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Washington Post opinion writer Radley Balko tweeted that he didn’t quite get why some people were so worried about “inadvertently driving near a protest, getting stuck in front of a wall of protesters, then getting pulled out of their car and beaten.”
A quick thought on these bills: Since Ferguson, I’ve heard many, many older white people voice their fear of inadvertently driving near a protest, getting stuck in front of a wall of protesters, then getting pulled out of their car and beaten.https://t.co/eA6gBsIGNB
In his tweet, he referenced a ridiculous article from “The New Republic” which claimed Republicans wanted the “right to crash cars into people” and that Republicans were endorsing a “terroristic tactic” against “protesters.”
COVID and more on a sunny Sunday
COVID and more on a sunny Sunday
April 25, 20214:37 pm
These are the 17 laws they’re rallying against! At least 100 protesters are here. @KATVParrispic.twitter.com/6ip6Dnouga
News today. Headlines indicate Arkansas is good at passing vote suppression legislation (thus a protest rally at Capitol today), but not so good at getting shots (fear of unused vaccine at shot event in Fayetteville).
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HARTFORD, Conn. (April 22, 2021) – A Connecticut joint committee has passed a bill that would prohibit “no-knock” warrants and take a step toward nullifying several Supreme Court opinions in practice and effect.
The House Judiciary Committee and two Republicans introduced Senate Bill 1093 (SB1093) on March 25. The legislation would make several police reforms including banning no-knock warrants. Under the proposed law, law enforcement officers would be prohibited from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock warrant.
SB1093 defines a “no-knock warrant” as “a warrant authorizing police officers to enter certain premises without first knocking and announcing their presence or purpose prior to entering the place to be searched.”
The incomplete justice of the Chauvin verdict
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In a span of two minutes, the judge read and verified the verdicts: Guilty on all counts. Sentencing may not come for a while yet, but former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for his actions in the death of George Floyd last spring.
This is good news, and it stands in such sharp contrast to the conclusion of similar cases over the past decade. Eric Garner was killed by police in New York City in 2014, crying that he could not breathe, recorded on soon-to-be-viral video, and his death never saw real justice. Floyd s death was an ugly echo of Garner s six years later, but his killer â his murderer, we may now legally say â has been duly convicted in a court of law. The decision won t restore Floyd to his family, but it is a closer approximation of justic