Botham Shem Jean’s murder by off-duty police officer Amber Guyger fascinated Texas, and the commonwealth. So has Guyger’s trial, which kicked off in Dallas on September 23 and concluded with the jury finding Guyger guilty of slaying and convicting her to ten years in prison, to the surprise of many. …
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Two weeks after an El Paso federal magistrate blamed Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the agency’s treatment of Indian humankinds hunger-striking for their liberty, one of the asylum seekers has been released. On Thursday, 33 -year-old Ajay Kumar went out of an ICE detention center greeted by a small group …
Read More »If the ‘Castle Doctrine’ Can Justify Botham Jean’s Shooting, the Law Itself Is the Problem
UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that Guyger has been convicted of murder. Read Christopher Hooks’ considers on the judgment. As of right now, the jury is still out on Amber Guyger, the Dallas police officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own apartment. Her criminal guilt is …
Read More »Colbert roasts Trump’s increasingly disturbing comments on the Ukraine whistleblower
The Trump-Ukraine-call-pressure-whistleblower scandal-saga — which is still sprawling out in so many bonkers guidances that nobody’s committed it a catchy -gate nickname yet — continues to grow, and with it, the president’s genuinely impressive list of ways to look incredibly not-innocent. On Thursday night’s Late Show, Stephen Colbert passed through …
Read More »Brexit: Brendan Cox says he was ‘shocked’ by Boris Johnson’s rhetoric as condemnation grows – live news
The prime minister sparked ferocity yesterday when he dismissed very concerned about his expression if we are talking about Jo Cox and Brexit as’ humbug’ Full story: Labour fury as Johnson gone on the attack‘Man with no shame’: how the working paper embraced it 8.31 am BST The Tory party …
Read More »The Guardian view on Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour: time to come together | Editorial
The Labour leader has won an important victory against many high-profile foes who wanted Labour to be the party of remain. He must now bring them back into the fold Jeremy Corbyn is cherished by many delegates in his party. He is not held in awe by them. The membership …
Read More »Brexit: critical day for Boris Johnson as no-deal bill awaits royal assent – live news
PM to meet Irish counterpart to discuss backstop before returning to London for another attempt to force October election. Follow the latest news and developments 7.49 am BST Paschal Donohoe, Ireland’s finance minister, has told the BBC’s Today programme that his government would support a further Brexit extension but said …
Read More »Brexit has turned our government into an Orwellian Ministry of Truth | Polly Toynbee
While jobs struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, pastors are busy with commemorating coins Britain is battle-ready for no-deal Brexit, that’s the content. Downing Street gave every department 72 hours last week to present watertight crash-out designs and woe betide any whose thoughts blow a fuse later, Dominic …
Read More »Senate Dems threaten Supreme Court with restructuring
A group of Democratic senators issued a admonish to the Supreme Court of the United States the coming week, calling on the high court to “heal itself” or face restructuring. What are the details? Fox News was pointed out that Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal( Conn .), Richard Durbin( Ill .), …
Read More »Shackles and restraints used on hundreds of deportees from UK
David Lammy MP says’ chilling’ figures divulge abuse of power by authorities Hundreds of people evicted from the UK were restrained by a variety of techniques including shackles, the Guardian has learned. There were 447 cases where one or more forms of restraint was an opportunity between April 2018 and …
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