Amy Cooper, the woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a Black man in New York’s Central Park in May, made a second call in which she falsely claimed the man had tried to assault her.
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Posted inNation & World
Self-proclaimed militia also planned to kidnap Virginia Gov. Northam
The conspirators have already been charged in an plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Extremist plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor should worry us all
The threat of terrorism originating inside the United States – whether by groups or ‘lone wolves’ – has been overlooked.
Posted inNation & World
Suspects in Whitmer kidnap plot unlikely to be released on bond
The alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer, kill police officers and hatch a widespread bombing campaign in hopes of sparking a civil war likely will convince a federal magistrate judge to keep the five men in jail pending trial, legal experts said.
Posted inFood, Recipes
When food is so much more than dinner…
A column on sumac inspires an impassioned response, and a recipe for melokhyia, a dish enjoyed in Palestine that is little known in the U.S.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death freed on $1 million bond
Minnesota’s governor activates the National Guard to help keep the peace in case of protests.
Posted inNation & World
Wolverine Watchmen, extremist group implicated in plot to kidnap Michigan governor, trained for ‘civil war’
The alleged plot against Whitmer underscored the threat of violence from groups with far-right ideologies.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
JPMorgan commits $30 billion to fixing banking industry’s systemic racism
The New York bank says it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: You can’t pin all inequality on racism
Two former Maine chief justices oversimplified a complicated problem.
Posted inLocal & State
Demonstrators in Portland decry police brutality in wake of Breonna Taylor case
They listened to speakers in Lincoln Park and chanted as they marched through the Old Port and along Congress Street to Deering Oaks.