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New York, New York – Last week, charges against a spider-man street performer who punched an NYPD cop were dropped after the defense argued that his right to a speedy trial was violated.
As we reported last year, a fight between New York police and a Times Square superhero was caught on video, but who is at fault was never determined. The man dressed as Spider-man was 25-year-old Junior Bishop, of Brooklyn. Bishop is one of the many people who make a living dressing up in costumes and taking pictures with tourists for tips in Times Square.
He was facing multiple felony …read more

Indiana State Senator Michael Delph (R-Westfield) has introduced SB 201, to abolish the straight-ticket device. He introduced a similar bill in 2013 and also 2014, but it didn’t pass either of those years. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news. …read more

On February 6, Mississippi Republican Congressman Alan Nunnelee died at the age of 56. Mississippi law requires the Governor to call a special election, and the Governor must choose the date within 60 days after the seat becomes vacant. In the November 2014 election, Congressman Nunnelee was re-elected in the First District, defeating his Democratic(More)… …read more

Burlington, IA– On January 6, Burlington Police Department officer Jesse Hill shot and killed unarmed 34-year-old Autumn Mae Steele in front of her husband and their 4-year-old son. The officer was supervising a domestic dispute when he deemed it necessary to shoot the family’s dog, Sammy, but shot Autumn instead.

Witnesses say the dog was being playful, but the officer “felt threatened” when the dog jumped on his back, so the officer pulled out and began shooting. At some point, the officer slipped and fell as he was firing, and one of the bullets struck Steele in her chest.
“The …read more

Cuiaba, Brazil – This Thursday, women at the Nova Mutum public jail in Brazil formed a brilliant escape plan that involved seducing and drugging the male guards at the prison. The plan sounds like something out of a movie, but it actually worked, and 28 women were able to escape.
According to police chief Angelina de Andrades Ferreira, when police arrived on the scene many of the prisoners were already gone, and the guards were found passed out, drugged and naked. There were also multiple firearms stolen from the prison as well.
The inmates took three 12 caliber rifles, multiple shotguns, two …read more

Joe Brown, a former Tampa Tribune columnist, has this op-ed in that newspaper, advocating that write-in space on Florida ballots be abolished. Write-ins in Florida are already severely restricted. No one can be a write-in candidate unless he or she files a declaration of write-in candidacy five months before the general election. Write-ins in primaries(More)… …read more

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that the newspaper National Post defamed Andrew Weaver, a Green Party member of the British Columbia legislature. See this story. …read more

Frankenmuth, MI– Senators in Michigan, the first state to ban capital punishment, have proposed a constitutional amendment allowing the death penalty for the first-degree murder of an on-duty police or corrections officer.
The resolution is sponsored by Sen. Virgil Smith, a Democrat, but also has backing from the top two Republicans in the GOP-controlled Senate. The divisive bill would require a 2/3 majority vote in both chambers before it would be put on the statewide ballot.
“I feel like if you shoot a police officer, you’re probably the worst of the worst criminal we have out there,” said Sen. Virgil Smith.
“If …read more

Moundsville, West Virginia – 26-year-old police officer Benjamin Davis was recently forced to resign after a concerned mother exposed him as a child molester in her very own independent online sting operation.
Davis allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, and when the girl’s mother found out about what happened, she created a fake online profile so she could gather proof.
In her profile, the mother posed as a 17-year-old girl and had the caption “cops rule” in the description of her main photo. The mother convinced Davis that she was an underage girl and that she was interested in developing a sexual …read more