Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Institute for Justice – by Shira Rawlinson

Miami, Fla.—Today Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal dealt a major blow to property rights when it upheld the Village of Miami Shores’ ban on front-yard vegetable gardens. This means homeowners Hermine Ricketts and Tom Carroll—and others like them—are still banned from growing a front yard garden to provide food for themselves. Hermine and Tom are represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), which first challenged the ban in November 2013.   Continue reading “Florida Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Front-Yard Vegetable Gardens”

Baltimore Sun – by Kevin Rector

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was found not guilty Tuesday of all 21 administrative charges against him in the 2015 arrest and death of Freddie Gray.

The verdict absolves Goodson once and for all in the case, and allows him to continue his career on the city police force.

Goodson, 48, the driver of the police van in which Gray was found with severe spinal cord injuries in April 2015, was charged with neglecting his duty by failing to ensure Gray’s safety by securing him in a seat belt or calling a medic when he requested one. He was also charged with making false statements to investigators.   Continue reading “Baltimore police van driver Caesar Goodson not guilty on all 21 administrative charges in Freddie Gray case”

Nueces County Record Star – by Andrew Branca

WAXAHACHIE — Former Somervell County Sheriff’s Deputy William Lane Cox, who drunkenly shot at an Ellis County church, pleaded to the charge of deadly conduct on Monday morning.

By accepting the plea-bargain agreement, Cox was sentenced to five years in prison, which was suspended. He was then placed on community supervision.

Cox remain on probation for five years. He was also fined $1,500 and will have to serve 10 days in the Wayne McCollum Detention Center. Through the agreement, Cox will be allowed to serve his time on weekends.   Continue reading “Former Somervell County deputy accepts plea agreement after shooting Ellis County church”

The Guardian

The name refers to a leak of 13.4m files. Most of the documents – 6.8m – relate to a law firm and corporate services provider that operated together in 10 jurisdictions under the name Appleby. Last year, the “fiduciary” arm of the business was the subject of a management buyout and it is now called Estera.

There are also details from 19 corporate registries maintained by governments in secrecy jurisdictions – Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Cook Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Labuan, Lebanon, Malta, the Marshall Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vanuatu.   Continue reading “What are the Paradise Papers and what do they tell us?”

KDVR

WINDSOR, Colo. — Windsor Charter Academy’s decision to install cameras in its high school bathrooms isn’t sitting well with some parents who argue the move violates their students’ right to privacy.

Windsor Charter Academy executive director Rebecca Teeples said the installation of cameras improves safety for students while helping secure the building.   Continue reading “School installs cameras in high school bathrooms; parents say students’ privacy violated”

Kansas.com

State law enforcement agencies will be checking for both valid drivers’ licenses and possession of wildlife in upcoming checkpoints across Kansas on Sunday, Nov. 12.

“Upland bird, deer and migratory bird seasons will be underway, and these checkpoints are intended to help enforce state and federal wildlife laws, as well as the state’s driver’s licensing laws,” Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism said in a release.   Continue reading “Kansas agencies to conduct wildlife, driver’s license checks”

Courthouse News – by Jamie Ross

PHOENIX (CN) – An unarmed man shot and killed by a former Mesa, Arizona, police officer pleaded with police not to shoot him moments before his death, a witness testified Thursday morning at the officer’s murder trial.

Philip “Mitch” Brailsford is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of Daniel Shaver, a 26-year-old shot and killed in 2016 during a police encounter at a La Quinta Inn & Suites in Mesa.   Continue reading “Police Shooting Victim Begged for His Life, Witness Testifies”

Politico – by Donna Brazile

Before I called Bernie Sanders, I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music. I wanted to center myself for what I knew would be an emotional phone call.

I had promised Bernie when I took the helm of the Democratic National Committee after the convention that I would get to the bottom of whether Hillary Clinton’s team had rigged the nomination process, as a cache of emails stolen by Russian hackers and posted online had suggested. I’d had my suspicions from the moment I walked in the door of the DNC a month or so earlier, based on the leaked emails. But who knew if some of them might have been forged? I needed to have solid proof, and so did Bernie.   Continue reading “Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC”