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L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), who stood on the portico of the Capitol looking down on Youngkin’s news conference, said afterward that he was correct in his assessment. “I am a roadblock, yes,” Lucas said, adding that she does not believe the proposed arena and its $1.5 billion in public debt are a good deal for taxpayers. Asked if she would be open to a better arena deal, she said, “A better deal would be if they paid for it themselves,” referring to the teams’ owner, Ted Leonsis.
John Stockton writes letter of support for Utah woman who pled guilty of being Capitol insurrectionist
Utah Jazz legend and NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton wrote a letter to a federal judge in support of a Utah woman who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Janet Buhler, of Kaysville, was arrested in Salt Lake City this past July 30 after she was charged with five counts by federal prosecutors related to her and her stepson-in-law, retired Salt Lake City police officer Michael Lee Hardin, allegedly being in the Capitol that day.
She ultimately accepted a plea deal, agreeing on Jan. 30 to plead guilty to a single charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, with the other charges then to be dismissed upon sentencing. Stockton’s letter notes that Buhler is the wife of former Jazz team chiropractor Craig Buhler, and calls her “one of the kindest people I have ever known.” He goes on to describe her as a good wife, a regular church-goer, a volunteer at homeless shelters, a prolific music and fashion design teacher who is quiet, non-confrontational, and reserved.
A former Oklahoma City Thunder worker has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for going inside the U.S. Capitol through a broken window on Jan. 6. Danielle Nicole Doyle, 37, was one of five Oklahomans charged in federal court in Washington, D.C., after a mob stormed the Capitol.
McDonald said she hopes Mitchell will also meet with legislators of color at the state Capitol. "They feel like they've been silenced in this whole conversation because they're the minority. They're the minority within the minority within the minority," she said. "So I hope that he meets with them too and just says, 'How can I help you?' Because they need his help, they need his voice."
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Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life -- the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison. The former UConn star and NBA player went to Connecticut's state Capitol on Monday to ask Gov. Ned Lamont to sign legislation that would strictly limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of isolation in prisons.
“We need to find out who funds these people,” Gregg Popovich said at the end of a long Monday Zoom monologue about the Minnesota police shooting of Daunte Wright, and about the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots, and about state officials’ response to February power outages in Texas, and about what he called the false claims of election fraud associated with voter suppression efforts. “I want to know what owners in the NBA fund these people who perpetrate these lies. Maybe that’s a good place to start, so it’s all transparent. That’s all I got.”
Allen shares with Yahoo Finance that the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol showcased the profound societal differences right now in a country still reeling from the chaos of the Trump presidency. “The day of the Capitol siege, when you see white people storming the Capitol, and you know, police officers almost let them walk in there, and there's nothing done to them,” Allen said. “And you know, it was a terrorist attack. But yet, when there were peaceful protests over this past year due to police brutality and the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the shooting of Jacob Blake and people wanted to express their displeasure, and ultimately, they were met with the national guard and police.”
As an aside, I’m not going to try to guess as to why Irving left the club prior to their Jan. 7 game against the Sixers. Various reports have stated that he was upset over the riots at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. However, those familiar with Irving’s thinking said that the news that the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t be facing any criminal charges factored into his absence. That event, more so than the riots at the Capitol Building, contributed to Irving being away from the club, those people say.
One other point of clarification on Irving’s situation: There have been several reports stating that Irving is away from the team in the wake of the riots at the US Capitol Building last Wednesday. One source familiar with Irving’s thinking says that part of the reason he’s been away from the team is frustration in the aftermath of the news that the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake won't be facing any criminal charges.
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As he watched the news on television, it did not just bother Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James that Donald Trump supporters rioted inside and outside the Capitol building. James was also upset by how law enforcement responded much differently to those rioters compared to the last summer's Black Lives Matter protests. "I couldn’t help but to wonder if those were my kind storming the Capitol, what would’ve been the outcome? I think we all know," James said following the Lakers’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. "It’s no ifs, ands or buts. We already know what would’ve happened to my kind if anyone had gotten close to the Capitol, let alone storm inside the offices and inside the hallways."
Mark Medina: LeBron James on the DC riots: "I couldn't help but wonder, if it was my kind storming the Capitol, what would have happened. I think we already know."
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