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May 26, 2020
Footage of the incident has gone viral after it was shared by a bystander Monday
A white Minneapolis police officer is seen pinning a black man down to the ground with his knee
The man repeatedly tells cops he is in pain and cannot breathe before eventually losing consciousness
Minneapolis Police Department confirmed the man later died in the hospital after 'suffering medical distress'
Officers had been responding to a 'forgery in progress,' according to police
FBI is now investigating man's death and two arresting officers have been placed on paid administrative leave
The arrest has been compared to cases of police brutality including the likes of Eric Garner, who died in 2014
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8357713/Minneapolis-cop-seen-kneeling-neck-black-man-moments-died.html
Cop doesn't even take hands out of pockets while killing man (warning - graphic/distressing)
Footage of the incident has gone viral after it was shared by a bystander Monday
A white Minneapolis police officer is seen pinning a black man down to the ground with his knee
The man repeatedly tells cops he is in pain and cannot breathe before eventually losing consciousness
Minneapolis Police Department confirmed the man later died in the hospital after 'suffering medical distress'
Officers had been responding to a 'forgery in progress,' according to police
FBI is now investigating man's death and two arresting officers have been placed on paid administrative leave
The arrest has been compared to cases of police brutality including the likes of Eric Garner, who died in 2014
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8357713/Minneapolis-cop-seen-kneeling-neck-black-man-moments-died.html
May 26, 2020
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/central-park-confrontation-goes-viral-white-woman-calls-cop-on-black-birder/2431773/
Amy Cooper's apology
https://twitter.com/ohheyjenna/status/1265140426526339072https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/central-park-confrontation-goes-viral-white-woman-calls-cop-on-black-birder/2431773/
May 25, 2020
why they love Trump... the real reason
https://twitter.com/DemocracyInn/status/1264713147912523776
May 25, 2020
God reacts to the reopening of Florida
https://twitter.com/BookofJonah/status/1264699515031785473
May 25, 2020
this is a photo of the man who RTed a tweet mocking Stacy Abrams' weight.
https://twitter.com/peebsnjay/status/1264704431347634188
May 25, 2020
USA Covid19 death count 99286. Will Trump be golfing when count hits 100k tomorrow?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
May 24, 2020
DALLAS — Wylie, Texas, Mayor Eric Hogue says he believes women can do “anything and everything” — so long as they don’t lead public displays of religion.
Hogue is defending his beliefs after the release of an email in which he requests that only male members of a Christian missionary group say a prayer before a City Council meeting.
The exchange between Hogue and the city’s mayor pro tem, Jeff Forrester, was posted Wednesday on a Facebook page that focuses on the city’s politics.
On Sunday, Hogue replied, saying it was a good idea — as long as “those leading the public prayer be young men.”
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The mayor also quoted a passage from 1 Timothy that says, “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
Hogue wrote that he has always asked for men to lead invocation, while acknowledging that “not everyone may agree with me, but I can’t go against my conscience.”
Texas mayor defends belief that women shouldn't lead public prayer at City Council Meeting
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Texas-mayor-defends-belief-that-women-shouldn-t-15288655.phpDALLAS — Wylie, Texas, Mayor Eric Hogue says he believes women can do “anything and everything” — so long as they don’t lead public displays of religion.
Hogue is defending his beliefs after the release of an email in which he requests that only male members of a Christian missionary group say a prayer before a City Council meeting.
The exchange between Hogue and the city’s mayor pro tem, Jeff Forrester, was posted Wednesday on a Facebook page that focuses on the city’s politics.
On Sunday, Hogue replied, saying it was a good idea — as long as “those leading the public prayer be young men.”
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The mayor also quoted a passage from 1 Timothy that says, “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
Hogue wrote that he has always asked for men to lead invocation, while acknowledging that “not everyone may agree with me, but I can’t go against my conscience.”
May 24, 2020
The role of the automobile has been reinvented in the coronavirus era. Once just a way of getting from one place to another, the car has been turned into a mini-shelter on wheels, safe from contamination, a cocoon that allows its occupants to be inside and outside at the same time.
It took a pandemic to give the automobile its new role. When people pack up their families and friends, they can still adhere to social distancing rules. They remain under a roof, within closed doors, sealed off and separated from the rest of their fellow human beings.
Mobile safe distancing has generated a new way of life — a society on wheels.
ImageGraduates are now celebrating with drive-through ceremonies. In Odessa, Texas, teachers and family members came out to cheer the milestone at Ratliff Stadium.
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A drive-by visit with the Easter bunny at the Circle Drive-In in Dickson City, Pa.Credit...Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune, via Associated Press
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Concertgoers applauding D.J. Frans Zimmer, who is better known as Alle Farben, in Bonn, Germany.Credit...Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/drive-by-graduation-baby-shower-drive-in-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
the car has become the ultimate PPE
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/drive-by-graduation-baby-shower-drive-in-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=HomepageThe role of the automobile has been reinvented in the coronavirus era. Once just a way of getting from one place to another, the car has been turned into a mini-shelter on wheels, safe from contamination, a cocoon that allows its occupants to be inside and outside at the same time.
It took a pandemic to give the automobile its new role. When people pack up their families and friends, they can still adhere to social distancing rules. They remain under a roof, within closed doors, sealed off and separated from the rest of their fellow human beings.
Mobile safe distancing has generated a new way of life — a society on wheels.
ImageGraduates are now celebrating with drive-through ceremonies. In Odessa, Texas, teachers and family members came out to cheer the milestone at Ratliff Stadium.
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A drive-by visit with the Easter bunny at the Circle Drive-In in Dickson City, Pa.Credit...Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune, via Associated Press
?quality=90&auto=webp
Concertgoers applauding D.J. Frans Zimmer, who is better known as Alle Farben, in Bonn, Germany.Credit...Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/drive-by-graduation-baby-shower-drive-in-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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