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Of course, they give the general political statement ‘nonviolent.’ But we saw what non-violent does in Kenosha. We saw what non-violent releases do across the country with this ‘woke’ system, it’s disgusting. – Mike Dominguez	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We rely on officers to follow their training and to deescalate situations; instead, in just eight minutes, Officer Cha elevated a nonviolent encounter to one that took Sean Moore’s life. Sean Moore was unarmed and at his own home when Officer Cha shot him twice. – Chesa Boudin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
During the civil rights movement, churches were essential for organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to reach into rural communities and inspire local activists, the Black ministers of today are employing many of the same tactics of religious leaders in the past. – Keisha Blain	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Remember the final words left to us by your late Congressman, the vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it. – President Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Earning additional credits can move up parole consideration of people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have served the full-term of the sentence for their primary offense, and who demonstrate that their release to the community would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community. – California Department	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In June, these were nonviolent protesters, racially mixed, a lot of young people fueled by the Black Lives Matter movement, those outraged by the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed under the knee of a White police officer in Minnesota. There was no violence there ... And the Biden White House has made it clear that they think that the threat posed by domestic terrorism is equal to that posed by international terror groups like ISIS, which is such a sobering thought that fellow Americans could be perceived as such a dangerous threat to their countrymen and women. – An AP reporter	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct is unacceptable in St. Louis. – Kimberly Gardner	Found on CNN 3 years ago
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Krasner has said he would respond to the coronavirus outbreak by seeking the release of people charged with nonviolent offenses and misdemeanors and asked police to consider the prospect of prison overcrowding when pressing charges. Earlier this week, Philadelphia District Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw clarified a previous statement on a temporary policy regarding delayed arrests for nonviolent crimes during the pandemic. Persons who commit certain nonviolent offenses will be arrested at the scene. Once their identity has been confirmedthey will be released and processed via arrest warrant. – Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We feel it is misguided and harmful for The Democratic-led House to unilaterally declare a broad range of nonviolent campus criticism of Israel to be anti-Semitic, especially at a time when the prime driver of anti-Semitism in this country is the xenophobic, white nationalist far-right. – Yisrael Katz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Good intentions sometimes have nothing to do with actual consequences, we were told that this would only allow low-level, nonviolent criminals to go free. I didnt believe it, and I didnt believe it because I read the bill. And now we find out that in the first traunch of prisoners let free, 500 committed weapons or explosive crimes, 250 committed sex crimes, I think there were 60 or 70 that were guilty of homicide or aggravated assault. And those are not low-level, nonviolent criminals. – John Sen. Kennedy	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
On June 18, we plan to carry out nonviolent direct action to ensure Heathrow Authorities close the airport for the day, to create a 'pause' in recognition of the genocidal impact of high carbon activities, such as flying, upon the natural world, this is not about targeting the public, but holding the Government to their duty to take leadership on the climate and ecological emergency. – Extinction Rebellion	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
After its theft of Palestinian land and culture, Israel is now trying to appropriate a symbol of our nonviolent resistance, this desperate and crude propaganda is straight out of apartheid South Africa's playbook. – Alia Malak	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If you think about a decision that you’ve made in your life and you get life without the possibility of parole for your first-time nonviolent offense, there’s just something so wrong with that. – Kardashian West	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Proposition 47 downgraded a variety of ‘non-serious, nonviolent crimes’ that had previously been considered felonies to misdemeanors…. A thief may now steal something under (a $950 limit) on a daily basis and it will never rise to felony status.… In the event that a perpetrator is pursued and apprehended, the consequence can be a small fine or a brief stay in jail. In reality, these repercussions are rare, outrage in these circumstances is apolitical…. ‘Every bicycle in our building has been stolen,’ says Karen Burns, president of a San Francisco condo association. ‘I’ve caught so many people stealing packages. They don’t care. They know nothing will happen to them. It’s crazy. It’s horrible. I feel like these people need to go to jail.’. – National Review	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results. – Michael Kugelman	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We have to practice nonviolent conflict resolution every day, and I think we're trying to do that. – Davis Mayor Robb Davis	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I never saw him. I never met him, i was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed (the) voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President (Bill) Clinton. – Democratic Rep. John Lewis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I never saw him. I never met him, i was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed to voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton. – John Lewis	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana, therefore, we need more states, cities, and the federal government to begin to address this so that we don't have this terrible result that Senator Sanders was talking about where we have a huge population in our prisons for nonviolent, low-level offenses that are primarily due to marijuana. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If we as a society aren't willing to deal honestly with issue of race, then we can't just expect police departments to solve these problems, if communities are being isolated and segregated, without opportunity and without investment and without jobs -- if we politicians are simply ramping up long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes that end up devastating communities, we can't then ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no able-bodied men in the community, or kids are growing up without intact households. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These folks are nonviolent, not dangerous. They are in here because of inertia built into a large system. – Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
True education should teach us how to think, how to see the beauty in the midst of ugliness, how to love without judging, how to find opportunity to help, and how to develop a peaceful and nonviolent society. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The Americans who crossed this bridge, they were not physically imposing, but they gave courage to millions. They held no elected office, but they led a nation, what they did here will reverberate through the ages ... because they proved that nonviolent change is possible. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's going to stop a lot of people getting arrested for nonviolent crimes. – Dean Smith	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Of course, they give the general political statement ‘nonviolent.’ But we saw what non-violent does in Kenosha. We saw what non-violent releases do across the country with this ‘woke’ system, it’s disgusting.

– Mike Dominguez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We rely on officers to follow their training and to deescalate situations; instead, in just eight minutes, Officer Cha elevated a nonviolent encounter to one that took Sean Moore’s life. Sean Moore was unarmed and at his own home when Officer Cha shot him twice.

– Chesa Boudin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

During the civil rights movement, churches were essential for organizations like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to reach into rural communities and inspire local activists, the Black ministers of today are employing many of the same tactics of religious leaders in the past.

– Keisha Blain

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Remember the final words left to us by your late Congressman, the vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

– President Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Earning additional credits can move up parole consideration of people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have served the full-term of the sentence for their primary offense, and who demonstrate that their release to the community would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community.

– California Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In June, these were nonviolent protesters, racially mixed, a lot of young people fueled by the Black Lives Matter movement, those outraged by the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed under the knee of a White police officer in Minnesota. There was no violence there ... And the Biden White House has made it clear that they think that the threat posed by domestic terrorism is equal to that posed by international terror groups like ISIS, which is such a sobering thought that fellow Americans could be perceived as such a dangerous threat to their countrymen and women.

– An AP reporter

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct is unacceptable in St. Louis.

– Kimberly Gardner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Krasner has said he would respond to the coronavirus outbreak by seeking the release of people charged with nonviolent offenses and misdemeanors and asked police to consider the prospect of prison overcrowding when pressing charges. Earlier this week, Philadelphia District Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw clarified a previous statement on a temporary policy regarding delayed arrests for nonviolent crimes during the pandemic. Persons who commit certain nonviolent offenses will be arrested at the scene. Once their identity has been confirmedthey will be released and processed via arrest warrant.

– Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We feel it is misguided and harmful for The Democratic-led House to unilaterally declare a broad range of nonviolent campus criticism of Israel to be anti-Semitic, especially at a time when the prime driver of anti-Semitism in this country is the xenophobic, white nationalist far-right.

– Yisrael Katz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Good intentions sometimes have nothing to do with actual consequences, we were told that this would only allow low-level, nonviolent criminals to go free. I didnt believe it, and I didnt believe it because I read the bill. And now we find out that in the first traunch of prisoners let free, 500 committed weapons or explosive crimes, 250 committed sex crimes, I think there were 60 or 70 that were guilty of homicide or aggravated assault. And those are not low-level, nonviolent criminals.

– John Sen. Kennedy

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

On June 18, we plan to carry out nonviolent direct action to ensure Heathrow Authorities close the airport for the day, to create a 'pause' in recognition of the genocidal impact of high carbon activities, such as flying, upon the natural world, this is not about targeting the public, but holding the Government to their duty to take leadership on the climate and ecological emergency.

– Extinction Rebellion

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

After its theft of Palestinian land and culture, Israel is now trying to appropriate a symbol of our nonviolent resistance, this desperate and crude propaganda is straight out of apartheid South Africa's playbook.

– Alia Malak

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you think about a decision that you’ve made in your life and you get life without the possibility of parole for your first-time nonviolent offense, there’s just something so wrong with that.

– Kardashian West

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Proposition 47 downgraded a variety of ‘non-serious, nonviolent crimes’ that had previously been considered felonies to misdemeanors…. A thief may now steal something under (a $950 limit) on a daily basis and it will never rise to felony status.… In the event that a perpetrator is pursued and apprehended, the consequence can be a small fine or a brief stay in jail. In reality, these repercussions are rare, outrage in these circumstances is apolitical…. ‘Every bicycle in our building has been stolen,’ says Karen Burns, president of a San Francisco condo association. ‘I’ve caught so many people stealing packages. They don’t care. They know nothing will happen to them. It’s crazy. It’s horrible. I feel like these people need to go to jail.’.

– National Review

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We shouldn't overstate the importance of this letter. It may be a case of the Taliban trying to earn some legitimacy and goodwill by playing the role of good guy and proposing nonviolent solutions, at the end of the day, The Taliban has no incentive to propose talks unless it's starting to feel major pressure on the battlefield. Though U.S. forces have ramped up their fight, I think it's too early for The Taliban to suddenly conclude it's not worth fighting anymore. Michael Kugelman said the Taliban offer could nonetheless be useful to the President Trump administration. Even if the letter is just a bluff, and I assume it is, the White House can say - Look, our strategy is already paying off. A spate of bombings last month in Kabul fueled anger against The Taliban across the country, and prompted the President Trump administration to close the doors for peace talks with the Islamic insurgents. Taliban fighters( Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) But The Taliban knows President Trump does n’t want the U.S. to be in Special Representative for Afghanistan. The Taliban will be banking on the belief the U.S. and the West have lost the will to remain there. US ADDING AIR POWER, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN AFGHANISTAN US AND PAKISTAN CLASH AT United Nations ' OVER Special Representative for Afghanistan In a recent visit to eastern Special Representative for Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, who commands the U.S. and NATO’s Resolute Support mission in the Special Representative for Afghanistan, said the intensified U.S. offensive is producing results.

– Michael Kugelman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We have to practice nonviolent conflict resolution every day, and I think we're trying to do that.

– Davis Mayor Robb Davis

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I never saw him. I never met him, i was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed (the) voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President (Bill) Clinton.

– Democratic Rep. John Lewis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I never saw him. I never met him, i was chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for three years, from 1963 to 1966. I was involved with the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the march from Selma to Montgomery and directed to voter education project for six years. But I met Hillary Clinton. I met President Clinton.

– John Lewis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana, therefore, we need more states, cities, and the federal government to begin to address this so that we don't have this terrible result that Senator Sanders was talking about where we have a huge population in our prisons for nonviolent, low-level offenses that are primarily due to marijuana.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If we as a society aren't willing to deal honestly with issue of race, then we can't just expect police departments to solve these problems, if communities are being isolated and segregated, without opportunity and without investment and without jobs -- if we politicians are simply ramping up long sentences for nonviolent drug crimes that end up devastating communities, we can't then ask the police to be the ones to solve the problem when there are no able-bodied men in the community, or kids are growing up without intact households.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These folks are nonviolent, not dangerous. They are in here because of inertia built into a large system.

– Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

True education should teach us how to think, how to see the beauty in the midst of ugliness, how to love without judging, how to find opportunity to help, and how to develop a peaceful and nonviolent society.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The Americans who crossed this bridge, they were not physically imposing, but they gave courage to millions. They held no elected office, but they led a nation, what they did here will reverberate through the ages ... because they proved that nonviolent change is possible.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's going to stop a lot of people getting arrested for nonviolent crimes.

– Dean Smith

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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