02Mar 2023 by Charles E. Price
Tire Nichols’ family news conference, calls for “Tyre’s Law”

Tire Nichols’ family news conference, calls for “Tyre’s Law”

ATTORNEY
The attorneys said they are asking MPD Chief CJ Davis to disband the SCORPION Unit effective immediately, and plan to bring it up in a civil lawsuit. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The family of Tire Nichols and their attorneys held a news conference Friday morning, hours before the expected release of video of the confrontation that led to Nichols' death. The Shelby County District Attorney General said the video was expected to be released after 6 pm Friday. During the news conference, attorney Ben Crump applauded the district attorney for bringing charges against the five officers, and the quick actions by MPD leaders. Crump said while the family wanted first-degree murder charges, they were "accepting" and "respectful" of the charges brought forward by the DA "As they explained to us what…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price

The People v. Donald Trump

LAW
From the moment the attack on the Capitol began, on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump's moral culpability was clear. That mob would never have assembled on the National Mall but for Trump's decision to relentlessly lie about the results of the 2020 election.His legal culpability, however, was more ambiguous. We did not possess any evidence that he directly coordinated with the rioters prior to the invasion of the Capitol, and although his speech to the mob on January 6 itself admonished his followers to “fight like hell” and warned them that “you will never take back our country with weakness,” it also contained an explicit statement that they should march to the Capitol to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard.Also hovering over the legal analysis was a prudential calculation.…
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