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ANAIS VALENCIA
Photo by Renee Raketty for Capitol Hill Seattle
by Renee Raketty SGN Contributing Writer
Local Lesbian’s life remembered during Seattle candlelight vigil
23-year-old Anais Valencia was shot outside Central District apartments, police kill gunman
NYC cop union head calls Gay Congressman a “whore”
Trump acquitted in Senate, but could still be held responsible for inciting insurrection
Now faces charges
Ritchie Torres – Photo by Brendan McDermid / Reuters
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The head of a New York City police union is facing charges after calling a Gay lawmaker a “first-class whore.” Ed Mullins, head of the NYPD Sergeants’ Union, tweeted the derogatory language in September, aiming at then-city councilmember and current congressman Ritchie Torres.
Mullins also referred to New York City’s former public health commissioner Oxiris Barbot as a “bitch.” As a result of his remarks, the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board charged Mullins on February 12 with three counts of abuse: two for offensive language and one for abuse of his authority.
see NYPD page 9
A candlelight vigil was held in Seattle’s Central District on Tuesday for a 23-year-old Federal Way woman, Anais Valencia, who died as a result of a catastrophic convergence of events that cost her her life.
see ANAIS VALENCIA page 7
Photo by Alex Brandon / AP
by Paige McGlauflin SGN Contributing Writer Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted of inciting insurrection following a five-day trial in the Senate, but he could still be held responsible in criminal investigations. Despite 57 senators having voted to convict Trump of his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, including seven Republicans
who broke party lines, the Constitution requires a 67-vote supermajority for a successful conviction. An ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Feb. 13–14, found that 58% of Americans (with a margin of error of +/- 4.8%) believe Trump should have been convicted. The refusal of most Republican senators to find Trump
see TRUMP page 9