A Black college student shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida law enforcement officers during a traffic stop faces a long recovery from injuries that include a concussion and a lip punctured by one of his teeth, his lawyers said on Wednesday. At a news conference in Jacksonville, 22-year-old William McNeil Jr spoke softly as …
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Police in Jacksonville, Florida are investigating a “viral” video in which an officer is seen punching a male driver in the face during a traffic stop. Footage that began circulating on social media over the weekend showed William McNeil Jr. staring at the camera on Feb. 19 as an officer is seen smashing his driver’s side window and demanding that …
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The results are in — and they’re not good. An unscientific poll commissioned by Gov. Jared Polis on his proposal to build a pedestrian walkway across Lincoln Street in front of the Colorado Capitol revealed that 94% of participants opposed the idea. Just 4% said they supported it and 2% said they were a “maybe” on the plan, which was …
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A rendering shows a preliminary design for the Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway, a planned bridge connecting the Colorado State Capitol to Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. Courtesy of Studio Gang Gov. Jared Polis says the state of Colorado will absolutely not build a pedestrian bridge over Lincoln Street, between the Capitol and Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. Polis first floated the idea …
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The Stop Destroying Videogames citizens’ initiative, the EU petition that’s part of the Stop Killing Games campaign, has had an anonymous transparency complaint filed against it. That’s according to Ross Scott, the YouTuber who’s become the figurehead of Stop Killing Games, which in case you’re out of the loop aims to stop publishers rendering online games unplayable when official support …
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Attorneys for man punched by JSO officer in viral traffic stop video say police report is ‘divorced from reality’ firstcoastnews.com Video of Jacksonville sheriff’s officer hitting man in face during traffic stop prompts investigation CBS News No criminality in viral video of man being repeatedly punched by deputies: Sheriff ABC News Police report of viral JSO traffic stop video says man was ‘verbally …
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The Stop Killing Games campaign has continued building momentum in recent weeks, even popping up during at least one publisher shareholder meeting. With over 1.4 million signatures in support, the EU petition “Stop Destroying Videogames” now has a real shot at forcing the issue with regulators there, though one of the campaign’s biggest promoters now claims someone is trying to …
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Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54. Sarepta Therapeutics said Monday evening it will pause all shipments …
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Alaska Airlines has resumed flights after the failure of a critical piece of hardware forced the airline to ground all its planes for approximately three hours, but the effects will linger into Monday, the company announced. The carrier issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights around 8 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The stop was lifted …
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