https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/nyregion/defund-police-nyc-council.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
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Who Opposes Defunding the N.Y.P.D.? These Black Lawmakers
https://abovethelaw.com/2020/08/the-vanishing-trial/
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The Vanishing Trial
End ‘no-knock’ warrants? Fully fund body cameras? SC lawmakers tackle police reform https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article244546927.html
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End ‘no-knock’ warrants? Fully fund body cameras? SC lawmakers tackle police reform
Very sorry to see this. He was a good man.
https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/news/covid19/columbia-police-officer-dies-from-complications-with-covid-19/article_8d5652fa-c617-11ea-ba88-373038eb277d.html
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Columbia police officer dies from complications with COVID-19
If you are arrested for DUI in South Carolina, under most circumstances, you will be asked by the police to submit to a breath test. Breath test machines (South Carolina uses the Datamaster DMT) can give false positive results or overstate your blood alcohol content. This false result can help bolster the case for the state and lead to a DUI conviction.
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Can Medications Affect a Datamaster Breath Test? | The Law Offices of A. Randolph Hough, P.A.
South Carolina is known for many things. We have great golf courses, beautiful beaches, and world-famous southern hospitality. In fact, Charleston is often ranked as the friendliest city in the world. We also have a high rate of assault and domestic violence crimes.
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Domestic Assault Rates Rose During the Early Days of the Covid-19 Pandemic | The Law Offices of A. Randolph Hough, P.A.
Glad the prosecutors did the right thing, twice.
https://thecrimereport.org/2020/11/16/man-freed-from-505-year-federal-prison-term/
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Man Freed From 505-Year Federal Prison Term | The Crime Report
Our men and women in blue deserve our support. They are overburdened more than ever. One way we can help them is to stop asking them to solve every problem that occurs in the community.
"Many cities spend upwards of 40 percent of their discretionary budgets on law enforcement, while only about five percent of the more than 10 million arrests officers make each year involve violent crimes, Turner said.
Most of the offenses they deal with are related to issues that include poverty, homelessness and mental disorders, not what they are primarily trained to handle."
https://thecrimereport.org/2020/11/16/policing-experts-say-reform-possible-without-defunding/
THECRIMEREPORT.ORG
Policing Experts Say Reform Possible Without 'Defunding' | The Crime Report
Former SC probation officer sexually assaulted women he supervised, two lawsuits say https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article249120780.html
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Former SC probation officer sexually assaulted women he supervised, two lawsuits say
A different result would have occurred in most states, including South Carolina. For example, if you’ve been convicted of a state drug charge in South Carolina, those same facts can be the basis of a federal prosecution. Prosecution under the same facts in both state and federal courts is not barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In this case however, New York law in effect at the time of Manafort’s actions prohibited the state from pursuing charges under the same facts after the federal government had already done so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/nyregion/manafort-vance-ny-indictment.html
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Manafort Can’t Be Prosecuted in New York After Trump Pardon, Court Rules
#BlackHistoryMonth #houghlaw
Randy Hough
February 1 at 8:03 PM ·
Eugene Jacques Bullard 1895-1961. Born Eugene James Bullard in Columbus, Georgia. After witnessing the near lynching of his father, he ran away to Norfolk, Virginia where he stowed away on a ship to Scotland. Eventually, he lived in France and saw combat after joining the French Foreign Legion when World War I began. He later flew in combat missions with the Lafayette Flying Corps, becoming the first African American fighter pilot. He was a boxer, musician and nightclub owner in Paris during the interwar years. He volunteered to fight again for France during World War II and was wounded before returning to the United States. He received 15 decorations from France and Charles de Gaulle, calling him a “true French hero,” made him a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dominion-rudy-giuliani-defamation-lawsuit/
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Dominion Voting Systems files $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Giuliani
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535744-black-woman-and-four-children-mistakenly-held-at-gunpoint-suing-colorado
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Black woman and four children mistakenly held at gunpoint suing Colorado police
https://www.mediaite.com/news/can-trump-really-issue-secret-pardons-for-himself-and-his-family/
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Can Trump Really Issue Secret Pardons for Himself and His Family?
