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During the depositions, Cosby gives very incriminating and damaging statements. Then, there's a new DA and that person decides to prosecute the case, after the new DA takes over and during the prosecution, the DA uses those very damaging statements that Cosby made during his civil deposition… so what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially said was, 'Look, you can't do this.' Even though there was no formal immunity, Cosby reasonably relied on that statement declining prosecution when he gave his deposition in the civil case, which is why he was so open. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There was a district attorney in Pennsylvania who declined to prosecute Cosby, castor made a very public statement saying that we're not going to prosecute Bill Cosby because of insufficient evidence. Relying on that statement, Cosby and in a subsequent civil case, not a criminal case, was unable to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. – Neama Rahmani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized, that should be a concern for the world. – Austin Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The structure of our party politics now is more like the 19th century than the 20th, we are not going to have a regionally based civil war, the way they did in the 1860s. But it seems naive to expect that the way out of the present situation is going to be with the significant bipartisan cooperation of leadership in the two political parties. ... We can't even get the two political parties to agree to investigate a violent assault on the Capitol building itself. – Richard Primus	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They weren't like Joe Manchin. They didn't give a damn if was bipartisan or not, they just said,' We are in control, we are the party of the Union, we are the party of emancipation, the Democrats are the party of treason, they are the party of secession... of racism, and we don't care... if they vote for it or not.' It just reinforced their feeling that the Democrats were out of touch and didn't respect the results of the Civil War. – Eric Foner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
People can join hands with the sculpture so they can hold hands and be part of Marian's legacy, and continue Marian Spencer civil rights fight. – Tom Tsuchiya	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Today was touching and I am so happy, it was amazing to include Lulu Merle Johnson's family in the recognition. I look forward to taking students to Gravity for the annual civil rights trip so they can learn more about her legacy. – Royceann Porter	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They were making the same arguments on civil rights in the ‘60s when they said, well, I don’t have to let anyone stop at my gas station or my hotel or my restaurant, or ride where they choose on the bus – it's my bus, and we said, ‘No, you have to have some reasonable public accommodation.’. – Warren Davidson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think it is a joint responsibility between Taiwan and China to have a peaceful and civil relation between the two sides, and also for a dialogue to take place, people here in Taiwan want peace, and that is what the government of Taiwan wants as well. – Joseph Wu	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The city of civil rights is the city of injustice right now, when it comes to these cases. – Chris Stewart	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are taking on this complex and evolving domestic terrorism threat landscape with an approach that honors and protects both America’s security and America’s values, especially our cherished civil rights and civil liberties. – The NSC	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Let's remember that Nicaragua is a country that went through a very painful civil war that destroyed the nation. More than 50,000 people died. Some people would like to say that with regimes like these are bound to end with violence, and that's precisely what we don't want. We don't want any more bloodshed. – Berta Valle	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Mike Nearman took credit for Mike Nearman principles without taking responsibility for the consequences of Mike Nearman actions, mike Nearman did not choose to advance peaceful protest or engage in civil disobedience. Mike Nearman plan to let people into Oregon State Capitol ended with violence, property destruction and injured cops. This disregard for the rule of law leads us deeper into civil unrest and division. If we want to turn our state around we must hold ourselves to a higher standard as we work to lead and serve the greater good. – Christine Drazan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I want to say to Senator Manchin: If you can't bring this bill to the floor and support transformational reform and the most sweeping civil rights bill in 50 years, then what the hell is the Senate for? – Matt Keller	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Qualified immunity does not absolve law enforcement from extreme had behavior, it protects them from frivolous civil lawsuits. – Glenn Youngkin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is not a conflict between two states. This is not a civil war. It is a conflict where one country, funded and supported by the United States government, continues an illegal military occupation over another group of people. – Ilhan Omar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was a very different world, and there is room for us to do an awful lot with a new executive order. That is an effort that is underway, our goal remains that we are at, we're focused on promoting accountability for those individuals and entities who are responsible for, or are complicit in the regime's of violent repression of civil society and for those human rights abuses. So we will continue to bring new authorities and new tools of pressure to bear. – Julie Fisher	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The dynamic is the jihadists come in, they overpower the civil defence post and engage in collective punishment against the rest of the village -- it's a pattern we've seen everywhere this year. – Corinne Dufka	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We've also seen, in times of civil unrest, that we see people go out and say that they need to protect themselves. – Jack McDevitt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The US generally is not The US, but The US's what people see, we've also seen, in times of civil unrest, that we see people go out and say that they need to protect themselves. – Jack McDevitt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The use of this technology is invasive, intrusive, racially biased and full of risks to fundamental civil liberties. I am proud to sponsor this ban which is supported by local community groups, public defenders, immigrants' rights advocates, racial justice organizations, workers' rights groups, privacy advocates, and technologists. – Dave Upthegrove	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Despite 20 hours of all-out efforts by Civil and Naval Military Rescue Teams, the rescue operation of the Khark training support vessel was ineffective due to the spread of fire in different parts. – Fars News	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are pleased to say that the statues and the bodies of the general and Civil War-related wife will be placed somewhere that that will be honored and respected as all American veterans and citizens should be respected. – Donnie Kennedy	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It doesn't have to be one against the other, we all want better policing, this is an American issue, this isn't a police issue or a civil rights issue. – Benjamin Crump	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

During the depositions, Cosby gives very incriminating and damaging statements. Then, there's a new DA and that person decides to prosecute the case, after the new DA takes over and during the prosecution, the DA uses those very damaging statements that Cosby made during his civil deposition… so what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court essentially said was, 'Look, you can't do this.' Even though there was no formal immunity, Cosby reasonably relied on that statement declining prosecution when he gave his deposition in the civil case, which is why he was so open.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There was a district attorney in Pennsylvania who declined to prosecute Cosby, castor made a very public statement saying that we're not going to prosecute Bill Cosby because of insufficient evidence. Relying on that statement, Cosby and in a subsequent civil case, not a criminal case, was unable to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

– Neama Rahmani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized, that should be a concern for the world.

– Austin Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The structure of our party politics now is more like the 19th century than the 20th, we are not going to have a regionally based civil war, the way they did in the 1860s. But it seems naive to expect that the way out of the present situation is going to be with the significant bipartisan cooperation of leadership in the two political parties. ... We can't even get the two political parties to agree to investigate a violent assault on the Capitol building itself.

– Richard Primus

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They weren't like Joe Manchin. They didn't give a damn if was bipartisan or not, they just said,' We are in control, we are the party of the Union, we are the party of emancipation, the Democrats are the party of treason, they are the party of secession... of racism, and we don't care... if they vote for it or not.' It just reinforced their feeling that the Democrats were out of touch and didn't respect the results of the Civil War.

– Eric Foner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

People can join hands with the sculpture so they can hold hands and be part of Marian's legacy, and continue Marian Spencer civil rights fight.

– Tom Tsuchiya

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today was touching and I am so happy, it was amazing to include Lulu Merle Johnson's family in the recognition. I look forward to taking students to Gravity for the annual civil rights trip so they can learn more about her legacy.

– Royceann Porter

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They were making the same arguments on civil rights in the ‘60s when they said, well, I don’t have to let anyone stop at my gas station or my hotel or my restaurant, or ride where they choose on the bus – it's my bus, and we said, ‘No, you have to have some reasonable public accommodation.’.

– Warren Davidson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it is a joint responsibility between Taiwan and China to have a peaceful and civil relation between the two sides, and also for a dialogue to take place, people here in Taiwan want peace, and that is what the government of Taiwan wants as well.

– Joseph Wu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The city of civil rights is the city of injustice right now, when it comes to these cases.

– Chris Stewart

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are taking on this complex and evolving domestic terrorism threat landscape with an approach that honors and protects both America’s security and America’s values, especially our cherished civil rights and civil liberties.

– The NSC

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let's remember that Nicaragua is a country that went through a very painful civil war that destroyed the nation. More than 50,000 people died. Some people would like to say that with regimes like these are bound to end with violence, and that's precisely what we don't want. We don't want any more bloodshed.

– Berta Valle

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mike Nearman took credit for Mike Nearman principles without taking responsibility for the consequences of Mike Nearman actions, mike Nearman did not choose to advance peaceful protest or engage in civil disobedience. Mike Nearman plan to let people into Oregon State Capitol ended with violence, property destruction and injured cops. This disregard for the rule of law leads us deeper into civil unrest and division. If we want to turn our state around we must hold ourselves to a higher standard as we work to lead and serve the greater good.

– Christine Drazan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I want to say to Senator Manchin: If you can't bring this bill to the floor and support transformational reform and the most sweeping civil rights bill in 50 years, then what the hell is the Senate for?

– Matt Keller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Qualified immunity does not absolve law enforcement from extreme had behavior, it protects them from frivolous civil lawsuits.

– Glenn Youngkin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is not a conflict between two states. This is not a civil war. It is a conflict where one country, funded and supported by the United States government, continues an illegal military occupation over another group of people.

– Ilhan Omar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was a very different world, and there is room for us to do an awful lot with a new executive order. That is an effort that is underway, our goal remains that we are at, we're focused on promoting accountability for those individuals and entities who are responsible for, or are complicit in the regime's of violent repression of civil society and for those human rights abuses. So we will continue to bring new authorities and new tools of pressure to bear.

– Julie Fisher

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The dynamic is the jihadists come in, they overpower the civil defence post and engage in collective punishment against the rest of the village -- it's a pattern we've seen everywhere this year.

– Corinne Dufka

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We've also seen, in times of civil unrest, that we see people go out and say that they need to protect themselves.

– Jack McDevitt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The US generally is not The US, but The US's what people see, we've also seen, in times of civil unrest, that we see people go out and say that they need to protect themselves.

– Jack McDevitt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The use of this technology is invasive, intrusive, racially biased and full of risks to fundamental civil liberties. I am proud to sponsor this ban which is supported by local community groups, public defenders, immigrants' rights advocates, racial justice organizations, workers' rights groups, privacy advocates, and technologists.

– Dave Upthegrove

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Despite 20 hours of all-out efforts by Civil and Naval Military Rescue Teams, the rescue operation of the Khark training support vessel was ineffective due to the spread of fire in different parts.

– Fars News

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are pleased to say that the statues and the bodies of the general and Civil War-related wife will be placed somewhere that that will be honored and respected as all American veterans and citizens should be respected.

– Donnie Kennedy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It doesn't have to be one against the other, we all want better policing, this is an American issue, this isn't a police issue or a civil rights issue.

– Benjamin Crump

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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