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• Do Black Lives Matter to Executives at Southern Company? Not When They Can Put o...

  

  Tom Fanning The chief legal officer for Atlanta-based Southern Company, parent firm of Alabama Power, says he found nothing "inappropriate" after reviewing... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Cop, a Central Figure in Staged Arrest of Solo Attorney Burt Newsome, an...

  

  The two most challenging, non-pandemic issues currently facing the United States probably are systemic racism and police misconduct. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Mark and Patricia McCloskey, Husband-wife Lawyers, Break out Weaponry When...

  

  Patricia and Mark McCloskey point guns at protesters.A husband-wife lawyer duo caused a social-media stir when they were taped over the weekend pointing guns... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Oliver Robinson Has Been Released from Federal Prison, but He Still Might Face...

  

  Oliver Robinson Former Alabama State Rep. Oliver Robinson (D-Birmingham), recently released from federal prison because of COVID-19 concerns, could become a... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Traffic Stop That Led to Missouri Deputy's Fatal Shooting of Hannah Fizer, 25,...

  

  Hannah FizerA traffic stop that ended with a Missouri deputy fatally shooting 25-year-old Hannah Fizer was captured on a restaurant's surveillance camera,... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Trump and Barr Combine to Fire Geoff Berman in SDNY, Likely Committing...

  

  Geoff Berman The ham-fisted firing over the weekend of Geoff Berman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, could eventually lead to... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Advocacy Group Calls for Southern Company, Parent of Alabama Power, to Cut Ties...

  

  Southern Company, the parent firm of Alabama Power, should sever its ties to Balch Bingham because of the Birmingham law firm's allegedly racist behavior at a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Research Center in Kansas City, Missouri, Finds It Easy to Recruit Volunteers fo...

  

  Inovio Pharmaceuticals A research center in Kansas City, MO, is set to test a gene-based vaccine that shows promise against COVID-19, and the center is having t... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Marathon Petroleum Becomes the 18th D.C. Lobbying Client to Dump...

  

  A major lobbying client has dropped Birmingham's Balch Bingham law firm following allegations that the firm, in the era of Black Lives Matter, has engaged in... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe Faces Felony Murder Charge in...

  

  Fulton County DA Paul HowardA former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot is facing criminal charges, including... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Deputy Shot and Killed Missouri Resident Hannah Fizer in a Traffic Stop Where...

  

  Hannah Fizer A Missouri sheriff's deputy shot and killed a young white female motorist on Saturday night (6/13/20) after claiming she threatened to shoot him... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Joann Bashinsky, of the Golden Flake Snack Foods Family, is Not the Only...

  

  Jefferson County Courthouse Joann Bashinsky, of the Golden Flake Snack Foods family, is not the only Alabama resident to become ensnared in a Jefferson County... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Recent History in Walter Scott Case Suggests Atlanta Cop Who Fatally Shot...

  

  Rayshard Brooks and Atlanta cop Devin BrosnanThe Atlanta police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man Friday night at a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Poor Training and Lack of Federal Standards Form the Root of U.S. Policing...

  

  America's policing problem starts with poor training that lacks federal standards, according to a report at Axios.In an article titled "America's broken system... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• White Cop in Decatur, Alabama, Punches Black Liquor-store Owner Kevin Penn and...

  

  Store owner Kevin PennJust when you think you've seen everything under the Jeopardy category "Cops Gone Bad," along comes a story like this one: A liquor-store... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Dubious Actions by Federal Prosecutor Jay Town to Protect Alabama Power and Balc...

  

  Jay Town and Alabama Power CEO Mark CrosswhiteJay Town, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, has drawn scrutiny from the Department of Justice fo... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Despite Video That Appears to Show Police Clearly Assaulting a 75-year-old...

  

  Two Buffalo, NY, police officers face second-degree assault charges for shoving a 75-year-old protester, causing the man's head to slam against a concrete... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• After 25 Years of Progress on Police Reform Following the Rodney King Beating,...

  

  From Mother JonesAfter police officers beat Rodney King in 1991, and then were acquitted on criminal charges -- sparking the Los Angeles riots -- America got... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Trump's Name Has Been Invoked in More Than 50 Acts of Violence, Indicatin...

  

  A pipe bomb found at the home of an Oregon man.Donald Trump's name was invoked in more than 50 criminal cases involving violence, according to an ABC News... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alan King, Probate Judge in Jefferson County, AL, Decides It's Time to Retire...

  

  Retiring Alabama Judge Alan KingAlabama Probate Judge Alan King has retired in the wake of reports about his dubious handling of an estate case involving... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2020 LEGAL, SOCIETY