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Seattle: Two Massive Marches For Different Causes
March in Seattle demanding Donald Trump release his tax re- turns. The other demonstration was by BlackLivesMatter against police brutality.
Cleveland Crazy Kills Elderly Man And Videos It On Facebook
The morning Tax March Seattle was focused on tax pol- icy and a call for President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
The afternoon event was dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. But many people participated in both marches and similar themes echoed throughout the day.
One of the most fiery speeches was delivered by Democratic U. S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who ad- dressed the tax marchers while also raising issues of racial and economic disparity.
The Seattle tax demonstra- tion was one of more than 200 across the country, collectively expected to be the largest protests since January’s Women’s March.
As Americans prepare to file their own tax returns this month, Jayapal slammed a system that often favors the wealthy. “Taxes are what allow us to have schools and roads and all of the things that mat- ter to a society,” she said. “But our tax system has to be fair.”
Last year, Trump became the first major-party presiden- tial nominee in more than 40 years not to release his tax re- turns. As president, he still has not.
Presidents are not required to release their returns, but have voluntarily done so since the early 1970s.
Trump promised to release his returns, but later claimed that no one — except reporters — really cares, Jayapal said
Police in Cleveland are work- ing with the FBI and other au- thorities, to find a suspect accused of committing a homi- cide and sharing the horrific footage on Facebook. Steve Stephens is being urged to turn himself in after he shot an eld- erly man in the head Sunday (April 16).
The victim has been identified as Robert Godwin, Sr., a 74- year-old grandfather killed at random. Stephens recorded the brutal murder in a video cap- tioned “Easter day slaughter.”
“I found somebody I’m ’bout to kill,” Stephens says in footage before approaching Godwin who is walking on a sidewalk. “I’m ’bout to kill this guy right here, the old dude.”
Stephens can be heard
Steve Stephens killed Robert Godwin, Sr., 74.
telling Godwin to repeat the name, Joy Lane. “She’s the rea- son this is about to happen to you,” he says.
“I don’t know nobody by that name,” Godwin replies raising his hands to cover his face as Stephens pulls the trigger.
Gov. Chris Christie Commutes Decorated Marine’s Sentence
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Gets Stuck In Elevator At Affordable Housing Complex
Dr. Ben Carson had to be rescued by the Fire Dept. after being stuck for 20 minutes in an elevator.
Marine Sergeant Hisashi Pompey is a decorated Ma- rine who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, but 6 years ago, during a trip to New Jersey, his life changed forever.
One Friday night, Sgt. Pom- pey had just wrapped up train- ing some Marines in Fort Lee, and headed to a nightclub with his friend. That friend got into a fight and grabbed Pompey’s gun out of his holster, and both men ended up being arrested. Although Pompey’s gun was registered in Virginia, it was not registered in New Jersey, and he was charged with un-
Marine Sergeant Hisashi Pompey can now go on with his plans to finish college.
lawful possession of a hand- gun.
Last week, Pompey was scheduled to enter prison for his 3 year term, but New Jer- sey Governor Chris Christie stepped in and inter- vened by commuting his sen- tence.
Pompey plans on request- ing a full commute of the charges, which stemmed from New Jersey’s mandatory sen- tences for gun-related of- fenses.
Pompey now plans on con- tinuing his education at the University of Maryland, to fin- ish up his engineering degree.
Arkansas Judge Stops Lethal Ejection Executions Ordered By Governor
These sorts of things only happen to Ben Carson.
The former neurosurgeon, current Trump official with a Sean Spicer-esque grasp on slavery and, of course, the leader of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment got stuck in a Miami el- evator last week.
And not just any elevator. No, an elevator clearly in need of maintenance in a fa- cility Donald Trump's budget would likely defund. Let’s not forget that the pres- ident’s financial plan called not just for eradicating the
National Endowment for the
Arts, but also for cutting $6.2 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel- opment.
You see, as part of a push to sell the president’s budget, and also to learn what the De- partment of Housing and Urban Development does, ex- actly, Carson is on a poverty tour that he’s calling a “listen- ing tour.”
According to the New York Daily News, Carson stopped off at an affordable housing complex in Miami, Florida to take pictures with the facil- ity’s happy residents.
A federal judge in Arkansas blocked the execution of eight inmates expected to be killed over a period of 11 days. The state is racing against the clock to beat the expiration date of a lethal injection drug, and planned to begin executions Monday (April 17), ordered by the state’s governor Asa Hutchinson. reports NBC News.
But U. S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued an in- junction Saturday (April 15), amid arguments that the lethal injection cocktail may not work, and could therefore amount to “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Death Row prisoners were set to be executed by the Gov. of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson starting Monday, April 17.
“The state of Arkansas does
not intend to torture plaintiffs to death,” Baker wrote in her 101-page decision. A con- demned prisoner can success- fully challenge the method of his or her execution by show- ing that the state’s method ‘creates a demonstrated risk of severe pain’ and ‘the risk is substantial when compared to the known and available alter- natives.'”
The inmates are challenging the planned execution method, and claim that the scheduling of back-to-back executions widen the probability of poten- tial mistakes.
The state’s drug supply is set to expire at the end of April.
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