Sentence examples for using violent force from inspiring English sources

The regime has also used harder repressive measures, which people increasingly attribute to the palace: blocking the Internet during tension periods, using violent force against demonstrators and journalists, arresting dozens and reportedly threatening and torturing them in prison.

Both the African Union and the US – who is a major contributor to the nation's army – have said that President Nkurunziza should not seek a third term, with the United States stating the police must stop using "violent force" against protesters.

While these actions have not been linked directly to Tahoe, the mine's security forces have also used violent force against peaceful protesters.

Both police departments had used violent and unnecessary forces towards citizens.

They use violent language.

Last year, he ordered the use of violent force to quell anti-government protests, resulting in the deaths of some hundred and fifty protesters, many of them young people.

Christ's crucifixion was a radical repudiation of the use of violent force.

Lawyers for the protesters claim the actions of the police broke the law: "There was no lawful justification for violent force being used on any of these occasions.

However, we are not afraid in the face of violent force; we will use peaceful means to show the strength of the forces of democracy among the people, use peaceful means to destroy an undemocratic system which relies on bayonets and lies to preserve itself". Is this the Chinese leaders' idea of a call to violent insurrection?

One has to be flexible and opportunistic, and use every means at hand, from seduction to the threat of violent force.

SWAT teams are necessary when they're using force and violence to defuse an already violent situation — a mass shooting, or a terrorist incident.