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Vol. 55, No. 50 • October 1 - 7, 2020
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Transparency Demanded in Breonna Taylor Case By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia
5 Faith leaders gathered at the U.S. Supreme Court for a silent walk led by the Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign towards the Senate office buildings on Sept. 29. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
The failure to indict Louisville Metro Police Department officers who broke into the home of Breonna Taylor, 26, a Black emergency medical technician, and shot her to death has led to more outrage and disgust over how little Black lives matter in America, particularly under the racially insensitive administration of President Donald Trump. While the Sept. 23 decision by the grand jury in Louisville doesn’t directly fall under his administration’s jurisdiction, it’s clear that it at least had Trump’s imprint in the form of an attorney general who’s both a Republican and a devout
President Trump’s decision to tab 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has led political watchers and others to brace for a majority conservative bench.
Americans Emerge the Real Losers as Vital Policy Questions Went Unanswered
Most important, more than 20 million Americans could lose health insurance because a conservative majority, at the urging of the president and Republican attorneys general, is likely to strike down the Affordable Care Act [ACA] as early as November. Further, The American
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Decorum, Decency Abandoned During First Presidential Debate
National Bar Association Declares Supreme Court Nominee a Pandemic for Black and Brown Americans By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia
supporter of the president. Like the president, who often plays fast and loose with the truth and has fought for four years to prevent the release of items like his personal tax returns and business dealings, Cameron has refused to provide the public with exactly what he presented to the grand jury. Despite Taylor’s attorneys, Kentucky’s governor and the at-large public calling for transparency, Cameron has steadfastly ignored such requests. Further upsetting to the masses, one of the six officers involved in Taylor’s killing has been indicted on three lesser charges of firing his weapon into an
By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer @StacyBrownMedia American politics nose-dived, spiraled, crashed and burned during what masqueraded as the first 2020 presidential debate. “You’re a clown!” “Would you shut up, man!” “Everything you say is a lie.” Those were just some of the barbs from Democratic Presi5 Tricia C.K. Hoffler. (Photo courtesy National Bar Association)
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