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Attorney, dog-lover, DC to SD
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Unhoused person slain at national gathering of political party tied to Supreme Court justices who just criminalized living unhoused.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirms that a Columbus, Ohio, police officer detailed to the RNC shot and killed a homeless Black man (earlier reported to be in his early 20s) more than half a mile from the RNC arena. The man was known by the nickname Jehovah and took care of a pit bull named Isis.
Ohio police officer shoots, kills person in Milwaukee outside of RNC perimeter, sources saywww.jsonline.com The man killed by Ohio officers near the RNC on Tuesday was well-known in the neighborhood, several witnesses told the Journal Sentinel.
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The anti-Blackness on this site is omnipresent and uncontrolled, and it keeps getting worse. And every time it gets pointed out, white people keep deflecting to another marginalization they experience. But Black people still aren’t safe just being Black here. That’s that on that.
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Just staring at my law degree wondering why I spent six figures on something that turns out to be “just vibes!!!!!”
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i'm old enough to remember when MSNBC cancelled Phil Donahue's show permanently because he was the only guy on their channel publicly opposed to the Iraq War and they literally said it was because he was opposed to the Iraq War.
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Holy shit, the NM judge in the Alec Baldwin case just dismissed the case with prejudice for discovery violations!
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Well, I lost my Bivens case in the Second Circuit but I forced a three-way split with a blistering dissent, so that's... something.
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Much of the science used to convict Russell Maze of killing his baby is now considered questionable. New evidence points so much toward his innocence that the DA’s office has called for Russel's release and exoneration. He still might spend the rest of his life in prison.
He Was Convicted of Killing His Baby. The DA’s Office Says He’s Innocent, but That Might Not Be Enough.www.propublica.org When new scientific evidence casts doubt on convictions, the justice system has no easy path to freedom — even when it’s the prosecutors doing the asking.
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A commenter on TikTok asked Imani Barbarin if there is a way to call someone stupid for not voting without being ableist. Imani: Why do you feel you need to be able to call someone stupid? If your goal is actually to get them to vote, why do you need to insult them? And do you think it will work?
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NEW: A Louisiana federal judge has found that civil-rights activist DeRay Mckesson is not legally responsible for injuries inflicted by someone else at a protest he was alleged to have organized OPINION: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... CASE FILE: clearinghouse.net/case/45222/
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Siri and Stomp like to plop down and watch me being busy cleaning and bustling about. Pretty sure I'm often some sort of entertaining human aquarium exhibit for these cutest black vulture kids (and our other birds), who seem to enjoy observing me as much as I do them.
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If our Constitution was worth the paper it was written on this would be plainly illegal
““Please help us, they’re not doing anything for us,” Trancita Ponce, a Chowchilla resident, said in a statement shared by the CCWP. “There is hot air blowing inside of our rooms, I have a huge migraine and I feel sick and other girls are throwing up.”” www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for helpwww.theguardian.com Woman dies at California facility as temperatures reach 110F and residents without air conditioning beg for relief
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“He knows the rules. He knows the hurdles that lawyers face. He’s patient, and he is in it for the long term.” New today from Michelle Pitcher: Michael Garrett sued the #Texas Department of Criminal Justice more than a decade ago, and he’s working from inside to keep the case alive.
Taking Prison to Court: Fighting for the Right to Sleepwww.texasobserver.org Michael Garrett sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice more than a decade ago, and he’s working from inside to keep the case alive.
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There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.
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“The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges, which was working with the U.S. on its sting operation, also listed the university as legitimate.” Abolish ICE. But also, abolish this commission.
“ICE started its undercover operation in 2015, creating a fake office on Northwestern Highway near 13 Mile with a website & an admissions process like a regular university. The University of Farmington was even listed on the website of ICE as a school approved by the U.S. government for students.”
Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court ruleswww.freep.com An appeals court ruled in favor of students who said they were tricked by ICE into enrolling at a fake university in metro Detroit.
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So based on decisions from just this week, the President, as long has he has the gloss of officialdom, can basically do anything without legal restraint, whereas the President, acting via duly appointed agencies authorized by Congress, is more restrained than ever? What a coherent jurisprudence!
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Remembering how people would share Scalia dissents and be like “I disagree with his politics but he has a way with words!!” and they all read like if a school shooter wrote A Confederacy of Dunces
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there is a #RutoMustGo Twitter Space going on right now hosted by Wanjira Wanjiru x.com/wanjirunjira...
Kenyans are now mainly using #OccupyEverywhere & #RutoMustGo there are no mentions of this on this yt ass app, so i'd recommend checking twitter or instagram and amplify the message from Kenyans on the ground resisting their neo-colonial government. #OccupyEverywhere #RutoMustGo #OccupyChurches
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you can't make me read a Freddie deBoer column. I'll offer, instead, this story from Matt Ford first published in 2015, about how in the absence of dedicated care for mental health, prisons become the de-facto largest care providers www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
America's Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jailwww.theatlantic.com At Cook County, where a third of those incarcerated suffer from psychological disorders, officials are looking for ways to treat inmates less like prisoners and more like patients.
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The ATF arbitrarily decided that a gun hobbyist had at some point crossed the line to "commercial dealer." Since he didn't have a license for that, they warned him, fined him and asked him to fill out proper paperwork. Just kidding! They broke down his door in a pre-dawn raid and killed him.
No charges in ATF killing over paperwork firearms violationreason.com Vague rules and an unjustified raid led to Bryan Malinowski’s brutal death at the hands of federal agents.
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Texas DA wants an execution date for Robert Roberson, convicted with Shaken Baby Syndrome junk science. Between this and Marcellus Williams in Missouri, it seems we've reached the "I'm so pro-death penalty I'll execute the innocent" stage of the debate. innocenceproject.org/texas-seeks-...
Texas Seeks Execution Date for Robert Robersoninnocenceproject.org Mr. Robertson is an innocent man wrongly convicted under the debunked shaken baby hypothesis.