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Probe: Vermont police endangered Black state legislator

Investigation concludes Bennington police endangered former Rep Kiah Morris

Investigation concludes Bennington police endangered former Rep. Kiah Morris Associated Press View Comments BENNINGTON (AP) A two-year investigation into a Vermont police department has found that officers failed to adequately investigate alleged threats against former state legislator Kiah Morris due to its racism and prejudice. In a 54-page report, the Vermont Human Rights Commission found that the Bennington Police Department endangered the safety of Morris, a Black woman, by withholding critical information about a white supremacist who had been targeting her on social media.  Morris, who since moved from Bennington, issued her first public comments about the Human Rights Commission investigation Tuesday, 

Valley News - Questions arise about discrimination in religious schools

Questions arise about discrimination in religious schools Modified: 5/9/2021 10:00:10 PM MONTPELIER A spate of national and state-level court rulings have been clear: States, including Vermont, cannot discriminate against religious entities when doling out public subsidies, including taxpayer-funded school vouchers. But can those schools then discriminate against their own students? That question rose to the surface recently when former Vermont education secretary Rebecca Holcombe tweeted out a screenshot taken from the handbook of Grace Christian School, a religious institution located in Bennington. The small K-12 school’s “Statement of Faith” compares homosexuality to incest and bestiality, and states that “rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.”

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