Five Ex-Cop Officers Sentenced in Danziger Bridge case
A federal judge handed long prison terms to former New Orleans police sergeants and officers for the Danziger Bridge shootings days after Katrina. Kenneth Bowen Robert Gisevius Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon received 40 38 and 65 year sentences for firearms felonies tied to mandatory minimums.
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Justice Department
U.S
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Kenneth Bowen
Robert Gisevius
Anthony Villavaso
Robert Faulcon
Danziger Bridge
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Ronald Madison
Engelhardt
Faulcon
Bowen
Gisevius
Villavaso
Arthur
Archie” Kaufman
Kaufman
State reviews pepper spray incident at Santa Monica College
Dozens of Santa Monica College protesters clashed with police after being barred from a trustees meeting over a plan to charge extra for high demand courses. The state education agency asked the attorney general to judge legality and urged a temporary halt to the pilot program as critics warn it would create a class-based system.
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Santa Monica
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California Community College
Santa Monica College
Joshua Scuteri
David Steinman
Charitable effort returns centenarian to her Detroit home
Texana Hollis 101 reentered the home bought after WWII after eviction and HUD foreclosure. Mitch Albom and volunteers renovated the house spending about 30,000 dollars to restore flooring drywall appliances and a roof portion. Hollis thanked helpers as she moved in via a newly built wheelchair ramp and vowed to stay in the home.
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Detroit Free Press
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Albom
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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HUD
Texana Hollis
Hispanics Prefer Country-Based Identity Over Hispanic Terms
A Pew Research Center survey shows a majority of Hispanics in the United States identify by their family's country of origin such as Mexican Puerto Rican or Cuban rather than terms like Hispanic or Latino. About 25 percent prefer Latino or Hispanic first and roughly 20 percent say American. The report notes about 50 million people in the U S are Hispanic.
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Washington
Pew Hispanic Center
Pew
U.S
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