“It doesn’t make me invulnerable,” said one police officer who has been
vaccinated against Covid-19. “But I’d rather have as much protection as I can.”
The New York City Police Department said in a July 21 statement it had
administered vaccinations to about 43 percent of police officers and
professional support staff.
“What the investigation into Andrew Cuomo shows is that when her office wants to
put resources towards conducting a thorough investigation, they know how to do
that,” an attorney for Prude’s family said.
“The proposed bill is well-intentioned but should not come at the costs of the
basic First Amendment freedoms that we all enjoy as Americans,” Nassau County
Executive Laura Curran said.
“How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and
decay,” Cornel West wrote in a letter posted to his social media accounts
Monday.
“He had an opportunity to read what Ellison said with an open mind and do the
right thing and modify his order,” a former public defender said. “But instead,
you see defensiveness.”
Modifying the sentencing memo would avoid “sending the message that the pain
these young women have endured is not real or does not matter,” Minnesota’s
attorney general wrote.
Judge Peter Cahill, who has served on the bench in Hennepin County for 14 years,
could sentence Derek Chauvin to as little as probation or more than 30 years in
the murder of George Floyd.
Allegheny County, Pa., District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. has come under
mounting criticism and faced calls to resign from elected officials and criminal
justice advocates.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said he wants to ensure
“consistent, evidence-based decisions and avoid false claims of racism.”
A sprawling memorial was erected at 38th and Chicago — informally known as
George Floyd Square — after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer a year
ago.
“I don’t think most of America understands,” Donald Williams II said of the
trauma he still experiences. “They kind of see it and hear it, but I don’t think
they fully understand.”