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Grand Prairie, TX — A hard-working Texas man was thrown in jail after a warrant was issued for his arrest for an overgrown lawn.
Rick Yoes is the campus electrician for Tarrant County College and usually works from before sun-up to after sun-down.
In September of last year, he and his daughter had been hard at work and were unable to cut the lawn on their Grand Prairie home. The local government then claimed that because Yoes could not mow hiss lawn, he now owed them $1,700 for his grass that achieved a height of over six inches.
A warrant was subsequently issued …read more

Henrico, VA– Be careful what you post on Facebook, or you could be charged with a crime over your smiling selfie. This is something 26-year-old Kristin Holmes learned the hard way this week when she was arrested and charged with a crime she referred to as “Facebook Thugging,” for posting of a photo of herself with a handgun.
It’s not just photos that can get you in trouble though, the Fraternal Order of Police is warning that in Virginia, you can be charged with this crime even for swearing.

Holmes was charged with harassment by computer after a case of mistaken …read more

On April 2, U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon ruled against the Virginia Republican 24th Senatorial District Committee, in its lawsuit that sought the right to nominate by convention this year, instead of by primary. Virginia law says normally a qualified party can decide whether to nominate by primary or convention. But when the party has an incumbent who is running for re-election, he or she can override the party’s wishes and determine the nomination method.
The local party committee that filed the lawsuit wants to use a convention, but the incumbent State Senator wants a primary. …read more

California law requires proponents of a statewide initiative to pay $200 to the state to begin the process. After receipt of the fee, the state writes a proposed description of the idea, which is then printed on initiative petitions by the proponents. Assemblymembers Evan Low (D-Campbell) and Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) have introduced AB 1100. It raises the fee to $8,000.
A better idea might be to require proponents to file a list of perhaps 250 registered voters who would indicate that they represent the group behind the idea. Here is a press release from the co-authors, …read more

FPP is now accepting DOZENS of the world’s most popular altcoins, thanks to ShapeShift.io. Whether you have LTC, DOGE, NXT, NMC, Potcoin, or nearly 20 other altcoins, we can probably …

Minneapolis, MN — A car full of teenagers, who had just finished a game of basketball at their local YMCA was targeted by one of Minneapolis’s worst.
Luckily one of the young men in the car hit record as this vile public servant began to violate their rights.
For the majority of the 45 minute long civil rights violation, the teens were not told why they were being detained.
“Can you tell me why I’m being arrested?” a friend asks in the video.
“Because I feel like arresting you,” the officer replied.
Faysal Mohamed, 17, posted the video to his Twitter account and also submitted …read more

A new campaign using the hashtag #HumansForHumans is spreading like wildfire after a group called Raising The Roof Canada produced a short, yet unforgettable, YouTube PSA. The video shows people without stable shelter reading mean tweets. The goal of the campaign is to remind everyone that we are all human beings with feelings.
“I was enjoying a latte when I saw a hobo girl across the street. I almost vomited. Get back to your side of the bridge. No 1 Likes u,” read one of the tweets.

The gut-wrenching video is modeled after the popular Jimmy Kimmel segment where he has …read more

Although British press coverage of the 7-party debate on April 2 has been extensive, no U.S. news outlet seems to have covered the event. If anyone finds a link to a U.S. newspaper that does mention the debate, please comment. UPDATE: Gene Armistead sent me this link, by the Associated Press, but it appears to have been written minutes before the debate started, instead of afterwards. The story switches tenses throughout, between what happened and what is expected to happen.
UPDATE: here is a link to the 2-hour debate, from Green Party Watch.
Here is a BBC …read more

On April 3, the Ninth Circuit upheld a California law that says local initiative sponsors must have their name on the initiative petition. The April 3 decision is from an en banc panel. The original 3-judge panel last year had struck down that law by a 2-1 vote. Chula Vista Citizens for Jobs v Norris, 12-55726. The plaintiff had argued that his privacy was violated by having his name on the petition. Here is the decision. Thanks to How Appealing for the link. …read more

The family of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, alleging police conspired with city officials to cover up the details surrounding the tragic event.
As we previously covered, the young girl was asleep on a couch in her home when police mistakenly raided the wrong home, launching a flash-bang grenade into the residence and fatally shooting the sleeping child.
The raid was conducted on May 16, 2010 when police were looking for murder suspect Chauncey Owens, who lived in a separate unit.
According to Officer Joseph Weekley, a fellow officer threw a flash-bang grenade through the window, …read more