Sentence examples for confrontations before from inspiring English sources

Many of them called on Charlotte police to change their policies to encourage officers to use non-deadly force, improve their negotiating skills and train them to work on de-escalating confrontations before they turn deadly.

He used humor as a subtle tool to diffuse confrontations before they turned ugly or violent.

There were several confrontations before the kickoff, the largest of which took place after some Kentucky players made a show of stomping on the painted Cardinal at midfield.

They had had similar confrontations before but sadly my agency's effort to help may have been the last straw in a broader conflict that many others played a role in.

In dramatic video footage that emerged online last week, Israeli soldiers disguised in T-shirts and keffiyehs were seen throwing rocks as part of a group of young Palestinians, apparently inciting a confrontation, before suddenly pulling out pistols and firing on the crowd.

The brief confrontation moments before with Mr. Kelly may have been on the minds of some officers.

Ferguson police, however, say a "physical confrontation" occurred before that.

There had been dramatic confrontations over policy before, the most notable of which was between President Abraham Lincoln and Major General George McClellan, in 1862.

The confrontation before Caligula ended with Antipas's banishment, and Agrippa acquired his territory as well.

The Department of Health accused the BMA of putting confrontation before cooperation in order to score political points.

A Virginia prosecutor said that Michael Vick was involved in a confrontation before a shooting after his birthday party.