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The police told the demonstrators that if they did not remove the materials within 30 minutes, UIPD would remove them, and they could be arrested. ....
Two immigrant advocacy groups in Iowa have merged and are expanding services to immigrants and refugees across the state. American Friends Service Committee Iowa and Iowa Justice for Our Neighbors combined their 45 years of service and officially became Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice on April 1. It s a partnership that Executive Director Erica Johnson said expands the organization s reach since, before the merger, a majority of immigrant services were concentrated in central Iowa. We took stock of the unprecedented need and thought that we re stronger together, Johnson said. She said Iowa MMJ is now a cohesive statewide organization that will utilize years of advocacy experience from AFSC and JFON s legal expertise. ....
Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old jogger whose devastating last moments were captured on video by one of the accomplices in his killing. Travis and Greg McMichael the two white men who pursued Arbery in their truck before shooting him in a Georgia suburb are in custody awaiting trial for murder. The McMichaels claim they acted in self-defense while trying to make a citizen’s arrest. They insist despite the video evidence and facts of the case that Arbery was the aggressor in the confrontation that ended in his death. Advertisement Now their lawyers have made an extraordinary request. In preparation for what is likely to be a highly publicized trial, the McMichaels’ lawyers filed a motion in limine in December, asking to prevent the prosecution from referring to Arbery as the “victim” of this killing. According to the motion, such a “loaded word” would unfairly prejudice the jury against the defendants, u ....