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Knox County, TN– Sgt. Paul Story of the Knock County Sheriff’s Office will reportedly not be disciplined after pulling his gun and threatening a man while off-duty and in line at a RedBox kiosk. Audio of the incident was captured when he called 9-1-1 to request an on-duty officer’s assistance.

The obscenity-laced exchange began when Sgt. Story accused Timothy Nelson of cutting in line.
When Nelson asked why the officer was doing this, as he brandished his weapon and threatened him with arrest, the officer replied with an abusive rant.
“Because you’re a bitch. You think you’re somebody. You’re not. Just …read more

On March 20, the Republican National Committee asked a U.S. District Court to intervene in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, 1:!4cv-322. The issue in the lawsuit is the 2013 change to the New Hampshire election law that it made it illegal for a newly-qualifying party to circulate a party petition during an odd year.
The Republican National Committee’s motion says, “This lawsuit challenges a recent New Hampshire amendment to its election laws regarding ballot access by political organizations. The RNC proposes to intervene for the purpose of defending constitutionality of that amendment (sic)…The Republican Party has qualified …read more

For the third time, a federal judge in Illinois has not released an opinion in Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:12cv2511, by the date that she had said she would release it. The issue in the lawsuit is the law that requires a newly-qualifying party to run a full slate of candidates.
On February 12, 2015, the judge had said she would rule by the next status conference hearing, and set the status conference for March 11.
But on March 10, she postponed the status conference to March 24.
Then, on March 23, she postponed the …read more

We’re seeing a wide variety of startups build Bitcoin applications using our APIs. The four types of Bitcoin applications that are most clearly emerging worldwide to date are p2p tipping, cross-border payments, international microfinance and reputation platforms.

There are many other types of Bitcoin applications that we’re excited about but haven’t seen consumers widely adopt yet. Here’s 10 ideas for Bitcoin startups that we would love to see more developers working on:

Email- Email applications that eliminate spam by requiring bits for email delivery

Video- Video applications that require one-click micropayments to view video content

News- News sites that eliminate advertising …read more

New York, NY– In an insane encounter caught on camera, an NYPD officer is seen behaving extremely inappropriately, erratically, and verbally abusing an Uber driver. It happened after the officer reportedly attempted to park without using his turn signal just before 2pm on the West side of Manhattan, in police precinct 6, on March 30.
According to the video’s description, uploaded by the customer in his back seat, the driver had pulled around and gestured that the officer should use his turn signal, casually and non-offensively, and kept driving. What followed was a horrifying glimpse of power going to someone’s …read more

Dallas, TX– Jason Villalba is the republican state representative who is becoming infamous on the web after authoring HB-2918. HB-2918 is an unconstitutional bill which would have restricted filming the police.
Villalba is now saying he may need to withdraw the proposal after the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas- the largest police union in the state- has come out opposition to it.

The bill, which was designed to limit the police accountability of journalists, concerned citizens, bloggers, and activists, would criminalize anyone who films police activity within 25 feet, or within 100 feet if the person is carrying a handgun. …read more

Mississippi SB 2531 failed to pass, even though it had passed both chambers of the legislature. The versions of the bill were slightly different in each house, and it is now too late for a conference committee compromise. The bill would have moved the presidential primary (and the primary for all other office in presidential years) from the 2nd Tuesday in March to the 1st Tuesday in March.
As a result, it is now somewhat plausible that the Alabama bill to make the same change may not pass. The idea was to have a unified primary day for …read more

On March 30, the Arizona Senate passed HB 2608 by 17-12. It makes it more difficult for Libertarians to get on their own party’s primary ballot. It does not injure the Green Party. The bill will now go to the Governor. …read more

Currently, Nevada has no presidential primaries, and Democratic and Republican national party rules give Nevada the privilege of holding caucuses earlier than any other caucus state except Iowa. The 2016 Nevada caucuses are expected to be held on February 20.
Notwithstanding Nevada’s special privilege for its caucuses, there are bills in both houses to scrap caucuses and hold presidential primaries on the second-to-last Tuesday of January. AB 302 already had a hearing in the Assembly Committee on March 24, and the Senate Committee will hear an identical bill, SB 421, on April 1.
The bills would move the primary for …read more

The Nevada Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections will hear SB 499 on April 1 at 3:30 p.m. The bill title says it sets up a “modified blanket primary.” It would provide that for all partisan office except President, all candidates would run in the primary. Only the top two could run in the general election, except that if the top two candidates in the primary are both in the same party, then the 2nd place finisher does not advance to the general election, and whichever candidate who is not in that same party does advance …read more