I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
We can empower police to fire bad actors, eliminate any bits of qualified immunity, and to pay for their own legal settlements rather than ask the tax payers to pay them. There's no reason that they can't provide their own professional insurance to cover their work related liabilities.
It's good that there was some accountability.
They should have a state.licensing board much like most professions have. That away they can't get away with the internal investigations.
We can empower police to fire bad actors, eliminate any bits of qualified immunity, and to pay for their own legal settlements rather than ask the tax payers to pay them. There's no reason that they can't provide their own professional insurance to cover their work related liabilities.
It's good that there was some accountability.
I think the settlements were too generous. Of course, we don't have any facts here except that the mother refused to produce her driver's license when asked. Perhaps it all could have been settled then. Also, maybe the officers haven't been fired because they didn't do anything illegal. Not enough facts here except that no one went to jail, no one was physically injured and that lawyer made way too much money for the case.
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I think the settlements were too generous. Of course, we don't have any facts here except that the mother refused to produce her driver's license when asked. Perhaps it all could have been settled then. Also, maybe the officers haven't been fired because they didn't do anything illegal. Not enough facts here except that no one went to jail, no one was physically injured and that lawyer made way too much money for the case.
My remarks were generalized rather than specific to this case.
I think the settlements were too generous. Of course, we don't have any facts here except that the mother refused to produce her driver's license when asked. Perhaps it all could have been settled then. Also, maybe the officers haven't been fired because they didn't do anything illegal. Not enough facts here except that no one went to jail, no one was physically injured and that lawyer made way too much money for the case.
Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or "chattel", a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th-century law governing the treatment of enslaved people.
The preliminary opinion by a Fairfax county circuit court judge, Richard Gardiner, which he delivered in a long-running dispute between a divorced husband and wife, is being criticized by some for wrongly and unnecessarily delving into a time in Virginia history when it was legal to own human beings.
That the racial demographics appeared more important to the content of the case. Blasted in the headline. Headline bias. Where this is unnecessary as the facts of the case would have provided all the information. In my opinion, reporting cases like this where the races involved are front and centre provides aids a political ideology. I.e: cops are racist and POC are always victims.
There is no information in the case that suggests that the police offers are racist or race was a factor. Except the information as to the suspects they were originally looking for. Police can and do use physical descriptions to find potential subjects. Although they were looking for men, not women, so this doesn't make sense.
You could speculate this was "racist" or the officers were racist but there is no evidence proving that. However the headline imply this.
I'm unsure why the race of the people involved were amplified when the facts of the case could have adequately described the situation with out using a headline exemplifying the races involved.
However, the officers violated their rights as determined by a jury and they have been awarded damages. This is a great example of how to manage police interactions when you feel you rights are being violated.
These ladies stated their rights and did not even physically resist being hand cuffed eventhough they knew they were not in the wrong. Had they reacted in a different way, they most likely would not have been able to bring forth a complaint.
nbcwashington.com has a little more information about the case. I think Solomon might have decided that this couple should divide the embryos among the two. Most interesting case.
Householder had been one of Ohio's most powerful politicians — an historically twice-elected speaker before his indictment. After his arrest, the Republican-controlled House ousted him from his leadership post, but he refused to resign for months on grounds he was innocent until proven guilty. In a bipartisan vote, representatives ultimately ousted him from the chamber, the first such expulsion in Ohio in 150 years.
In a move that may have been pivotal in the trial's outcome, Householder took the stand in his own defense. Appearing confident and relaxed, he spent a day contradicting FBI testimony, defending his support for the bailout bill — known as House Bill 6 — and denying that he attended swanky Washington dinners where prosecutors alleged he and FirstEnergy executives hatched the scheme in 2017. But prosecutors eviscerated his claims on cross-examination the next day.
Rachael Belz, CEO of the government watchdog group Ohio Citizen Action, said she hopes that the trial and guilty verdicts turn the tide in Ohio politics.
"We don't believe that utilities funneling millions of dollars through shell corporations to drive state policy is how our state government should work, nor do Ohio voters,” she said in a statement. Belz held the decision up as evidence that Ohioans expect and deserve better.
"After so many years of utility-controlled energy policy that favored fossil fuels, Ohio must now move toward equitable, forward-looking solutions that will protect our air and water, the health of Ohioans, and provide clean energy jobs to keep Ohio competitive in the 21st-century economy,” Belz said.
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They should have a state.licensing board much like most professions have. That away they can't get away with the internal investigations.