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Tuesday 3 OcTOber 2017
Son: Rabbi and family traumatized by Vermont traffic stop

By LISA RATHKE thought they were targets over and, once he did, that this was not a dan- ing 83 mph (134 kph) in a
Associated Press of a terrorist attack during tried to find a safe spot to gerous situation, Trooper 65 mph (105 kph) zone on
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The the late-night Aug. 8 stop. do so, his son said. Thompson could not have Interstate 91 in Thetford,
son of a New York City rab- “We’re talking about nor- A police investigation re- known that during the time according to the investiga-
bi says his father and other mal people. What in the viewed by the State Po- the vehicle failed to stop tion. Thompson pulled over
relatives were traumatized world are you doing to lice Advisory Commission as he followed it for several and put on his lights. Once
when the rabbi was pulled them? It’s out of hand. This made up of Vermont resi- miles on the interstates or at the vehicle passed he tried
over on a remote Vermont shouldn’t have happened dents found that Trooper the time of the stop. When to pull it over with his lights
interstate for suspected in any state in the United Justin Thompson acted assessed in their totality, and siren, but the driver
speeding, ordered at gun- States of America,” Yehu- according to his training Trooper Thompson’s obser- failed to stop, driving 60-
point to lie on the ground, da Fink, 29, said. and police policy and that vations reasonably led him 65 mph (96-105 kph) for 4.5
then handcuffed along Rabbi Berl Fink, of Brooklyn, there was no evidence of to believe that he should miles (7 kilometers).
with his wife and another was cited for attempting to bias. The commissioner and conduct a high-risk stop to Democratic New York As-
son. elude police after travel- the panel released a state- ensure a safe outcome,” semblyman Dov Hikind said
Yehuda Fink said Monday ing more than 4 miles be- ment about the results of the statement said. the ordeal was “so clearly
that his parents and teen- fore pulling over. Fink didn’t the investigation Friday. Thompson had clocked unnecessary” and still af-
age brother and sister know he was being pulled “Although we now know the vehicle behind him go- fecting the family.q
University settles lawsuit with Steubenville rape convict

By DAKE KANG Sept. 13. A judge issued a
Associated Press temporary order at a hear-
CLEVELAND (AP) — ing the next day allow-
Youngstown State Univer- ing Richmond to play. On
sity has agreed to settle a Sept. 16, Richmond played
federal lawsuit with a foot- in the second half of a
ball player convicted of victory over Central Con-
rape as a teen who sued af- necticut State. He didn’t
ter the school allowed him play Saturday against
to join the team and then South Dakota State.During
told him he couldn’t play the hearing, Richmond’s
this season.An attorney for attorneys argued that
Steubenville resident Ma’lik Youngstown State was
Richmond says he’ll remain contractually obliged to
on the active roster of the allow Richmond to play so
football team under the long as he followed school
deal announced Monday. rules. They said the univer-
Richmond will undergo un- sity hurt Richmond’s foot-
specified training as part ball career prospects by
of the agreement.“What curtailing his exposure to
is most important is that professional scouts at the
Ma’lik moves on,” said peak of his abilities.Attor-
Susan Stone, one of Rich- neys representing the uni-
mond’s attorneys. “This In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, Ma’lik Richmond, center, of Steubenville, Ohio, and his attorney Susan versity countered that the
Stone, left, walk out of U.S. District Court in Youngstown, Ohio. In a deal announced Monday, Oct.
was never a case about 2, 2017, Youngstown State University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit with Richmond, a foot- university didn’t violate any
money. This is a case about ball player convicted of rape as a teen who sued after the school allowed him to join the team contractual obligations
Ma’lik being given all the and then told him he couldn’t play this season. to Richmond because he
opportunities afforded a (AP Photo/Dake Kang) didn’t take advantage of
student of good standing.” “While the settlement Court documents show the mond made the team ear- a school grievance proce-
Youngstown State said in a agreement may cause university will pay for out- lier this year but was told dure before filing suit. They
statement that it will con- concern for some, we be- standing court costs, and a in August that he couldn’t argued the school has a
tinue a review of its policies lieve it is in the best overall university spokesman said play after a student circu- right to stop Richmond
on student athletics and interest of the university, the school is not respon- lated a petition to keep from playing to prevent
other “high-profile” school students and the commu- sible for other legal fees him off the team.Richmond campus protests and dis-
activities following the suit. nity,” the statement said. under the settlement.Rich- filed suit against his school ruptions to the team. q
Indiana woman accused of confining 2 teenage girls for years

DECATUR, Ind. (AP) — An In- ary, to investigate a ne- mother fell, according to ing to the affidavit.A psy- while the girls were “very
diana woman accused of glect report. Officers were court documents. chologist later found that skinny” and pale with long,
keeping her two daughters summoned to the home During that trip, the girls did the sisters — who are now greasy hair.
confined at home for years about 20 miles (32 kilome- not know how to place a ages 19 and 16 — suffered The sisters, who were taken
allegedly failed to educate ters) south of Fort Wayne food order at the restaurant psychological trauma from into the care of child pro-
the now teenage youths, three days after the teens’ and had no social interac- “neglect and isolation,” tective services, told offi-
who told authorities their mother was hospitalized tion skills at all, according according to the affidavit, cers their mother allowed
mother gave up on them following a fall inside the to the affidavit filed Sept. which states that the sisters them outside only to re-
“a long time ago.” home. 20 by the Adams County suffered from a “lack of any trieve the mail or newspa-
The 64-year-old woman Two women who were prosecutor. The youngest meaningful interaction with per and that they had over
faces three counts of ne- friends of the girls’ cousin girl appeared mesmerized others” for several years. time become afraid to
glect of a dependent. had, at his urging, taken by the food products avail- When police were sum- venture outside.
Police said the woman’s the sisters to eat at a fast- able inside the grocery moned to the sisters’ home She had pulled them from
daughters were emaciat- food restaurant and then they visited. a few days after their shop- classes when they were
ed and pale when officers to a shop for groceries be- “I always dreamed of this, ping trip, officers found the young and told them to
arrived at their filthy Deca- cause the home was with- going to the store,” she two-story house unkempt hide when visitors came to
tur, Indiana, home in Janu- out food a day before the told the women, accord- and filled with a foul odor, the home. q