Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map testing the judges’ directive.
What I really miss from reddit is multireddits, something that Lemmy could seriously benefit from when there are multiple competing communities on different instances focusing on the same topics. I really hope some version of that is on the roadmap.
People held at the Winn Correctional Center are subjected to undrinkable water, the constant threat of solitary confinement and limited access to doctors, they say.
An audit has uncovered a massive scandal in Connecticut, where hundreds of troopers manipulated the state’s racial-profiling database through fraudulent citations
I think this is a case of the people most likely to receive the message being the least likely to need it. At the very least it’s a good twitter thread to keep in your back pocket should you encounter someone complaining that some other RPG doesn’t match up to BG3.
When Officer William Stewart arrived on the scene of a pro-LGBTQ rally on June 3 in Corbin, Ky., he found a self-identified Ku Klux Klan member menacing rally-goers with a loaded handgun.
“Take your gun off!” Stewart said to 43-year-old KKK member Clayton Segebart, who puts his handgun on the ground.
“He’s got a gun! He’s been trying to f------ shoot someone!” a protester yelled at the officer.
But the dramatic scene, captured in a 15-minute police bodycam video obtained by Raw Story through a Kentucky Open Records Act request, didn’t result in any arrests.
Instead, Stewart decided not press charges against Segebart or Kenneth Hutton — a former city employee who arrived on the scene at the same time and also displayed a KKK card — despite protesters showing the officer phone video of the volatile moments immediately preceding the officer’s arrival.
Corbin police seized firearms from two KKK members, emptied the bullets out of the chambers, and then returned the weapons. Video still courtesy Corbin Police Department
The bodycam video shows LGBTQ activists playing a cell phone recording of Segebart waving a KKK card in a protester’s face. He then spews violent and homophobic language and reaches for a handgun he had strapped to his waist.
The police bodycam video later shows Stewart speaking with James Hensley, the 21-year-old LGBTQ supporter who was the target of Segebart’s hate.
“All right, I’m watching the video,” Stewart told Hensley, before putting the onus of pressing charges on Hensley. “You are more than welcome to come down to the police department and fill out a warrant for him.”
Hensley then pointed out to the officer that Segebart had identified himself as a Ku Klux Klan member.
“He comes over here, says he’s talking about all these other murders of trans people and just trying to scare us, man,” Hensley told Stewart. “He’s Billy Badass, and he’s just looking for a way to kill someone, man. It sucks.”
Stewart, who the video depicts as de-escalating the situation as he speaks with numerous people on the scene, then explained to Hensley that if he wanted to pursue charges, he could come down to the police station and “swear out a criminal complaint.” If a judge issued a warrant or criminal summons, Stewart said, Segebart and Hensley would “both have to appear in court together.”
“I just got a lot in my life,” Hensley told Stewart.
Hensley told Raw Story that as a result of a car accident in April, he had to change jobs and now relies on rides from friends and family members to get to work. And he has been taking care of his ailing grandfather. Hensley said he decided that ultimately the hassle of going to court to see that justice is done just wasn’t worth it.
Corbin Police Detective Robbie Hodge told Raw Story that Segebart’s conduct toward Hensley meets the criteria for a harassment charge. Under Kentucky law, “a person is guilty of harassment when, with intent to intimidate, harass, annoy, or alarm another person, he or she … makes an offensively coarse utterance, gesture or display, or addresses abusive language to any person present.”
Harassment is a misdemeanor, and Hodge said for police to make an arrest on a misdemeanor charge — with only a few exceptions such as domestic violence and driving under the influence — the victim must sign a criminal complaint.
As shown in the police bodycam video, the police separately considered whether to charge Segebart for pulling a firearm, which took place after the altercation with Hensley. As Segebart and Hensley argued, an unidentified man came on the scene and told Segebart to leave. In response, Segebart pulled his gun and waved it in the man’s direction.
The police also opted to not charge Segebart with “wanton endangerment” in relation to his actions toward the unidentified man. Kentucky statutes define “wanton endangerment” as “wantonly” engaging “in conduct which creates a substantial danger of physical injury to another person.” The offense is a Class D felony “under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.”
The bodycam video shows Stewart and an unidentified officer conferring. Stewart can be heard telling the other officer that Segebart and another man “come up, basically called them ‘f-----s,’ and then they’re getting in a heated argument.
“He pulls his weapon,” Stewart continued. “He doesn’t raise it at them, but he pulls it.”
“Did he have a reason to pull it?” the other officer asked.
“No,” Stewart responded.
“Well, why did he say he pulled it?” the other officer asked.
The video then shows Stewart walking over to Segebart and asking him. Segebart told the officer that the unidentified man “was approaching to me really fast, and I didn’t know if he was going to swing on me or not.”
Rather than “hit him and actually really escalate it, all I did was pull [the gun] out and step back,” Segebart said.
The unidentified man left the scene, and the police were unable to interview him.
Despite not charging Segebart, Stewart told Hensley: “I get it. You should never pull a weapon unless you absolutely have to. That’s not how we’re trained. That’s our last resource, and that should be his.”
When the police arrived on the scene, the body-cam video shows them seizing firearms from Segebart and Hutton. The police removed bullets from the chambers of the guns.
But within 14 minutes of arriving, they returned the weapons to the men and told them to leave, according to the video. They also told the LGBTQ supporters to leave the park after determining that they did not have a permit.
“I’m gonna give y’all’s firearms back, all right?” Stewart told Segebart and Hutton. “I’m gonna walk ’em up there with you, OK? Just — just leave, OK? They’re leaving, too. I’m making ’em leave, so you guys gotta leave, too. OK?”
It was never intended to build upon the original sorting mechanism, it was intended to be a super upvote that granted the receiver elevated privileges. It used to get you into an exclusive subreddit, turn off the ads, and give you discounts at stores across the internet. But then people memed on it and the admin decided to indulge the memes.
This shit rubs me the wrong way, dude. Everybody gets rushed into taking pictures with each other at these events and I don’t think that’s justification to smear someone’s reputation by connecting them to Elon Musk.
Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years.
Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black House district (www.politico.com)
Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map testing the judges’ directive.
Supreme Court Could Upend Hundreds of Capitol Riot Cases (www.newsweek.com)
Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali (www.bbc.com)
Some of the emails reportedly contained sensitive information such as passwords, medical records and the itineraries of top officers.
Is lemmy working on better default sort options than “hot” and “active”?
I’m not really sure where to ask this question. Maybe there’s a lemmy dev community where these kind of discussions already happen....
Detainees and advocates decry 'horrific' conditions at Louisiana ICE detention center (www.nbcnews.com)
People held at the Winn Correctional Center are subjected to undrinkable water, the constant threat of solitary confinement and limited access to doctors, they say.
How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises (www.propublica.org)
In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts.
A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won’t Say Whether He Still Has a Job (www.rollingstone.com)
An audit has uncovered a massive scandal in Connecticut, where hundreds of troopers manipulated the state’s racial-profiling database through fraudulent citations
Why devs consider Baldur’s Gate 3 anomaly, not new standard for RPG genre: “It’s Rockstar-level nonsense for scope” (gameworldobserver.com)
Kentucky cops release KKK member who pulled a loaded gun on LGBTQ protest (www.rawstory.com)
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Montana State Library withdraws from national library group over president's 'Marxist lesbian' comment (www.nbcnews.com)
The decision is part of a larger trend of libraries’ being caught in the middle of a national debate over children’s access to information.
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (lemmy.world)
Couple Upset That Their Cat Likes The Neighbors (youtu.be)
Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com)
Just Released: Gravity Circuit (store.steampowered.com)
The game looks interesting but no reviews I’ve found yet. Anyone here brave enough to go figure out if this game is good?
Larian Studios Removes 72 hour head start in Baldur's Gate 3 (deltiasgaming.com)
Just a quick reminder (lemmy.world)
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese intelligence hacked State Department emails in ‘significant’ breach (www.cnbc.com)
Senators offer bill to block any U.S. president from leaving NATO (www.reuters.com)
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say (apnews.com)
Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years.
EXPLAINED: Russian Commander Stanislav Rzhytsky Shot Dead After Posting Runs on Strava Running App (www.kyivpost.com)
A Russian commander with an apparent habit of posting his running routes on social media has been shot dead while jogging in the city of Krasnodar....