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  2. Right of self-defense - Wikipedia

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    The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life (self-defense) or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of ...

  3. Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

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    The Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act is a US law providing federal funds to Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Protection and Advocacy Systems, as well as University Centers. [1]

  4. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.

  5. Deadly force - Wikipedia

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    Deadly force, also known as lethal force, is the use of force that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to another person. In most jurisdictions, the use of deadly force is justified only under conditions of extreme necessity as a last resort , when all lesser means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.

  6. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act became law, and it provided comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities. Closely modeled after the Civil Rights Act and Section 504, the law was the most sweeping disability rights legislation in American history.

  7. No, the Military Cannot Use Lethal Force on Political Protesters

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  8. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The History of the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Movement Perspective. Available online at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund website; O'Brien, Ruth, ed. Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act. New York: Oxford, 2004. ISBN 0-19-515687-0; Pletcher, David and Ashlee Russeau-Pletcher.

  9. Police dog helped prevent use of lethal force in capture of ...

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    Pennsylvania State Police credited K-9 officers with preventing the use of lethal force in the arrest Wednesday of Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who had been on the run since escaping ...