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Eric Holder To Launch Justice Department Probe Into Death Of Eric Garner
Via The Hill: Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday night that the federal government is launching a civil rights investigation into the chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man who was killed by a white police officer in July. A New York grand jury decided earlier in the day that it would not charge the officer. “Our prosecutors will …
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De Blasio Urges Calm As Protests Over Garner Decision Are Planned Citywide
From his press release: “Today’s outcome is one that many in our city did not want. Yet New York City owns a proud and powerful tradition of expressing ourselves through non-violent protest. We trust that those unhappy with today’s grand jury decision will make their views known in the same peaceful, constructive way. We all agree that demonstrations and free …
Read More »JAMAICA: Mat Staver To Headline Event To Keep Homosexuality Criminalized
Miranda Blue writes at Right Wing Watch: American Religious Right leaders Mat Staver and Judith Reisman are scheduled to be featured speakers at a conference in Jamaica this weekend hosted by a group that has been working to preserve the country’s criminal ban on consensual gay sex. The annual conference, hosted by the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society, will …
Read More »BREAKING: 11th Circuit DENIES Request To Extend Stay On Florida Marriages
STATEN ISLAND: No Charges For NYPD Officer Who Choked Black Man To Death
Eric Garner’s crime was selling loosies. Using chokeholds to bring down a suspect is against NYPD policy.
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