Sentence examples for authorities overreaction from inspiring English sources

Regardless of the outcome of the Working Group, the Pakistani authorities' overreaction is outrageous.

But as parents and friends of those arrested painted the charges as a drastic overreaction, the authorities cautioned a jumpy community that they had not exaggerated the potential scale of the killing spree they believed was planned.

The real culprit was a near-hysterical overreaction by the authorities (and by large parts of the media, which virtually stopped covering anything else).

Residents of Ramallah were saddened and angry by what they saw as lawlessness on the one hand, and an overreaction by the authorities on the other.

But the drivers and company owners, even as they call for more oversight, have also cautioned against an overreaction by the authorities that would threaten an industry largely run by striving immigrants and serving a largely working-class immigrant ridership.

To liberals who believed in the righteousness of the civil-rights demonstrations and the antiwar protests, the disruption and violence that accompanied them was caused by the overreaction of the authorities.

Yet even in 1916 the Guardian clearly saw what too many others did not: that overreaction by the authorities, even against the backcloth of war, would play into rebel hands.

The Russian authorities believe that is a massive overreaction.

He said: "The total overreaction by the Russian authorities to a peaceful, non-violent protest in the Arctic Ocean has continued today.

And to disrupt the daily schedules of half a million schoolchildren, their parents, daycare, buses based on an anonymous email without consultation — if in fact consultation did not occur with law enforcement authorities — I think it was a significant overreaction, yes," Commissioner Bratton said.

"I, as superintendent, am not going to take the chance with the life of a student". "To disrupt the daily school schedules of half a million schoolchildren, their parents, day care, buses, based on an anonymous email with no consultation -- if, in fact, consultation did not occur with law enforcement authorities -- I think it was a significant overreaction," he said.