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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice of Public Hearing AR Dem Gazette 041421OKLAHOMA CITY— The city of Norman violated the state's Open Meeting Act when it approved a budget that cut the police budget by $865,000, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court upheld a circuit judge's December ruling that a required notice for the June 16 meeting was deceptively worded. The notice said the council would consider adopt- ing the city's proposed operating and capital budgets, but it did not say an amendment to slash the police budget by 3.6%would be discussed. "We find that the language used in the agenda was rl - ceptively vague and likely to mislead regarding the meeting and therefore was a willful violation of the (Open Meet- ings) Act;" according to the opinion by Chief Justim Rich- ard Darby. The ruling also found that the city's budget is invalid. "We are reviewing it and will comply with the Supreme Court ruling," city spokesperson Annahlyse Meyer said. The cut came in the midst of calls to "defend the police' after the May death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The money was to be used for community outreach programs. Confederate group denied park permit STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Stone Mountain Me- morial Association has denied a gathering permit from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which was looking to host its annual Confederate Memorial Day service at Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta. The gathering was set for Saturday, but a March 31 let- ter from memorial association CEO Bill Stephens denied the necessary permit, The Atlanta Journal -Constitution reported. Stephens listed three reasons for the denial including safety concerns, specifically the pandemic and racial ten- sions, writing that'Them is a clear and present danger to members of the (Sons of Confederate Veterans), potential counterprotesters, park employees and guests:' The park has the largest Confederate monument ever crafted, featuring sculptures of Gen Robert E. Lee, Con- federate President Jefferson Davis and Gen Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson carved into the mountainside. Martin O'lbole, a spokesman for the Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said he understood the concern regarding covid-19 but questioned the other safety concerns. O'Toole said the park has held the event for the Confederate Memorial Day a least 18 times without issue. Last year, it was canceled because of the pandemic. Missouri HIV -drug measure advances JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A bill that would make it easier to obtain drugs to prevent HIV infection won easy approval in the Missouri House. The proposal, sponsored by Rep. Phil Christofadelli, a Republican from St Peters, would allow people to go to pharmacies to obtain pre- and post -exposure drugs to Im- vent HIV infection, The St. Louis Post -Dispatch reported. It was supported by 148 lawmakers from both parties Monday, with seven Republicans voting "present." The measure now goes to the Senate. Christofanelh said he believes people should be able to access the drugs wherever it is most convenient because the drugs can save lives. The bill would require pharmacists to distribute the drugs with the supervision of a licensed physician and follow strict protocols. Patients would have to follow up with a physician and receive a prescription to get more had a 30-day supply of the pre -exposure medication -COMPILED BY BEMOCRA'r' GAZI I 1 L S'IMP MOM WIRE"FoRTS A couple enjoys the blooming trees Tuesday during a spring walk along Lakeshore Drive in St. Joseph, Mich. (AP/The Herald-PalladiuMDon Campbell) gen because of the way he was restrained. But Brodd said: "I felt that officer Chauvin's interactions with Mr. Floyd were following his training, following current practices in policing and were objectively reasonable." Police officers are allowed certain latitude to use deadly force when someone puts the officer or other people in dan- ger. Legal expects say a key is- sue for the jury will be whether Chauvin's actions were reason- able in those spec circmn- stances. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher used his cross-examination to fered last May from "excited delirium" — what a witness described as a potentially le- thal state of agitation and even superhuman strength that can be triggered by drugs, heart disease or mental problems. Nicole Mackenzie, a Min- neapolis police training offi- cer, was called by Nelson to the signs of excited delirium canhrcludemcoherentspeech, extraordinary strength and sweating and that officers are trained to call paramedics, be- cause a person in that state can rapidly go into cardiac arrest bdormadon M aas aside was can- MbNedbyAnge nbng oHheAsso- dead Bess Officer, police chief resign over shooting MOHAMED IBRAHIM VIDEO ONLINE AND MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Harris an Daunt: THE AKLYNEO razes Wright, Black O BR —A hit CENTER, mom mortality Minn. — A white police offi- cer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic step in a coin arns Minacap rlis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help he- al the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest The resignations from of- ficer Kim Potter and Police Chief The Gannon happened two days after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. Potter, a 26-year veteran, had been trial of an officer charged in George Floyd's death Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said he was "ap- preciative" that Potter submit- ted her resignation but that he had not asked for it nor ao- cepted it It wasn't immediately clear what that world mean. A decision on whether prosecutors will charge Pot- ter could be issued as soon as today. Meanwhile, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul imposed 10 p.m. curfews. A Brooklyn Center city spokes- woman didn'timmediatelyre- spond m a message on whether the city would have a curfew Gannon has saidhe believed Potter mistakenly grabbed her gun when she was going for her Mser. She can be heard on her body camera video shout- ing "Taserl Taserl" However, was stopped for ex- -remstmtion and end - hoped her resignation would "bring some calm to the com- munity;" but that he would keep working toward "full ao- cod dabdity under the Activists who attended the news conference called for sweeping changes to the Brooklyn Center Police De- partvient and sharplycriticized the actawchief Tony Gmenig, for not yet having a plan. Elliott said the department has about 49 police officers, none of whom live in Brooklyn Centex He said he didn't have information on racial diversity at hand but that live have very few people of color in oar de- partment" The modest suburb just north of Minneapolis has seen its demographics shift dramat- ically in recent years. In 2000, more than 70%ofthe cdy was white. Wright was stopped for having expired license plates. Police then tied to arrest him on an outstanding warrant re- lated to his failure to appear in court on charges that he fled from officers and possessed a gun wrtMut a permfi during an encounter with Minneapolis Patter shouts, "FB case yowl Fit case you! Tmerl Taserl Taserl" She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from Ed - lice outside his car and gets back behind the wheel. After firing a single shot from her handgun, the car speeds away, and Potter says, "Holy &A I shot him" Elliott said at a news con- Mgxmatbn to' ae's aside was con- ference that the city had been Missed by Solt Bauty, Sephen moving toward firing Potter Cvoves and Tan Susan o/The AS- whensheresigned.Hesaidhe sassed Real. tol Police were unprepared as supporters of former Pres- ident Donald Trump violently pushed past them and broke into the building that day. In the weeks and months since, some leaders have resigned, and many have considered leaving the department. Offi- cials have brought in trauma thempists, and lawmakers are considering what more they can do. Sicknick and Evans are two of only six Capitol Police offi- cers who have been killed in the line of duty in the forces nearly 200-year history, ac- cording to the department. Evans had been on the force for IS years. Biden, speaking in the ro- tunda at a service attended by congressional leaders and Ev- ans fiellow officers, said hehad never seen as much "strain add responsibility'' put on the de - partners: in the nearly 50years shrce he fast arrived on Capital Hill as a senator. And yet, he family paid respects in front of the casket and walked out of the cerem my Biden, who also met with the family privately, said Ev- ans was "defined by his digni- ty his decency, his loyalty and his courage;' and the president spoke of his own experience losing two children. "Losing a son, daughter, brocho, sister, norm, dad — it's like losing a piece ofyour soul," Bided said. In eulogizing Evans, Sen- ate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke directly to the officers. Schumer told them that there is "no shame in grief and sorrow and she&' and that membersof Congress grieved with them To Silly's friends on the Capitol Police force, these past few months have been devi s- tating" Schomer said.'7ust as the scars of Jan. t had begun to heal, another wound had opened:' April 20th & 27th at 6*00p.m. City of Faith Administration Building, 1400 S. Garfield Dr. Little Rock, AR 72204 City of Faith Residential Reentry Center is applying for a renewal of our Conditional Use Permit as a Federal Correctional Facility. A public hearing about the application will be held at administration building. Application Address: 1401 S. Garfield Dr., Little Rock, AR 72204 For more information please call 501-615-1090