Lawyer: Georgia officer 'hunted' victim
ATLANTA -- A white Georgia police officer accused of shooting a fleeing black man stalked and hunted his victim "like an animal," a lawyer for the man's family said at a news conference Friday.
Attorney Malik Shabazz, who is also representing the family of Anthony Green, also said the manslaughter charge filed against Kingsland Police Officer Zechariah Presley is highly unusual in a police shooting -- and he praised authorities for taking swift action.
Presley was charged after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reviewed his body-camera recording and other evidence in Green's death in the small town of Kingsland on Georgia's coast. The officer's body-camera video has not been made public.
Presley's lawyer, Adrienne Browning, said her client is looking forward to his day in court and declined further comment.
Presley was following a vehicle that stopped at an intersection on June 20. When the driver and passenger then ran from the car, Presley, 26, caught up with Green, 33, making physical contact, but Green again fled, "at which time Presley fired multiple shots resulting in the death of Green," the bureau statement said.
Waters cancels events, cites threats
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., whose call for public protests of Trump administration officials has triggered a debate over civility in politics, said she canceled events in Texas and Alabama this weekend after a "very serious death threat" made against her.
In a statement reported by CNN, Waters said that after President Donald Trump took aim at her Monday on Twitter, her office received "even more" threatening messages and hostile mail.
"There was one very serious death threat made against me on Monday from an individual in Texas which is why my planned speaking engagements in Texas and Alabama were cancelled this weekend," Waters said in the statement.
Waters had been scheduled to speak Friday morning at the annual legislative conference of the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women in Birmingham, Ala.
The details of Waters' Texas event were not immediately known.
Waters has been rebuked by Republicans and Democrats after calling at a Los Angeles rally last weekend for demonstrators to harass Trump's Cabinet officials wherever they go amid an escalating debate over immigration policy.
According to CNN, Waters said in the statement that Capitol Police are investigating several other threats in which people have vowed "to shoot, lynch, or cause me serious bodily harm."
Eva Malecki, a Capitol Police spokesman, said the department does not comment on ongoing investigations.
Ohio abortion clinic fights $40,000 fine
TOLEDO, Ohio -- An abortion clinic in Ohio that regained its license after battling the state for years says it could be forced to close anyway if it's ordered to pay a $40,000 state fine.
The owners of the last abortion clinic in Toledo are contesting the fine issued after an inspection last year.
The Blade in Toledo reported that the fine was over whether a clinic employee should have called an ambulance instead of driving a patient to a hospital after an abortion.
Capital Care of Toledo says the patient wasn't facing an emergency and driving her didn't violate its policies.
Ohio revoked the clinic's license in 2014, leading to a lengthy court fight. The clinic got its license back this year after receiving a state-mandated patient-transfer agreement from a Toledo hospital.
Oklahoma pot patients to be denied guns
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Federal officials said that Oklahoma residents with medical marijuana cards will be prohibited from obtaining gun permits, following a recent decision by voters to approve the medical use of the drug.
State residents voted in favor of the marijuana measure Tuesday. The move puts Oklahoma gun owners in a conflict 25 other states are facing between state and federal laws governing guns and marijuana.
Federal law currently makes it illegal to possess both a firearm and marijuana.
Two U.S. Senators, Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado and Democrat Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, have introduced a bill that would protect states that have legalized marijuana from federal interference.
Don Spencer, president of the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association, said state gun owners who have a prescription for marijuana for medical treatment should be allowed to possess both.
"I don't think that there should be any repercussions from that," he said.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is recommending those considering obtaining a marijuana card to contact legal counsel or the agency for guidance on how to legally transfer, sell or dispose of firearms.
A Section on 06/30/2018