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Archive for May 28th, 2021
May 28th, 2021 - 10:14 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Cops charged with murder in Tacoma “I can’t breathe” case
Washington’s attorney general has charged two Tacoma cops with murder, and a third with manslaughter, in the March 2020 killing of a black man when he was “tasered, handcuffed, and hogtied, with his face covered by a spit hood,” AOL News reported on Thursday, May 27, 2021 (read sto[...]
May 28th, 2021 - 5:59 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Porn in the cockpit
“A former Southwest Airlines pilot pleaded guilty on Friday,” May 28, 2021, to committing “a lewd, indecent, or obscene act” while flying a commercial jet, ABC News reported (here). During a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando in August 2020, the 60-year-old captain removed &[...]
May 28th, 2021 - 10:08 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alaska Coast Guard cutter retires
Just a CG cutter with a pretty backdrop. The Douglas Munro is being retired after 49 years of service, most recently in Alaskan waters (read story here). Its namesake, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor hero (read about him here), is buried in his hometown of Cle Elum, Washington. Return to[...]