- A grand jury
declined to indict the NYPD officer who put single-cigarette
salesman Eric Garner in a chokehold, leading to the man’s death.
Though a coroner had ruled the death a homicide, it’s not obvious
what kind of charges prosecutors asked the jury to consider. - The University of Virginia gang rape story published by
Rolling Stone is now facing all kinds of criticism. But it
seems the local police aren’t actually
doing much about it yet. - Denver high school students
walked out of class to protest Ferguson. - The appointment of soap opera producer Colleen Bradley Bell to
be U.S. ambassador to Hungary has annoyed a lot of people,
including Reason’s favorite curmudgeon,
John McCain. - “Gangnam Style”
just broke Youtube’s view counter. Let’s all do the dance in
celebration. - Will Hillary run? Politico says
it’s not clear, and an announcement might be a long way
off.
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