NYC lawmakers announced that they voted to pass a resolution to “ensure that officers who violate Constitutional rights in the course of a search and seizure or by the use of excessive force are not entitled to qualified immunity.” Qualified immunity protects police from punishment even when they break the law, and was originally established … Read more
A 500-lb pile of oil-covered pennies is how Andreas Flaten of Fayetville said he received his last paycheck from A OK Walker Motorworks, after contacting the Georgia Department of Labor for help in getting paid for a job he left in November 2020. Flaten told a local TV station that he has been sitting nights … Read more
A pregnant woman who fell off the wall west of El Paso died last year, and Border Patrol, CBP, takes many badly injured people to clinics near the border, reported the Texas Standard, but their report also interviewed several people who were sent back across the border in trauma without medical treatment. It is negligence, … Read more
Despite pleas from his mother not to shoot because her son was inside, Houston police shot into the car where a man accused of armed assault had gone as he ran away from them. One of the bullets hit the baby. Legend Smalls is fighting for his life, reports his aunt. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
The Biden administration says Temporary Protection Status is necessary due to extraordinary conditions that make it unsafe to return to the South American country. The decision will affect some 320k people, said the government. TPS will allow a work permit, and a residence for at least 18 months. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
The city is currently weighing removing Abraham Lincoln statues, part of a “racial healing and historical reckoning project” that began last summer under Democratic mayor Lori Lightfoot. The city removed a statue of Christopher Columbus a few months ago. Other statues being considered for removal are of presidents George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and William … Read more
The US House has passed a policing overhaul and accountability bill named after George Floyd which would ban chokeholds, attempt to end racial profiling, limit no-knock warrants, require body cameras, and establish a database to track police misconduct. The bill’s fate in the Senate is uncertain. Support and opposition falls mostly along party lines. The … Read more
Pro-Trump politicians and right-wing media figures Sarah Palin, Laura Ingraham, Matt Gaetz, Sean Hannity, Wisc. Sen. Ron Johnson, MyPillow chief Mike Lindell, and a growing chorus of Republicans magnified by right-wing media are repeating the claim that it was Antifa and “fake Trump protesters” that stormed the Capitol. Meanwhile, FBI chief Christopher Wray has classified … Read more
Speaking at the American Conservative Union’s CPAC conference widely described as a “Trumpfest,” complete with a golden idol of himself, the former president announced he would not launch a new political party out of his Republican faction and instead positioned himself as the party’s leader. He did not announce his candidacy for 2024 but he … Read more
The American Conservative Union is setting up to welcome the former president to speak at its convention this weekend by preparing a golden statue of Trump in Rocky Balboa stars-and-stripes shorts and business attire on top. Awed supporters are reportedly already lining up to take selfies with the idol. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
Only weeks after appearing to lead the GOP away from Trump and a blistering condemnation of the ex-president as “morally responsible” for for what McConnell described as a “failed insurrection,” the minority leader this week told Fox News he would support Trump as the nominee of the GOP. Trump, for his part recently called McConnell … Read more
The iconic hotel The Standard on the Sunset Strip was a perennial bastion for Hollywood stars and a legendary boutique hotel, and was said to have been a model for boutique hotels worldwide. It closed after losing its lease. By Milan Sime Martinic Read more