Ex-Portsmouth police officer pleads guilty on charge related to sexual assault of teen
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A former Portsmouth police officer pleaded guilty today to a charge related to the sexual assault of a 17-year-old.
Search Results for civil rights
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Spare the handcuffs, spoil the child? Schools are over-criminalized, under-resourced
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A couple in Daytona Beach, Florida — two police officers — put their 3-year-old son in jail two days in a row, handcuffing him, letting him sit in the cell wailing, because he . . . pooped in his pants.
The First Amendment under further assault: Cops can sue protest organizers now
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When the British Army marched out of Yorktown to surrender to the American Revolutionary Army and their French allies, they played the song “The World Turned Upside Down.”
DOJ: South Carolina unnecessarily segregates adults with mental illness in adult care
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A Justice Department investigation has concluded that the State of South Carolina subjects adults with mental illness to unnecessary institutionalization.
Virginia law intended to boost living wage may backfire for disabled employees
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One local non-profit leader fears that the increase in minimum wage may eventually force small businesses and organizations in Virginia to eliminate hiring disabled people.
AG Jason Miyares announces 10 members for nation’s first antisemitism task force
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Through an application process, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares selected 10 members for an antisemitism task force.
Why are so many fathers and father figures standing mute on the sidelines of change?
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Women’s activism, including mothers in leadership roles, is legendary. Moms have long employed their moral authority as a parent to advance the social good.
Heavily armed man who wanted to ‘clean his town’ of LGBTQI+ residents sentenced
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A man who shot into the residence of a lesbian woman and attempted to shoot others who he perceived to be lesbian, queer and gay, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Charlottesville: Dogwood Properties purchase providing affordable housing
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Dogwood Properties has been purchased by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) to ensure affordable housing.
It’s time to rein in the FBI: Put an end to the bureau’s Gestapo tactics
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The FBI has a long history of persecuting, prosecuting and generally harassing activists, politicians, and cultural figures.
