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22 Jan 2022, 10:15 am
” They gained national prominence in 2015 when they provided vigilante “security” to white-owned businesses in Ferguson, Missouri, during Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the Michael Brown killing by a local police officer. [read post]
15 Jan 2022, 9:22 am
Louis (which is near Ferguson), and on a month-to-month level in 60 big cities. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 2:55 am
New York also has one of the highest state cigarette taxes ($4.35 per pack), not counting the additional local New York City cigarette tax ($1.50 per pack). [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 4:00 am
., NYC Homes Connected to Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska MSN – Devlin Barrett, Spencer Hsu, and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) | Published: 10/19/2021 FBI agents searched homes connected to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, one in Washington, D.C. and one in New York City, as part of an unspecified criminal investigation into the activities of a man who has not set foot on U.S. soil in years. [read post]
21 Sep 2021, 2:49 pm
In 2015, after public reaction against militarized police in Ferguson, Missouri, President Obama made a few reforms to the 1033 program. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal As Coronavirus Surges, GOP Lawmakers Are Moving to Limit Public Health Powers MSN – Frances Stead Sellers and Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post) | Published: 7/25/2021 Republican lawmakers are rallying around the cause of individual freedom to counter community-based disease mitigation methods, moves experts say leave the country ill-equipped to counter the resurgent coronavirus and a future outbreak. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 7:55 am
In response to a Justice Department investigation, commenced in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death, that highlighted Ferguson’s exploitative enforcement of traffic violations, the Missouri legislature, supported by the governor, reduced the cap on general operating revenue that a municipality could collect from traffic tickets, from 30 percent to 20 percent. [read post]
20 May 2021, 4:34 pm
Campaign Zero, a police reform campaign launched in the aftermath of the death of Eric Garner and protests in Ferguson, Missouri, started the 8 Can’t Wait project following the killing of George Floyd. [read post]
16 May 2021, 9:05 am
Following up on my posts on the power of forgiveness (links below): Timothy Keller (Founding Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)), The Fading Of Forgiveness: Tracing the Disappearance of the Thing We Need Most: Offended by Forgiveness After the 2014 deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric... [read post]
12 May 2021, 8:35 am
” That report — released just months before police killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri — highlighted the ways that militarized police act aggressively and violently, target Black and Brown communities, and kill Americans at an alarming tempo. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal A Government Ethics Office Refused to Approve Kanye West’s Financial Disclosures from His Failed Presidential Campaign MSN – Grace Panetta (Business Insider) | Published: 4/19/2021 The Office of Government Ethics refused to sign off on Kanye West’s financial disclosure forms from his failed 2020 presidential campaign. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 9:03 pm
A federal report claimed in 2019 that selling the Seattle facility “will make 10 acres of highly valuable land available, likely for residential housing” in the city. [read post]
24 Feb 2021, 11:53 am
Buffalo’s ERT was formed in 2014 following protests that occurred after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 1:19 pm
Their inability to pay that original fine—their poverty—is, in effect, criminalized.National awareness of governments’ use of fines and fees to extract revenue from low-income, predominantly African-American residents has risen substantially since the protests and violent conflict that followed the 2014 killing of Michael Brown by the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
City Hall Corruption Case MSN – David Zahniser (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 1/7/2021 A real estate company whose residential tower is a major part of the federal bribery case against former Los Angeles City Councilperson Jose Huizar agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve its portion of the investigation. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 5:30 am
One case in which he did provide a report was that of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 10:41 am
Louis, Missouri. [read post]
24 Nov 2020, 2:55 am
New York also has one of the highest state cigarette taxes ($4.35 per pack), not counting the additional local New York City cigarette tax ($1.50 per pack). [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal 6 Lawmakers in 5 Days: New COVID-19 infections put spotlight on Congress’ loose guidelines USA Today – Christal Hayes | Published: 11/18/2020 As rampant nationwide coronavirus spikes force states to reexamine reopening efforts, Congress is still struggling to maneuver around the pandemic as it encroaches on legislative business and endangers its members. [read post]
7 Sep 2020, 10:43 am
One egregious example, though, occurred in Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
