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on August 28, 2013 in World News

Police illegally paralyze man administer invasive probe

Conviction overturned after police illegally paralyze man administer invasive probe Police violated a suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights when, in an attempt to find drugs on his person, they temporarily paralyzed him and administered an anal probe, a US federal court has ruled. Felix Booker and his brother were driving through Oak Ridge, Tennessee in February 2010 when police stopped their vehicle. Smelling marijuana, police brought a K-9 unit to the scene, which alerted them to drugs in the car. Even though police are only authorized to give a ticket when finding less than 14 grams of marijuana, officers arrested Booker… View Article

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on August 28, 2013 in World News

Says attack was ‘racially motivated’

Woman brutally beaten by group of teens in North Side says attack was ‘racially motivated’ A woman who said she was brutally attacked by a group of black teenagers in Pittsburgh’s North Side Sunday said the girls savagely beat her while calling her racial slurs. Ginger Slepski said she suffered multiple injuries, including torn shoulder ligaments. She said she thought the girls were going to kill her. “I thought it was so animalistic. So violent. I’m so afraid for these girls to get out and walk the streets,” Slepski said. Police said Slepski was savagely beaten after the girls threw… View Article

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on August 28, 2013 in World News

Overturn Colorado Gun Control Laws

                      Sheriffs Band Together to Overturn Colorado Gun Control Laws Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo says sheriffs throughout CO have added momentum to efforts to overturn gun control laws that are infringing on the Second Amendment rights of Coloradans. When Breitbart News spoke with Tancredo on August 26, he said: “The laws that have been passed are being challenged by 55 Sheriffs, along with other Coloradans who anticipate the laws will be struck down because they are blatantly unconstitutional.” In the interim he said winning the upcoming September 10… View Article

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on August 28, 2013 in World News

California Considering Non-Citizen Jury Duty

California Considering Non-Citizen Jury Duty California is considering allowing non-citizens to serve on juries, a local California public radio station reports. “Under AB1401, non-citizen legal permanent residents would be allowed to serve on juries. Federal law allows such residents – sometimes called ‘Green Card Holders’ – to stay in the country as long as they like,” 89.3 KPCC’s Frank Stoltze reported on Monday. “Some are in the process of applying for citizenship. Others choose to remain citizens of other countries.” Democratic Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, one of the California bill’s sponsors, told the local station that this should happen because non-citizens… View Article

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on August 28, 2013 in World News

No Correlation Between Gun Control and Less Violent Crime

Harvard Study: No Correlation Between Gun Control and Less Violent Crime A Harvard Study titled “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?” looks at figures for “intentional deaths” throughout continental Europe and juxtaposes them with the U.S. to show that more gun control does not necessarily lead to lower death rates or violent crime. Because the findings so clearly demonstrate that more gun laws may in fact increase death rates, the study says that “the mantra that more guns mean more deaths and that fewer guns, therefore, mean fewer deaths” is wrong. For example, when the study shows numbers for… View Article

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