The Minnesota Independence Party, which has been ballot-qualified starting in 1994, appears likely to lose its qualified status. Here is a link to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s web page, showing election returns. The party needed to poll 5% for one of the statewide races this year, because it did not poll as much as(More)… …read more
Beaverton, OR — Former officer Christopher Warren, 33, of the Beaverton Police Department, was found guilty of first-degree child rape on Thursday. His victim, who is now six years old, took the stand and testified about what Warren did to her when she was just five years old.
The victim testified that Warren had inserted a pencil into her genital area, and the little girl reported that it felt “kind of weird, and it hurt for a second.” the Columbian reports.
An audio recording during an exam four weeks later was played of her telling Dr. Kimberly Copeland of Legacy Health system …read more
Daily Kos has this map, showing when the polls close in each state, from the point of view of the eastern time zone. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. If the map seems confusing, just scroll down to the text. …read more
On November 2, the Democratic nominee for U.S. House, Oklahoma 2nd district, was killed in an auto accident. See this story. This makes at least three congressional candidates in the November 2014 election to die, after the ballots had been printed but before election day. As previously reported, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in(More)… …read more
Ford has announced that certain models of their police interceptor vehicles will now be equipped with new tracking technology that can monitor the driving behavior of on-duty officers. However, this model may not be popular with many departments.
Police union representatives have already spoken out against this new feature, calling it intrusive.
The technology was developed by Ford and a company called Telogis. The system uses existing GPS technology to track the drivers speed, fuel usage, and even whether or not they are wearing their seat belt.
The records taken by this system would be especially useful when officers are involved in accidents …read more
The 37-mile no-fly zone around Ferguson, implemented after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in August, was designed to keep the press out, phone recordings obtained by AP via the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed a 12-day no-fly zone in compliance with requests from local police after protests erupted in response to the August 9th police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen. At the time, the official reason given for the restriction was safety precautions. However, in audio recordings, officials are heard admitting that the real reason …read more
“We are simply trying to feed people who are hungry, to criminalize that is contrary to everything that I stand for as a priest and as a person of faith”
Fort Lauderdale, FL — Police in Fort Lauderdale recently shut down a charity operation at Stranahan Park, because they were breaking a newly implemented law against feeding the homeless.
Local news sources reported that at least three people were written tickets, including a 90-year-old charity worker who has been feeding homeless people for over 20 years.
According to Arnold Abbott, one of the charity workers who was serving food, only three or four …read more
On November 2, Joe Visconti, independent candidate for Governor of Connecticut, said he is dropping out of the race. He also endorsed the Republican nominee. Of course, Visconti’s name will still be on the ballot, and the votes for him will be counted. See this story. …read more
It’s again that time of year when the clocks change, and many people are (rightly or wrongly) complaining about the system of Daylight Saving Time. While I find the concept …
On October 27, the New York State Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York, agreed with the mid-level court that Gigi Bowman should be on the November 4 ballot. She is the Libertarian nominee for State Senate, 5th district. The Libertarian Party is not a qualified party in New York, so it(More)… …read more
