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In Louisiana, Police Reform Led Directly to a “Torture Warehouse”

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said the arrests of Street Crimes members could impact hundreds of criminal cases, comparing the fallout from the revelations around the BRAVE Cave to those during the 2021 Narcotics Unit scandal. Frampton said that the fact that the BRAVE Cave sprung from police reform is “a frustrating irony and it makes you wonder about the capacity there is to reform these sorts of institutions without dismantling them altogether."

Defunding/dismantling is the next step, and if cops keep doing shit like this it will happen.

#ACAB

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Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection'

NAL but here's my own small dive into the "what does insurrection mean" argument ...

The 12th Amendment clearly states how the President is chosen, and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states that no one may hold office if they "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the Constitution.

It's the "or" between insurrection and rebellion that's important here as it means the definition of insurrection is not vital to charges being laid ... the word "rebellion" is easier to define and Jan. 6 was exactly that -- a rebellion against the completion of the 12th Amendment where the legally chosen President would be sworn into office.

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Poultry plant blames staffing company for hiring 16-year-old who was killed in workplace accident

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division have launched investigations into the incident, a spokesperson said. Any company found to be in violation could face a federal fine of more than $30,000 per incident.

OSHA's fines mean nothing. Time to raise them to $1,000,000 per incident, 50% of which go to the families of those injured or killed ... then companies might start paying attention.

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Stocks and your 401(k) may surge now that Fed rate hikes seem to be over, history shows

Keep in mind the following: source

About 158 million Americans, or 61% of U.S. adults, own stock.

The top 1% holds 54% of stocks, worth $19.16 trillion.

The bottom 50% of U.S. adults holds only 0.6% of stocks, worth $21 billion.

White Americans own 89% of stocks, worth $31.87 trillion.

U.S. families held a median value of $52,000 in stocks as of 2022, far below the peak of more than $58,592 in 2001. This figure includes directly held stocks and mutual funds.

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Child Welfare Officials Have Searched Her Home and Her Son Dozens of Times. She’s Suing Them to Stop.

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Canada is better in some ways ... although we have a lot of room for improvement. Provincial gov'ts set their own standards and rules, but in the province where I was a CFS investigator we had access to back files on individuals that would be checked as soon as a call came in.

We also weren't allowed to check cupboards because simply being poor is NOT a valid reason to take kids away.