Former Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson was cleared by a judge today to begin serving as a temporary replacement
for City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was suspended from service following his indictment on federal corruption charges.
The President said each “will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as the top federal law enforcement officials for their district.”
After years of silence, federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a national rallying cry against police brutality.
friend of the white man accused of killing nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston church last year pleaded guilty Friday to lying to federal authorities.