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15 Jan 2022, 9:22 am by Tom Smith
In 2015 and 2016, the coincidence of a major surge in homicides following mass protests over the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, prompted a heated debate about whether the demonstrations, and the anti-police hostility they engendered, helped cause the murder spike. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings: Excessive tax rates on cigarettes in some states induce substantial black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax states or foreign sources. [read post]
18 Nov 2021, 11:30 am by Mark Graber
Ferguson (1896) provided elected officials in the south with a roadmap for creating an American apartheid regime. [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Advocates Worry Biden Is Letting U.S. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Administrator
Today I had the pleasure of co-presenting to the International Municipal Lawyers Association on the labour law right of access with my colleague from the City of Vaughan, Meghan Ferguson. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal DeJoy Maintains Financial Ties to Former Company as USPS Awards It New $120 Million Contract MSN – Jacob Bogage (Washington Post) | Published: 8/6/2021 The U.S. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
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]
Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations; and Gen. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 7:55 am by Daniel Richman, Sarah Seo
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]
21 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Administration’s Deep Ties to Uber, Lyft in Spotlight After Vaccine-Assistance Partnership Announced ABC News – Soo Rin Kim and Lucien Bruggeman | Published: 5/17/2021 When the White House announced an agreement with Uber and Lyft to offer free rides to vaccine sites as part of President Biden’s aim to inoculate 70 percent of Americans against the coronavirus by the Fourth of July, the partnership drew praise but also questions. [read post]
16 May 2021, 9:05 am by Paul Caron
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, 8:44 am by Charlotte Lawrence
Though police first employed these classes of weapons most in raids similar to the one that killed Breonna Taylor, more recently they have also used them against protesters across the country, including in Standing Rock, Ferguson, Kenosha, Austin, Philadelphia, and just last week, in Minneapolis. [read post]
12 May 2021, 8:35 am by Charlotte Lawrence
” 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 by Jim Sedor
As Some States Rush to Redistrict, Gerrymandering Fight Moves to Back Burner MSN – Michael Macagnone (Roll Call) | Published: 4/15/2021 A handful of states are looking to jump the gun amid the wait for census data, putting efforts to change the way legislative maps get redrawn on the back foot and raising concerns about transparency. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Sarah A. Sutherland
Boyle on Dispute Resolution Adam Dodeck on Legal Education Michael Erdle on Dispute Resolution John Gregory on Technology Omar Ha-Redeye Patricia Hughes on Justice Issues Cameron Hutchison on Legal Ethics Ian Mackenzie on Adjudication National Self-Represented Litigants Project on Access to Justice Amy Salyzyn on Legal Ethics Noel Semple on Legal Ethics Sarah A. [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 1:53 pm by Emily Coward
Louis area due to the shooting of Michael Brown and continuing protests in Ferguson and several other cities over racial injustices, failing to question about bias in some cases may result in stacking the jury against the accused. [read post]
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15 Apr 2021, 3:40 pm
  Michael Brown (18) was killed in Ferguson Mississippi in August 2014  for suspicion of stealing a box of cigars. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Army Initially Pushed to Deny District’s Request for National Guard Before Jan. 6 MSN – Paul Sonne, Peter Hermann, Ellen Nakashima, and Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post) | Published: 3/16/2021 The Army pushed to reject the District of Columbia’s request for a modest National Guard presence ahead of the January 6 rally that led to the Capitol riot, underscoring the reluctance of some at the Pentagon to involve the military in security arrangements that day. [read post]