Above Photo: Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, 11th January 2006. Jonathan McIntosh. The late human rights lawyer took on some of the most important cases of our time, including defending Guantanamo Bay detainees and representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. When Michael Ratner died in 2016, the world lost one of the great human rights lawyers of the past century. A descendant of holocaust survivors, Ratner embodied the courage and integrity that is often sorely lacking among his peers in the legal field, taking on cases that seemed […]
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Above photo: Steven Donziger speaks at a rally for his freedom outside his New York City apartment on July 6, 2021. Steven Donziger via Twitter. ‘International outrage.’ Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, “perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies.” Environmental justice advocates and other progressives on Friday condemned a federal judge’s decision Friday to sentence human rights lawyer Steven Donziger to six months in prison—following more than two years of house arrest related to a lawsuit he filed decades ago against oil giant Chevron. “Chevron caused a mass industrial poisoning in the Amazon that crushed the lives of […]
Bernard Cohen in a 1970s campaign poster when he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates. As a lawyer he successfully argued the Supreme Court case that established the legality of interracial marriage. He died this week at age 86. Cohen family hide caption toggle caption Cohen family Bernard Cohen in a 1970s campaign poster when he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates. As a lawyer he successfully argued the Supreme Court case that established the legality of interracial marriage. He died this week at age 86. Cohen family Bernard Cohen, who as a young lawyer successfully argued the Supreme […]
Jerry Harris, the breakout star of Netflix’s Cheer who has been accused of coercing nearly a dozen young boys into sending him explicit photos and videos, is a victim of the competitive cheerleading world “where sexual predators were largely unchecked with children of all ages,” his lawyers said in a Wednesday motion arguing for his release on bail. Harris, 21, has been in federal custody since his arrest last month on child pornography charges. He allegedly pressured at least 10 young boys—including a 13-year-old he met on Instagram—to send him explicit photos and videos, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080659215_0:144:3001:1832_1200x675_80_0_0_01cb5e21ea469d1f65c954f8bf82ed50.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080659183-toronto-lawyer-annamie-paul-becomes-new-leader-of-canadas-green-party/ Paul’s victory was mostly predicted because she has raised the biggest sum of money ($206,000) and has been endorsed by several former candidates for the post. Human rights lawyer Annamie Paul has been elected the new leader of Canada’s Green Party, replacing Elizabeth May in the post. When we started this campaign, we set out to make the @CanadianGreens the most diverse, democratic and daring force in Canadian politics. We also set out to make history. Because of you, we succeeded on all counts. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! #cdnpoli — Annamie […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080626970_0:269:3071:1997_1200x675_80_0_0_94a0bdc1a9ded6bb17757575300a4cf7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010011080626959-lawyer-of-kenosha-shooter-threatens-to-sue-biden-over-white-supremacist-remarks/ 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has been charged with fatally shooting three people during an anti-racism and anti-police protest in Wisconsin in August. The Kenosha shooter’s lawyer, Lil Wood, has accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of falsely claiming his client is a “white supremacist”. Wood posted on his Twitter on Wednesday that a legal complaint is being prepared for the former vice president demanding that Biden immediately retract his “false accusation” of “white supremacy” against Rittenhouse. Formal demand for public retraction is being prepared for Biden/Harris Campaign on behalf of Kyle Rittenhouse. I also hereby demand […]
A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with murder for shooting three people last month during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has threatened to sue Joe Biden’s campaign for calling the teen a “white supremacist.” “Formal demand for public retraction is being prepared for Biden-Harris campaign on behalf of Kyle Rittenhouse,” the lawyer, Lin Wood, said Wednesday on Twitter. “I also hereby demand that Joe Biden immediately retract his false accusation that Kyle is a white supremacist and militia member responsible for violence in Kenosha.” Formal demand for public retraction is being prepared for Biden/Harris Campaign on behalf of Kyle […]
Justin Clark is the Trump campaign lawyer who got his first taste of politics as part of Al Gore’s 2000 Democratic presidential campaign, when the Supreme Court settled a fight over counting ballots. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Justin Clark is the Trump campaign lawyer who got his first taste of politics as part of Al Gore’s 2000 Democratic presidential campaign, when the Supreme Court settled a fight over counting ballots. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Justin Clark’s path to the top of the Trump campaign started in an unlikely place: 20 years ago, between college and law school, Clark did […]
Wisconsin authorities announced earlier that a probe by the state Department of Justice into the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake from Kenosha by a white police officer in August would soon be turned over to a retired police chief serving as an independent consultant for review. A lawyer representing Rusten Sheskey has stated that the police officer was not only defending his own life when he discharged his weapon seven times at Jacob Blake last month in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but was trying to prevent a kidnapping, reported CNN. According to attorney Brendan Matthews, deadly force was used by the police […]
The Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times feared the man was trying to kidnap a child seated in his SUV, the officer’s lawyer said, also claiming Blake had brandished a knife at police. Officer Rusten Sheskey opened fire on Blake during the August 23 encounter in Kenosha after hearing a distressed woman on the scene shout “He’s got my kid. He’s got my keys,” the attorney, Brendan Matthews, told CNN. He argued that had Sheskey allowed Blake to flee with the child in the vehicle, “the question would have been ‘why didn’t you do something?’” Matthews’ account […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – Juan Guaido’s legal team argued on Wednesday before the UK Court of Appeals that the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela has the right to claim the Venezuelan gold reserves held in the Bank of England following his recognition by the UK government. “What M. Guaido wants from this court is to examine a clear statement of recognition”, lawyer Andrew Fulton said during the presentation of his submissions to the London court hearing an appeal filed by the board of the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) appointed by Venezuela’s constitutional President Nicolas Maduro. The lawyers representing Maduro are appealing a verdict […]
The district attorney’s office for the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, has suggested in new court filings that US President Donald Trump could be the subject of a tax fraud probe, as “mountainous” public allegations of misconduct exist regarding 45 and his businesses. Lawyers working for the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. issued a new filing in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday, arguing that a grand jury probe could be initiated solely based on misstatements and other public allegations about the president’s finances. “Even if the grand jury […]
Investigating the journalism produced by Voice of America is one of the tasks lawyer Sam Dewey has taken on since joining the broadcaster’s parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Investigating the journalism produced by Voice of America is one of the tasks lawyer Sam Dewey has taken on since joining the broadcaster’s parent agency, the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Andrew Harnik/AP The CEO appointed by President Trump to lead the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters has made strict protocols for scrutinizing job […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1d/1080316830_0:100:3072:1828_1200x675_80_0_0_c15d25c6af69533e24126669ba9ee129.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008301080316801-jacob-blake-to-get-court-hearing-will-plead-not-guilty-to-3-charges-lawyer-says/ On 23 August, an African-American man, Jacob Blake, was shot by a white policeman seven times in the back in the US city of Kenosha, as officers attempted to take him into custody. Video of the shooting triggered a wave of protests and riots in the city. The victim is alive but paralyzed as a result of the shooting and in a Kenosha hospital. Jacob Blake is expected to take part in a court hearing next week from his hospital bed, on old criminal charges, an attorney representing Blake said on Saturday, according […]
On late Tuesday, protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, turned deadly after three people were shot, two fatally. Later, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested after fleeing to his home state of Illinois and charged with first-degree murder. Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer, L. Lin Wood, is claiming that his teen client, who was arrested after murdering two people and injuring one with a semit automatic rifle, was defending himself. The lawyer referred to newly-emerged video that appears to reveal that the only shooting survivor, Gaige Grosskreutz, was in possession of a handgun. “‘Video eye’ does not lie. Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense. Murder charges are factually […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Lawyers for the Kenosha, Wisconsin police shooting victim Jacob Blake said they were filing a civil lawsuit to seek financial remedy for the man that a video clip showed being shot at least seven times from behind by police officers apprehending him. “He has a long road to recovery. We are going to hope and pray for as good a recovery as we can possibly get,” Blake’s family attorney Patrick Salvi said on Tuesday, adding that the 29-year-old had suffered kidney, liver and intestinal damage aside from early confirmation of paralysis. “That type of rehabilitation and recovery is […]
A Democrat super-PAC is airing ads during the Republican National Convention featuring Michael Cohen, once a personal lawyer to President Donald Trump and now a Resistance darling eager to slate his former boss. Trump “can’t be trusted” and Americans “shouldn’t believe a word he utters,” Cohen tells in a short video clip that appeared Monday evening. “Virtually everyone who worked for his campaign has been convicted of a crime or is under indictment,” he says. “Myself included.” As he says that, the images of General Michael Flynn – Trump’s first national security adviser – and ex-strategist Steve Bannon flash on the […]
Larry Johnson: FBI Lawyer Kevin Clinesmith Lied About Carter Page’s CIA Background in 4th FISA Warrant Application – Comey, McCabe and Others Likely Lied About It In Prior Applications Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
For years, New York attorney Jason Kurland was the “go-to” lawyer for lottery winners. Having represented dozens of lucky people across the country—whose total winnings estimated $3 billion—the attorney appeared on CNN and CNBC as a “lottery law expert,” offering advice on how winners can protect their sudden infusion of cash. “The biggest mistake people make is doing it on their own,” Kurland said in a 2019 interview, stressing that it’s important for lottery winners to “know that someone can walk you through it, step by step, so there are no surprises.” But prosecutors on Tuesday allege that the self-dubbed “Lottery […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008161080184460-snowdens-lawyer-calls-for-termination-of-his-persecution-as-trump-mulls-pardon-for-whistleblower/ Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he would seriously consider the possibility of pardoning ex-National Security Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden. All persecution of former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden should be stopped, the lawyer representing his interests in Russia, Anatoly Kucherena, said on Sunday following Trump’s statement on a possible pardon for the whistleblower. According to Kucherena, a “pardon” is not applicable in Snowden’s case, as his client committed no crime. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
As his political support withers away along with his prospects for re-election, Donald Trump is declaring his intention to try governing as a dictator. Trump, who bashed Obama for relying on executive orders and boasted that he’d get legislative deals done, long ago gave up on getting bills through Congress. Now, relying on advice from the lawyer who told George W. Bush that torture is legal, the president contends that he’s free to govern by issuing plainly illegal executive orders. That helps explain why Trump—who is denying the United States Postal Service the resources required to deliver many mail-in ballots —bizarrely […]
A former FBI lawyer plans to plead guilty to falsifying a key document that was part of the initial investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, several news outlets reported on Friday. Kevin Clinesmith, a 38-year-old lawyer assigned to the FBI probe into foreign election meddling, is expected to plead guilty to altering an email from the CIA that investigators used to seek a wiretap on former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2017. Investigators relied on that document to seek extended court permission for the secret wiretap on Page, who had previously provided information to the U.S. spy […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1a/1079986414_0:45:3072:1773_1200x675_80_0_0_71671032e40788c01571d5f2158bb036.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007261079986466-asylum-seeker-from-rwanda-confesses-to-setting-nantes-cathedral-on-fire/ An asylum-seeker from Rwanda who has reportedly been living in France for several years was arrested on 18 July after it was determined that arson was the likely cause of the blaze. However, the volunteer at the diocese was released a day later, as there were “no direct ties” between the fire and the detained individual. A 39-year-old migrant who was working as a volunteer at the cathedral and was in charge of locking the building on the eve of the blaze has confessed to setting the church on fire, his lawyer Quentin Chabert told […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079969213-us-prison-authorities-have-not-resolved-yaroshenkos-medical-problems-lawyer-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, jailed in the United States, continues experiencing health issues and has not received appropriate treatment, his lawyer Alexey Tarasov said on Thursday. “Yaroshenko has major dental problems. He feels pain, it is really bothering him”, Tarasov said. “It has not been resolved, the dental problems are still outstanding”. Prison authorities offered Yarohenko to extract the hurting teeth, but he refused, the lawyer added. The defence is currently assessing Yaroshenko’s huge medical records, he noted, adding that his client is not feeling well. The Federal Correction Institution in […]
News media set up in front of the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas’ 20-year-old son Sunday evening. investigators say there could be a connection between this attack and one in California earlier this month. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP News media set up in front of the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas’ 20-year-old son Sunday evening. investigators say there could […]
The attorney suspected of shooting Judge Esther Salas’ son and husband is being portrayed as a misogyny-crazed “anti-feminist,” but there seems to be more to the story, including links to the Deutsche Bank case Salas was hearing. Roy Den Hollander, found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car in the New York Catskills on Monday, has been fingered by authorities as the primary suspect in the shooting of Salas’ son and husband at their New Jersey home on Sunday. Other than the FedEx uniform he was wearing when discovered and a package in his car addressed to the […]
In a screed against cancer doctors, “men’s rights” attorney Roy Den Hollander saved some venom for a particular woman judge. “All of this was a nice stressful addition since it occurred in the middle of preparing for oral argument in a federal case before a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama,” he wrote. Den Hollander did not name the judge, but he might as well have, for he says the proceedings were held on Dec. 4, 2018. That is the date that he had a 90-minute hearing in Newark federal court before Judge Esther Salas. Source link
GEO Group’s ICE Jail Lies To Immigration Lawyer By Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot. July 19, 2020 GEO Group’s ICE Jail Lies To Immigration Lawyer2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/unicornriot-e1595171042130.png200px200px Aurora, CO — On the morning of June 30, 2020, Pablo Mackleen Grijalva’s lawyer tried to contact him at the GEO Group’s ICE jail where he is detained, but to her shock, the officer on the phone told her he was not there. She immediately called Kesha Davalos Grijalva, Mackleen Grijalva’s wife, and told her what the officer said. After calling the jail a second time, an officer confirmed that Mackleen Grijalva was going to be deported […]
As Jihad Watch reported, the Armenian Christian refugee Kevork Almassian was attacked on the street in Berlin on July 6, by what he called „two Islamists with a knife.“ Almassian had to run for his life and was chased by one of the terrorists for about 10 minutes until the assailant gave up. Almassian works for the conservative AfD party in the German Bundestag. Ever since his identity was doxxed last year by public broadcaster ARD, Lars Wienand of T-Online News and Palestinian lawyer Nahla Osman, he has received death threats. Now it seems someone has acted on those threats. Almassian […]
Guardian: Andrew Weissmann, an attorney who played a leading role under Robert Mueller in the investigation of Russian election interference, will release a book about the special counsel’s near two-year examination of links between Donald Trump and Moscow. Time to put Roger Stone in the grand jury to find out what he knows about Trump but would not tell. Commutation can’t stop that. — Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) July 11, 2020 Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation will be published by Random House on 29 September. The publisher promised “a meticulous account of the Mueller team’s probe and its ongoing battles with the […]
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein confidant accused of helping him sexually abuse underaged girls, had not been hiding from prosecutors since the pedophile billionaire’s jailhouse suicide in August—but from an “unrelenting and intrusive media,” her lawyers claimed in a Friday memo. “She did not flee, but rather left the public eye, for the entirely understandable purpose of protecting herself and those close to her from the crush of media and online attention and its very real harms—those close to her have suffered the loss of jobs, work opportunities, and reputational damage simply for knowing her,” her lawyers wrote in a […]
The judge overseeing the trial of four Minneapolis cops accused of killing black security guard George Floyd has placed a gag order on the defendants and their lawyers after pieces of somewhat exculpatory evidence were released. Citing the risk of “tainting a potential jury pool” and “impair[ing] all parties’ right to a fair trial,” Hennepin Country District Judge Peter Cahill slapped a gag order on “all parties, attorneys, their employees, agents or independent contractors working on their behalf” on Thursday with regard to the trial of the four Minneapolis cops charged with killing Floyd. The 46-year-old security guard died on Memorial […]
Coinbase has hired Paul Grewal, former U.S. magistrate judge and Facebook legal alum, to lead the cryptocurrency exchange giant’s legal team. Source link
Ghislaine Maxwell, former confidante of the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been indicted for the alleged recruitment of women and girls for trafficking and sexual abuse, and awaits an upcoming remote appearance in a Manhattan federal court, set for 14 July. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, indicted for allegedly scheming with her former boyfriend and close associate, the late Jeffrey Epstein, to groom young women and girls for sexual abuse, has hired the defence lawyer who helped convict notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, The Times reports. Court filings cited by the outlet state that Maxwell, 58, is being represented by […]
Spc. Vanessa Guillen, seen here in a poster released by U.S. Army investigators, was last seen alive at Fort Hood in April. Her family is demanding answers. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command hide caption toggle caption U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command Spc. Vanessa Guillen, seen here in a poster released by U.S. Army investigators, was last seen alive at Fort Hood in April. Her family is demanding answers. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command More than two months after Spc. Vanessa Guillen was last seen at Fort Hood in Texas, Army investigators identified her remains, her family’s lawyer Natalie Khawam told NPR […]
This story contains graphic details. A lawyer representing the family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen has revealed disturbing new details about how the young Houston native is believed to have died after she vanished in late April. Speaking on an episode of the “Crime Stories” podcast hosted by Nancy Grace that aired Thursday, Natalie Khawam said she and the Guillen family had just learned from Army investigators that the 20-year-old was brutally beaten after being called in to work at the Fort Hood armory on April 22. Army investigators discovered “partial human remains” earlier this week they believe belong […]
A military officer who died by suicide after being confronted about his involvement in Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s disappearance allegedly walked in on her showering, her family’s lawyer said Wednesday. The incident is one of two alleged instances of sexual harassment Guillen, a 20-year-old Private First Class stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, experienced at the hands of her superiors before she went missing from the base’s parking lot in April, Natalie Khawam, an attorney for the Guillen family, said at a Wednesday press conference. On Tuesday evening, authorities believe they located Guillen’s body, after finding partial remains in a shallow […]
Before they were photographed brandishing guns during a Black Lives Matter protest, Mark and Patricia McCloskey had made a name for themselves in their St. Louis neighborhood, suing and writing angry letters to community groups, and even accusing a neighborhood association of trespassing for taking a picture of their house. The McCloskeys, a pair of lawyers, won internet fame this week after they were filmed pointing guns at racial justice protesters outside their mansion in a gated community. The McCloskeys said the protesters were trespassing on their private street, and that they feared for their lives. But the couple has, for […]
General Michael Flynn had to be removed. He knew too much. He had to be shut down and silenced. He was the primary Deep State target. Sidney Powell was on the Vicki McKenna radio show and she dropped another bomb. Per a report from Lifezette, General Michael Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell shared the following: “He was going to audit the intel agencies because he knew about the billions Brennan and company were running off the books,” Powell said, referring to former CIA Director John Brennan. Powell began her interview noting at the 1:00 mark that when she took over the Flynn […]
Even though US President Donald Trump may want to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s upcoming book, he is unlikely to be successful due to First Amendment rights that prohibit prior restraint, Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer, told Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Wednesday. The upcoming memoir is titled “The Room Where It Happened” and is described by its publisher Simon & Schuster as “the book Donald Trump doesn’t want you to read.” “Trump could try to sue to stop the publication, though there is a lot of precedent that’s gone back many years that […]
Attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman were arrested for tossing Molotov cocktails at a police vehicle during the recent leftist rioting in New York City. We previously provided 98% confirmation that it was Urooj Rahman behind the mask throwing the destructive cocktail. Colinford Mattis works as a Corporate Associate at Pryor Cashman LLP | He’s a Problem Solver by Nature and a Lawyer by Training. On Friday the two Brooklyn-based lawyers facing federal charges for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails into a NYPD cruiser during the riots were back in federal custody after an appeals court reversed the bail decision. According to […]
The circus will not end. The attorney for Obama’s corrupt former Deputy Attorney General, Sally Yates, is now representing the group that is working with corrupt Judge Sullivan in keeping innocent General Michael Flynn in court. What a group of corrupt individuals that Obama brought into the US government. These people are bold, unprincipled and sick. In May we reported that Judge Sullivan appointed retired Clinton appointee judge John Gleeson to argue against the government’s motion to dismiss the charge against Flynn! This is unheard of! TRENDING: “His Skull Was Showing, He Was Convulsing on the Ground” – Protester Critically Injured […]
The FBI’s top attorney Dana Boente was asked to resign on Friday. Recall, Dana Boente was involved in the targeting of General Flynn. Dana Boente signed one of the FISA renewals to surveil Flynn and was accused of withholding exculpatory evidence in Flynn’s case. According to NBC, FBI Director Wray formally asked Boente to resign, but the decision to oust him came from high levels of Barr’s Justice Department. TRENDING: VIDEO: Leftist Protester Killed, Dragged by FedEx Truck in Downtown St. Louis after Mob Shuts Down Highway and Attack His Truck NBC News reported: After a 38-year career with the Justice […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Thousands of protesters squared off against police here late Tuesday, just hours after disturbing footage emerged showing a white police officer kneeling on an unarmed black man’s neck for several minutes before he died. Chanting “I can’t breathe,” protesters marched from the site where George Floyd, 46, died in police custody Monday to the department’s Third Precinct headquarters, where some demonstrators reportedly left graffiti on vehicles and smashed windows. Videos taken from the scene by a local KSTP reporter showed tear-gas canisters being fired into the crowd by police and demonstrators coughing and gagging. Other videos purportedly taken from the scene […]
A former top lawyer at Coinbase is about to take the top job at a major U.S. bank regulator, at least temporarily. Brian Brooks, the first deputy comptroller and chief operating officer in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), is poised to become acting comptroller as his boss, Joseph Otting, is planning an imminent departure. Otting will be stepping down after reforming rules designed to prevent financial institutions from discriminating against low-income and minority individuals, Politico Pro reported Tuesday, and he intends to announce his departure after the new rules are finalized this week. The Wall Street Journal […]
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World 18:09 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107923/09/1079230933_0:164:3073:1892_1200x675_80_0_0_6a0e15258c06efe6470db5729a7b0006.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005111079274070-who-lawyer-rules-out-inviting-taiwan-to-world-health-assembly-amid-divide-among-members/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has no mandate to invite Taiwan to join this month’s key summit, the World Health Assembly, given a divide over the matter among member states, who have the last word on who attends meetings as observers, the agency’s principal legal officer said on Monday. “The director-general, is the secretary of the health assembly, according to the constitution. Member states, and only member states, determine the policies of the organization at those meetings, make the final decision on what they […]