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We’re not totally surprised that when the New York state legislature decided to abolish the statute of limitations, it was going to lead to a number of stale allegations that are being revived, our position is that the statute is unconstitutional, because it revives claims that have been barred by the statute of limitation for a long time, and that it sets a very dangerous precedent, legally speaking, and not just in the context of old assaults. – Jennifer Bonjean	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Following the demonstration, the Rhode Island State Police and Providence Police Department received complaints of physical assaults that occurred during the demonstration. As the result of a joint investigation between the two agencies, a Providence Police Patrolman, identified as Jeann Lugo, age 35, was arrested on a State Police affidavit and arrest warrant on the charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct. – Rhode Island	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When the police are ordered to stand down and the arrests aren't made for vandalism all the way up through arson and serious assaults, I don't think it helps, i think it sends the wrong signal… And I think that I wouldn't call them protests -- I think there were legitimate protesters, but I also think there were thugs who were out to intimidate people. – Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
On Jan. 6, the defendants directed, mobilized, and led members of the crowd onto the Capitol grounds and into the Capitol, leading to dismantling of metal barricades, destruction of property, and assaults on law enforcement. – Justice Department	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think most people have this idea that homicides and assaults are the result of robberies gone bad, and there is a fair amount of that. But actually, a lot of the violence we're seeing during the spike…and that was there before the spike, as well, is really conflicts that develop between individuals. – Volkan Topalli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Unfortunately, the increase in homicides during the first month of 2022, including assaults on police officers and citizens is a sobering reminder that we must collectively strive for excellence as a community to combat our increasing crime challenges. – Sylvester Turner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What we are seeing on what appears to be a regular basis on the streets of Harris County has got to stop. It has got to stop. These are not assaults. These are not attacks. These are brutal, brutal murders, we have got to put an end to this. – Constable Ted Heap	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This guy felt emboldened, look what he does, he goes across state lines and kidnaps a kid with a learning disability and brings him back to Texas and sexually assaults him, that's not OK. People should be shocked by that. If that doesn't shock your conscience I don't know what will. – Justin Berry	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Any parent, regardless of our political views – Republican, Democrat, Independent – wants our kids to go to school and be safe, people are upset because Loudoun County covered up that they knew about sexual assaults and the question is, what else do we not know about? – Brandon Michon	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This spike in assaults on law enforcement officers comes at a time in which law enforcement is seemingly under attack on all fronts, activists have called for (some successfully) de-funding of police, while prosecutors in cities across America have made clear their intention to decriminalize everything from theft to prostitution. It’s hard to imagine the two trends are not closely related. – Jason Johnson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We will work with Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice, removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command, the President spoke with Secretary Austin about these issues and fully supports The President approach. – Lloyd Austin.Defense	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We will work with Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice, removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Sometimes protesters do not play by rules. Sometimes they want to destroy property. If a person gets trapped that has an opposing message there are assaults involved, i can't leave them to their own eventualities, we have to monitor those. Sometimes( protesters) block major intersections and block traffic... the fact we had to man all those protests, we couldn't leave them unattended, it took time from presence in neighborhoods. – Commissioner Hayden	Found on CNN 3 years ago
To see the disparity in the treatment of individuals... who have no respect for our nation's Capitol, vandalizing and actually committing assaults and they get to walk away unharmed and not even arrested, it's hurtful. – Miriam Carey	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Both leaders have implied that organized outsiders, including but not limited to anarchists, white supremacists, and gangs from other states, were behind the destruction and chaos in Minneapolis. POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS US CONDEMN OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE George Floyds DEATH The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests... The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished by the sheer scope and seemingly organized nature of the assaults. – Tim Walz	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We know that at least two women that came forward were lied to by the district attorney's office and told that they were outside of the criminal statute of limitations, we can compare the medical records of when they were abused with the date that the final plea was entered. The statute of limitations was still intact for those patients, but Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance made the decision to not prosecute Robert Hadden for those assaults. – Anthony DiPietro	Found on CNN 4 years ago
People might be surprised that although overdose was the most common cause of death, it's far from the only cause of death that people using opioids outside a prescription experience at excessive rates, smoking-related illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases are common. Trauma is another major factor. People are exposed to car accidents, assaults and other causes of injuries at greater than usual rates, and suicide is also much more common than in the broader population. – Sarah Larney	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Criminal mischief, swastikas, property damage are no different to us than robberies and assaults. They're all victimizing an entire community -- sometimes a world-wide community -- so not being able to get closure for that community is difficult for all of us here, our cases don't just victimize the victim. They victimize a group. – Mark Molinari	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Sexual assaults continue to increase dramatically while the number of cases going to trial goes down, the status quo is not working. – Kirsten Gillibrand	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
When someone assaults you and you think you are going to be raped, coming forward is a scary thing. – Kelli Tennant	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am deeply concerned with documents that have been turned over by HHS that record a high number of sexual assaults on unaccompanied children in the custody of the Office of Refugee and Resettlement. – Ted Deutch	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am deeply concerned with documents that have been turned over by HHS that record a high number of sexual assaults on unaccompanied children in the custody of the Office of Refugee and Refugee Resettlement, together, these documents detail an environment of systemic sexual assaults by staff on unaccompanied children. – Congressman Deutch	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Notably, Mr. McKelvey's email to WeWork's employees wholly ignores the specific allegations concerning the assaults, the fact that our client complained, a surreptitious photo taken of our client, etc. – Miguel McKelvey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I was deeply troubled to read the allegations contained in last month's Pennsylvania grand jury report, the report revealed that sexual assaults on children -- and efforts to cover up such assaults -- were far more widespread in Pennsylvania than we ever thought possible. – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal	Found on CNN 5 years ago

We’re not totally surprised that when the New York state legislature decided to abolish the statute of limitations, it was going to lead to a number of stale allegations that are being revived, our position is that the statute is unconstitutional, because it revives claims that have been barred by the statute of limitation for a long time, and that it sets a very dangerous precedent, legally speaking, and not just in the context of old assaults.

– Jennifer Bonjean

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Following the demonstration, the Rhode Island State Police and Providence Police Department received complaints of physical assaults that occurred during the demonstration. As the result of a joint investigation between the two agencies, a Providence Police Patrolman, identified as Jeann Lugo, age 35, was arrested on a State Police affidavit and arrest warrant on the charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct.

– Rhode Island

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When the police are ordered to stand down and the arrests aren't made for vandalism all the way up through arson and serious assaults, I don't think it helps, i think it sends the wrong signal… And I think that I wouldn't call them protests -- I think there were legitimate protesters, but I also think there were thugs who were out to intimidate people.

– Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

On Jan. 6, the defendants directed, mobilized, and led members of the crowd onto the Capitol grounds and into the Capitol, leading to dismantling of metal barricades, destruction of property, and assaults on law enforcement.

– Justice Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think most people have this idea that homicides and assaults are the result of robberies gone bad, and there is a fair amount of that. But actually, a lot of the violence we're seeing during the spike…and that was there before the spike, as well, is really conflicts that develop between individuals.

– Volkan Topalli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately, the increase in homicides during the first month of 2022, including assaults on police officers and citizens is a sobering reminder that we must collectively strive for excellence as a community to combat our increasing crime challenges.

– Sylvester Turner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What we are seeing on what appears to be a regular basis on the streets of Harris County has got to stop. It has got to stop. These are not assaults. These are not attacks. These are brutal, brutal murders, we have got to put an end to this.

– Constable Ted Heap

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This guy felt emboldened, look what he does, he goes across state lines and kidnaps a kid with a learning disability and brings him back to Texas and sexually assaults him, that's not OK. People should be shocked by that. If that doesn't shock your conscience I don't know what will.

– Justin Berry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Any parent, regardless of our political views – Republican, Democrat, Independent – wants our kids to go to school and be safe, people are upset because Loudoun County covered up that they knew about sexual assaults and the question is, what else do we not know about?

– Brandon Michon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This spike in assaults on law enforcement officers comes at a time in which law enforcement is seemingly under attack on all fronts, activists have called for (some successfully) de-funding of police, while prosecutors in cities across America have made clear their intention to decriminalize everything from theft to prostitution. It’s hard to imagine the two trends are not closely related.

– Jason Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will work with Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice, removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command, the President spoke with Secretary Austin about these issues and fully supports The President approach.

– Lloyd Austin.Defense

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We will work with Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice, removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Sometimes protesters do not play by rules. Sometimes they want to destroy property. If a person gets trapped that has an opposing message there are assaults involved, i can't leave them to their own eventualities, we have to monitor those. Sometimes( protesters) block major intersections and block traffic... the fact we had to man all those protests, we couldn't leave them unattended, it took time from presence in neighborhoods.

– Commissioner Hayden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

To see the disparity in the treatment of individuals... who have no respect for our nation's Capitol, vandalizing and actually committing assaults and they get to walk away unharmed and not even arrested, it's hurtful.

– Miriam Carey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Both leaders have implied that organized outsiders, including but not limited to anarchists, white supremacists, and gangs from other states, were behind the destruction and chaos in Minneapolis. POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS US CONDEMN OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE George Floyds DEATH The sheer number of rioters has made it impossible to make coherent arrests... The capacity to be able to do offensive action was greatly diminished by the sheer scope and seemingly organized nature of the assaults.

– Tim Walz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We know that at least two women that came forward were lied to by the district attorney's office and told that they were outside of the criminal statute of limitations, we can compare the medical records of when they were abused with the date that the final plea was entered. The statute of limitations was still intact for those patients, but Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance made the decision to not prosecute Robert Hadden for those assaults.

– Anthony DiPietro

Found on CNN
4 years ago

People might be surprised that although overdose was the most common cause of death, it's far from the only cause of death that people using opioids outside a prescription experience at excessive rates, smoking-related illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases are common. Trauma is another major factor. People are exposed to car accidents, assaults and other causes of injuries at greater than usual rates, and suicide is also much more common than in the broader population.

– Sarah Larney

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Criminal mischief, swastikas, property damage are no different to us than robberies and assaults. They're all victimizing an entire community -- sometimes a world-wide community -- so not being able to get closure for that community is difficult for all of us here, our cases don't just victimize the victim. They victimize a group.

– Mark Molinari

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Sexual assaults continue to increase dramatically while the number of cases going to trial goes down, the status quo is not working.

– Kirsten Gillibrand

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

When someone assaults you and you think you are going to be raped, coming forward is a scary thing.

– Kelli Tennant

Found on CNN
5 years ago

– Ted Deutch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am deeply concerned with documents that have been turned over by HHS that record a high number of sexual assaults on unaccompanied children in the custody of the Office of Refugee and Refugee Resettlement, together, these documents detail an environment of systemic sexual assaults by staff on unaccompanied children.

– Congressman Deutch

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Notably, Mr. McKelvey's email to WeWork's employees wholly ignores the specific allegations concerning the assaults, the fact that our client complained, a surreptitious photo taken of our client, etc.

– Miguel McKelvey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was deeply troubled to read the allegations contained in last month's Pennsylvania grand jury report, the report revealed that sexual assaults on children -- and efforts to cover up such assaults -- were far more widespread in Pennsylvania than we ever thought possible.

– Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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