Mom in Custody Fight for Multiracial Child Should Remove Confederate Flag-Painted Rock: Court The mother testified that she had the rock at her home, but that she does not use racial slurs; the mother rented the home and it was not clear if it was her rock, which was painted with the Confederate flag on it
Published May 6, 2021 •
Updated on May 6, 2021 at 11:06 pm
A state appeals court said Thursday an upstate New York woman involved in a custody dispute over her multiracial daughter should remove a small Confederate flag painted on a rock near her driveway in the girl s best interest.
Court orders CNY woman to remove Confederate flag or risk custody of multiracial child
Updated May 07, 8:45 AM;
Posted May 07, 8:45 AM
This 2020 file photo shows a Confederate flag in Pittsboro, N.C.AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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Albany, N.Y. Appellate justices in Albany on Thursday ordered a woman in Central New York to remove a rock from her driveway that is painted with a Confederate flag or risk a “change of circumstances” in the custody case of her multiracial daughter.
In a unanimous 5-0 ruling, appellate justices allowed the couple to retain joint custody of the child, who was born in 2014 and attends school in the Dryden Central School District in Tompkins County.
Court: Mom of multiracial child should toss Confederate rock
May 6, 2021
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A state appeals court said Thursday an upstate New York woman involved in a custody dispute over her multiracial daughter should remove a small Confederate flag painted on a rock near her driveway in the girl s best interest.
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court made the comment in a decision allowing continued joint custody of an unidentified Ithaca-area girl born in 2014. If the rock is not removed by June 1, the court said it will “constitute a change in circumstances” that Family Court will factor into any future analysis of the best interests for the child.
May 4, 2021
While pursuing a degree at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, long-time climber Keith Liao, MBA ’19, spent much of his free time at the Lindseth Climbing Center on campus. After graduating, Liao relocated to Denver, Colorado a city where climbing gyms abound for a position with Booz Allen; however, upon returning to Ithaca in 2020 to work remotely, he found that his options to engage in one of his favorite pastimes were limited. No longer a student, Liao was unable to resume climbing at Lindseth and the next nearest climbing gym was an hour’s drive away.
409-day drought ended: journey to first day of grand jury on Cayuga Nation Police highlights local government hesitancy, federal nonintervention
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The first day of a Seneca County grand jury relating to the Cayuga Nation Police Department has officially ended, but it took 409-days for any sort of government to formally address the violent conflict in a court of law or any public forum for that matter.
Ironically, however, that first forum was a grand jury that started on Tuesday, April 13.