Missouri lawmakers pass bill to restrict viewing of police camera footage
(Reuters) – Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to restrict the public’s access to police camera footage, nearly two years after the slaying of a black teen in a St. Louis suburb fueled demands across the country for more police accountability….
Illinois Senate OKs school funding revamp with boost for Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to revamp the way the state funds K-12 public schools over the objections of Republicans, who labeled it a bailout for the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
New York sued over anti-farm union law, refuses to defend it
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday he would not defend a state law that excludes farmworkers from the right to unionize, hours after the state was sued by a dairy worker who claimed he had been fired for meeting with la…
Competency hearing resumes for accused Colorado clinic gunman
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man who proclaimed himself a “warrior for the babies” after a fatal shooting spree at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year returned to court on Tuesday for the second day of a hearing on his mental s…
North Carolina transgender battle could expand civil rights law
(Reuters) – The legal battle over transgender rights between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. government has moved the country closer to settling one of the last frontiers in civil rights law.
Two deputies charged in San Francisco over videotaped beating
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two San Francisco-area sheriff’s deputies were charged with felony assault on Tuesday in connection with the beating of a suspect last year that was captured on video.
U.S. ‘seriously’ considered shutting down Washington subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said on Tuesday he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of Washington’s troubled subway last week and warned the subway agency he would not hesitate to use that authority if necessar…
Maryland brothers indicted in officer’s friendly fire death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A grand jury indicted three Maryland brothers on 121 charges in a police detective’s death in a gunfight allegedly started by one brother and videotaped by the others, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
In the Bronx, New York, minor prosecutions can drag on for years: lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – People arrested in the Bronx borough of New York City for low-level offenses such as shoplifting or marijuana possession can wait years for a trial, public defenders and other lawyers complained in a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesda…
New Jersey judge orders naming of Bridgegate scandal co-conspirators
(Reuters) – A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday ordered the release of a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the criminal case against two former allies of Republican Governor Chris Christie in a 2013 scandal involving lane closures on the Georg…
