Arizona Immigration Law Breakout: Nine College Students Arrested

Soon
after the signing of the new Arizona immigration law, Senate Bill (SB)
1070, in April 2010, protests were reporting breaking out against the
legislation, which puts new enforcement measures in the hands of state
law-enforcement authorities against illegal immigration. According to
reports issued from the Capitol as Governor Jan Brewer was affixing her
signature to the Arizona immigration law, some 1500 demonstrators had
assembled, either in support or opposition, and did not hesitate to make
their views known as the merits of a piece of legislation which has
been both championed and denounced.

The
Arizona immigration law breakout of protests led, in some cases, to
arrests, as with the disorderly conducts charges pressed against nine
people, all college students. They had affixed themselves to the state’s
old Capitol building to symbolize the oppressive detentions which they
asserted would result from the passage of the Arizona immigration law.
The Arizona immigration law breakout of protests also included public
declarations of opposition from recognized community leaders, from both
within and without Arizona, and from such various areas as activists,
political officeholders, and religious leaders. The Arizona immigration
law breakout of protests was encouraged, for one, when Los Angeles
Cardinal Roger Mahoney compared the then-proposed, now-implemented
legislation to “Russian Communist” and “German Nazi” tactics, raising
the specter of a “police state” being created by SB 1070, an assertion
hotly disputed by the law’s supporters in the legislature and throughout
the state. Clarence Dupnik, Sheriff of Pima County, also criticized the
immigration law.

Katrina Law

Katrina
law reforms and initiatives have been launched since the 2005 hurricane
devastated much of the Gulf Coast area of the United States, notably
including the city of New Orleans. As such, Katrina law efforts have
been passed into effect in the form of the creation of the Gulf
Opportunity Zone, as well as other tax measures intended to encourage
economic activity in the area. Katrina law measures have thus aimed at
restoring quality of life for areas which, in some cases, have
historically been noted for high degrees of poverty and social
deprivation, even preceding the particularly harmful of Hurricane
Katrina. Supporters of such Katrina law initiatives have raised
concerns, however, in the context of heavy Democratic losses in
Congress, incurred in the November 2010 elections. Democratic
legislators had hoped to pass through extensions for the Katrina law
provisions, but even prior to the party’s reversals of fortune, had been
preventing from doing so by Republican figures.

Recommendations
for the continued enforcement of Katrina law provisions have also been
launched by Housing Authority of New Orleans head David Gilmore, who
announced that tax credit extensions would be necessary for his agency
to carry out planned projects for residential, low-income construction.
In general, the continued maintenance of Katrina law measures is
believed to have been threatened by an anti-spending mood currently seen
throughout the country, and tied to high budget deficits. The continued
need for Katrina law measures has also been tied to the fall in credit
available during the economic recession.

AZ Immigration Law Breakout

AZ immigration law breakout

The
AZ immigration law breakout of protests, launched specifically against
the new legislation of SB (Senate Bill) 1070, began as soon as it seemed
likely that this law, in its initially proposed form, would be passed
through the legislature and then approved by Governor Jan Brewer. At the
same time, supporters of the bill were equally vociferous in defending
the law, particularly against the criticism that it would create new
opportunities for ethnic profiling on the part of the state’s law
enforcement authorities. The AZ immigration law breakout of protests has
turned on, in part, the law’s inclusion of language allowing police to
use a person’s ethnicity as a factor when making the judgment of whether
or not to stop that person. Despite criticism that this provision
amounted to discrimination against the state’s many Latino residents,
Governor Brewer signed SB 1070 on April 23, 2010, thus allowing the
legislation to go into effect on July 29 of that year.

The
AZ immigration law breakout of protests has been reported as a
grassroots-level reaction against the legislation that has been matched,
in some cases, in the halls of government power, and from other areas.
Expressing similar concerns to those which prompted the AZ immigration
law breakout, the Justice Department lobbied a legal challenge against
the legislation’s constitutionality. Some religious organizations issued
statements showing agreement with the AZ immigration law breakout of
protests, including from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the
office of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahoney, while others abstained
from comment.

Law School Predictor

Law
school predictor calculators can let would-be lawyers know just how far
their LSAT scores will take them when applying to law schools, or which
score they should aim for when taking the test. Various websites offer
Law School Predictor engines which carry out this task for prospective
applicants, while other functions can also be used to help people in
making this calculation by themselves. The specific way in which a Law
School Predictor accepts and applies data can vary, so users are
typically recommended to use several in conjunction, thereby maximizing
the usefulness of the predictions which it returns.

Some
of the Law School Predictor calculators which can be used by hopeful
law students include the Law School Predictor, HourMD Law School
Probability Calculator, Law School Probability Calculator, and the Law
School Admission Council’s Search for Schools Based on UGPA and LSAT
Score (or LSAC Calculator). Alternately, some would-be law school
entrants have also been known to forgo the actual Law School Predictor
calculators in favor of consulting other people with experience in the
law school application process through the Top-Law-Schools.com online
discussion thread devoted to discussion of the question, “What Are My
Chances?” The HourMD Law School Predictor, in comparison to the others,
only uses statistics on the correlation between LSAT scores and entrance
rates, and does so for the vast majority of law schools certified by
the American Bar Association. Among the Llaw school predictor engines,
the Law School Predictor is relatively new and as such untested.

Roller Rink Rampage

A man opened fire at a Texas roller skating rink during a birthday party for one of his children, murdering his estranged wife and four of her family members before committing suicide.

Trini Do and Tan Do, ages 29 and 35 respectively, were hosting the party at the Roller World Skating Rink in Grand Prarie (suburb of Dallas) Texas, on Saturday July 23rd. Local police responded to a call of a shooting at approximately 7:10 p.m. local time, when officers found the bodies of five people; a sixth body (the killer’s: Tan Do’s) was also found dead.

The deaths were caused by fatal gunshot wounds to the head and torso; four other people had sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the rampage. Police speculate that Tan unleashed the murderous actions due to ongoing marital problems between he and Trini.

The individuals killed in the onslaught included Trini Do’s sisters, Lynn Ta (aged 16) and Michelle Ta 28; her brother, Hien Ta, 21; and her sister-in-law, Thuy Nguyen, 25.

The couple’s two children were not harmed and are currently in the care of other family members. Approximately 30 people were attending the party at the time of the shooting; the rink was not open to the public according to local authorities.

Man Survives Crushing Blow

Man Survives Crushing Blow Tennessee–A 21-year-old male from Maury County had his head run over by a two-ton truck and miraculously walked away unharmed. The story of Ryan St. Amour, to put mildly, is one of survival, that neither he nor his friends can believe.

“It started out because I got this new motorcycle and I decided to bring it over my friend’s house to show him,” St. Amour said. “And then I cut the motorcycle off, and it wouldn’t start back up.”When St. Amour’s motorcycle wouldn’t start-up he walked back up his friend’s driveway, but lost his footing on the curb.

“When I was coming back up the driveway, I rolled my ankle and fell into the road in front of a car and it ran over me head,” St. Amour said.As St. Amour fell, a Ford F-150 was barrelling down the street. The driver of the truck, unaware of St. Amour’s mishap and unable to react, drove over the young man’s head (with one tire) at roughly 20 miles per hour.

Luckily, the 21-year-old was hadn’t removed his motorcycle helmet; St. Armor said he felt one of the truck’s tires roll over his helmet and then the truck swerve to avoid further damage. After St. Amour realized he maintained feeling in his extremities, he eased the frightened driver and passenger of the truck by affirming his stability.

St. Armour refused immediate medical attention, but upon collapsing 30 minutes after the accident, was taken to a local hospital where doctors treated the young man for just a concussion.

“To Serve and Beat to Death”

Los Angeles—Six Fullerton police officers were given leave as the Orange County District Attorney and the FBI investigate the savage death of a homeless man, who was held in police custody.

The decision to excuse the officers, with pay, came hours before a Fullerton City Council meeting, where over 100 residents expressed outrage regarding the death of Kelly Thomas. The incident, which was caught on surveillance video, seemingly adds to the controversial history of LAPD-area police.

During the council meeting, Thomas’ father, Ron, offered a heartbreaking synopsis of the events: “I just want to know where my son’s rights were as a citizen. Where were his rights? Listen to my son beg those officers, ‘Please, please, God, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.’ And the last words of his life, ‘Dad! Dad! I want you to hear that for the rest of your life like I will.”

Thomas, who sustained critical injuries during the July 5th arrest, was taken into police custody at roughly 8:30 p.m., after officers responded to reports that a man was attempting to steal parked cars near the city’s bus depot.

Authorities have yet to establish an official cause of death and are currently awaiting autopsy and toxicology reports. Meanwhile, the Fullerton police have classified the incident as an “in-custody death” and the FBI is investigating whether Kelly Thomas’ civil rights were infringed during the altercation.

Sick Parenting: Mom Nearly Starves 5-Year-Old to Death

On Friday July, 22nd social workers in Oklahoma City responded to a tip regarding Asusena Gonzales and the supposed abuse she inflicted on her 5-year-old daughter. When police arrived at the household, they found Gonzales’s daughter locked in a closet, equipped with only a small cup to go to the bathroom in.

The young girl was emaciated; she was so undernourished that her bones were protruding under her skin. She also had welt marks across her entire body, indicating that she had been severely beaten.

Shocked and alarmed by the condition of the young girl, Police immediately rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she weighed-in at a startling 19 pounds (she weighed 23 pounds on her 18-month checkup).

In response to the heinous scene, Police not only arrested the child’s mom, Asusensa Gonzales, but also arrested her boyfriend, Sergio Almeida, who had been staying with Gonzales for an undisclosed amount of time.

In addition to the malnourished child, fiver other kids were taken from the Gonzales home. To elucidate on the crime scene and the savageness with which Gonzales acted, Police questioned the children. When it was revealed that their grandma, Maria Gonzales, babysat them twice a week she, in addition to Asusensa and her boyfriend, was taken into police custody.

The 5-year old child is currently in critical condition; it is unknown where the Gonzales children will be taken, but it is certain where their mother will be headed.

Unlawful Actions: Lawyer Attempts to Kill Colleague

South Carolina attorneys, Irby Walker and Doug Thornton, had been working alongside one another for decades. Although the two grew close enough to share office space, the relationship dissipated sometime after 2006. Dislike soon morphed into hate and then, regrettably, into vengeance.

Horry County Police recently caught wind of a plot in which Walker was attempting to hire a hit man to kill Thornton, his longtime colleague. In response to the plot, local police dispatched an undercover officer posing as a hit man to begin negotiations with Walker.

During the conversation, Walker affirmed his plot and agreed to pay the undercover officer (posing as a hit man) with a substantial check. With the first-person evidence in hand, police arrested Walker on the spot and charged the scornful lawyer with solicitation to commit a felony.

When arrested, Walker referred to the charges as farcical, stating, “I’ve been a hardworking attorney for a long time. I believe I’m an ethical person.” These comments; however, proved meaningless, as Walker later pleaded guilty to the charge.

For his felonious intentions, Walker received a 10-year prison sentence, with a seven year suspension—meaning he will only serve three years for his attempted murder plot. In addition to the jail time, Walker’s law license was, not surprisingly, revoked.

Stroke Victim Arrested for Public Intoxication

Back in February, Dallas Police officers were dispatched to the suburban home of Dianne Irons after a call concerning an ambiguous domestic dispute at the East Oak Cliff residence. Turns out, Irons and her nephew– who both used to reside at the home–were arguing over its proper ownership.

Upon arrival, one of the local officers, LaTasha Moore, believed that Irons was acting out of line, so she requested the woman to exit the house. At this point, Moore arrested Irons for public intoxication, due in large part to, Irons’ slurred speech.

The official police report filed by Moore stated that Irons was “under the influence of some medication causing her to be a danger to herself and her nephew.”

Although Irons’ did demonstrate unusual behavior, it was not a response to medication or alcohol. Twenty years ago, Irons suffered a stroke that permanently impaired her speech and affected her ability to walk. When Irons tried to explain this to Moore–going as far as calling her son, Ben, who drove over to elucidate the situation—she, along with her son, were arrested for disorderly conduct.

According to court records, Ben was handcuffed for over two hours and forced to sit in the back seat of Moore’s patrol car before being released. Irons; however, wasn’t so fortunate: Dianne Irons spent nearly six hours in the drunk tank and was issued a fine of approximately $400.

In response to their egregious mistake, Chief David Brown of the Dallas Police Department, visited Irons’s home in early March to personally apologize. In a statement Brown said, “The Department regrets that we did not recognize Ms. Irons’ medical condition. Bless her heart, you can’t help but feel for her and what happened to her in that situation.

Apologies are nice, but they don’t restore justice. Ben and Dianne Irons, this week, filed a federal suit against the city of Dallas and Officer Moore for false imprisonment and wrongful arrest. The suit also claims that Moore humiliated the mother and her son, and that the Dallas Police Department was obscenely negligent in their training.

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