USM ROTC presents VFW with Space Force flag
USM ROTC presents VFW with Space Force flag By Melissa Rademaker | April 19, 2021 at 6:28 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 6:28 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Members of ROTC at the University of Southern Mississippi presented a Space Force flag to the VFW in Hattiesburg during a special ceremony Monday.
The National Defense Authorization Act created the Space Force branch of the military in December 2019. Now, thanks to the ROTC’s fundraising, the Space Force’s flag will fly next to the rest of the military flags in the VFW.
Post commander Gary Iverson says he is thankful to members of ROTC detachment 432 for sponsoring the Space Force flag at the VFW.
Antioch divided over councilwoman’s outcry against police handling of her sons [East Bay Times]
Jan. 14 An Antioch councilwoman’s recent social media outcry against the aggressive way she says police police treated her sons unleashed a torrent of supportive and critical public comments at a City Council meeting Tuesday.
Although the council took no action, the comments elicited a promise to consider ordering police body and dashboard cameras.
Councilwoman Tamisha Torres-Walker, who is Black and represents District 1, took to Facebook in a tearful, profanity-laced video shortly after police stopped her 23-year-old and 13-year-old sons on Dec. 29 for riding off-road vehicles on city streets. She accused the officers of overreacting and trying to run over her 13-year-old son and later handcuffing him after her older son escaped.