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Officer Betty Shelby not guilty verdict
Tulsa has a long history of hard race relations dating back to a 1921 race riot that left about 300 black residents dead. Men and women from every corner of our community committed themselves to the hard task of sitting in judgment of one of their fellow citizens - Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby. [Full Article...]
Oklahoma officer says she recalled training as she shot man
Shelby testified that she fired out of fear because she said Crutcher didn't obey her commands and appeared to reach inside his SUV. He says when Shelby said on the witness stand quote, "you hesitate, you die", that hit close to home. "We're trained to stop a threat and by all indications, he was a threat". She said she had forgotten that detail at the time. Assistant District Attorney Kevin... [Full Article...]
Jason Chaffetz Needs James Comey's Phone Number
Chuck Hagel , who served as secretary of defense under President Obama and was a Republican United States senator from Nebraska from 1997-2009. The White House has denied the report, which came amid a furore over the president's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Trump is said to have disclosed classified information. [Full Article...]
Sheriff Clarke says he is taking Homeland Security post
The DHS website , however, now lists the assistant secretary position as "vacant". Clarke supports ICE's 287 (g) program, which essentially deputizes local law enforcement to act as immigration officials. When protests broke out in NY and other cities after Trump's election, Clarke raged that "temper tantrums from these radical anarchists must be quelled ". [Full Article...]
Trump target: MS-13 gang caught in Los Angeles
Three of the individuals charged face the death penalty if found guilty. "I will add that numerous witnesses that allowed us to do this by their statements also have immigration issues", Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said. [Full Article...]
Seth Rich's Family Demands Immediate Retraction Of Debunked Fox 5 Story
Then, to CNN , he said he learned about the possible existence of such evidence only through the reporter he spoke to for the FoxNews.com story, presumably Malia Zimmerman . A statement from family spokesman Brad Bauman went after the Fox News network specifically. A languishing Washington, D.C., murder mystery took a odd turn this week when the Fox News Channel suddenly became a major... [Full Article...]
Under Trump, US immigration arrests are up 38% from previous year
In an interview with the New York Times and on social media, Phillips defended revealing the immigration visit, saying he didn't specifically mention Immigration and Customs Enforcement . Under Obama, there were tons deportations, we all know that - the contrast is that under Obama, the priorities were that the deportations were of people who had committed those more serious crimes. [Full Article...]
Putin: I Can Prove Trump Passed No Secrets
Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, would not comment on the intelligence, but expressed confidence in the relationship between the two countries. As Bloomberg View's Eli Lake put it, McMaster was a 'well-respected defense intellectual, praised by both parties, lending a steady hand to a chaotic White House'. [Full Article...]