Confederate Flags on State Patrol Cars, Calling the Cops on a Black Firefighter, SOTUS, 3 Stories You Should Read Today – 6/26/2018
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In the category of: Presidents appoint Justices and They Last Forever
The court says the ban is a typical government policy — not an expression of Trump’s feelings about Muslims.
Donald Trump’s travel ban now appears to be a permanent part of US immigration policy.
On Tuesday, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled for the government in Trump v. Hawaii, the lawsuit over the current version of the travel ban — the third that the Trump administration has issued since it made its first effort in January 2017.
In a 5-4 decision (the court’s liberals dissented), Roberts reversed the ruling of the 9th Circuit Court that had attempted to put the travel ban on hold — a ruling that the Supreme Court had already kept from going into effect while it reviewed the case — and sent the case back to the 9th Circuit to reconsider.
In the category of: You need to figure out now what you’ll do when you see this shit happening.
People Questioned, Filmed And Called The Police On Black Oakland Firefighter
Kevin Moore was in uniform, with a clipboard and fire truck during a routine inspection. Residents called 911 and videotaped him.
Prompted by a resident’s call, an emergency 911 dispatcher contacted Moore’s station on May 16 to determine if the inspections were going on. Someone also emailed home security footage to the Oakland Police Department showing Moore — clearly in uniform — knocking on a door. When Moore returned to do more inspections last week, a neighbor used his cellphone to videotape him, asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and demanded to see his ID — which the resident then photographed.
Moore told the neighbor that if he was still concerned, he could check the street and see “a big red fire engine,” the Chronicle reported.
“I try to put myself in other people’s shoes, like if I see someone in my yard, I’d ask what they’re doing,” Moore told the Chronicle. “That’s why I always call out, ‘Hello! Hello! Oakland Fire Department!’ Because I want to be heard. I just don’t want somebody to look out their window and see somebody in their backyard.”
In the category of: Seriously people, you can’t make this shit up.
Washington trooper flies Confederate flag above patrol car in Silverdale
A Washington State Trooper who flew a Confederate flag above his driveway claimed he inherited the flag from his grandfather and didn’t realize the “implications” of it, according to a state patrol spokesperson.
SILVERDALE — A Washington State Patrol trooper who flew a Confederate flag at his Silverdale home with his official vehicle parked underneath in view of neighbors took the flag down after his supervisors were tipped off by a public records request from the Kitsap Sun.
Trooper James Manning claimed he inherited the flag from his grandfather and further claimed he was not aware of the “implications” of such a symbol, State Patrol spokesman Kyle Moore said.
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