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The George Floyd Act comprised of several bills that called for police reform was deemed too controversial and was separated into several different bills with hopes of getting them passed and made into law.
BY Stanton County Sheriff s Office | May 4, 2021 On Tuesday morning just before noon, the Stanton County Sheriffâs office arrested a 28-year old rural Pilger man on a U.S. District Court Felony Arrest Warrant for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Jose E. Garcia was taken into custody at a Norfolk business on east Hwy 275 after being tracked to that location. Garcia was wanted on a federal indictment that was processed earlier this year by the FBI. The Sheriffâs office was notified on Monday evening of the warrant and was able to locate Garcia and arrest him without incident. A child with Garcia was taken into protective custody and returned to his mother. Garcia has an extensive criminal history and was jailed pending his custody transfer to federal authorities.
Guilty verdicts in Chauvin trial light a way forward for many Brian Chasnoff, Vincent T. Davis, Liz Hardaway, Josh Fechter, Elizabeth Zavala, Staff writer April 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Ryan Angermiller prays at the George Floyd mural located at Big Poppa’s restaurant at Interstate 35 and New Braunfels shortly after the police officer that killed Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020 was convicted of his murder on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Angermiller drove in from Hondo to pay his respects.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Kenyan mural artist Brian Esendi, also known as Bankslave, paints a graffiti mural in Nairobi depicting George Floyd, whose death has shocked America and the world. A reader says George Floyd’s death should not be reduced or forgotten.GORDWIN ODHIAMBO /AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
Posted By Abe Asher on Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:01 PM click to enlarge Courtesy of Fix SAPD Opponents of Fix SAPD s petition drive hold up signs at a polling site where volunteers collected signatures last fall. On October 20, a San Antonio activist who goes by the name Justice the Musician arrived at Cody Library to collect signatures from early voters for a petition to repeal the part of the Texas Government Code that gives police officers the right to collectively bargain. Justice was working on behalf of advocacy group Fix SAPD, which sees the police union’s collective bargaining power as a primary obstacle to law enforcement reform in the city.
San Antonio coalition of reform activists condemns comments by police union president FacebookTwitterEmail Demonstrators attempt to enter the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Capitol was placed under lockdown and Vice President Mike Pence left the floor of Congress as hundreds of Demonstrators swarmed past barricades surrounding the building where lawmakers were debating Joe Biden s victory in the Electoral College. Photographer: Eric Lee/BloombergEric Lee / Bloomberg The San Antonio Coalition for Police Accountability on Saturday condemned comments from the head of the San Antonio Police Officers Association and called for an investigation of local law enforcement officers who may have participated in the riot at the Capitol.