Lindsey Graham’s weakness. How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline. The 83-page contract between Columbus and its police union shows how arbitration works there, similar to many other cities.
The arbitrator, usually a lawyer, is picked from a short list of names submitted by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a government agency that tries to prevent labor disputes. The city and the union each strike a name until one remains. “Who do you end up with?” Asked Daniel Oates, the former police chief in Miami Beach, Fla.; Aurora, Colo.; and Ann Arbor, Mich. “The guy who’s much more likely to have a middle-of-the-road decision in a termination. Police chiefs and city officials often try to negotiate discipline before imposing it, to find a compromise the union will support. The Alt-Right’s Star Racist Propagandist Has No Regrets.
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Find more information here. Updated on October 20, 2020, at 10:20 a.m. ET Gavin McInnes took a swig of whiskey from a bottle on his talk show’s on-set bar before bringing Lauren Southern onstage. It was June 2018, in Washington, D.C. McInnes is a founder of Vice magazine and of the Proud Boys, an all-male, neofascist group that promotes violence against its political opponents. From the November 2020 issue: Right-wing militias are bracing for civil war McInnes watched stonily as Southern joined the men.
Untitled. ‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents. Traditionally, ombudsmen would regularly go to nursing homes.
In March, though, ombudsmen — and residents’ families — were required to stop visiting. Evictions followed. “It felt opportunistic, where some homes were basically seizing the moment when everyone is looking the other way to move people out,” said Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, a long-term care ombudsman in New Jersey. Nursing homes are allowed to evict residents if they aren’t able to pay for their care, are endangering others in the facility or have sufficiently recovered.
Under federal law, before discharging patients against their will, nursing homes are required to give formal notice to the resident and to the ombudsman’s office. But some homes have figured out a workaround: They pressure residents to leave. That is what David Mellor said happened to him. “I saw what was going on,” Mr. A spokesman for the Windsor Park Care Center declined to comment.
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Mother Teresa India charity home 'sold babies' Image copyright Getty Images A woman working at Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has been arrested for allegedly selling a 14-day-old baby.
Two other women employees from the centre have been detained and are being questioned about other possible cases. Police took action after the state's Child Welfare Committee (CWC) registered a complaint. The charity has not responded to BBC requests for comment. "We have found out that some other babies have also been illegally sold from the centre," a police official told BBC Hindi's Niraj Sinha.
Police also recovered 140,000 rupees ($2,150; £1,625) from the centre, which is located in Jharkhand's capital, Ranchi. Image copyright Reuters. White man blocks Atlanta doctor from entering her own home. Roseanne Barr Incites Fury With Racist Tweet, and Her Show Is Canceled by ABC. The Science Is In. Spanking Children Does Serious, Long-Term Damage click 2x. They Were Asking For it - click 2x. Moral Panics / Cybercrime. Not entirely human NY lawyer causes 'Latin party' outside his house. There is a street party happening in New York this evening.
There will be taco trucks, Jarritos margaritas and a mariachi band – but this is not a Cinco de Mayo parade that got the date wrong. This party’s only theme will be retribution. Festivities are taking place outside the Manhattan apartment of Aaron Schlossberg, the lawyer who was filmed being irate and abusive towards Hispanic restaurant workers this week. Schlossberg threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) on the workers, saying he believed they were illegal immigrants because they were speaking Spanish to some customers. Shaun King (@ShaunKing)Who this this bigot in Midtown Manhattan? Luis Magaña, a Mexican American, who is part of the millennials for Bernie grassroots network, wanted to host a “Latin party” as a response to Schlossberg’s outburst. The event quickly grew in popularity and more organisers got involved.
“It’s a decentralised effort – everyone is bringing their own flavour. Update - 21:00 EST.