In a stunning decision, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid have reached a financial settlement with the NFL in their joint collusion complaint against the league and will take no further action in the case. While sources declined to offer specifics for the decision, Yahoo Sports was told on prior occasions that Kaepernick and Reid would only settle the complaint if a lucrative financial agreement was reached between the players and the NFL.
The NFL and lawyers for Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid released a joint statement on Friday announcing the resolution of the players' grievances against the league. "For the past several months, counsel for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have engaged in an ongoing dialogue with representatives of the NFL," the statement read. "As a result of those discussions, the parties have decided to resolve the pending grievances. The resolution of this matter is subject to a confidentiality agreement so there will be no further comment by any party." Given the confines of the agreement, specific terms, including finances, of the settlement aren't known. Kaepernick, who last played for an NFL team in 2016, filed his grievance through the NFLPA against the league on Oct. 16, 2017. The former San Francisco 49ers signal-caller alleged collusion that denied him a job with a team after he took a knee during the national anthem in 2016 to raise awareness of racial inequality and social injustices. read more
Russia's Ministry of Justice is proposing a change to make some corrupt acts exempt from punishment, if the corruption is found to be unavoidable. The proposed rule says officials and public figures could be exempt if "objective circumstances" made it impossible for them to comply with corruption laws. Corruption that is "due to force majeure is not an offense," the proposal states.
Ardent foe of socialized medicine Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is planning to undergo hernia surgery this month in Canada, where medical care is publicly funded and universally provided. Paul, who is not covered by the Canadian health care system, will pay out of pocket for the operation, an aide told Politico. The surgery is set to take place at Shouldice Hernia Hospital in Ontario, a "world renowned hospital," the senator's spokeswoman Kelsey Cooper said.
Manafort's Lawyers submitted a filing in federal court responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's assertion that Manafort had lied to Mueller's office and so violated his plea agreement. Manafort's lawyers pushed back on that claim by saying that he had extensively cooperated with Mueller, meeting with the government lawyers and investigators a dozen times and twice testifying before a grand jury. But Manafort's team screwed up. They tried to redact four different passages in their filing, but failed to do so properly, leaving the redacted text in plain sight. For instance, Manafort's lawyers responded to Mueller's allegation that Manafort lied to the government about his interactions with a man named Konstantin Kilimnik, who was Manafort's right-hand man during his time as a powerful political consultant in Ukraine. What's more noteworthy is that Kilimnik has alleged connections to Russian intelligence.
#29 | Posted by JeffJ
If the student was being disruptive sure. However, the student wasn't being disruptive. First it was the teacher then it was the other faculty and LE that caused the disruption. They escalated the situation - an apparent silent protest. What happens in cases like this? The student was exercising his rights and not harming anyone. It was the figures of authority who escalated and created a confrontation. Should he have just acted like a sheep?
As for your opinion on the mother and the state of racism in this country it is totally beside the point. The student has rights and was merely exercising them.