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Law and Disorder: Non-Violent Civil Rights Campaigns “Then” vs. Armed Protestors “Now”

“I think this is the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened. The nigras are just as free as we are, they have the same opportunity to work and build their part of the town up the same as we have. I just don’t understand it and don’t approve of it. I’m gonna stand up for my rights.” “Well I think if they remain peaceful it would be a lot better than perhaps the violence.” “I don’t think it’s the time right now, I think they have equal rights though.” “I don’t like it, I think it’s tryin to...

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Shopping during Pandemic: Customers at Pete’s Fruit Market get surprise gift of free groceries

Tonit Calaway and Judge David Swanson, along with Major League Baseball Commissioner Emeritus Allan H. “Bud” Selig, came together with Pete’s Fruit Market on April 23 to surprise customers with free groceries. The generous donation of $20,000 by the three individuals provided families that shop at Pete’s Fruit Market on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with groceries and other necessities to help them during the harsh social and economic conditions brought on by the coronavirus and social distancing measures. “There is so much uncertainty and anxiety in the community right now as families try to job loss, bills,...

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Saving Lives: Evers Administration asks court to toss lawsuit that seeks to block “Safer at Home” order

Governor Tony Evers announced on April 28 that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Wisconsin Department of Justice filed a response to the Legislative Republicans’ lawsuit that endangers lives by blocking Safer at Home. The Evers Administration has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss the lawsuit. Wisconsin’s pandemic laws give DHS broad powers to “close schools and forbid public gatherings” and “issue orders for guarding against the introduction of any communicable disease” and “authorize and implement all emergency measures necessary to control communicable disease.” “Safer at Home is working. It is saving lives,” said Governor Evers....

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Milwaukee Police Department to begin enforcement of “Safer at Home” ordinance

The Common Council passed an ordinance on April 21 to allow Milwaukee Police and the Health Department to issue a citation up to $500, in rare instances where individuals were deliberately violating the Safer at Home order that has been place in the city to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Effective May 2, 2020, the Milwaukee City Ordinance “Violation or Obstruction of Orders” citation can be issued. The citation does not replace the option to arrest and pursue criminal charges under state statute. “Quite simply, this action does not affect the range of options and discretion for...

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COVID-19 has exposed the “Myth of Choice” in American’s Healthcare system

Choice. It is what we all want in America. We rail against being told how to run our lives, especially by the government. But when it comes to health insurance, choice is an illusion and you do not really know what you are getting. With the COVID-19 pandemic straining our healthcare system beyond its capacity, this mirage of choice is coming back to bite us. Many Americans with COVID-19 will not get their testing and treatment covered because the plan they chose doesn’t fully cover this kind of care. If you are fortunate enough to be insured by one...

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Reggie Jackson: When white privilege comes up against a pandemic

“The unwelcomed, unwanted, unwarranted and force-induced intrusion upon the campus of the University of Alabama today of the might of the Central Government offers frightful example of the oppression of the rights, privileges and sovereignty of this State by officers of the Federal Government. This intrusion results solely from force, or threat of force, undignified by any reasonable application of the principle of law, reason and justice.” – Alabama Governor George Wallace Speech, while refusing admittance of black students at the University of Alabama June 11, 1963 “It was with a heavy heart that I found it necessary to...

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