New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis....
BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Additional warrants have been issued for a former youth pastor and kindergarten teacher in Morganton for child sex crimes....
It felt like there wasn’t any context to the actual circumstances of her arrest, especially considering the exorbitantly high bail amount. I looked around and the most information I could actually find was through a motion filed by her attorney.
She is being held for aggravated assault x2 along with some other misdemeanor charges with an implication that the charges will be elevated to attempted murder. Her attorney also notes that she has numerous other felony charges over the years, many but not all of which were later plead down to misdemeanor charges. Epona is also noted as homeless and transient that had outstanding warrants for failing to appear for some of her charges in other states. She has outstanding warrants for this in at least one other state. Assuming that it is true that she is transient and the DA intends to upgrade her charges to attempted murder, this at least provides some idea as to why the bail amount seems ludicrously high on the surface.
I realize that virtually all trans individuals face an extremely unwelcoming response from society that can often include abject violence and I feel true empathy for those that carry that burden. In this particular case it seems that there are lots of details that may deviate from the narrative that this particular individual was simply attacked by a group of men while minding her own business. Perhaps I’m wrong, but the original link is very one-sided which is why I went looking for more information. There are no journalistic articles covering the attack, but the motion filed by Epona’s lawyer is moderately revealing.
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New York City announces lawsuit against bus companies sending migrants to city, seeks $708 million (abcnews.go.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis....
This toilet paper at my work (i.postimg.cc)
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Bernie Sanders stops GOP senator from fighting teamster president at hearing: 'You're a United States senator!' (www.businessinsider.com)
They didn't cover this in school (lemmy.ml)
‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That (www.theonion.com)
Former youth pastor & teacher faces more charges in child sex crimes investigation (wlos.com)
BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Additional warrants have been issued for a former youth pastor and kindergarten teacher in Morganton for child sex crimes....
Community Rallies To Demand Freedom for Trans Woman Arrested After Being Attacked in Flagstaff, AZ (itsgoingdown.org)
I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?
Please don't ask why I need this....
Apologies for the problems
Lemmy and kbin have been... exciting to set up and debug....