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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

JonathanTurley

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.

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Appellate Court Upholds $25 Million Award Against Oberlin in Mob Action Against Family Grocery

JonathanTurley

Now, an appellate court has upheld a $25 million judgment against the small college and Oberlin earned every penny of that penalty. Oberlin maintained in court filings that the son and grandson of the owners of Gibson’s Bakery “violently and unreasonably attacked” an unarmed student, but that is not how the police viewed it.

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Connecticut High School Student Arrested For Posting Racist Slur

JonathanTurley

The case could present an important court test for this country in resisting the criminalization of speech that we have seen in Europe. ” The law is similar to the type of vague speech codes that we have addressed on campuses but this is an actual criminal provision under state law. Mosley , 408 U.S.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

In a major but likely controversial victory for free speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the conviction of a retired Air Force Colonel for using a racial epithet at the shoe store on the Marine base at Quantico in Virginia. 568, 572 (1942), the Court has sharply abridged the application that exception.

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Cuomo’s Cosby Defense? The New York Governor Could Ultimately Rely on the Comedian’s Defense

JonathanTurley

Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. Yet, justices would likely have reversed on the incorporation of allegations from an array of women at trial for uncharged criminal conduct. For the purposes of this section, forcible touching includes squeezing, grabbing or pinching. It simply did not have to reach that issue.

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Bowman Video Contradicts His Account to Congress, the Court, and the Public

JonathanTurley

Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor after he was caught on videotape pulling a fire alarm in the middle of a key vote to avoid a government shutdown. The misdemeanor was the charge that I discussed when this first arose. There was not even a glance back to see if the door opened.