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WASHINGTON - Three high-ranking House Democrats are pressing for hearings on police tactics and race in the wake of the deaths of two unarmed black men at the hands of police in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y.Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, John Conyers of Michigan and Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus, made the request in a letter Tuesday to the incoming GOP chairmen of the House committees with oversight over the judiciary and homeland security. Protests as royals attend basketball game in Brooklyn
stanley polska 13 photos They write that the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner raise multiple, complex issues and that Congress should look at matters ranging from the grand jury process to policies for use of force. House Speaker John Boehner has indicated he s open to hearings on the issue.
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A judge on Friday rejected part of a lawsuit requesting that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee turn over backup tapes from computer hard drives he ordered destroyed before leaving the Arkansas governor s office.Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox denied Jim Parsons Freedom of Information Act claim against Huckabee, but did
stanley travel mug not rule on the rest of Parsons lawsuit that alleges Huckabee illegally used government money to crush the hard drives - and to help the Mexican government locate a consulate in Little Rock.During a brief hearing, Parsons, a self-described gadfly from Bella Vista, asked the court to order Huckabee to provide the state backup tapes that held some of the files destroyed when Huckabee left office in January. Parsons said the state Department of Information Se
stanley cup rvices told him it had given the backup tapes to former Huckabee chief of staff Brenda Turner. If the governor is running and campa
stanley cup igning on his record, then we d like to have his records available to the public, Parsons told the judge. The judge questioned why Turner wasn t named as a defendant in the lawsuit, and rejected the FOI claim. Parsons lawyer said afterward it was likely he would try to add Turner as a defendant.Huckabee has defended destroying the hard drives, saying they contained employee and constituent Social Security numbers and credit card information. Kevin Crass, an attorney for Huckabee, said Friday he was pleased wit
