A northwestern Utah county must pay $135,200 in attorney fees for the alleged false arrests of two Black men after a federal judge reduced the original amount owed by Box Elder County by about $90,000. Similar statues are being taken down at Columbus State Community College and City Hall, leaving the Statehouse monument as the last representation of the controversial explorer downtown.
Mike DeWine to consider removing coronavirus-related restrictions beginning next month [in May 2020], while on Monday [April 13 2020], around 100 protesters gathered outside the Statehouse during Dewine’s daily COVID-19 press briefing. She is a Certified Tourism Ambassador of the great city of Columbus and a promoter of the state of Ohio. It's the latest example of damage to the downtown Columbus icon since protests over the police killing of George Floyd began three weeks ago. “But I'm confident that our work with the Ohio Highway Patrol will ensure this doesn't happen again.”. Mike DeWine end a statewide stay-at … In the second image, protesters could be seen holding signs which read “OPEN OHIO.”.
“There is no excuse that night after night the Ohio Statehouse gets beaten, spray painted & abuses,” the Republican lawmaker tweeted Thursday.
Best States is an interactive platform developed by U.S. News for ranking the 50 U.S. states, alongside news analysis and daily reporting. SWAT was called out to get things under control.
This can be as basic as a Democrat becoming a Republican, or as radical as someone coming to believe that Jews control the world or that feminism is destroying the West. Does This ‘Petri Dish Full of Bacteria Swabbed from a Child’s Mask’ Reveal the Risks of Wearing Masks. Learn more >>, Statehouse Defaced With Red Hand Prints as Protests Continue, By FARNOUSH AMIRI, Report for America/Associated Press. A viral photograph shows people gathered at the Ohio State House to protest coronavirus social distancing measures, and clearly in violation of said guidelines, in April 2020. The University of Arizona announced that a two-week shelter-in-place recommendation intended to limit the spread of COVID-19 is set to expire Tuesday. Democratic Sen. Hearcel Craig is among those calling for the Statehouse statue to be moved. A Utah man with a lengthy criminal history has pleaded guilty to pointing a bow and arrow at a group protesting against racial injustice in Salt Lake City in May. Other tweets claimed the image was captured a day earlier, on April 13 2020. The images were accurately described as showing a protest decrying Ohio’s social distancing measures — while the measures were still in place. Early the morning of May 29, as protests erupted nationally over Floyd's death, protesters in Columbus smashed 28 windows at the Statehouse along with storefronts throughout the downtown of Ohio's capital city.
Farnoush Amiri is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.
Mike DeWine and Dr. Amy Acton's actions carry signs expressing a desire to reopen Ohio …
Did J.K. Rowling Promote a Website Selling Transphobic Merchandise? Learn more >>, California Do Not Sell My Personal Information Request. Authorities are conducting a criminal investigation after the outside of the Ohio Statehouse was defaced with red hand prints and the phrase “hands up, don't shoot” in protest of police brutality. Mike DeWine said he shared his anger and disgust over the vandalism with state police. Mayor Andrew Ginther's decision to remove the statue from City Hall led to a citizen suing the city to try to stop it. “However, defacing, damaging and vandalizing our state capitol and its grounds are wrong, and such actions are criminal.”. HoustonChronicle.com carried the Associated Press reporting, and included another photograph of the gathering. Some protesters broke windows at the Ohio Statehouse and rushed the building.
Jon Husted also responded, calling for the protesters to show up and “clean up the mess they made.”. “We need to have these discussions if we are serious about eradicating the long-term problem of systemic racism,” Craig tweeted Thursday. Claim: A viral photograph shows people gathered at the Ohio State House to protest coronavirus social distancing measures, and clearly in violation of said guidelines, in April 2020. COLUMBUS (WCMH) — A group of demonstrators have gathered at the Ohio Statehouse to protest against mandatory mask requirements. Shame on the organizers who would set this up, and shame on the legislators who are failing to meet these people’s needs. #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/8ksZO6rq3h, — Zakieyah Koronfol (@ZakieyahK) April 15, 2020. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW)– The voices of protesters outside the Ohio Statehouse could be heard in the background of Ohio Gov. The circulating photograph was taken on April 13 2020 in Columbus, and the events (like other subsequent rallies in Kentucky and Michigan) were organized via Facebook groups. “We need to get the economy open, even if that means social distancing of some sort for months to come,” Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, wrote in a Facebook post.