The mother of a four-year-old son, Heather Hironomus, tearfully signed an order allowing for the circumcision of her boy, so that she could be released from prison. The event has stirred a national debate about the necessity of circumcision, and the question of whether all children should be allowed the right to bodily integrity. Hironomus…
Officer Allegedly Tased Man’s Genitals While Mother Watched LOS ANGELES, CA – A Southern California man is alleging that police tased him in the genitals while his mother watched after an incident involving a cigarette butt being tossed on the sidewalk. Follow TLR on Google+ Daniel Johnson filed a lawsuit in January against the Los…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Nearly a dozen attorneys general called a year-long investigation targeting Exxon Mobil’s climate research a politically biased infringement of the company’s free speech. Republican AGs from 11 states, including Oklahoma, Utah and Texas, filed an amicus brief Wednesday castigating a Democrat-led probe against the oil company’s handling of decades…
by Amber Randall A lawsuit filed on behalf of an autistic boy alleges Minnesota police officers used excessive force when arresting him and a friend. Marcus Abrams, an 18-year-old, alleges two Metro Transit police officers attacked him at a light rail station after getting off work at the state fair, reports the Star Tribune. The lawsuit asks…
By Lina Bryce Texas Rangers are investigating whether or not excessive force was used when a sheriff’s deputy punched a pregnant woman during what began as a CPS removal of a minor. The March 4th confrontation began when Deanna Jo Robinson and her husband’s six-year-old stepson, who suffers from cerebral palsy, told school officials that his…
“As with a fireworks show, you want to save your best for last,” says Glenn Greenwald. The journalist who first published documents leaked by Edward Snowden, says that his best is a list of American citizens surveilled by the NSA. Greenwald says that he will soon publish the list on the website The Intercept. “One…