John Arnold, the Texas billionaire who has contributed $2,750,000 to pass the top-two initiative in Oregon, is also the biggest donor to a PAC that has spent over $800,000 to help defeat California Congressman Mike Honda in this year’s election. See this story. Honda is a Democrat running for re-election against another Democrat, Ro Khanna. …read more
Phoenix – Former Arizona state congressman Armando Ruiz was on his way to church on Monday evening when he claims he was held at gunpoint and his life was threatened by Phoenix police officer Jeremy Sweet.
Ruiz told KPNX, that he and fellow churchgoer Monica Rivera were driving to Monday evening mass when they were cut off by a unmarked van, when he swerved to avoid a crash and honked at the van.
What happened next left Ruiz and his passenger terrified and fearing for their lives.
Ruiz, who served in the Arizona House of Representatives for nine years, said that after avoiding …read more
Austin, TX — In disgusting dashcam footage uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, two Austin Police Officers, Michael Castillo and Mark Lytle, are heard bragging about how important they are, then whistling at a woman and saying “Go ahead. Call the cops. They can’t unrape you.” while investigating a fender bender on May 24.
Officer 1: Alright, we’re gonna be riding out for a week.
Officer 2: Yo, we used to. They used to do that.
Officer 2: Hey, put it this way; if we ride out for a week, crime is gonna be on the run and (expletive) non-existent. (Expletive) would get real …read more
On October 31, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally, as of October 20. The previous tally had been as of September 5. Here is a link to the new data. Compared to last month’s tally, every party gained in absolute numbers, and the number of independent voters also rose. But between(More)… …read more
On October 27, the chair of the St. Louis city election commission wrote a letter to independent candidate Jennifer Florida, saying that her campaign literature must not refer to herself as an “independent Democrat.” The letter says such literature “shall be seized by the St. Louis City Election Board.” Florida is the incumbent Recorder of(More)… …read more
Paramount, CA — 28-year-old Oscar Ramirez was shot and killed this week when he was allegedly attempting to break up a fight in Paramount, California.
The police initially claimed that the man had a gun, and said that a witness reported that one of the people fighting had a gun. However, the police were unable to recover a weapon from the scene of the shooting, even after an entire week of searching.
According to Ramirez’s older brother, Kristian Ramirez, Oscar was shot by police when he was trying to break up a fight between a 14-year-old and a 20-year-old who was armed …read more
The number of signatures required for Pennsylvania statewide minor party and independent candidates in 2016 will be determined by how many votes are cast in the November 2015 statewide partisan judicial elections. According to this story, there will be three vacancies on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court filled in November 2015. The existence of the 2015(More)… …read more
A witness has a photo showing Hunt smiling as he talked to Cpl. Matthew Schauerhamer and Officer Nicholas Judson before being fatally shot.
Photo From Darrien Hunt’s Facebook Profile
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A young black man in Utah was shot six times and killed by police responding to a 911 call. The man was wearing a Japanese anime costume and carried a gift-shop samurai sword.
The state’s autopsy report confirmed that Utah police shot 22-year-old Darrien Hunt six times, including four times in his back.
The report is part of an ongoing investigation into Hunt’s shooting death. The young man was wearing a costume of the “Samurai …read more
On October 30, Norris Dryer, Green Party nominee for U.S. House, 2nd district, in Knoxville, Tennessee, died. See this obituary. As reported earlier, the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, Douglas Butzier, also died this month. …read more
