The news story I pondered the most this week was this AP article entitled Watering While Black. It explores the arrest of a Black pastor in Alabama who was tending a neighbor’s flowers while the neighbor was away. A third neighbor called the police, seemingly failing to recognize the pastor even though he had lived on the same street for years. Officers responded and soon got sideways with the pastor. The whole situation fell apart through a series of faulty inferences and failed communications that put me in mind of Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Talking to Strangers. Read on for more news. Kenly fires town manager. Regular readers know that the entire police department in Kenly resigned recently, with some officers claiming that the relatively new town manager had created a “hostile environment.” Kenly has now parted ways with the manager, with the mayor indicating that she just wasn’t a good fit for the town. WRAL has more here. Special master to review documents seized from Mar-a-Lago? Former President Trump has asked a federal judge to appoint a “special master” to review the documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home pursuant to a search warrant. The idea seems to be to ensure that the FBI does not have highly personal items like diaries or documents that are subject to the attorney-client privilege. The Justice Department says that the FBI has already reviewed the documents, and that the appointment of a special master would needlessly delay the investigation. This AP article [...]
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