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The Missing Footage of Michael Brown's Shooting – Michigan Standard

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The Missing Footage of Michael Brown's Shooting. August 11, 2015. About a year before Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, another white police officer, Randall Kerrick, shot and killed. Another unarmed black man, Jonathan Ferrell, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Both shootings made the national news, but it was Michael Brown’s death, a year ago yesterday, that sparked days of public protests and gave new energy to the #BlackLivesMatter. Various disputed uses of police force...

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Politics – Michigan Standard

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Mayor Bing Wants State Money But No State Input On Belle Isle. Detroit) – Mayor Dave Bing’s comments managed to encapsulate everything that is wrong with Detroit leadership today while speaking about state intervention. Happy to take money from the state – even demanding it, but disgusted at the thought of the state having any input in how that money is spent. The problem with that line Read More ». Wayne County is Broke Thanks to Robert Ficano. Deal Finalized For Second Bridge To Canada. Lansing) &#8211...

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What It’s Like to Explain Jury Nullification to a Sitting Judge – Michigan Standard

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What It’s Like to Explain Jury Nullification to a Sitting Judge. August 11, 2015. I spent a day last week immersed in Los Angeles County’s immense judicial system downtown after being summoned to jury duty. My experience was not quite as vividly terrible as Matt Welch’s in New York. How is that even possible? I wasn’t called for a panel until very late in the afternoon. I actually worried that I was going to end up dragged back on Thursday (debate day! Before we were brought into the courtroom, we were a...

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Liberty – Michigan Standard

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Texas Prison Guard Leaks Video of Improper Tear Gassing. Guess Who Gets Prosecuted. A former Texas corrections officer is facing two to 10 years in prison for leaking video of inmates being tear gassed to a local news outlet in what his lawyer says is an attempt at retaliation, Houston’s ABC13 reported Wednesday. A grand jury indicted former Texas Department of Criminal Justice officer Elderick Brass in December Read More ». Rep John Lewis Says Trump Is Not a Legitimate President Due To Russian Meddling.

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Eastern Michigan University College of Education student receives national award for speech-language pathology research. Mardee Kohlmann is an Eastern Michigan University speech-language pathology student who knows what it takes to be dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives. Kohlmann was one of the 2014 Students Preparing for Academic Research Careers (SPARC) Award winners in August for her research in the field of speech-language pathology, one of only ten Read More ». Detroit) – Despit...

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Instapundit: Say Yes to Jury Nullification – and Screw You to Prosecutorial Abuse – Michigan Standard

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Instapundit: Say Yes to Jury Nullification – and Screw You to Prosecutorial Abuse. August 11, 2015. Instapundit Glenn Reynolds, who teaches law at University of Tennessee, is one lawyer who is into jury nullification. He writes in USA Today:. The power of juries to let guilty people go free in the name of justice is treated as suspect and called “jury nullification,” the power of prosecutors to do the exact same thing is called “ prosecutorial discretion. However, as Reynolds points out. For the most part.

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Latest Seattle Employment Numbers: Is Minimum Wage Hike Already Costing Jobs? – Michigan Standard

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Latest Seattle Employment Numbers: Is Minimum Wage Hike Already Costing Jobs? August 11, 2015. As the notion of a $15 minimum wage spreads. Some new data of possible relevance. Out of Seattle via the American Enterprise Institute:. The loss of 1,000 restaurant jobs in May following the minimum wage increase in April was the largest one month job decline since a 1,300 drop in January 2009. B) overall employment in the Seattle MSA increased 1.2% and by 21,800 jobs ( data here. The loss of potential jobs to...

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HBO Finally Offering Online Streaming Without a Cable Package. Rejoice, all you television-philes. That which we’ve so long hoped for will soon come to pass: HBO announced today that starting next year, its shows will be available via an online streaming service—no cable subscription necessary. Entertainment Weekly reports: Cord-cutting HBO fans have increasingly clamored for the service to be made available without a traditional Read More ». IRS Employees Only Semi-Literate, Finds Audit. Earlier this mo...

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<em>New Yorker</em> Writer Thinks 'Speech Nuts' Are Like 'Gun Nuts' – Michigan Standard

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Em New Yorker /em Writer Thinks 'Speech Nuts' Are Like 'Gun Nuts'. August 11, 2015. Kelefa Sanneh takes on Mary Katharine Ham and Guy. Benson’s new book,. End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun). Ironically, over more than 4,000 words, Sanneh is never able to present a coherent thesis of his own, though two sub-headlines hint at what he might be getting at:. Amazingly, Sanneh goes on to make claims like “The cam...