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A Reckoning: The Fort Worth officer who fatally shot Atatania Jefferson while she was inside her home has been charged with murder. S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer representing Jefferson’s family, says that's not enough. “Fort Worth has a culture that has allowed this to happen,” he told the New York Times. “There still needs to be a reckoning.”
Now we need a conviction with no hugs from the judge. https://t.co/0ZAV5c8R4O
— Ice Cube (@icecube) October 15, 2019
PREACH: A former advisor to Donald Trump told US House investigators yesterday that National Security Advisor John Bolton recently referred to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as "a hand grenade who’s going to blow everybody up." For once, we might agree with him.
Trump's New Allies: President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, considered a war criminal by the US, has "benefited handsomely" from Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Kurdish population. Oh, and ISIS isn't doing too shabby, either. Great job, everyone.
Lift the Dams: On Indigenous People's Day, the Yakama Nation called for the removal of three dams on the lower Columbia River in an last-ditch effort to save their fading way of life. “Will we be the generation that forgot those that are coming behind us?" asked Yakama Nation Chairman JoDe Goudy yesterday. "Will we be the generation that forgot to speak for the resources that cannot speak in a manner that we can understand?"
.@tedwheeler is announcing his re-election launch now. He says he’s “not interested in noise—I’m interested in change. Real change.”
Notes “crisis” of mental health, addiction, traffic, infrastructure and climate facing Portland right now, but says “Portland is thriving.” pic.twitter.com/8T9sh4HDkh
— Blair Stenvick (@BlairStenvick) October 15, 2019
Fatal Discrimination: The family of Lane Martin, a man fatally shot by a Portland police officer in July, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland for Martin's death. The suit accuses Portland police for discriminating against people with a mental illness, an allegation first made by the US Department of Justice in 2012.
Anti-fascist's Death Remains a Mystery: We're still waiting for more information from the Portland police about the Saturday morning death of activist Sean Kealiher. Here's what we know so far.
And Here's a Head of Broccoli Being Arrested:
A climate change protester dressed in a broccoli costume shouts, "Give peas a chance!" as he's arrested in London https://t.co/TFnFTeNOsM pic.twitter.com/qHFw1RnzNl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 15, 2019
P.S. ARE YOU HUNGRY? Dive headfirst into the Portland Mercury's Nacho Week! OH! AND YES, YOU DO LOOK SEXY! Tickets for HUMP! 2019 are right here. (Oh, and psst! Check out the new, very sexy, and decidedly NSFW HUMP! trailer here.)