- UN Human Rights Office – OPT: Unlawful killings in Gaza City – occupied Palestinian territory ReliefWeb
- UN Office Details Alleged IDF ‘Summary Killing’ of Gaza Men in Front of Families Common Dreams
- Shocking testimonies expose Israeli killings, field executions in Gaza Al Mayadeen English
- CAIR Condemns Israeli Killing of Family in Front of Grandfather, Troops’ Vandalism of West Bank Homes, New Massacres, Deaths and Torture of Detainees in Israeli Custody Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Kelly Clarkson’s ex Brandon Blackstock ordered to pay her $2.6 million for ‘unlawful’ business deals – Fox News
- Kelly Clarkson’s ex Brandon Blackstock ordered to pay her $2.6 million for ‘unlawful’ business deals Fox News
- Kelly Clarkson Ex Owes Her $2.6 Mil, New Music From Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey & More | Billboard News Billboard
- Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband To Repay $2.6 Million After New Ruling BuzzFeed News
- Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband Owes Her $2.6 Million For Making Illegal Deals, Ruling Finds HuffPost
- Kelly Clarkson’s Ex Owes Her $2.6 Million For ‘Unlawfully Procured’ Business Deals | Billboard News Billboard
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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom – Deadline
- ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom Deadline
- Bethenny Frankel Might Be On to Something: Reality TV Lawyers Say NDAs Are the Problem Pajiba Entertainment News
- Amid Bethenny Frankel Fight, Bravo Clarifies Claim That Reality Stars Are Being ‘Silenced’ By NDAs (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
- Bravo Says Reality TV Stars Can Break NDAs to Disclose “Unlawful Acts in the Workplace” Hollywood Reporter
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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom – Deadline
- ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars & Other Reality TV Participants Can Break NDAs To Reveal “Unlawful Acts,” Bravo Says, As Potential Lawsuits Loom Deadline
- Amid Bethenny Frankel Fight, Bravo Clarifies Claim That Reality Stars Are Being ‘Silenced’ By NDAs (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
- Bravo refutes claim reality stars can’t break NDAs to report ‘unlawful acts’ amid Bethenny Frankel legal war Page Six
- Bravo Says NDAs Don’t Stop Reality TV Stars From Reporting ‘Unlawful Acts in the Workplace’ Rolling Stone
- Bravo releases statement about NDAs… after being accused of ‘silencing’ reality stars with contracts Daily Mail
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Prince Harry says he lost friends amid ‘suspicion and paranoia’ over ‘unlawful articles’ as legal battle continues – Yahoo Life
- Prince Harry says he lost friends amid ‘suspicion and paranoia’ over ‘unlawful articles’ as legal battle continues Yahoo Life
- Prince Harry accuses royal family of withholding information amid lawsuit | Today Show Australia TODAY
- Prince Harry Blasts Palace, Says They ‘Without Doubt’ Withheld Information from Him on Phone Hacking PEOPLE
- Prince Harry claims Royal Family ‘without doubt’ withheld information about phone hacking Express
- Prince Harry Tears Into Royals for ‘Withholding Information’ on Hacking Yahoo! Voices
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Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer that Processed Over $3 Billion of Unlawful Transactions – Department of Justice
- Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer that Processed Over $3 Billion of Unlawful Transactions Department of Justice
- Philly feds help dismantle popular crypto money-laundering site responsible for cleaning $3 billion in illicit funds The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ChipMixer Is Shut Down for Allegedly Laundering $3 Billion in Crypto The Wall Street Journal
- Federal Police Take Down ‘Dark Web Cryptocurrency Laundromat’, Seize $42M in Bitcoin Decrypt
- ChipMixer Crypto Service Shut by US, Germany Over $3 Billion in Transactions Bloomberg
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Rams fans take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Super Bowl win, LAPD declares it an unlawful assembly
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Hundreds of Rams fans took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium.
The LAPD declared the celebration an unlawful assembly, and “issued a dispersal order in the area of 11th and Hope Street.”
“The crowd is to disperse eastbound on 11th Street from Hope and southbound on Hope from 11th Street immediately,” the LAPD tweeted.
Video from the scene shows a large crowd of people dancing and celebrating on the street as several cars attempt to drive through. At one point, several people were seen jumping on top of one of the vehicles passing through the area.
Fireworks were also set off in the middle of the street several times during the celebration gathering in downtown L.A.
“We ask those that are celebrating tonight, celebrate responsibly,” LAPD said. “Do not allow your actions to tarnish a great Super Bowl win.”
We ask those that are celebrating tonight, celebrate responsibly. Do not allow your actions to tarnish a great #SuperBowl win. Obey all police orders and clear the streets around the area of 11th and Hope.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) February 14, 2022
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Forced Covid Vaccination for Kids Is Unlawful
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer -BioNTech vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds, expect a wave of Covid-19 vaccine mandates for children. San Francisco announced last week that the city will require children in that age group to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, sporting events, swimming pools and more. New York’s School of American Ballet informed parents via email on Nov. 4 that all students—the school enrolls children as young as 6—must receive a Covid vaccine by January.
While parents may choose to vaccinate their own children, these mandates are unethical and unlawful. Advocates of mandating Covid vaccines equate them with standard childhood shots against polio, chickenpox, TDaP (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) and MMR (measles, mumps and rubella). But those decades-old vaccines have gone through the full FDA testing regime. The Covid vaccine has received only emergency-use authorization for this age group, meaning its safety and efficacy have not yet been established to the FDA’s satisfaction.
Are Biden’s vaccine mandates ‘unlawful’?
Though the specific rules for the vaccine mandate have yet to be written, several Republican state officials have already said they intend to challenge them. Arizona’s attorney general announced Tuesday that the state is suing Biden and other administration officials on the grounds that the vaccine mandates are “unconstitutional.” South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem claimed the mandates are a “gross example of federal intrusion” and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called part of Biden’s plan a “blatantly unlawful overreach.”
As part of his plan to increase vaccinations, Biden last week directed the Labor Department to require all businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate that their workers are either vaccinated or tested for Covid-19 once a week.
Major business lobbies like the US Chamber of Commerce have been largely supportive of the proposed vaccine mandate. The AFL-CIO and a number of major labor unions have also come out in favor of the mandate, though there has been opposition from several law enforcement unions, some of whom have questions about how Biden intends to implement his plan.
Biden’s plan relies on the Department of Labor’s ability to issue “an emergency temporary standard” to protect workers from new hazards, as long as “employees are exposed to grave danger” and the standard “is necessary to protect” them from that danger. This power stems from the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
That authority, however, is rarely used and previous instances have been challenged in court. Before the coronavirus pandemic, this authority had not been used since 1983 when the courts struck down an emergency temporary standard on asbestos, according to a July 2021 report from the Congressional Research Service. In June 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a regulatory agency within the Department of Labor, issued an emergency temporary standard outlining measures to protect healthcare workers at higher risk of exposure to Covid-19.
How the current situation stacks up against precedent
Legal experts who spoke to CNN suggested Biden’s mandate and OSHA’s new emergency temporary standard could face a tough fight ahead.
Whether the new mandate is lawful “will depend on how OSHA articulates the ‘grave danger’ in question here, and how the courts that are hearing the inevitable challenges view the matter,” labor and employment lawyer Brett Coburn, of Alston & Bird LLP, told CNN.
“Arguably, preventing the spread of Covid in workplaces provides the strongest justification for use of an emergency temporary standard that OSHA’s seen in its 50-plus year history,” said Lindsay Wiley, director of the Health Law and Policy Program at American University.
Josh Blackman, a South Texas College of Law professor who specializes in constitutional law, is less confident that OSHA’s authority to impose an emergency temporary standard is applicable to address the current situation.
“You’re basically trying to take an old statute and pour new life into it,” Blackman said. “I think often courts are skeptical when the government looks at this 50-year-old statute and finds the exact authority needed to address this sort of urgent crisis.”
According to Blackman, more lawsuits from states and other employers in response to Biden’s new vaccine requirements are likely and, as a result, “some judge somewhere is going to object to this practice and it’s going to be put on hold.”
In the interim, “I think the upshot is this will give some employers cover to impose a mandate that they would not have been able to otherwise,” Blackman said.
It’s worth noting that there’s legal precedent for vaccine mandates, though primarily in contexts other than employment.
“The Supreme Court already decided in 1905 in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that there is no constitutional right to evade a vaccination mandate calculated to protect the community,” Georgia State University College of Law professor Anthony Kreis told CNN. “This is why we can permissibly have vaccination requirements for children to attend school, for example.”
That 1905 Supreme Court decision is seen as the most relevant case supporting the legality of vaccine mandates. Even conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch has signaled that he would vote in favor of the Massachusetts vaccine mandate if the Jacobson case was before the court today.
Breonna Taylor ‘armed’ protesters prompt Louisville police to declare ‘unlawful assembly’
A protest in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday night, on the one-year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor, was declared an unlawful assembly, according to police.
Some protesters, “while armed,” blocked vehicular traffic and forced motorists to turn around, the Louisville Metro Police Department wrote in a Twitter message.
“Arrests will be made to those that refuse to disperse,” the police message said.
The tweet included a photo of protesters gathered along the city’s Ohio River waterfront.
No arrests had been made as of 11 p.m., police spokesman Dwight Mitchell told Louisville FOX station WDRB-TV. He added that police had not needed to use tear gas or any other chemical agents on the crowd.
MOTHER OF BREONNA TAYLOR FILES COMPLAINTS AGAINST 6 LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICERS
A woman who was seen handcuffed by police was later released, according to the FOX station.
Earlier in the evening, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer had thanked the crowd for being peaceful during the weekend’s demonstrations.
Protesters in Louisville, Kentucky, call for justice for Breonna Taylor, Sept. 25, 2020. (Associated Press)
“Breonna’s death devastated her family, friends and coworkers, and it has deeply shaken our community and our country,” the mayor said, according to the Courier-Journal of Louisville. “Her death, along with those of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and too many others, serve as painful reminders for Black Americans of the injustice, discrimination and violence they’ve faced for centuries – and too often still face today.”
President Biden also posted a Twitter message, acknowledging the anniversary of Taylor’s death.
“Breonna Taylor’s death was a tragedy, a blow to her family, her community, and America,” Biden wrote. “As we continue to mourn her, we must press ahead to pass meaningful police reform in Congress. I remain committed to signing a landmark reform bill into law.”
Gatherings were held in Louisville and other cities across the U.S. as protesters pushed for authorities to prosecute police officers who were involved in a raid at Taylor’s home on March 13, 2020, that resulted in the shooting death of the 26-year-old woman.
“Until a jury trial tells us that these officers are not guilty, there’s always time to indict, arrest and convict the cops that murdered Breonna Taylor,” attorney Lonita Baker, one of the lawyers involved in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Taylor’s family, said at an afternoon rally at Jefferson Square Park, according to WDRB.
This undated photo shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. (Courtesy of Taylor Family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP)
During the raid, Taylor was struck by six shots and died in her hallway as police confronted her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who told authorities afterward that he fired at police, thinking the officers were intruders trying to break into the home.
Walker has since been cleared of wrongdoing and three police officers linked to the raid have been fired but none has faced criminal charges, WDRB reported.
Walker on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department, ABC News reported.
Four days earlier, Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, filed complaints against six police officers in connection with her daughter’s death, alleging police misconduct.
The complaint names Sgt. Kyle Meany, Det. Anthony James, Det. Mike Nobles, Sgt. Amanda Seelye, Det. Mike Campbell and Lt. Shawn Hoover.
Former Det. Brett Hankison was charged with wanton endangerment last September for firing into an apartment next to Taylor’s and showing “extreme indifference to human life.”
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A man, a pregnant woman and a child were inside the other apartment at the time, authorities have said.
In September, Taylor’s family reached a $12 million settlement with the city in a separate legal case. The terms included the city’s pledge to make changes in police policies and procedures.
Louisville police have told Fox News the case remains under investigation and they take Palmer’s ongoing concerns seriously.
“The department places the highest priority on conducting thorough and impartial investigations, and the complaints received from Ms. Palmer’s attorney are no exception,” the LMPD told Fox News in a statement. “We are committed to being as transparent as possible within the confines of those limitations outlined by law of the Commonwealth.”