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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) One in four women and one in 10 men report being the victim of domestic violence and in some of those cases victims have been forced to fight back. A new law in New York State is now helping those who killed their abusers get a reduction in the amount of time they are required to spend behind bars.
“I thought that he was going to be my protector you know he was just so awesome and everybody thought he was awesome,” Kim Dadou-Brown of Rochester recalled.
By Adrian O Hanlon III Editor May 3, 2021
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill making Oklahoma a Second Amendment Sanctuary despite some questions if it will hold up in court.
Oklahoma joined Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, and Arizona, plus hundreds of counties nationwide, in declaring themselves a Second Amendment Sanctuary â a state that declares any law or order to confiscate or buy back firearms to be unconstitutional. Texas lawmakers are also considering a similar measure.
Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris was among several Oklahoma sheriffs to declare their counties a Second Amendment Sanctuary last year â and he advocates the state s governor signing the bill into law.
Inside vaccine efforts in NY prisons: Eligibility expanded, concerns remain
Nabeeha Anwar | Illustration Editor
A judge in Albany Supreme Court ruled in March that New York’s full incarcerated population will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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In early April, days after he became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Tracy White sat down in his prison dorm and wrote down four reasons why he would get the vaccine.
He wanted to protect others he comes in contact with. He wanted to protect himself from testing positive again. Upon his release, he’ll try to start his own cleaning business in Syracuse, and he didn’t want to be “alienated from society” when that happens. He wanted to be a part of the slow return to normal that he’s watched on cable TV.
Critics decry new Oklahoma law that protects drivers who unintentionally run over or kill protesters Marquise Francis
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law last week that offers legal protections for drivers who “unintentionally” kill or injure protesters if they are attempting to “flee the scene.”
House Bill 1674, which passed last week thanks to overwhelming Republican support, also makes it a misdemeanor offense to obstruct a roadway.
The new law was passed in response to Black Lives Matter demonstrations that took place in Oklahoma and much of the country last summer in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
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A bill making Oklahoma a Second Amendment Sanctuary state is headed to the governor’s desk, but not without some fireworks. 2nd Amendment Association president Don Spencer is offering up a mea culpa after calling for one of the top-ranked Republicans in the state Senate to be voted out of office over an amendment to the state’s Second Amendment Sanctuary legislation.
Spencer says he was frustrated by an amendment offered by Sen. Greg Treat, but says that was no excuse for demanding that Treat be tossed out of office because of it.
The disagreement was over HB 1236, which has 76 Republican authors.