Week in Review: Chicago police seek justice for slain officer • Illinois phone scam • Bears unveil new stadium A Chicago police officer was fatally shot outside his home last week and his killer remains on the run; Illinois State Police are warning residents of a new phone scam; and the Chicago Bears unveiled ... 04/28/2024 - 3:22 am | View Link
EDITORIAL: Is civilian review board best one to conduct survey? Apr. 25—The Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board is looking into conducting a community survey, expected to cost around $10, 000 to complete. The purpose, according to the review board ... 04/25/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
I-TEAM: Potential body camera loophole could allow officers to hide evidence The WAFB I-TEAM has uncovered a potential loophole in the Baton Rouge Police Department’s body camera system that could allow officers to review their video and possibly hide evidence. 04/25/2024 - 9:41 am | View Link
Elmwood Park Police Ask: How Are We Doing? Elmwood Park residents and merchants are invited to assess the borough's police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and borough employees also are ... 04/17/2024 - 1:32 pm | View Link
Bruce Robbins, Columbia University professor, and Bret Stephens, New York Times columnist, speak to Fareed about the boundaries of free speech on college campuses — and whether Columbia University should have called in the police to arrest pro-Palestinian protesters.
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U. S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.
University of Pennsylvania law professor Kate Shaw said the U. S. Supreme Court appears poised to create a presidential immunity doctrine just to protect former President Donald Trump.
Shaw spoke out on ABC's This Week on Sunday following arguments before the high court in Trump's election interference case.
ABC host George Stephanopoulos observed that the court "is ready to carve out some immunity for presidents."
"So I'm a constitutional law professor," Shaw explained.
Fox's Laura Ingraham is very angry that CNN's John Berman dared to point out that none of Trump's family members have chosen to attend his trial in Manhattan while discussing Trump's whiny birthday message to Melania.
Hey Laura, if Trump knew how to keep his you-know-what in his pants, maybe he wouldn't be missing his wife's birthday while he sits in court.
Here's more from Mother Jones on the message:
The former president, who is on trial for falsifying business records related to an alleged affair, complained that he couldn’t be with his wife.
He is also pushing back against the fact that, through administrative actions and executive orders, Biden has made himself one of the most powerful presidents ever.