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CNN analysis: Georgia's proposed weekend voting restrictions would strike at Black voters
(CNN)Black Georgians disproportionately cast their ballots on the weekend days that Republican lawmakers want to eliminate as options in future elections, according to a CNN analysis of voting data from last November's general election. moving swiftly through the Georgia legislature would reduce the number of weekend days available for in-person early voting and ban casting ballots on the final Sunday of the early voting period. Voting rights activists say the move attacks the "Souls to the Polls" programs that help drive turnout among Black churchgoers, a key Democratic constituency.More...…(CNN)Black Georgians disproportionately cast their ballots on the weekend days that Republican lawmakers want to eliminate as options in future elections, according to a CNN analysis of voting data from last November's general election. moving swiftly through the Georgia legislature would reduce the number of weekend days available for in-person early voting and ban casting ballots on the final Sunday of the early voting period. Voting rights activists say the move attacks the "Souls to the Polls" programs that help drive turnout among Black churchgoers, a key Democratic constituency.More...WW…
Campaign fact check: Here's how Kamala Harris really prosecuted marijuana cases
Show Caption of By | Bay Area News Group if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile deviceSAN FRANCISCO — Kamala Harris’ opponents and critics have picked apart her prosecution of marijuana crimes during her presidential run, knocking her for over-aggressive jailing of pot users and lambasting her as a hypocrite for saying she now supports legalizing the drug.But Harris’ history of prosecuting marijuana cases as San Francisco district attorney is more nuanced than those debate-stage confrontations indicate, according to new data obtained by the Bay Area News Group and...…Show Caption of By | Bay Area News Group if you are having a problem viewing the photos on a mobile deviceSAN FRANCISCO — Kamala Harris’ opponents and critics have picked apart her prosecution of marijuana crimes during her presidential run, knocking her for over-aggressive jailing of pot users and lambasting her as a hypocrite for saying she now supports legalizing the drug.But Harris’ history of prosecuting marijuana cases as San Francisco district attorney is more nuanced than those debate-stage confrontations indicate, according to new data obtained by the Bay Area News Group and...WW…
DC police made far more arrests at the height of Black Lives Matter protests than during Capitol clash
(CNN)Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington, DC, last summer found themselves facing a massive show of force: military helicopters hovering over the city, National Guard troops patrolling the streets and tear gas filling the air.When a mob of President Trump's supporters broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday, they were confronted by a far smaller police presence -- and by the end of the day, far fewer of the rioters ended up in custody.DC police arrested more than five times as many people at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests last summer than they did during the day of...…(CNN)Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington, DC, last summer found themselves facing a massive show of force: military helicopters hovering over the city, National Guard troops patrolling the streets and tear gas filling the air.When a mob of President Trump's supporters broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday, they were confronted by a far smaller police presence -- and by the end of the day, far fewer of the rioters ended up in custody.DC police arrested more than five times as many people at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests last summer than they did during the day of...WW…
Insurrection fueled by conspiracy groups, extremists and fringe movements | CNN
By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The mob of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday included conspiracy theorists linked to QAnon and the Proud Boys – two right-wing extremist factions that President Donald Trump repeatedly refused to condemn during his election campaign last year.The insurrection at the heart of America’s democracy, egged on by Trump’s rhetoric, represented a stunning show of force for the fringe movements and their adherents. Four people were left dead during the mayhem, according to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department,...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The mob of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday included conspiracy theorists linked to QAnon and the Proud Boys – two right-wing extremist factions that President Donald Trump repeatedly refused to condemn during his election campaign last year.The insurrection at the heart of America’s democracy, egged on by Trump’s rhetoric, represented a stunning show of force for the fringe movements and their adherents. Four people were left dead during the mayhem, according to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department,...WW…
Body cam footage shows raid on former Florida Covid data scientist's home | CNN
By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Florida state police released Thursday afternoon showing officers waiting before they entered the home of a former state data scientist and the testy confrontation that followed when she exited – providing new context about a controversial police raid that has attracted national attention this week.Officers were serving a Monday morning at the home of Rebekah Jones, a coronavirus data scientist who was fired from the state and has accused Florida officials of covering up the extent of the pandemic.The state Department of Law Enforcement is...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Florida state police released Thursday afternoon showing officers waiting before they entered the home of a former state data scientist and the testy confrontation that followed when she exited – providing new context about a controversial police raid that has attracted national attention this week.Officers were serving a Monday morning at the home of Rebekah Jones, a coronavirus data scientist who was fired from the state and has accused Florida officials of covering up the extent of the pandemic.The state Department of Law Enforcement is...WW…
A 20-year-old woman cast her ballot early before dying of cancer. Her state will throw it out. | CNN Politics
By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Amber Pflughoeft beamed with pride as she filled out her ballot for the first time last month.A 20-year-old who’d been fighting bone cancer for a decade, she was fascinated with politics, her mother Tiffany Pflughoeft remembered. And after spending the last midterm election in the hospital following a bone marrow transplant, she was determined to vote this year.But just a few days after she mailed in her ballot, Amber’s condition took a sudden turn for the worse. She went back to the hospital and in late September.Now, her ballot will be thrown...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Amber Pflughoeft beamed with pride as she filled out her ballot for the first time last month.A 20-year-old who’d been fighting bone cancer for a decade, she was fascinated with politics, her mother Tiffany Pflughoeft remembered. And after spending the last midterm election in the hospital following a bone marrow transplant, she was determined to vote this year.But just a few days after she mailed in her ballot, Amber’s condition took a sudden turn for the worse. She went back to the hospital and in late September.Now, her ballot will be thrown...WW…
Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they're facing unprecedented backlash | CNN
By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — One San Antonio police officer repeatedly used the n-word as he arrested a Black man for trespassing at a mall. Another told a man he could go free if he beat the officer in a fistfight. A third allegedly tried to give a homeless man a sandwich filled with dog feces. All of them were fired by the police chief. And all of them were rehired after an arbitrator overturned their dismissals – in a process laid out in the contract between the city and the powerful police union. In more than four out of 10 of the cases in which arbitrators ruled on...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — One San Antonio police officer repeatedly used the n-word as he arrested a Black man for trespassing at a mall. Another told a man he could go free if he beat the officer in a fistfight. A third allegedly tried to give a homeless man a sandwich filled with dog feces. All of them were fired by the police chief. And all of them were rehired after an arbitrator overturned their dismissals – in a process laid out in the contract between the city and the powerful police union. In more than four out of 10 of the cases in which arbitrators ruled on...WW…
Big commercial labs given priority for coronavirus testing equipment by feds | CNN Politics
By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is the US is conducting enough to begin rebooting the economy, declaring at the White House press briefing that “testing is not going to be a problem at all.”But hospitals, clinics and point-of-care medical centers across the country continue to grapple with critical in testing supplies that have limited the number of tests they conduct, more than a dozen lab personnel, state officials and medical associations tell CNN.What’s more, the biggest commercial labs say they have sufficient supplies. In...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is the US is conducting enough to begin rebooting the economy, declaring at the White House press briefing that “testing is not going to be a problem at all.”But hospitals, clinics and point-of-care medical centers across the country continue to grapple with critical in testing supplies that have limited the number of tests they conduct, more than a dozen lab personnel, state officials and medical associations tell CNN.What’s more, the biggest commercial labs say they have sufficient supplies. In...WW…
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