Los Angeles Unified School District plans to end zero tolerance policies at all of its schools. The district, which has more than 640,000 students in almost 1100 schools, is the nation’s second largest. Starting next year, it will stop criminalizing low-level offenses committed on campus, according to Al Jazeera: Under previous policies, students would face arrest or citations for nonviolent …
Gov. Jay Nixon Criticizes Ferguson Police For Releasing Video
WASHINGTON — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) on Sunday criticized the Ferguson police for releasing a video allegedly showing Michael Brown robbing a convenience store before he was shot and killed. Ferguson police released the video on Friday, reportedly ignoring a request from the Justice Department not to. Police Chief Thomas Jackson has acknowledged to reporters that the shooting death …
$10,169 For A Basic Blood Test – News By The Numbers
A lipid panel is one of the most basic blood tests in modern medicine. Doctors use it to measure cholesterol levels in their patients, probably millions of times each year. This is not a procedure where some hospitals are really great at lipid panels and some are terrible. There’s just not space for quality variation: you are running blood through …
Rick Perry Calls Indictment ‘Outrageous’
While making a statement in Austin on Saturday, Texas governor Rick Perry spoke out against his legal issues, having been indicted Friday on two charges of abuse of power. Perry, who according to reports appeared defiant, called the indictment “outrageous.” Texas Gov. Rick Perry Indicted by Grand Jury on Two Felony Charges A state grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick …
Rick Perry: Even David Axelrod Thinks Indictment Is ‘Sketchy’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday defended the veto that led a grand jury to indict him on two felony counts of abuse of power, noting that even some Democrats have questioned the move by prosecutors. “I stood up for the rule of law in the state of Texas, and if I had to do it again I would make …
Eric Holder Hears From The People Of Ferguson Face-To-Face
Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the “eyes of the nation and the world” are on this small suburb of St. Louis where an unarmed teenager was shot and killed by police earlier this month. The issues raised by Michael Brown’s death, Holder said, have simmered “beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.” On Thursday, he told …
What Michael Brown’s Autopsy Can (And Can’t) Tell Us
Autopsies completed on the body of black teenager Michael Brown have failed to reveal exactly what happened on Aug. 9 when authorities said white police officer, Darren Wilson, fatally shot the boy in Ferguson, Missouri. That’s because autopsies can only expose so much, say experts. The shooting launched more than a week of racially charged protests, responded to by law …