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—A Mississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested over the weekend and believes it may have been in retaliation for her advocacy work in the city of Lexington highlighting claims of discrimination by police against its Black residents.Civil rights attorney Jill Jefferson was arrested Saturday by the Lexington Police Department after filming a traffic stop of a Black motorist in the town’s square, she said.“My plan was to film footage of police falsely arresting Black people, and I just happened to get caught up in it,” Jefferson told CNN Tuesday.Recalling her Saturday arrest,…
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—A New York City woman was indicted on seven felony hate crime charges in connection with a string of anti-Asian attacks on the city’s Upper West Side, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday.Camila Rodriguez, 29, was charged in two New York State Supreme Court indictments with assault in the second degree as a hate crime, six counts of assault in the third degree as a hate crime, and six counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, the district attorney’s office said.CNN reached out to Rodriguez’s attorney at The Legal Aid Society, a nonprofit that…
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Missouri’s attorney general announced new requirements for adults seeking gender affirming care.
Adults with depression are banned from seeking care until their mental health issues are resolved.
Other requirements include three consecutive years of gender dysphoria and months of therapy.loading
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download the appAn emergency regulation announced by Missouri’s attorney general on Thursday could severely limit access to gender-affirming care in the state, setting several new requirements for trans adults seeking treatment.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s sweeping regulation would…