April 27, 2021 2:03 p.m.
When Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Chris Anderson looked at tax collector Joel Greenberg’s qualifying form and saw that he had declared bitcoin, he wasn’t surprised.
“Joel is the only person that I know that knows anything about bitcoin,” Anderson told TPM.
But for Anderson, it wasn’t Greenberg’s crypto holdings that proved to be a headache in the 2020 elections so much as another phantasmic presence: that of so-called “ghost candidates,” candidates who lack party affiliation, don’t run substantial campaigns, but exist solely to siphon votes away from others in the race.
What Anderson encountered comes as part of what may be a pattern of ghost candidates running in Seminole County, at least two of whom appeared in races in which allies of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) were running. Greenberg, Gaetz’s longtime buddy and potential federal cooperating witness, appears to have run in a race with a ghost candid
In N Y C Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
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In N.Y.C. Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports.
The city jail system, including the notorious Rikers Island complex, has long been a source of complaints of brutality by guards. Credit.Richard Perry/The New York Times
April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason. Another put a detainee in a banned chokehold several times. A third failed to stop subordinates from using unnecessary force, according to newly released discipline records.
Share CLOSE Ethan Yang, 11, holds a sign reading racism is the disease during a Kids vs Racism rally against anti-Asian hate crimes at Hing Hay Park in the Chinatown-International District of Seattle, Washington on March 20, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Yelp.com is rolling out a new feature to allow businesses to identify as Asian-owned so that users can find and support them easily online amid the coronavirus pandemic and a surge in anti-Asian violence nationwide.
The feature will allow business owners to adjust their settings on the online business directory. It is hoped that this will help potential patrons search for Asian-owned restaurants or bars or other businesses in their city under the filter. Yelp, based in San Francisco, has launched similar settings for women-owned and black-owned businesses.
Cleveland man who killed neighbor at July 4 cookout in Kamm’s Corners gets 28 years in prison
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio A 24-year-old man who shot one man dead, wounded another and pistol-whipped a woman at July 4 cookout in Cleveland received a 28-year prison sentence on Thursday.
Sean Corrigan, of Cleveland, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, attempted murder and felonious assault charges in the attack that left 56-year-old Francis D’Amico dead, a 59-year-old man with a bullet in his back and a 57-year-old woman pistol-whipped.
Cuyahoga County prosecutors originally charged Corrigan with aggravated murder, which would have put him behind bars for life had he been convicted. Prosecutors allowed him to plead guilty to the reduced charge in exchange for his plea.
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