[Colinford King Mattis\Urooj Rahma]
The two lawyers have now been hit with seven federal charges of use of explosives and arson that carry a minimum sentence of 45 years. The penalty is so severe because police were allegedly the target.
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[Congressional Black Caucus]
Congressional Black Caucus: “that if Wilson is confirmed, he would not support and uphold laws that support inclusion, diversity, equal rights, and other long upheld civil rights protections so important to all Americans, and especially to African Americans.”
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[COVID-19\Incarceration]
Nadler & Bass: “We urge that you use every tool at your disposal to release as many prisoners as possible, to protect them from COVID-19.”
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[Congressional Report on Wells Fargo Abuses]
This report is a result of a one-year Committee investigation into Wells Fargo’s compliance with five regulatory orders issued in response to the company’s widespread consumer abuses.
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[Criminal Justice Reform\Police Accountability]
Rep. Johnson: “There is no silver bullet to fix our broken criminal justice system. Taken together, these three bills would make critical steps to ensure a more thorough review of cases involving law enforcement officers, keep bad officers off the streets.”
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[Congress\H. Res 757\A.G. William Barr]
Rep. Rush: “Since his swearing in earlier this year, it has become painfully clear that Mr. Barr is more interested in being the glorified gofer to the President of the United States rather than the Chief Law Enforcement Officer to the American people…Equally alarming are his recent threats regarding the withholding of protection to certain communities who speak out against police brutality.”
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[Mass Incarceration\”First Step Act”\D.C.]
In November, Norton met with Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer to ensure BOP would apply the reforms equally… Norton maintains that D.C. inmates now qualify for valuable new benefits, such as the Good Time Credit, early release by participating in recidivism reduction programs, and additional phone privileges and visitation.
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[Congressional News\Marijuana]
Rep. Nadler: “It was only in the early part of the 20th century that marijuana began to be criminalized in the United States—mainly because of misinformation and hysteria, based at least in part on racially-biased stereotypes connecting marijuana use and minorities, particularly African-Americans and Latinos. In 1970, when President Nixon announced the War on Drugs and signed the Controlled Substances Act into law, the federal government placed marijuana on Schedule I, where—unfairly and unjustifiably—it has remained ever since.”
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[Trump Impeachment News]
Joint Statement by Democratic Committee Chairs: “The transcript is an unambiguous, damning, and shocking abuse of the Office of the Presidency for personal political gain. This is a clear breach of trust placed in the President to faithfully execute the laws and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. The record of the call released by the White House confirms our worst fears: that the President abused his office by directly and repeatedly asking a foreign country to investigate his political rival and open investigations meant to help the President politically.”
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[Gun Control News]
Senator Cory Booker: “We’re in the midst of a national gun violence crisis that is ravaging our country,” Booker said. “The consequences of continued congressional inaction are deadly. There have been more mass shootings this year than number of days.”
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