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Crip, slang for cripple, is a term in the process of being reclaimed by disabled people. [1] [2] Wright State University suggests that the current community definition of crip includes people who experience any form of disability, such as one or more impairments with physical, mental, learning, and sensory, [1] though the term primarily targets physical and mobility impairment.
A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.
She wrote several essays on her experiences as a self-described "cripple", including "On Being a Cripple," "Sex and the Gimpy Girl," and the memoir Waist High in the World. [1] In her 30s, she converted to Roman Catholicism, a faith that she frequently wrote about in her essays. [1] She was married to George Mairs. [2]
Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include among others: sexual offences, coerced false confession, intimidation, false arrest, false imprisonment, falsification of evidence, spoliation of evidence, police perjury, witness tampering, police brutality, police corruption, racial ...
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law this week that will cripple civilian police oversight panels like Miami’s, his office said, via a statement, it stops communities from driving an ...
1. Always with the connotation of being small e.g.Your baby is cuter than a bug's ear [62] 2. Attractive, Charming i.e. cute as a bug's ear [63] [a] bug eyed Amazed: astounded in the 1920s i.e. He looked all bug-eyed [64] bulge, the Advantage e.g. have the bulge on [65] bull(s) 1. Uniformed policeman; law-enforcement official; plainclothes cop ...
New York City Police Department lieutenant debriefing police officers at Times Square. Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. [1]
Cripple Creek, Colo., under martial law in 1894. With 1,300 deputies still in Cripple Creek, Sheriff Bowers was unable to control the army he had created. On June 5, the deputies moved into Altman, perhaps as a prelude to storming Bull Hill. The deputies cut the telegraph and telephone wires leading out of town, and imprisoned a number of ...