Sharecopy linkMembers of the Minneapolis city council their city’s police department. Now, they’re taking legal steps toward that goal. The council on Friday to move forward with to the city charter. The would result in “the creation of a new Charter Department to provide for community safety and violence prevention, and the removal of the Police Department as a Charter Department.” But the council’s moves have now surfaced questions over whether the new proposal can be added to the November 2020 ballot and have fueled continued debates over whether the city’s newly proffered law...…Sharecopy linkMembers of the Minneapolis city council their city’s police department. Now, they’re taking legal steps toward that goal. The council on Friday to move forward with to the city charter. The would result in “the creation of a new Charter Department to provide for community safety and violence prevention, and the removal of the Police Department as a Charter Department.” But the council’s moves have now surfaced questions over whether the new proposal can be added to the November 2020 ballot and have fueled continued debates over whether the city’s newly proffered law...WW…

Sharecopy linkWill now-former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe face charges in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks?  Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said he’s looking at that decision.NEW: The DA in the Rayshard Brooks case in Atlanta tells CNN there are three charges that are relevant and under consideration: murder, felony murder, or voluntary manslaughter.— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera)If there were a charge of felony murder, the underlying felony would be aggravated assault, Howard told CNN on Sunday.Based on his comments, voluntary manslaughter is the least...…Sharecopy linkWill now-former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe face charges in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks?  Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said he’s looking at that decision.NEW: The DA in the Rayshard Brooks case in Atlanta tells CNN there are three charges that are relevant and under consideration: murder, felony murder, or voluntary manslaughter.— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera)If there were a charge of felony murder, the underlying felony would be aggravated assault, Howard told CNN on Sunday.Based on his comments, voluntary manslaughter is the least...WW…

Sharecopy linkGetty images: “Demonstrators calling to defund the Minneapolis Police Department march on University Avenue on June 6, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”Minneapolis City Council members are coming out to voice their intent to disband the police department, according to . That alone isn’t new (some of them have been pushing for this for a while), but now a veto-proof majority is emerging.“We’re here because we hear you,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said Sunday. “We are here today because George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police. We are here...…Sharecopy linkGetty images: “Demonstrators calling to defund the Minneapolis Police Department march on University Avenue on June 6, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”Minneapolis City Council members are coming out to voice their intent to disband the police department, according to . That alone isn’t new (some of them have been pushing for this for a while), but now a veto-proof majority is emerging.“We’re here because we hear you,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said Sunday. “We are here today because George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police. We are here...WW…

Sharecopy linkFormer Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe and two others didn’t report a 2015 shooting of a theft suspect. The judge in the case accused them of covering it up, according to court records obtained by .Officers shot Jackie Jermaine Harris after he used a truck to ram a police vehicle, according to authorities. Harris was black.“None of the police put in the report that they shot the man – none of them,” Judge Doris L. Downs said in a 2016 hearing. “And they sent him to Grady [Memorial Hospital] with collapsed lungs and everything, and the report doesn’t mention...…Sharecopy linkFormer Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe and two others didn’t report a 2015 shooting of a theft suspect. The judge in the case accused them of covering it up, according to court records obtained by .Officers shot Jackie Jermaine Harris after he used a truck to ram a police vehicle, according to authorities. Harris was black.“None of the police put in the report that they shot the man – none of them,” Judge Doris L. Downs said in a 2016 hearing. “And they sent him to Grady [Memorial Hospital] with collapsed lungs and everything, and the report doesn’t mention...WW…

Sharecopy linkWOW… so this is how Ridgewood, NJ police officers make sure people wear helmets when riding bikes? The EXCESSIVE use of force against this 15-year-old Latinx bicyclist is unacceptable!! We need answers NOW.— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump)The Ridgewood Police Department in New Jersey is facing criticism after video showed two of their officers throwing a 15-year-old boy onto the ground.So [Ridgewood police] ‘protect & serve’ our youth by ensuring they ride bicycles with a helmet by beating them down & arresting them?”  Karol Ruiz, co-president of Wind of the Spirit, a...…Sharecopy linkWOW… so this is how Ridgewood, NJ police officers make sure people wear helmets when riding bikes? The EXCESSIVE use of force against this 15-year-old Latinx bicyclist is unacceptable!! We need answers NOW.— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump)The Ridgewood Police Department in New Jersey is facing criticism after video showed two of their officers throwing a 15-year-old boy onto the ground.So [Ridgewood police] ‘protect & serve’ our youth by ensuring they ride bicycles with a helmet by beating them down & arresting them?”  Karol Ruiz, co-president of Wind of the Spirit, a...WW…

Sharecopy linkDonald TrumpPresident Donald Trump recently tweeted a post that defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this also included the line “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.” It popped up on his account during a tweetstorm Sunday morning:“…and Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself,” former GOP congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine, in what was otherwise a defense of Trump’s COVID-19 response. Obviously, the pandemic has been on the president’s mind a lot. to the disease has of . Through Twitter, he tries to micromanage public perception of his administration,...…Sharecopy linkDonald TrumpPresident Donald Trump recently tweeted a post that defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this also included the line “Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.” It popped up on his account during a tweetstorm Sunday morning:“…and Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself,” former GOP congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine, in what was otherwise a defense of Trump’s COVID-19 response. Obviously, the pandemic has been on the president’s mind a lot. to the disease has of . Through Twitter, he tries to micromanage public perception of his administration,...WW…

Sharecopy linkPolice in Lincoln Park, New Jersey just for what caused a recent car crash. Officials said it is “believed” that it happened because the driver wore a N95 mask for hours and passed out behind the wheel from “insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake.”First off, to be painfully clear, we previously have not heard of people passing out from use of the N95 masks. Neither did a professor we asked. Officers later updated their original story, and said they didn’t mean to suggest wearing an N95 was unsafe.Now for the story: Cops said they responded to the scene of a...…Sharecopy linkPolice in Lincoln Park, New Jersey just for what caused a recent car crash. Officials said it is “believed” that it happened because the driver wore a N95 mask for hours and passed out behind the wheel from “insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake.”First off, to be painfully clear, we previously have not heard of people passing out from use of the N95 masks. Neither did a professor we asked. Officers later updated their original story, and said they didn’t mean to suggest wearing an N95 was unsafe.Now for the story: Cops said they responded to the scene of a...WW…

Sharecopy linkWATCH: Protesters calling for gyms to reopen in Florida are doing squats and push-ups outside the Clearwater courthouse— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA)Naturally, protesters opposing the closure of gyms during the coronavirus pandemic were spotted and filmed doing push-ups and squats outside a courthouse in Clearwater, Florida.Why is this news? you ask. Well, it is illustrative—at least in Florida—of what the ongoing debate over state and local response to COVID-19 looks like. There have been protests in a number of states, some of , over government restrictions on economic activity...…Sharecopy linkWATCH: Protesters calling for gyms to reopen in Florida are doing squats and push-ups outside the Clearwater courthouse— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA)Naturally, protesters opposing the closure of gyms during the coronavirus pandemic were spotted and filmed doing push-ups and squats outside a courthouse in Clearwater, Florida.Why is this news? you ask. Well, it is illustrative—at least in Florida—of what the ongoing debate over state and local response to COVID-19 looks like. There have been protests in a number of states, some of , over government restrictions on economic activity...WW…

Sharecopy linkFew things in life are better than wine. Magnifique! Just try to use a glass instead of drinking from the bottle or the tanker.Video captures a shirtless, shoeless man in California jumping onto a wine truck, and climbing under. California Highway Patrol says that the individual unscrewed a valve, and tried to drink the beverage spilling out, . The company said they lost about 1,000 gallons on the wine–about 5000 bottles worth–on Highway 99 because of this incident.The incident was captured on tape on the Cherokee Freight Lines tanker. Authorities said that the wine enthusiast...…Sharecopy linkFew things in life are better than wine. Magnifique! Just try to use a glass instead of drinking from the bottle or the tanker.Video captures a shirtless, shoeless man in California jumping onto a wine truck, and climbing under. California Highway Patrol says that the individual unscrewed a valve, and tried to drink the beverage spilling out, . The company said they lost about 1,000 gallons on the wine–about 5000 bottles worth–on Highway 99 because of this incident.The incident was captured on tape on the Cherokee Freight Lines tanker. Authorities said that the wine enthusiast...WW…

Sharecopy linkWith everything that’s happened since then, 2018 feels like a long time ago, but it’s hard to forget the contentiousness of Brett Kavanaugh‘s Supreme Court nomination. Turns out, he reportedly could’ve dealt with even more controversy. Kavanaugh served as a source for a 1999 book by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, but turned around to publicly deny the same story he supplied, according to the 2018 article by Woodward. This account doesn’t come from WaPo, however. It came from a New York Times report that examined the authority of Post executive...…Sharecopy linkWith everything that’s happened since then, 2018 feels like a long time ago, but it’s hard to forget the contentiousness of Brett Kavanaugh‘s Supreme Court nomination. Turns out, he reportedly could’ve dealt with even more controversy. Kavanaugh served as a source for a 1999 book by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, but turned around to publicly deny the same story he supplied, according to the 2018 article by Woodward. This account doesn’t come from WaPo, however. It came from a New York Times report that examined the authority of Post executive...WW…