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Facebook’s Oversight Board to launch in October — but not for election cases https://ift.tt/2S1dRaA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s long-delayed independent Oversight Board plans to launch in mid-late October, just before the November U.S. presidential election, but a Facebook spokeswoman said on Thursday it was unlikely that the board would handle election-related cases. The board, created by Facebook in response to criticism of its handling of problematic content, will initially have the power to review decisions to take down posts from Facebook and Instagram, and recommend policy changes. Oversight Board member Alan Rusbridger told Reuters in an interview this week the board was now aiming for an October launch. A board spokesman said that the late launch, originally planned for last year, had been further slowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Potential cases would come to the board from users who have exhausted the appeals process, or be sent over from Facebook. Deciding and implementing rulings would take up to 90 days, although Facebook could ask for them to be expedited within 30 days. The Facebook spokeswoman said it was unlikely that cases related to the election would get through the process given that time frame. Rusbridger also told Reuters that cases involving President Donald Trump’s posts were not among those that the board had looked at in trial runs. “We haven’t done a Trump case,” said Rusbridger, a former editor-in-chief of Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “We have done a nudity case, we’ve done a blasphemy case.” Facebook faced employee backlash in recent months over its decision to take no action over posts from Trump containing misleading claims about mail-in voting and inflammatory language about anti-racism protests. Its smaller rival Twitter, by contrast, attached fact-checking labels and warnings to the same posts. Tech watchdog Accountable Tech, which launched a campaign asking the board’s members to demand “real authority” or resign, said in a statement on Thursday the launch would be “too late to address Facebook’s deficiencies ahead of the election.” The board will initially review only appeals over posts that Facebook has taken down, rather than content the company decides to leave up. Some experts say that means it will be of little use in addressing problems such as misinformation and hate speech. It will also at first only deal with individual posts, not Facebook ads, or groups. Rusbridger said the board had not yet made any changes to its remit. Rusbridger declined to comment on Facebook’s policy of exempting politicians’ speech and ads from its third-party fact-checking program, though he said: “I can’t imagine we won’t have a case brought to us on that.” ‘Wider resonance’Since the first 20 members of the board were announced in May, they have had virtual meetings to discuss issues such as how to select cases and deal with minority opinions, Rusbridger said. Rusbridger said the board would be looking for cases with “wider resonance,” though precedents set by decisions on individual posts would not be binding in future cases. Facebook can also ask the board for policy recommendations though it does not have to act on them, a framework that was criticized by some U.S. Democratic lawmakers. The board, which includes a former Danish prime minister, a Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate, law experts and rights advocates from around the world, is expected to grow to a group of 40 members. Rusbridger said the board was thinking about how it will select these candidates but was not yet choosing more members. (Reporting by Elizabeth Culliford; Editing by Peter Graff, Tom Brown and Steve Orlofsky) Business via VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com September 25, 2020 at 03:45AM
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Starbucks, Facebook, Gap and Hundreds of Other Companies Will Pay Employees to Volunteer as Election Workers https://ift.tt/34120Po Unless you've been living under a rock you're no doubt aware this year's presidential election is going to be... contentious. That means that, in order to ensure fair, timely voting on Election Day, we're going to need plenty of volunteer election workers. There's only one problem. Many of the folks who usually volunteer for this essential but under sung job are older. This year there's a pandemic on and their age bracket is most at risk from the virus. Many fear the result will be a severe shortage of Election Day workers. But not if corporate America has anything to say about it. Hundreds of large companies have joined a campaign called Power the Polls, pledging to give their people paid time off to staff up their local polling places. Starbucks, Facebook, Gap, Nike, Twitter, and dozens more have joined the ever growing list of participating firms. Facebook is also launching a push across its platform to recruit poll workers. "We are seeing a massive shortage of poll workers to staff voting stations," Mark Zuckerberg said in a post announcing its recruitment drive. "Shortages can lead to hours-long waits at the polls, which makes it harder for people to participate in the democratic process." Should your business follow suit?This initiative is clearly a good idea for our democracy, which desperately needs the election to go smoothly. But it raises an important question for smaller businesses: should you follow suit? It's been a brutal year for many smaller businesses, so offering an additional employee benefit might be a stretch too far for many in the year of Covid. That being said, the poor government response to the virus was a major contributing factor to our economic pain. Paying a little bit now to nudge us all towards better government tomorrow might be a worthwhile investment. Plus, actively working towards a better world is one of the surest cures for despair and hopelessness. And your team will probably be more productive if they're more hopeful and feel a tiny bit more in control given the chaos swirling around us. Even if you can't afford to pay your people to help out on Election Day, you could offer them time off to vote and encourage them to make it to the polls. Each year more and more businesses are doing their part. (44 percent of firms offered time off to vote in 2018, according to Bloomberg). If you haven't already, it's worth considering if this year is the right time to join them. Or, if you are personally interested in volunteering to make sure Election Day goes smoothly in your community, you can find more information about how to help here. Business via Inc.com https://www.inc.com/ September 25, 2020 at 03:28AM
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Widgets Are the Best Thing Apple Has Ever Added to the iPhone. Well, Almost https://ift.tt/33SYiaG It seems clear that adding widgets in iOS 14 is easily the most unexpectedly hot new feature--probably since Apple added the ability to download third-party apps via the App Store in iOS 2. For the past week, the top free app in the App Store is Widgetsmith, which allows users to create and add customized widgets to their Home Screens after it went viral on social media. According to data from SensorTower, Widgetsmith and similar apps were downloaded 13.7 million times in the seven days after iOS 14 was made available. It's really not a surprise that people want to be able to customize their devices. It isn't even anything new. People have long personalized their computers with desktop wallpapers and custom icons, added stickers on the back of the lid, and bought colorful cases for their iPhones. The reason is quite simple-;people like fun. In iOS 14, however, Apple is allowing personalization and customization in a way the company hasn’t done on the iPhone until now. iOS has had relatively few options for changing the way your Home Screen looked. You could rearrange apps, place them in folders, and add a wallpaper. That's pretty much it. They all still have to follow the same grid structure as always. I think it's fair to say that no one from Apple (or anyone else, for that matter) expected widgets to be such a significant cultural event--which is exactly what they are. There is clearly pent up demand for the ability to personalize your iPhone to reflect not just the apps you use, but your own sense of identity. But it isn't just about personalization. It's also about productivity. Which leads me to why widgets are almost the best thing to come to the iPhone. Because, while having widgets is better than not having them, they do leave quite a bit to be desired. My major complaint about widgets is that while they are useful for conveying information, you can't actually interact with them. They essentially either display information (like the weather widget, for example), or they serve as a shortcut to a specific feature of an app (like the Google widget). Both of those are helpful in some cases, but could be far more functional if you could interact directly with them. For example, on an Android device, the Google search bar at the top of the display allows you to enter text and see results. The Google widget gives you the ability to place a search bar on your Home Screen, but when you tap on it, it simply opens the Google app. That's a very different experience and it leaves a lot to be desired. You can't, for example, check off tasks or add calendar events directly in a widget. The Things widget will show you the next items on your to-do list, but when you tap on one, it simply takes you to that task within the app. I guess that's fine, but it seems like it would be a much better overall user experience if I could simply tap on it to complete and it would dynamically update in the app and the widget. Based on Apple's developer guidelines for widgets, it's clear that the company never considered that people might want to do more than simply view information from an app or navigate to that app. From those guidelines:
Okay, that's fine--this is version 1.0. However, widgets can be more than just cosmetic enhancements to your Home Screen that happen to tell you whether it's raining outside. If Apple is willing to let them, it's easy to imagine a time when widgets are the primary way you interact with your device. Come on Apple, we're almost, there. Business via Inc.com https://www.inc.com/ September 25, 2020 at 03:28AM
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Want to Be Persuasive? Follow These 3 Rules, Says a 41-Time Supreme Court Litigator https://ift.tt/2RTLziu What does it take to be truly persuasive? In a new TED Talk, former U.S. acting solicitor general Neal Katyal provides some answers to that question. Katyal has argued 41 cases in front of the Supreme Court, and while he's lost plenty of them, he says he's also won more "than most anyone." Perhaps most surprising is his win in 2006 when he represented Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver and a Guantanamo detainee, a decision that put an end to the military tribunals that had determined the fate of Guantanamo detainees and ended such practices as waterboarding. Not only was this Katyal's first Supreme Court appearance , the odds seemed to be stacked against him. Opposing counsel was the U.S. solicitor general who had argued in front of the high court 35 times. "I wasn't even 35 years old," Katyal said. The tribunals had been set up under Republican president George W. Bush, and seven of the nine justices at the time were Republicans. On top of that, two powerful Republican senators had filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction over Guantanamo detainees and shouldn't even be decided the case. Before the hearing, Katyal spent a huge amount of time and effort preparing for his oral argument. Only it wasn't working. "My first practice session, I flew up to Harvard and had all these legendary professors throwing questions at me," he says in his talk. "And even though I had read everything, rehearsed a million times, I wasn't persuading anyone. My arguments weren't resonating. I was desperate." Eventually, Katyal found his way to an acting coach, and that set him on a path to both winning his case and gaining a better understanding of what true persuasiveness is all about. Here's what he learned. 1. Forget confidence. Make a connection instead."The conventional wisdom is that you speak with confidence," Katyal says. "That's how you persuade. I think that's wrong." In fact, confidence undermines persuasiveness, he says. "Persuasion is about empathy, about getting into people's heads." When the acting coach first asked a skeptical Katyal to tell him his Supreme Court argument, Katyal grabbed the legal pad with his notes on it. But the coach stopped Katyal before he could start speaking. "Your argument is a legal pad?" "No, but my argument is on a legal pad," Katyal answered. "Neal, look at me. Tell me your argument," the coach said. Katyal tried it, leaving his pad aside and looking into the coach's eyes, and he could instantly see that he was being more effective because he was making a human connection. Next, he was asked to deliver his argument while holding the coach's hand. "I was desperate, so I did it," he says. "And I realized, 'Wow, that's connection. That's the power of how to persuade.'" 2. Don't get overly emotional.Some people think they can persuade with outrage, bombast, or even tears. That kind of tactic may work with close friends and family members who love you, but it won't work with most others, Katyal warns. "Displays of emotion fail," he says. "It's kind of like writing an email in all bold and all caps. It persuades no one. It's then about you, the speaker, not about the listener or the receiver." He knew it was particularly important to avoid displays of emotion while arguing in front of Supreme Court justices. "They don't like to think of themselves as the type of people persuaded by emotion." In fact, he turned this to his advantage by what he calls "setting a trap" for opposing counsel, provoking an emotional reaction, "so I could be seen as the calm and steady voice of the law. And it worked." 3. Don't give up.Your attempt to persuade may fail. If that happens, don't count yourself out, Katyal says. He himself suffered one of the most frustrating failures of his career in 2017 when he argued against president Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens of predominantly Muslim countries, plus North Korea, from entering the United States. Though earlier versions of the ban had been struck down in federal court, the Supreme Court decided, in a five-to-four decision, to let this version stand. Katyal, whose father had immigrated from India, was devastated. But then he took a close look at the decision and noted that the justices, while upholding Trump's order, also went out of their way to overturn the high court's own 1944 decision that upheld the legality of interning Japanese-Americans during World War II. Just because you lose an argument once doesn't mean you've lost it forever, Katyal realized. So he joined a lawsuit by Congress challenging Trump's addition of a citizenship question to the census. "It was a really hard case," he says. "Most thought we would lose. But the thing is, we won." There's an important lesson here, he says. "The only way you can truly lose an argument is by giving up." Business via Inc.com https://www.inc.com/ September 25, 2020 at 01:58AM
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Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx reportedly says she is 'distressed' at direction of White House COVID-19 task force https://ift.tt/3cBoevp
Coronavirus expert Dr. Deborah Birx told people she is "distressed" at the direction of the White House coronavirus task force and is weighing how much longer she'll remain in the position, CNN reported Wednesday. Birx, who serves on the White House coronavirus task force, reportedly felt her role became "diminished" after neuroradiologist Dr. Scott Atlas joined the task force, according to the CNN report. "The president has found somebody who matches what he wants to believe," a source close to Birx told CNN. "There is no doubt that she feels that her role has been diminished." The source added that Birx believes Atlas could be feeding Trump misleading information on the coronavirus, specifically around mask-wearing and its role in preventing coronavirus spread. At a press conference Wednesday evening, Atlas denied there being any tensions in his relationship with Birx, saying she "speaks for herself but that's a completely false story and she denied it today." "It's completely false," he told White House reporters. White House spokesman Judd Deere told CNN in a statement that Birx plays an equal part on the task force. "All of the medical experts in the administration are working together around the clock to carry out the President's No. 1 priority: protecting the health and safety of the American people and defeating this virus from China," Deere said. "President Trump relies on the advice and counsel of all of his top health officials every day and any suggestion that their role is being diminished is just false." Another source close to Birx told CNN that the White House coronavirus expert is unlikely to leave her position on the task force, but said there is some "frustration" in her day-to-day work. "She is a good soldier," the source told CNN. "I don't think she's going anywhere." James Glassman, who previously worked with the State Department and a friend of Birx, told CNN that Birx is more focused on "just getting the job done." "Dr. Birx is out in the states with the most trouble, telling them the right things about masks and distancing and going back to school," Glassman told CNN. "She's ignoring the nonsense from Scott Atlas and just getting the job done — just as I've seen her do, fighting AIDS for the past 15 years."
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If Trump bypassed the FDA on a COVID-19 vaccine it could 'upend' the traditional approval structure and erode the public's trust in the executive agency, expert says https://ift.tt/2EwU3sF
President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that the White House could bypass the US Food and Drug Administration on approving a coronavirus vaccine. Marc Sanchez, an FDA attorney and consultant, said doing so would not only "upend" the FDA's structure but erode the public's trust in the agency to roll out a safe and vaccine on its own. Sanchez said the comment was an "unfortunate attempt to increase the pressure on the FDA." "FDA has historically been slower than its counterparts around the world in approving novel medical devices and drugs, taking seriously the role of protecting public health and safety over speedy approvals," Sanchez said. The FDA announced stricter protocols when it came to approving an emergency coronavirus vaccine, and FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn made a promise that the "FDA will not authorize or approve a vaccine that we would not feel comfortable giving to our families." "FDA will not authorize or approve any Covid-19 vaccine before it has met the agency's rigorous expectations for safety and effectiveness," Hahn told the Senate Health Committee. "Decisions to authorize or approve any such vaccine or therapeutic will be made by the dedicated career staff at FDA, through our thorough review processes, and science will guide our decisions." He added: "FDA will not permit any pressure from anyone to change that." However, during the news conference at the White House on Wednesday, Trump erroneously cast any delay in releasing a COVID-19 vaccine to the public as "a political move." "That has to be approved by the White House. We may or may not approve it," Trump said. "Why would they be adding great length to the process?" Sanchez told Business Insider that he is not aware of whether the president is able to make such a move. But said that considering that the FDA is an executive agency, he supposed "there could be a situation where President Trump revoked this delegation and makes a decision directly," which "would totally upend not only the FDA structure but how we think of executive agencies generally." "FDA relies on public trust, and the FDA staff I have worked with and befriended in over a decade of practice understand this keenly," Sanchez said. "It is terrible to think of FDA losing that trust." He added that the independence of the agency is critical so that people can remain confident in the vaccine and the overall quality of the agency. Sanchez drew on the contentious reputation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has recently been embroiled in public disputes with the Trump administration over health guidelines and recommendations amid the coronavirus pandemic. "There's this core public trust, and we have that in the FDA. Part of that core trust is that its independent, and that independence is rooted in science and public health, protecting public health through good science," he said, adding that he thinks the CDC has failed to establish such independence and reliance on "pure science." Sanchez highlighted that the FDA work with hydroxychloroquine, and how despite political pressure they still based their rulings on scientific information. He explained that FDA approval for vaccines in many cases gets more scrutiny than other drugs because they affect essentially the entire population. He said the organization goes through multiple steps from clinical work in several different phases to do a risk-benefit analysis and evaluate the safety and efficacy of a vaccine. "Normally that process would take years and we're talking about it in a non-pandemic, a non-priority drug. It's a very long process to go through," Sanchez said. "Obviously, we're trying to truncate that process in the interest of public health, but not trying to take shortcuts in a way that introduce new risk or upset that balance of risk and benefit." He added, however, that the political commentary and focus on a vaccine, including claims by Trump to have one ready before the election, has added some degree of pressure to researchers, who would normally do their work without any rush. "Now we have the management themselves receiving political pressure that then kind of continues to push down. So I think that's principally what we've seen or can see happen is ordinary reviewers being told to hurry their work or to produce a result more quickly," he said. "And so I think that's part of that public trust element that we've got to make sure that they continue to do the work aware of the pandemic and the public health need for this, but not making a decision or rushing their work to make mistakes."
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People Who Learn to Use These Work From Home Habits Have Very High Emotional Intelligence https://ift.tt/2GcNGeo But it can also be insanely difficult, as many of us have learned during the pandemic. Fortunately, however, every challenge brings opportunities--and there's a big opportunity right now for anyone who wants to improve their interpersonal relationships in ways that make other people like, respect, and agree with them more. It all comes down to two things: emotional intelligence, and the power of habit. The really great news? By mastering the kinds of simple things we'll explore below, you'll train yourself to act instinctively in other ways that ultimately make other people feel more positively toward you. Let's talk through a handful of them. 1. Master the art of small talk.Small talk can be a drudge, but that's partly because so many people don't know how to do it properly. When small talk simply fills silence, it's grating. But when it helps develop rapport, sparking conversation among easy, pleasant topics before turning to tougher ones, it's invaluable. It's also crucial right now, given that for many people, the lion's share of their professional interactions are over video calls or other Internet mechanisms. So, what makes for good small talk? The main thing to remember is that it's other-centered, as opposed to self-centered, and not perfunctory. Here are two examples that will make the distinction clear:
Example #1 expresses empathy, specificity, and even suggests that you paid attention to details in previous conversations. Example #2 is less emotionally intelligent -- generic, even suggesting the appropriate answer. It's like going through the motions and checking a box. If you can get in the habit of starting out with smart like this (but remember, only good smalltalk), you'll literally train other people to like you more. 2. Turn on the camera.Every time you turn on the camera during a video meeting, you're showing a small bit of vulnerability. That vulnerability in turn makes you more approachable and relatable, which pushes both you and the others involved to develop empathy for each other. These can be very subtle effects, but they're real. That said, a few specific tactical habits: First, try to create a pleasant, calm view in most cases. That means looking professional and respectful--and if you can avoid it, getting rid of clutter around you on screen. You don't need to look like a fashion model, but at least display respect for others by not looking as if you just rolled out of bed and would rather be a dozen other places than in a meeting with them. Next, let's put an asterisk on that idea of having a "pleasant, calm view," which is be wary of lording it over. Imagine you're the boss, doing a video call from your multimillion dollar beach house with the view of beautiful waves behind you -- while your employees are stuck at home in lesser accommodations. Put yourself in their shoes, thinking about the message that view sends them, and how they might naturally perceive the disparity. Finally, especially if you're in a position of authority over others with whom you do video calls, consider inviting others to turn off their cameras if need be, without feeling like they're at a disadvantage. This goes back to the vulnerability issue--and it also sends a message that you trust them enough to stay engaged. Finally, respect people's time. Even though video meetings run shorter in general than real-life meetings, they somehow seem as if they're just as long or longer. Take a page from Mark Cuban's book: if you can handle business with an email or even a text, consider whether meetings are even necessary. 3. Admit what you don't understand.Especially if you're the boss, there can be a tendency to assume that you're expected to know all the answers. It's understandable: you want to project confidence, and you want to reassure your employees. However, right now might not the best time for that. There are two specific habits I'm thinking of:
Suppose you're running a business, and you're married with young children. You've got some challenges built right in -- virtual school, perhaps two spouses both trying to work, maybe a home setup that just wasn't designed for this. Now, suppose you're in a different position: Maybe one of your employees -- younger, single, cooped up at home largely for months, either literally by yourself, or having moved back in with parents, or else with roommates. There are many other family situations, too -- some objectively harder, some perhaps not. But to paraphrase Tolstoy, all happy remote workers are alike, but all unhappy ones are unhappy in their own way. In practice, I think this means giving people the benefit of the doubt. Almost everyone you're dealing with while working from is also working through challenges that might be foreign to you, but are still very much real. The more you admit what you don't understand (but profess respect for the situation), the better. Find more habitsI don't want to get too bogged down with specificity here; the point of adopting these kinds of habits is also to train yourself to react with greater emotional intelligence in the moment.
All other things being equal, the key is to think a step ahead: How are the words I'm using, or the things I'm doing likely to land on other people's ears? How will they perceive me as a result of habits I practice? Also: Am I asking enough questions? Am I sending a message that suggests I'm truly interested in others, or just out for my own ends? The pandemic won't last forever. The ways we work will continue to change. But right now, the specific challenges of working from home call out for these kinds of practices. People who adopt them won't only be doing something good for others. They'll also be doing something good -- and valuable -- for their own relationships and goals. Business via Inc.com https://www.inc.com/ September 25, 2020 at 12:51AM
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Entrepreneurship Should Be Prioritized Amid COVID-19 https://ift.tt/33Snb6o America's economic recovery from Covid-19 requires a new commitment to entrepreneurship. Not enough jobs will return by simply re-opening the doors, because so many US businesses have been shut down from the pandemic: at least 3.3 million by one estimate, including 41% of Black-owned businesses and 32% of Hispanic-owned ones. Many businesses will close permanently, and our nation needs new ones to take their place, as new businesses create virtually all job growth, including replacing jobs lost. Many are surprised that America has long been in a "startup slump." New business creation in America has fallen overall to its lowest rate in more than 40 years, despite entrepreneurship's many benefits. New businesses are leading indicators of GDP growth. People who start businesses earn higher lifetime incomes. More businesses correlate to higher average incomes in communities. More new businesses starting correlates with lower income inequality. To prioritize business creation and growth, our nation must create a vibrant new entrepreneurial environment. That environment must be implemented through federal, state, and local policies, because barriers to entrepreneurship exist at all three levels. It must be community-focused, because entrepreneurship thrives in local interactions among people who start and support new businesses. It must include all communities, because every community needs new enterprises and has creative assets to be unleashed. The federal government should take the lead, as it sets the tone for the nation. Only federal leadership can establish business creation as a national priority. State and local policymakers will respect federal leadership. States set priorities within the national context, adjusting for specific strengths and needs. Local communities will follow accordingly and energize creative solutions on-the-ground, since ultimately it is local communities where entrepreneurs do their work. Entrepreneurs depend on their nearby surroundings - or local ecosystems - for opportunities and resources that encourage, support, and sustain businesses to start and grow. One way forward is outlined in a "Field Guide for Policymakers" from the national nonprofit I head, Right to Start. The guide identifies steps to expand entrepreneurial opportunity at all levels of government. It is designed to inform elected and appointed officials, candidates for office, civic leaders, and the public - and to elevate discussion in this electoral season of ways to enhance entrepreneurship nationwide. The recommended steps include nine at the federal level, nine at the state level, and five at the local level. They address reducing barriers, increasing access, and spurring innovation, among other priorities. All of the steps are crucial, but the federal ones affect every community in the nation. And the entire nation must rebuild from Covid-19. The recommended federal steps, each of which is described further in the "Field Guide" and accompanied by links to other materials, are as follows:
The nation has an extraordinary imperative to restore economic growth, rebuild jobs, and stimulate innovation in the wake of Covid-19. It is vital that we rise to this challenge by supporting the entrepreneurship necessary to revitalize growth in every community in America. Business via Inc.com https://www.inc.com/ September 25, 2020 at 12:19AM
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Louisville police arrest the state lawmaker who authored 'Breonna's Law,' during a second night protests over the lack of charges related to Breonna Taylor's death https://ift.tt/3cBeeCn
Police in Louisville arrested a Kentucky state lawmaker on Thursday during protests against impunity for the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor. Rep. Attica Scott, a Democrat who introduced legislation — dubbed "Breonna's Law" — to ban "no-knock" warrants, was charged with first-degree rioting and failure to disperse, local TV station WDRB reported. Police also arrested Shameka Parrish-Wright, a local organizer with The Bail Project. —State Representative Josie Raymond (@RepJosieRaymond) September 25, 2020 Scott was one of several people arrested while seeking refuge at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Louisville following a 9 p.m. local curfew that is in effect through the weekend. The church had welcomed protesters, declaring itself a sanctuary for those demanding justice for Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers in March. —Ryan Van Velzer (@RyanVanVelzer) September 25, 2020
Following the arrests, police were reportedly in talks with activists over a negotiated exit from the church. It is the second consecutive night of protests in Louisville after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican, announced Wednesday that no officer would be charged in relation to Taylor's killing. One officer, Brett Hankison, who was fired over his role in the raid, was charged with wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighbors' apartment. Officers had raided Taylor's apartment searching for drugs, with some eyewitnesses testifying that they broke down the door to her apartment without first announcing themselves. Taylor's boyfriend, believing a home invasion was in process, fired a shot, prompting a stream of bullets from police, wounding him and killing Taylor. Have a news tip? Email this reporter: cdavis@insider.com
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