36 h. ago James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas

The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfortIn 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. Litten represented four victims of a brutal assault perpetrated by members of Hitler’s Sturmabteilung, or SA, on a dance hall frequented by leftist workers; by the time the assault ended, three people were dead. At trial, the defense sought to portray the SA as a disciplined political organization, under orders from Hitler to use force only as self-defense.In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also m...

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45 h. ago ‘You are unleashed’: White House officials rally Memphis law enforcement ahead of National Guard troop deployment

About a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun making arrests

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51 h. ago US Attorney Pam Bondi touts Memphis arrests in post about federal crime fighting efforts there

About a dozen federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump to fight crime in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun making arrests

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9 d. ago Iryna’s law passes in North Carolina after Ukrainian girl’s brutal killing: What it is

The law is named after Iryna Zarutska, who was killed in a brutal attack on August 22

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2 w. ago 1.5 million young women harassed while government delays enforcement of new law, campaigners say

Woman opens up about moment she was told she looked ‘rapeable’ by group of men

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2 w. ago DC mayor defends her crime policies to a House committee, as federal law enforcement surge continues

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2 w. ago Black Rabbit filming locations as Jude Law Netflix crime thriller drops

One location has a particularly interesting history

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3 w. ago ITV's I Fought the Law viewers left 'sobbing' as real Ann Ming makes emotional cameo

ITV's true crime drama I Fought the Law deeply touched viewers this evening as the final episode aired, with the real life Ann Ming making a cameo at the end of the finale

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3 w. ago Black man shot at while waiting to go to work calls for hate crime law

Jarvis McKenzie shared his story a month after the shooting

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3 w. ago Black man targeted in racist attack says South Carolina needs hate crime law

Jarvis McKenzie says he was shot at by a white man in a car with a rifle while waiting to go to workA Black man from South Carolina is calling for hate crime laws to be enacted in the state, one of only two states in the US that do not have them, after being targeted at in a racist attack.Jarvis McKenzie said that on 17 July, while waiting to go to work, a white man in a car picked up a rifle, fired over his head and shouted “you better get running, boy!”, according to the Associated Press. McKenzie reportedly escaped behind a brick wall and police later arrested Jonathan Felkel, 34, in the shooting, according to WIS 10. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Black man shot at while waiting to go to work says South Carolina needs hate crime law

A Black man in South Carolina is pushing for the state to pass its own hate crime law after police say he was shot at by a white man in a racist attack

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4 w. ago Former patients of Neil Hopper worry their surgery was unnecessary – law firm

Enable Law is calling for an independent investigation into Hopper’s conduct.

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