It appears as though the blonde lady with long hair, sitting next to the defense attorney, wanted to bury her face in her hands, when she heard him say what he said, but she caught herself…
The Louisiana board of pardons unanimously voted today “to pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws.”apnews.com/article/9db9e3…
“The state Board of Pardon’s unanimous decision to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train car in New Orleans now goes to Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has final say over the pardon.” apnews.com/article/9db9e3…
“Plessy was arrested in 1892 after boarding the train car as part of a civil rights’ group’s efforts to challenge a state law that mandated segregated seating…”apnews.com/article/9db9e3…
This guy was the public information officer before he became sheriff of Pierce County, near Seattle. Now, the local prosecutor is essentially saying the sheriff himself can’t be trusted to tell to the truth.
“The committee determined Sheriff Troyer will be added to the list of recurring witnesses with potential impeachment information,” Faber said in an email.”
Background: “An investigation headed by former U.S. Attorney Brian Moran has found Pierce Co. Sheriff Ed Troyer violated policies on bias-free policing & other professional standards during a controversial January encounter with a Black newspaper carrier.” seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p…
🪡 Here’s the face of a victorious fighter who’s got more fights in him. When we read that Alejandro Castro spent 299 days in an Oregon hospital battling Covid 19, & then the complications from it, we wanted to know more.
Today, we spent the day with him & his family at their home, 45 minutes outside of Portland. What we didn’t know was the degree to which he fought in the hospital and how that part of the story makes his recovery amazing & inspiring.
1 of his nurses, Levi Cole: “Alex had the heart of a lion. He fought like an animal & he made it out of here against every possible odd…it’s impossible for me to sort of quantify the level of pain & the amount of suffering his family & he went through for him to make it out…”
‘Why Don’t We Have Electricity?’: Outages Plague Puerto Rico
Transferring the power grid to a private company was supposed to help. But thousands protested last week over more blackouts. nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/…
“Puerto Rican legislators have demanded to know exactly how many line workers LUMA has employed. PREPA historically had about 800. Mr. Stensby said at the hearing this month that the company had about 900, but he did not specify how many had prior experience in Puerto Rico…”
“…but he did not specify how many had prior experience in Puerto Rico, other than saying a large portion of them did. Legislators have also asked how many executives are making salaries greater than $200,000 a year…”
Note how he nails the inflection - there are the pauses so that it times with his breath, or lack there of, in the moment, and never once does he sound like he’s lost his flow.