Wednesday, June 8, 2016

LAW & JUSTICE/ ADVOCACY NOTEBOOK REPORTS (See today's video clip)

LAW & JUSTICE REPORTS

FROM THE DEPT. OF JUSTICE press releases:

Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Gelfand Delivers Remarks at the Bates White Antitrust Conference

Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the Washington Council of Lawyers Annual Summer Pro Bono & Public Interest Forum

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Annual Justice Department LGBT Pride Month Observance Program

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at U.S. District Court for the District Of Columbia Reentry Court Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Cultural Repatriation Ceremony with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Returns Ancient Artifacts to India
Over 200 artifacts were returned to the government of India today by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch during a ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  The items were recovered as a result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the work of the United States Attorneys’ Offices in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs

FROM THE FBI FILES:

Oil and Crime in Indian Country FBI Director Visits Reservation in North Dakota to Discuss Rising Threat

Darwin Letter Recovered FBI Returns 1875 Correspondence to Smithsonian Archives

Lynch, Kentucky Chief of Police Arrested on Drug and Weapon Charges 

Jersey City, New Jersey, Man Arrested And Charged With $3.4 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

Federal Jury Convicts Three Minnesota Men for Conspiring to Join ISIL and Commit Murder in Syria

INTERPOL’s global network supporting Euro 2016 security

Border management focus of INTERPOL training in West Africa

In other Law and justice news....

Dad of Ohio girl found dead in crib guilty of corpse abuse (AP)

UK court finds taxi driver guilty in subway knife rampage (AP)

Send Eritrea to International Criminal Court, UN group says (AP)

Correction officers union head charged in NYC corruption probe (REU)

Pressure builds on judge over California sexual assault case (REU)

U.S. judge probes Uber over allegations of fraud in antitrust case (REU)

Why the Driver in the Freddie Gray Case Faces a Murder Charge---NYTIMES


ADVOCACY NOTEBOOK

A Riding Program for Disabled Children Finds Stables It Can Call Home---NYTIMES

Microsoft Finds Cancer Clues in Search Queries---NYTIMES

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NAMES FINAL ROUND OF PROMISE ZONE COMMUNITIES
Nine new Promise Zones join 13 others to expand economic opportunity in distressed areas---HUD PRESS RELEASE 6/6/16

FAO: STATEWIDE LEGISLATION TO OVERTURN PORTLAND’S VOTE AGAINST WATER FLUORIDATION?

FAO: MACKAY: BUDGET FIRST THEN COUNCIL TO SINK TEETH INTO FLUORIDE DEBATE

National Data Shows Kids With Disabilities Face Deep Disparities---DISABILITY SCOOP

*******NOTE PAD*******

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP
Interview with County Commissioner Bill Peach. Topic, proposed changed of County code of
ethics regarding campaign contributions from county staff to candidates running for office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRC0Z1FpXNs







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