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In response to a criminal complaint filed by Columbus mayoral candidate Joe Motil against a city official, Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein referred the matter to Whitehall assistant prosecutor Brad Nicodemus, supposedly for an independent review. Nicodemus had previously been a special prosecutor who declined to pursue charges of alleged misconduct by Columbus police during the 2020 protests over George Floyd’s murder.
Because Nicodemus’ dismissal of Motil’s complaint had serious problems, concerns have resurfaced about his dismissal of the police cases.
Motil’s complaint stemmed from his removal from an April 28 press conference at the Columbus Police Academy. Mayor Andrew Ginther and other city officials were there to discuss the city’s disturbing rise in gun violence. Motil had attended similar events without incident before becoming a candidate for mayor.
But Glenn McEntyre, an assistant director for the city’s Department of Public Safety, told Motil to leave because he wasn’t a member of the press. Motil said McEntyre grabbed his arm in the process.
Let's try to convince the U.S. government that it could be content with one enemy fewer!
It's bad enough that the U.S. government has supported coup-attempts in Venezuela and imposed hurtful economic sanctions on the Venezuelan people. It is now seeking to add to those sanctions.
This December marks 200 years since the speech that created the Monroe Doctrine, when U.S. President James Monroe declared that only the United States -- not European powers -- would dominate other nations in the Western hemisphere. Enough is enough. At long last it is time for friendship and cooperation rather than imperialism from the United States in the Americas.
Click Here to Tell Congress to Cease Hostility Toward Venezuela.
As the unprecedented, unnecessary and expensive special election approaches on August 8, the Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) still stands with over 200 other organizations against Issue 1. But now the LPO is taking things further by filing a complaint against one of Issue 1’s biggest proponents, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
On Monday, the LPO filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, saying that LaRose violated the federal Hatch Act as a public official by receiving federal funds for elections, while also using his office to affect an election. LaRose first earned the LPO’s scorn by voting for SB 193 when he was a state senator in 2013, which gutted minor parties’ ballot access.
Jadarrius Rose’s semi was traveling through the middle of Ohio near Circleville on July 4th when a state trooper tried to pull him over for missing a mud flap on one of his tires on a perfectly sunny day.
State troopers often pull over semis for safety reasons, mostly to check if their load is under the legal weight limit. Yet whether 23-year-old Rose, an African American, was profiled may never be revealed.
Why Rose did not at once pull over is a good question. But being profiled causes some to panic. Rose eventually did stop, got out of his truck where state troopers urged him to surrender. Instead, a Circleville police officer and his confused dog showed up – the German Shepard first looked to attack a state trooper, but then mauled Rose. The Circleville officer was fired pending his union’s appeal. Yet Rose, after first going to the hospital, was the individual who ended up behind bars that day.
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The global crisis at six Ukrainian atomic reactors and fuel pools has escalated to an apocalyptic threat that demands immediate action.
Protecting our lives on this planet now demands immediate deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force to operate and protect this plant.
A petition is now circulating to help make that happen.
This week Russian occupiers threw the Zaporizhzhia site into deepening chaos by firing Unit 4 up to “hot shutdown.” Until July 25, Unit 4 had been in cold shutdown, along with Units 1,2,3 and 6. Unit 5 had been on hot shutdown to help power the plant.
But the Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom warns that putting Unit 4 up to hot shutdown is “a gross violation of the requirements of the license to operate this nuclear facility.”
The Russian military has occupied Zaporizhzhia since March, 2022.
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The 5th Annual Jazz and Vegan Ribs Festival is here! Come out to enjoy vegan ribs & other vegan BBQ while listening to local jazz musicians!
The highly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling Courage in Cannabis anthology is finally here. The new volume by Dr. Bridget Cole Williams, M.D., – Courage in Cannabis, Volume 2: The Triumphant Stories – celebrates everyday heroes who have found purpose through their relationship with cannabis.
Saturday, July 29, 2023, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Join us for a celebration of trans joy and resources at our upcoming Trans Block Party. Featuring DJ Diesel and free food from Maybe Cheese Born With It food truck, we'll be sharing information of legislative news in Ohio, creating space to meet and connect with other trans and gender non-conforming Ohioans, and provide resources on community care, mental health, and other affirming needs.
Location: Topiary Park, 480 E Town St. Columbus, OH 43215.
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Thursday July 27, 2023 at 6 PM
Whetstone Branch Library Meeting Room - 3909 N. High Street, Columbus 43214