers. We ask that we collectively take care of the mural as we honor our service members who live in that silent combat.

– Analuisa Tapia

Found on CNN
3 years ago

What happened last night was not a peaceful protest, a mob tried to physically assault, and in my opinion, tried to kill us. These individuals do not care about justice. They do not care about law and order. I do not know what these people care about, but they do not care about human lives.

– Juliet Germanotta

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Anytime a law enforcement officer is assaulted I would agree that really is an assault on the state of Tennessee and all of our people, because that officer is really out there to protect and serve us. From whenever these bills are signed by the governor or go into law... every officer can be certain they will be protected more than they are right now.

– William Lamberth

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The unit sexual assault response coordinator has been working closely with Sgt. Elder Fernandes, ensuring he was aware of all his reporting, care, and victim advocacy options, the unit also facilitated his transfer from a unit who has recently deployed to a different unit within the brigade to ensure he received the proper care and ensure there were no opportunities for reprisals.

– Chris Brautigam

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I am charging Mr. Rogers with the strongest form of assault and hate crimes permitted under Virginia law, ...I will not tolerate this violence in Henrico. I have no doubt Mr. Rogers was motivated by bigotry and racism and should be severely punished for his egregious criminal behavior.

– Shannon Taylor

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

These women are victims of an escalating crackdown on the right to freedom of expression and criminalization of dissent. Instead of persecuting them, the Zimbabwean authorities should focus their efforts on holding those suspected to be responsible for their horrifying abduction, torture and sexual assault to account.

– Muleya Mwananyanda

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Its also an assault on our democracy.

– Glenn Kessler

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are under assault, order needs to be restored.

– Tim Walz

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Some allies of President Trump pointed Monday to new claims by a woman who said she was told about sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden decades ago, renewing attention to questions about the past behavior of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

– The Post

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Subject-1 disclosed that she was the victim of a sexual assault which was committed by Subject-2 in 1993.

– Tara Reade

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Understandably, there's a lot of fear in the industry about speaking out about abuse, whether it's economic issues, or sexual harassment or assault and at the moment there really aren't proper channels for filing complaints and a lot of people don't even know their rights.

– Sara Ziff

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think that that's what sexual assault also looks like in the 21st century, with phones, like, no, physically, someone's not touching you and doing something, but they're taking your physical body and doing whatever they want to it, or with it.

– Emily Tuttle

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I recognize that NDAs, particularly when they are used in the context of sexual harassment and sexual assault, promote a culture of silence in the workplace and contribute to a culture of women not feeling safe or supported, it is imperative that when problems occur, workplaces not only address the specific incidents, but the culture and practices that led to those incidents. And then leaders must act.

– Michael Bloomberg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

JEHOVAHS WITNESSES IN RUSSIA CLAIM THEY WERE CHOKED, TASERED BY AUTHORITIES Last week in Yagha province where Sundays assault occurred -- a retired pastor was killed and another pastor was abducted by gunmen, according to an internal security report for aid workers seen by The Associated Press. More than 1,300 civilians were killed in targeted attacks last year in Burkina Faso, more than seven times the previous year, said the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, which collects and analyzes conflict information. The insecurity has created a humanitarian crisis. More than 760,000 people are internally displaced, the government adds. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In Sundays violence, the gunmen also injured 18 others, looted oil and rice from shops and forced three youth they kidnapped to help transport it on their motorbikes, according to Sihanri Osangola Brigadie, the mayor of Boundore commune. It hurt me when I saw the people.

– Sihanri Osangola Brigadie

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

This was not the outcome we wanted, but they can rest assured that they will hear from us, from advocates and from everyday Virginians in the intervening months about why we need to ban assault weapons in Virginia Beach, in the meantime, Judiciary Committee and Virginia Senate must swiftly pass the remaining seven, common-sense gun violence prevention laws before them. We need the action that voters demanded in November.

– Brady President Kris Brown

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The language of the complaint, which deliberately misgenders transgender youth and demands that high school athletics be organized by chromosomes, is an assault on the basic dignity and humanity of our transgender people.

– Chase Strangio with the ACLU

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What he did was not 'perfect,' no, it was a flagrant assault on our electoral rights, our national security and our fundamental values. Corrupting an election to keep one's self in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one's oath of office that I can imagine.

– Republican Senator Mitt Romney

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Pistols are different. You have to pull the trigger each time. An assault weapon, you basically hold the trigger, it goes [ and fires continuously ].

– Simpson Kemp

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Harvey Weinsteins sex assault trial's not how Harvey Weinsteins sex assault trial went down.

– Harvey Weinsteins

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If there are witnesses who can testify that the behavior of the complainant after the alleged sexual assault was inconsistent with someone who had been assaulted, that could be very powerful.

– Daniel Hochheiser

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People should have guns, pistols, revolvers in their home for their protection if they feel its necessary. But, assault weapons do not belong in a municipality, assault weapons are for purposes of war powers.

– Ral Valds-Fauli

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

My experience with the sexual assault and all that happened afterwards is such a powerful and upsetting example of the truth that women are living with every day. And I just happen to be able to have a platform to talk about it.

– Andrew Yang

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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