The video above shows Brooklyn police arresting Jahmil-El Cuffee in Bed Stuy last week, after Cuffee allegedly rolled a joint in public. At about 1:40, with Cuffee held down on the ground by several cops, officer Joel Edouard delivers what looks an awful lot like a swift boot to the side of his head. Edouard was ordered to turn in …
CNN Poll: Romney Tops Obama But Loses To Clinton
If a rematch of the 2012 presidential election were held today, GOP nominee Mitt Romney would top President Barack Obama in the popular vote, according to a new national survey. But a CNN/ORC International poll also indicates that if Romney changes his mind and runs again for the White House, Hillary Clinton would best him by double digits in a …
Corruption Trial For Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Begins
Jury selection was set to start on Monday in the corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who is charged along with his wife of improperly accepting gifts from a businessman while in office in exchange for promoting his company. McDonnell, a one-time rising star in the Republican Party with potential presidential ambitions, and his wife, Maureen, entered the …
One Week Living On The Minimum Wage – News By The Numbers
Ted Strickland tried to live on the minimum wage for a week, and it didn’t go so well. “I didn’t make it,” the former Democratic governor of Ohio wrote in Politico Magazine. For his “Live The Wage” challenge Strickland allotted himself $77 for food, transportation and other basics. The amount is supposed to be what’s left over after housing and …
Madeleine Albright: ‘The World Is a Mess’
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright diagnosed the various foreign policy conflicts in hot spots ranging from Ukraine to Libya to Syria on Face the Nation Monday morning, telling host Bob Schieffer that the “world is a mess,” but also that it was the result of centrifugal forces long in the making. “Can you recall a time when there was …
New York Times Editorial Board Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana
The most authoritative paper in the United States has put its weight behind the federal legalization of marijuana, a momentous endorsement in the prolonged fight to end to the criminalization of marijuana that has been in place since 1937. Debuting what is to be a six-part series, The New York Times editorial board called for an end to the “prohibition” …
Federal Judge Strikes Down D.C. Handgun Ban
A federal judge on Saturday overturned Washington D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home, saying it was unconstitutional. “There is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny,” Judge Frederick Scullin said in …