Sentence examples for proportionate force from inspiring English sources

When necessary, the police employed proportionate force to disperse violent crowds.

In the first place, "proportionate" force covers circumstances where non-lethal force is appropriate.

He urged both sides to react to attacks with proportionate force, saying Israeli troops had appeared to move from firing tear gas to live rounds too quickly.

Officers used reasonable and proportionate force when they shot at the drunk divorce lawyer armed with a shotgun, the inquest found.

Mr Moore's solicitor Daniel Machover said: "You have to ask why the police settled this case and abjectly apologised, if they really think that proportionate force was used.

Jules Carey, a solicitor for the Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign, which pushed for a prosecution in his death, said by e-mail that the police should restore order "using lawful and proportionate force".

A Met spokesman said there were no specific plans in place yet other than a "proportionate police force" for when the vigil takes place.

He conceded that proportionate and necessary force could be used to keep people safe.

"To suggest that the shooting of protesters was a proportionate use of force seriously undermines their credibility as an independent institution," he said.

In debating proportionate use of force and civilian casualties, Mr. Arkin says it is a mistake to rely too heavily on witnesses "as a means of judging war crimes".

When contractors and employees are attacked, he added, they "will respond with graduated use of force, proportionate to the kind of fire and attack that they're coming under".