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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 2020
Page
6
An editorial commends the Douglas County commissioners for delaying a roughly 30 million jail expansion. It argues momentary uncertainty and changing incarceration trends justify postponement to avoid costly reversals and preserve public trust, urging input from a new sheriff and upcoming elections.
The African Methodists will lay the cornerstone of their new brick church at about two o'clock tomorrow. The present house has grown small for their large congregation, and the new site at Warren Ninth and New York streets is described as one of the city’s finest for a church.
Leonard Pitts argues the First Amendment relies on public commitment and protests, noting targeted police violence against journalists during uprisings. He warns that without immediate protection of rights, constitutional guarantees are worthless and urges accountability for abuses against reporters and others.
George Will argues that recent Washington demonstrations resemble the Bonus Army dispersal ordered by President Hoover and carried out by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and others. He links the era to today’s defense secretary and top generals, suggesting a persistent pattern of excessive state force and political misjudgment.
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